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Federal vendor with $50M in contracts leaves portal broken for a month (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Al Shaw | tags: foia, office of personnel management, federal agencies

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How to connect Bluetooth headphones to your PS5 (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Dave Meikleham | tags: ps5, bluetooth headphones, sony

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Protesters Arrested After Storming OpenAI Lobbying Office (futurism.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: openai, chatgpt, gallup building

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The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated mom-and-pop businesses (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: money laundering, us-mexico border, trump administration

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Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5120249 extended security update (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 10, microsoft update, secure boot

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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro 4 will soon work as OTC hearing aids (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: samsung galaxy buds pro, otc hearing aids, fda clearance

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Samsung says a hearing aid feature is coming to Galaxy Buds later this year (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Kris Holt | tags: samsung, galaxy buds, hearing aid

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Google confirms its fix for broken Photos’ drag-to-select is on the way (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google photos, drag-to-select, pixel

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Manus will return to operating as an independent company (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: manus, data backup, independent company

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Apple Arcade adding ‘two beloved puzzlers’ to ad-free platform in September (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple arcade, block blast, art of fauna

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Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 400 flaws, 3 zero-days (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: microsoft, patch tuesday, zero-day

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Here’s why Google Messages has disabled its ‘Clear data’ button (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google messages, manage space activity, android system settings

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Mark Zuckerberg Just Published a 6,500-Word Essay on AI — Here Are the Crib Notes (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: meta, mark zuckerberg, openai

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Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Nathan Yau | tags: flock, nexar, uber

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Why Did OpenAI's Head of Ethics Chloé Bakalar Leave? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Adam Pond | tags: openai, chatgpt, ethics

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The FCC approved "space mirrors" that experts say could blind stargazers and disrupt wildlife (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: fcc, reflect orbital, space mirrors

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SwitchBot’s smart home devices are getting a major boost with their own smart assistant (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: switchbot, kata ai, smart home

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Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: bumble, whitney wolfe herd, dating app

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Mistral AI wants to build 1 gigawatt of European compute by 2030 — and lock in customers now. (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: mistral ai, european compute, open models

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Linux desktop use surged to 22% on one workday, Cloudflare data shows (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: linux, cloudflare, statcounter

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Zoom flaw let an attacker take over your device, including iPhone and Mac (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: zoom, apple, vulnerability

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iOS 27 beta 5 adds option to upgrade iCloud+ subscription for more AI (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: icloud+, apple intelligence, ios 27

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Another OpenAI executive takes off (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Hayden Field | tags: openai, brad lightcap, ai research

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Archaeologists Thought a Mass Grave of 79 Shackled Men Held Foreign Invaders. They Were Wrong (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: athens, archaeology, mass grave

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AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Molly Taft | tags: microsoft, artificial intelligence, fossil fuels

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Waymo Has Nearly 4,000 Cars on the Road. One Just Drove Over an Exploding Firework. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: waymo, autonomous vehicles, firework incident

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$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, harry potter

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North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: north korean, fbi, federal agency

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Windows 11 KB5121003 & KB5120240 cumulative updates released (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 11, microsoft update catalog, patch tuesday

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The budget-friendly Pixel Buds 2a are even cheaper right now (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Brad Bourque | tags: pixel buds, google, android