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Waymo Narcs on Kids Allegedly Boozing and Shooting Gel Blasters (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: afternoon, afternoon libations, cops

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IBM and Red Hat launch Lightwell to defend open-source code from AI attacks (zdnet.com)

2026-07-08 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: lightwell, open, open source

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A bug which affected only left handed users (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | by Terence Eden | tags: left, link, right

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If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it? (theverge.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jay Peters | tags: game, games, microsoft

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Entra passkey enrollment vishing targets Microsoft 365 users (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: microsoft, okta, passkey

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Arrest and extradition of Scattered Spider hacker shines light on how Windows telemetry GDIDs can identify and track users — Microsoft device identifier is just one digital fingerprint in a software world rife with them (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: gdid, microsoft, stokes

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Samsung opens up Galaxy Z Fold 8 reservations, but the perks just got smaller (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: com gift, credit, galaxy

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Reinforcement learning control of quantum error correction (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-08 | by Sivak | tags: control, drift, parameters

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Doom Developer id Software Is Reportedly Losing Half Its Staff (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: cuts, developer, doom

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Microsoft Flips Windows Backup On By Default Outside the EU (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: backup, default, device

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Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-07 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: anthropic, microsoft, models

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Why Stockholm keeps producing AI-era founders (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: ai economy, ai shifts, automate routine

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Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff (engadget.com)

2026-07-07 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: game, id software, layoffs

764.

Notes on Software Quality (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: high, quality, software

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Nearly 12,000 Businesses Faced the Same ‘Messy’ Problem. This Founder’s Simple Fix Changed Everything for Them. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-07 | by Shawn P. Walchef | tags: davis, marginedge, restaurant

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You can soon restore Windows 11 from scratch even if it can't boot up - here's how (zdnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by Lance Whitney | tags: cloud, cloud rebuild, files

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Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: activity, complaint, device

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The Next Xbox Can’t Afford to Fail (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: burned, burned left, left

769.

Software Bonkers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | by Craig Mod | tags: built, claude, program

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Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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Microsoft Is Eliminating 4,800 Jobs — Including 20% of Its Xbox Staff: ‘We Will Return to Growth in 2027.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-07 | by Jonathan Small | tags: admitting tasks, gaming, jobs

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'GitLost' Flaw Leaks Private Data From GitHub's Agentic Workflows (darkreading.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: allows, allows unauthenticated, attacker

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Companies are now using automatic Windows installers to display Adware through the Microsoft Store when you install new hardware — customer immediately gets McAfee ads on their PC after connecting new LG monitor; here's how to block the new ads (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Hassam Nasir | get AdGuard Ad Blocker → | tags: hardware, just, microsoft

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Apple stops signing iOS 26.5.1 after critical security fix release (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-07 | by Zac Hall | get Apple Security Update Kit → | tags: apple, beta, ios beta

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Doom developer id reportedly cut in half as part of Xbox layoffs (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Jay Peters | tags: cuts, doom, layoffs

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Our choice of AI assistant really matters, says Tony Fadell – and raises big questions (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-07 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Smart Home AI Assistant → | tags: assistant, knows, powerful

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Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Emma Roth | get Windows 11 Storage Cleaner → | tags: capabilityaccessmanager, db wal, file

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Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | get Microsoft Windows Device ID Tool → | tags: complaint, device, gdid

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Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Andrew Webster | get Xbox Series X Console → | tags: billion, games, goal