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Wendy’s Fell to No. 3 in Burger Chains. Its New CEO Blames ‘Quality Degradation.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: wendy’s, burger king, mcdonald’s

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New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: license plate reader, leonardo, signaltrace

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This Satellite Will Literally Breathe Air to Stay in Orbit (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: satellite, atmosphere, thrust

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I tried Opera's new vertical tabs - and it might be the best implementation yet (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jack Wallen | tags: opera, vertical tabs, vivaldi

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Nvidia Releases New Open Model (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-11 | tags: nvidia, nemotron 3.5 lightning, ai token

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Zap Rocks. Add Water. Get Clean Hydrogen (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-11 | by Ariel Bleicher | tags: hydrogen, eden geopower, borehole

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His Bootstrapped Business Fixes Broken Customer Service and Brings in 9 Figures a Year: ‘We Should Not Use AI to Replace the Human Touch’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Amanda Breen | tags: call center, horatio, columbia university

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Nvidia's Switchyard router reshuffles AI models mid-task, cutting task costs to a third in its own tests (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: nvidia, nemotron 3.5 lightning, switchyard

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Your AI agent may be ready. Your sales motion probably isn’t. (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: salesforce, agent exchange, gutenburg

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Spotify AI Persona labels will alert listeners if an artist isn't real (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Anna Washenko | tags: spotify, ai persona, generative ai

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Bumble now lets either person send the first message after matching (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: bumble, whitney wolfe herd, dating app

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This New Open-Weight AI Model Is Built for Video and Robots (cnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Katelyn Chedraoui | tags: ltx-2.5, nvidia rtx, open-weight ai

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Spotify’s AI Persona Label to Pluck AI Artists From Your Algorithm (cnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Kourtnee Jackson | tags: spotify, ai persona, ai artists

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Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Sarah Perez | tags: spotify, ai persona, artificial intelligence

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This $50 power bank is safer than my lithium-ion battery - and it's coming on my next flight (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: power bank, lithium-ion batteries, reelcharge

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A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lily Hay Newman | tags: zoom, screen sharing, ai vulnerabilities

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AI’s biggest climate problem may not be data centers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: fossil fuel, data centers, emissions

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OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: openai, ethics, leadership

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Apple could help you prove your iPhone photos aren’t deepfakes (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: apple, iphone, reference image

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Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: anthropic, claude, eu ai act

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Mark Zuckerberg wants you to trust Meta with your personal AI. Good luck with that (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: meta, mark zuckerberg, ai labs

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The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-11 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: llm, transformers, schmidt sciences

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FCC proposes import ban on Chinese optical transceivers — blockade targets key AI interconnects as China holds 56% global market share (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jon Martindale | tags: fcc, optical transceivers, china

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You can now order this Android phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: minimal phone 2, mediatek dimensity 8300, unihertz

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Nikki From ‘Obsession’ Will Freak You Out at Universal’s Horror Nights (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: universal horror nights, nikki, obsession

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Wesco confirms security incident after ExfilSquad claims data theft (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: wesco, exfilsquad, cloud crm

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NASA updates Voyager 2 to extend the 1977 probe's lifespan yet again (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mariella Moon | tags: voyager 2, nasa, plutonium

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$580 million undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf — company caves to fan demands to safeguard Harry Potter filming location, will instead pass by Bronze Age burial site (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, dobby grave

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Get 32GB of DDR5 for $261 in this AM5 gaming bundle — $970 deal features Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5 RAM, a Gigabyte X870 motherboard, and free 240mm AIO (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Shields | tags: ryzen 7 9800x3d, corsair ddr5-6000, gigabyte x870

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Apple faces class action lawsuit for ‘fraud’ over iCloud Private Relay flaw (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: icloud private relay, apple, passkeys