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‘Jeff the Killer’ Movie in Development From TikTok Creator Savannah Moss (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: jeff the killer, tiktok, brad caleb kane

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Intraspecific variation in tropical trees can drive resistance to drought (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Choat | tags: tropical trees, drought resistance, intraspecific variation

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Species intraspecific variation drives tropical forest drought resistance (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Smith-Martin | tags: amazon rainforest, el niño drought, hydraulic traits

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Ethical Cold Outreach (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: synthetic video, represent studio, chase

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Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: activity, employees, flock

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Meta CTO says employees should use AI productivity gains to do more work, calls request for extra days off "very dumb" (techspot.com)

2026-08-09 | by Rob Thubron | tags: bosworth, days, employees

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Thrift Store Chain Starts Using AI to Price Items (but Denies It’s for Dynamic Pricing) (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: ai replaces, determine, determine prices

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After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Julie Bort | tags: employees, macinnis, rippling

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Unions Can Save Tech Workers and Tech Work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Dan Russell | tags: employees, industry, replaced

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Cloudflare open-sources vibe-coding platform for people who aren't coders (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: cloudflare, employees, security

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OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Sarah Perez | tags: apple, employees, openai

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Former Federal Prosecutors to Senate: Stop Confirming Election Deniers as Judges (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Kathryn Rubino | tags: biden, election, lifetime

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Apple is taking OpenAI to court over alleged theft of trade secrets — ChatGPT maker suggests it doesn't want Cupertino's knowledge anyway (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jon Martindale | tags: apple, consumer, employees

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OpenAI asks for Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit to be dismissed, says it was filed without ‘adequate investigation’ (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Benjamin Mayo | tags: apple, case, employees

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OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’ (theverge.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: apple, asked, employees

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‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Creator’s New Manga Series Is a Love Letter to ‘Inception’ and Soulsborne Games (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: alive, alive sees, alongside

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‘Flat housing market’ forces Zillow layoffs: Real estate company sheds 7% of jobs in second round of cuts this year (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: ahead, based online, company employees

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They Gave an AI Bot a Storefront, 3 Employees and $100,000. Can It Build a Profitable Business? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: andon, boss, employees

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Viral Mugshot Accounts Are Ruining Women’s Lives (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Hope Corrigan | tags: saycheese, mugshot, instagram

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This New Field of Study Is Giving College Students an ‘Edge’ in the Job Market (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: ai degrees, computer science, virginia commonwealth university

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Apple's iCloud File Sharing Left Ex-Employees With Access to Secret Documents (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: apple, icloud, imessage

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How a rural Alabama quilting tradition shaped Ralph Lauren’s latest luxury collection (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: ralph lauren, gees bend, quilting

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U.S. lawmakers request information from DoorDash on use of Chinese AI models (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: door dash, chinese ai models, us lawmakers

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Save 33% on this 27-inch LG OLED 1440p gaming monitor with an ultra-fast 280Hz refresh rate, now just $399 — limited-time deal nets you a big discount on this high-spec panel with Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync support (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Ben Stockton | tags: oled, g-sync, amd

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Over 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Pärssinen | tags: amazonian earthworks, acre, brazil nut trees

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eBay and its former execs settle cyberstalking case brought by journalist couple (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Anna Washenko | tags: ebay, devin wenig, ecommercebytes

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Setup Script Should Support Git Worktrees (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | by Ally Piechowski | tags: git, docker, git worktrees

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The American Grilled Cheese Sandwich Essay (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | by Lisa Wines | tags: grilled cheese, padma lakshmi, wikipedia

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The ‘Bayou Barbie’ finally has her own Barbie doll. Here’s where to buy it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: barbie, mattel, angel reese

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Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: openbsd, game of trees, git