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ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: authors, authors chatgpt, chatgpt

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New Orleans Will Use AI To Answer 911 Calls Instead of a Human (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: callers, calls, emergency

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Google is making it easier to add new sources to Gemini Notebook (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: add source, change, gemini

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X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Anthony Ha | tags: original, participants, program

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Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get code names (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: hacking groups, cyber espionage, google threat intelligence

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Meet the Media Industry’s Nerd-in-Chief (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-08 | tags: bold, bold thoughts, chief

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Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: google, group, groups

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Nancy Guthrie: A Case of Bad Calls and Bad Luck (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-08 | tags: airfares, benefits, benefits small

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Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jake Roach | tags: cycles, domas, hardware

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Scientist Reveals Plan to Save Earth From Destruction by the Sun (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: billion, billion years, earth

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Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: advance, advance directed, affected

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Modder turns Steam Controller trackpad haptics into stereo speakers with custom HID tool — Wired connection transmits 16-bit audio that sounds surprisingly full (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: audio, controller, hardware

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Hairmax LaserBand 82 ComfortFlex Review: Putting Down New Roots (wired.com)

2026-08-08 | by Kat Merck | tags: follicles, hair, hair follicles

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Before you buy another USB-C charger, make sure it has this critical (and hidden) spec (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: charger, charging, support

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Turn your handwriting into a font for Android, Windows, or MacOS (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: bit differently, differently, form

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WhatsApp Gets a Handy @all Feature for Group Chats (wired.com)

2026-08-08 | by Megan Tomos | tags: chat, group, group chat

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Why Aren’t Any AI Companies Watching Their Frontier Models to Make Sure They Don’t Go on Hacking Sprees? (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: agents, hack, models

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Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: bitcoin, bloomberg, coinkite

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The humble notebook still matters in the age of AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: capture, capture thoughts, change

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The Hat and the Spectre – Recent Groundbreaking Discoveries in Mathematics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: spectre, hat, aperiodic

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You may soon be able to create and export custom WhatsApp stickers straight from ChatGPT (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-07 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: android, chatgpt, feature

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The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: aircraft, concorde, dhananjay

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Framework Notifies 'All Customers' of a Data Breach Via Compromised Metabase BI Service (slashdot.org)

2026-08-07 | tags: breach, email, framework

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Managing AI Coding Costs at Scale (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: cost, frontier, harness

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Databricks drove down AI coding spend 70% (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: cost, frontier, harness

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We thought we wouldn't write about Overwatch characters anymore but D.Mon looks too sick not to (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Kris Holt | tags: beast, characters, mech

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The Team Behind ‘Paddington 2’ Could’ve Made a ‘Star Wars’ Movie (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: didn, didn happen, droid

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This 6-port USB-C charger replaced my ugly power brick - and powers my entire desk (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: charger, chargeview, charging

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Scientist says RAM pricing has risen to normalized 2007 levels, AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months — memory prices had been falling exponentially for decades (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hardware, historical, memory

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Scientist says RAM pricing has reverted to normalized 2007 levels — memory prices have been falling exponentially for decades, but the AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hardware, historical, memory