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Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: xmpp, jabber, digital sovereignty

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Majority of Britons say free speech has deteriorated under Labour (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | by Peter Stevens | tags: labour, liberty, keir starmer

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IBM’s next-gen mainframe chip is the first to run Arm and Z workloads on the same cores (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: ibm z mainframe, arm instruction set, linuxone systems

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Microsoft: August updates break printing, PDF export in WPF apps (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: .net framework, windows presentation foundation, microsoft patch tuesday

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Mourning Steve French (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | by Posted August | tags: steve french, eklektix, linux

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Alibaba plunges after announcing $10.2 billion share placement to fund AI push (cnbc.com)

2026-08-24 | by Jenny Lee | tags: alibaba, ai infrastructure, hong kong

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The Remote Work Challenge: Lessons from 5 Cities (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-23 | tags: remote work, office real estate, new york

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Tech CEO’s Ridiculous Excuse Falls Apart in Court, Sentenced to Prison (futurism.com)

2026-08-23 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: caastle, christine hunsicker, fraud

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The world's first webcam was switched off 25 years ago today — 128x128 grayscale feed predated the World Wide Web to monitor a Cambridge coffee pot (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Mark Tyson | tags: cambridge university, trojan room coffee pot, acorn archimedes

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OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-22 | by Anthony Ha | tags: openai, california, sb 53

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New York Dethrones San Francisco Bay Area As Largest Tech Talent Market (slashdot.org)

2026-08-22 | tags: san francisco, apple, nvidia

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Snap-on LCD brings mini displays to any 120mm PC fan — Thermalright's Fan Frame Vision-1 lets you display information and custom themes on your case fans (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jowi Morales | tags: thermalright, fan frame vision-1, pc fans

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Save $532 on a 480 Hz OLED gaming monitor — Amazon drops a massive 53% discount on the LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: lg ultragear, oled monitor, nvidia g-sync

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This might be the only time you’ll see race cars speeding up Pennsylvania Avenue (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-22 | tags: indycar, pennsylvania avenue, freedom 250

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Early Humans Likely Ate Carbs and Sugary Foods (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-22 | by Dave Roos | tags: human evolution, primates, sugar

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Xbox Series X Special Edition Pricing Confirms 2026 Is a Bad Year for Gamers (cnet.com)

2026-08-21 | by Ajay Kumar | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, black friday

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Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-21 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: nvidia, cloverleaf infrastructure, ai data centers

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Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-21 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: techcrunch disrupt, san francisco, moscone west

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LLMs are proof that Unix won (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Map Email Bastian Rieck.Me Name Bastian Grossenbacher Rieck | tags: unix, linux, gnu

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Get a $75 discount on your next Corsair upgrade — stack your cart up to $350 to enjoy big savings (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Layer Van-Ds .Vds-Author Font-Size Var --Text-Base | tags: corsair, frame 4000d, rm850e

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Valve slip-up reveals extensive Steam Frame details, including an unboxing video (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: steam deck, valve, steam frame

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I Walked Away From a $100,000 Deal — Here’s Why the Client Chose Us Anyway (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | by Trevor Rappleye | tags: ai-generated faces, franchise filming, entrepreneur

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World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Jowi Morales | tags: anna's archive, anthropic, ai companies

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OpenAI Adds Controls That Should've Been There Already (darkreading.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: openai, hugging face, ai security

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Yes/No/Cancel causes Aspirin sales to soar (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: usability, user-friendliness, yes/no/cancel

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Someone got Doom running on a 2009 Canon DSLR camera, and it's surprisingly playable (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Daniel Sims | tags: doom, canon dslr, magic lantern

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As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: meta, ai glasses, def con

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New York unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent, CBRE reports (cnbc.com)

2026-08-21 | by Diana Olick | tags: new york, cbre, san francisco

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The best PS3 emulator on Android just got online play (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: ps3 emulator, armsx3, rpcn framework

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New CUSTODY Framework Constrains AI Agents Inside the Network (darkreading.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: custody framework, ai agents, dark reading