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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: centers, data centers, power

1742.

AI agents are part of your team now. Here’s how to secure all of them. (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: access, agent, agents

1743.

Thousands of server motherboards are vulnerable to controller flaws that could give attackers hardware-level control (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: attackers, authentication, bmcs

1744.

This Founder Shares the Cold-Email Playbook That Landed His Company National Distribution (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | by Dan Bova | tags: entrepreneur, ghee, gheelish

1745.

Is Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Dead? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: alternative, alternative reportedly, anti

1746.

OpenAI Tried to Hire Influencers to Spread Love for Its Products, But It Backfired Horrendously (futurism.com)

2026-08-06 | by Frank Landymore | tags: creators, influencers, openai

1747.

iOS 27 hints at all-new Home product launching soon (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple, camera, home

1748.

Mike Flanagan Promises You ‘Don’t Know’ How His ‘Carrie’ Will End (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: academy, academy series, canceled

1749.

Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: alongside, alongside dial, altar

1750.

The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Running Out of Roadblocks (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: confident, confident merger, executives

1751.

Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: compromised, exploited, federal

1752.

eBay continues to bet on live shopping after record quarter (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: ebay, growth, live

1753.

New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: attack, attacker, branch

1754.

I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: characters, message, messages

1755.

Brendan Carr officially unleashes broadcast consolidation (theverge.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lauren Feiner | tags: broadcast, carr, case

1756.

Mexico's "Gamer Congresswoman" takes Sony to court over physical game disc shutdown (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: consumer, digital, game

1757.

Baskin-Robbins and MUG Are Launching a Root Beer Float 114,100 Feet Into the Sky. Will the Stunt Settle a Years-Old Internet Debate? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jonathan Small | tags: baskin, baskin robbins, beer

1758.

What's the difference between the Apple Pencil USB-C Vs Pro? (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Alec Hively | tags: apple, apple pencil, experience

1759.

Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $700 million installation (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: center, data center, nashville

1760.

The ‘Underdog’ Business He Started With $15,000 is About to Hit 8 Figures: ‘We’re Built for Virality’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: dunn, hats, hatter

1761.

Biggest backdoor yet found in Chinese routers sold under multiple brand names (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: command, control, dsim

1762.

Samsung debuts three next-generation memory technologies for AI data centers — zHBM, zNAND-O, and BV-NAND all rely on advanced wafer bonding technologies (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Anton Shilov | tags: layer, logic, memory

1763.

Applovin stock tanks on Q2 revenue miss (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Cj Haddad | tags: adtech, expected, miss

1764.

Corsair acquires Trak Racer, adding premium racing cockpits and flight sim gear to its lineup (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: corsair, fanatec, racer

1765.

Figma says it’s hiring less because of AI. Wall Street doesn’t seem impressed (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: appear, appear having, concerns spending

1766.

Ford’s affordable midsize electric truck officially has a name and starting price (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: affordable, aims compete, american

1767.

Viture’s New XR Glasses Are Sharper, Brighter, and Way Less Expensive (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: generation, generation way, improve

1768.

Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: customer, intent, malachyte

1769.

AI failed to properly patch software flaws 74% of the time, 1Password's study warns (zdnet.com)

2026-08-06 | by Charlie Osborne | tags: generated, models, patch

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Google's AI shake-up, tariff refunds, the interest rate outlook and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Alex Harring | tags: america, bank, bank america