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Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: black hole, star, astronomers

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‘The End of Oak Street’ Is the Family vs. Dinosaur Adventure You Didn’t Know You Needed (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ewan mcgregor, anne hathaway, oak street

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US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers (slashdot.org)

2026-08-12 | tags: faa, air traffic controllers, sean duffy

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The ‘IMDb for Athletes’ Is Here — And Its Founders Built It Without Spending a Dime on Marketing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Dan Bova | tags: athlete agent, imdb, autio

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The Galaxy S27 Ultra could skip this camera feature last seen on the Note 10 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: samsung, galaxy s27, variable aperture

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Suspected China-linked hackers used AI to run the first-ever end-to-end autonomous cyberattack on Taiwan's government, Israeli firm says — open-source-built tool continuously devised effective hack strategies in real-time (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Etiido Uko | tags: china, ai-agent frameworks, dream cybersecurity

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AI’s costly build-out complicates the Fed’s inflation fight (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Matt Peterson Kate Rooney | tags: openai, elon musk, tesla

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Driver Pulls Up Directly to Firehouse When His Tesla Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames (futurism.com)

2026-08-12 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: tesla, lithium-ion battery, thermal runaway

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Inflation eased slightly to 3.4% in July, but energy prices are still high (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: iran war, federal reserve, gas prices

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Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: hax, terminal-native, c binary

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License Plate Reader Searches Should Require a Warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, norfolk, justice

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Xbox’s Leaked Elite 3 Controller Straddles the Brand’s Warring Identities (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: xbox, elite 3 controller, cloud gaming

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This Popular Herb Is Part of a Billion-Dollar Industry Sold at Convenience Stores. Now Regulators Want to Ban It. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jonathan Small | tags: kratom, wall street journal, happy hippo

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Google just repurposed the temperature-sensor on its Pro-series Pixel phones. Here’s what it does now (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: google pixel, temperature sensor, pixel pro

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The $899 Pixel 11’s Longer 30x Zoom and New Camera Bar Design Are Impressive (cnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Mike Sorrentino | tags: pixel 11, google, camera bar

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Everything announced at Made by Google ’26: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, Pixel Tag, and tons of Gemini features (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: camera, google, image

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Inside the Data Bottleneck Slowing Visual and Physical AI (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-12 | tags: data bottleneck, visual ai, physical ai

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CoreWeave surges 18% after a 'cleaner quarter.' Here's what's happening (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: coreweave, hyperscalers, ai compute

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The best Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro cases of 2026: Expert recommended (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Alison Denisco Rayome | tags: pixel 11, google, case

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Microsoft fixes 421 bugs and a Windows zero-day in August Patch Tuesday - update ASAP (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Lance Whitney | tags: windows, microsoft, patch tuesday

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Tim King, AmigaDOS developer, has died (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: amigados, tim king, metacomco

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Obituary: AmigaDOS developer Dr. Tim King has passed away (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: amigados, tim king, metacomco

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Google’s Pixel Watch 5 Can Now Detect Breathing Emergencies (wired.com)

2026-08-12 | by Julian Chokkattu | tags: pixel watch, breathing emergency, google

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German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: meta ai glasses, german advocacy group, criminal complaint

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Vince Gilligan reveals Pluribus season 2 just hit major milestone (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: pluribus, apple tv, vince gilligan

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Someone is running mass vulnerability scans, spoofing AI bots like ClaudeBot (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ai agents, claudebot, agentic web index

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Google Pixel Watch 5 vs. Apple Watch Series 11: How Google competes against Apple (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Prakhar Khanna | tags: google pixel watch, apple watch series 11, google health coach

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Verizon will give you a Pixel 11 Pro free with this plan, no trade-in required - what to know (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Alison Denisco Rayome | tags: verizon, pixel 11 pro, retailer

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Why tiny JPEGs look different in Chrome (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: chrome, jpeg, rendering

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Why Tiny JPEGs Look Different in Chrome (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: chrome, jpeg, rendering