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Earth Is On Track to Break the All-Time Record for Category 5 Hurricanes This Year (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: earth, hurricanes, category 5

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Elevators (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: elevator algorithm, elevator scheduling, scan algorithm

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Massively Parallel Postgres Backups (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: postgres, planetscale, wal replay

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I built a f.lux alternative because the M5 Max firmware broke existing solutions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: f.lux, m5 max, firmware

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SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim De Chant | tags: spacex, xai, gas turbines

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30 years of CPUs at Tom’s Hardware — looking back on three decades of processors, from the Pentium II to Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, intel, ryzen

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Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jay Peters | tags: google earth, ai deepfake, nano banana 2

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Kalshi Sued for Running Illegal Gambling Operation (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: kalshi, new york, gambling

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Data Byte: This router's signal strength beat most competitors in our lab test (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Allison Murray | tags: router, signal strength, zdnet

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A big win for Android interoperability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: android, open home foundation, digital markets act

3131.

The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in August 2026 (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: netflix, hulu, disney+

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The most official water costs $120k a gallon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by .Wp-Block-Post-Author Box-Sizing Border-Box Display Flex Flex-Wrap Wrap .Wp-Block-Post-Author__Byline Font-Size Margin-Bottom Margin-Top Width | tags: water isotopes, deuterium, oxygen-18

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AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Steven Levy | tags: twitter, creative revenue sharing, melodramas

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Show HN: I built a cross-browser extension that controls fingerprinting surfaces (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tomasz Janusz | tags: privacy thing, fingerprinting, google chrome

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Maze Toys (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maze Toys | tags: maze, faultless, maze toys

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The Google Pixel Watch 4 LTE is down to $349.99 in one of its best Amazon deals yet (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google pixel watch 4, amazon deal, 4g lte

3137.

Captain America Popcorn Bucket and Fantastic Four Cups Recalled (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: captain america, fantastic four, popcorn bucket

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Software takes center stage in this Pixel 11 series and Pixel Watch 5 leak (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: pixel 11, pixel watch 5, google

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Graphics Cards Could Get Even More Expensive, and It’s Not Just Nvidia (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: nvidia, graphics cards, pc gaming

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Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is fighting 'a hundred-year flood' on memory pricing — expects to pay even more for memory in September following recent price hikes (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Luke James | tags: apple, tim cook, memory pricing

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Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Sarah Perez | tags: reddit, tiktok, steve huffman

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This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend’s Incompetence (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jason Parham | tags: orchid, weaponized incompetence, ai assistant

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This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend's Incompetence (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jason Parham | tags: orchid, weaponized incompetence, ai assistant

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Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Marina Temkin | tags: smallest.ai, voice ai, human conversation

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Anthropic reveals its Claude AI model hacked into 3 organizations during testing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: anthropic, claude, ai hacking

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How Leopold Aschenbrenner built a $45 billion AI hedge fund — and lost most of it in days (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hugh Son | tags: openai, situational awareness, sk hynix

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iOS 27 adds new reason to upgrade your iPhone screen size (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: ios 27, apple, iphone ultra

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U.S. lawmakers request information from DoorDash on use of Chinese AI models (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: door dash, chinese ai models, us lawmakers

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WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: whatsapp, meta, whatsapp business platform

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This free font can trick AI scrapers into swallowing gibberish instead of your content (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Zo Ahmed | tags: shieldfont, opentype, seneda & abruccio