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McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There (wired.com)

2026-08-12 | by Reece Rogers | tags: mcdonald’s, loyalty program, privacy rights

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The AI debate isn’t about AI. It’s about control (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: control, printing press, internet

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My favorite nonfiction animal books that make you go holy shit (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jeff Campbell | tags: seahorse, animal behavior, graphic novel

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The Threat Hiding in Your Hiring Process: How Fake Remote Workers Get In (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: north korean, phishing, source-code

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Google is making the Pixel cameras better by making them worse (theverge.com)

2026-08-12 | by David Imel | tags: google, pixel 11, camera looks

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This startup wants to turn your water heater into a smart thermal battery (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: reservoir, water heater, smart thermal battery

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Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Tim De Chant | tags: reservoir, water heaters, asymmetric capital partners

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NYC could force Amazon and FedEx to directly employ its delivery drivers (techspot.com)

2026-08-12 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: amazon, fedex, last-mile logistics

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Amazon could be forced to directly employ its delivery drivers under proposed New York City law (techspot.com)

2026-08-12 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: amazon, fedex, door dash

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Jaguar offers a first look inside the all-electric Type 01 (theverge.com)

2026-08-12 | by Emma Roth | tags: jaguar, type 01, electric architecture

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Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: meta, creators, monetization

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Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: facebook, controversy, creators

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Thrivent CEO Terry Rasmussen: Everything I need to know about business I learned from cleaning people’s teeth (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: thrivent, terry rasmussen, fortune 500

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Brendan Carr is one firing away from an unchecked FCC (theverge.com)

2026-08-12 | by Lauren Feiner | tags: fcc, brendan carr, olivia trust

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These 5 Samsung Gallery features are so good you’ll want to ditch Google Photos (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: samsung gallery, google photos, galaxy ai

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This design studio spent 10 years perfecting a lampshade made out of bacteria (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: cenit lighting, bacteria lampshade, agro-industrial waste

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Modders give the Steam Machine a Radeon eGPU and water cooling, because why not (techspot.com)

2026-08-12 | by Daniel Sims | tags: steam machine, radeon rx 9070 xt, water cooling

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The unreleased Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have ended up in an unsuspecting buyer's hands (engadget.com)

2026-08-12 | by Mariella Moon | tags: xbox elite controller 3, microsoft, anatel

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How I use Google Magnifier to see very small print (when I can't find my glasses) (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jack Wallen | tags: google pixel, google magnifier, android

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8 Great Deals From Patagonia’s Past-Season Sale (wired.com)

2026-08-12 | by Scott Gilbertson | tags: patagonia, yvon chouinard, torrentshell

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Federal Government Demands That Kalshi Keep Operating in New York State Despite Lawsuit (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: kalshi, cftc, new york

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Turns Out You Don’t Need The Most Powerful AI Models to Cause a Major Cybersecurity Incident (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ai models, cybersecurity, incident

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Two undersea cables reportedly damaged off the coast of Perth following suspicious vessel activity — company CEO says faults happened ‘straight after each other and in close proximity' (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jowi Morales | tags: submarine cables, indigo-west, indigo-central

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Insta360’s next 360-degree action cam puts bigger sensors in a smaller design (theverge.com)

2026-08-12 | by Andrew Liszewski | tags: insta360, sony, action camera

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What’s a space stock, anyway? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: spacex, rocket lab, ast spacemobile

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What should the future look like? Inside the tech-funded program to create a new aesthetic (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: stripe, patrick collison, tyler cowen

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Google Photos’ new Moods feature turns your existing images into retro film frames (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: google photos, moods, android

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Galaxy Watch 9 users are resorting to fans and ice baths (!!) to fix slow charging speeds (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: galaxy watch 9, samsung, thermal throttling

569.

Why Target Common Lisp for Code Generation? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: common lisp, code generation, target language

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Spotify will start labeling AI-generated artist profiles and stop recommending their music (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: spotify, ai persona, android authority