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Where are Elon Musk’s former DOGE staffers now? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: dogecoin, elon musk, us forest service

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Spotify now has over 300M subscribers (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: spotify, elevenlabs, ai features

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How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mia Sato | tags: openai, influencer trip, wildflower farms

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Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: germany, photovoltaic, entso-e

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OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal" (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: openai, apple, trade secrets

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Palantir jumps 20% on 'otherworldly' commercial revenue — here's what's driving the demand (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | tags: palantir, ai sovereignty, openai

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PC cooling outfit Arctic reverses tariff-era price hikes after US government refund — lowers prices across lineup, including coolers and case fans (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: arctic, liquid freezer iii pro, us government

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Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS is down to its lowest price ever (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Brad Bourque | tags: lenovo, legion go s, steam os

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‘Not healthy’ LLM use is more common than you think (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Robert Hart | tags: large language models, hank green, social media

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India moves to give its instant payments network a business model (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: upi, india, unified payments interface

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ChatGPT dominates Congress’s AI spending (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: chatgpt, openai, anthropic

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Flo Rida Won $82 Million in a Contract Dispute. Now He’s Bringing His Name to a Juice Chain’s South Florida Expansion. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jonathan Small | tags: flo rida, beyond juicery, celsius energy drink

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Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined — Beijing's nascent lithography tools target DUV production at five machines a year, and an EUV prototype with no chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Luke James | tags: china, lithography, asml

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How Byron Allen plans to turn BuzzFeed into a YouTube rival (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: buzzfeed, byron allen, youtube

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Lego's latest Hubble set lets you look inside one of history's greatest space telescopes (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: lego, hubble space telescope, space instruments

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The Clip-Style Wireless Earbuds Field Is Getting Awfully Crowded (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: clip pro, wireless earbuds, open-ear

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Nothing launches CMF Clip Pro to fix open-ear audio’s biggest flaws (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: nothing, cmf clip pro, open-ear earbuds

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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura Edition review: A capable ultralight laptop that's way too expensive (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Devindra Hardawar | tags: lenovo, yoga slim 7i, intel core ultra 7 355

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T-Mobile Is Stretching Its Device Commitment to 3 Years with New Installment and ‘2.0’ Phone Plans (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jeff Carlson | tags: t-mobile, verizon, build-a-plan

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AI Notetaker Lets Hackers Spy on Government, Corporate Video Calls (darkreading.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: google firebase, tl;dv, ai meeting tool

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Is the future of data centers portable? Runware builds a pod to find out (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: runware, sonic inference pod, hyperscalers

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At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking 'petty rules' — most taken into custody acted peacefully (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: data centers, oklahoma, kansas

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Spotify just hit 300 million Premium subscribers (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Steve Dent | tags: spotify, apple music, reserved

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Apple moves for preliminary injunction in OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Chance Miller | tags: apple, openai, trade secrets

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High Bandwidth Flash gets first technical specification for AI data centers (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: high bandwidth flash, sk hynix, open compute project

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A less powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip is now officially a thing (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: snapdragon 8 elite gen 5, qualcomm, redmi k100 pro

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Sam Altman shared a parenting hack. Thousands of moms and dads instantly disagreed. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: openai, chatgpt, sam altman

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T-Mobile’s $0-down financing plan bundles taxes and fees (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Emma Roth | tags: t-mobile, equipment installment plan, eip flex 36

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Is drinking water safe? What to know about the water systems cyberattacks targeting multiple states (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: water systems, fbi, cyberattacks

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Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring Lead Engineer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: roame, airbnb, award travel