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Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Carly Page | tags: access, attackers, extortion

842.

Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: anthropic, auto, auto mode

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How to use Claude's voice mode (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Igor Bonifacic | tags: apps, claude, mode

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Will price hikes force Apple to stop dragging its feet on certain product upgrades? (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-09 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, ipad, ipad air

845.

How to use ChatGPT's new, more natural Voice Mode for conversations (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Adnan Ahmed | tags: chatgpt, conversations, gpt live

846.

Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: criminal, criminal deception, deception

847.

A Tale of Dynamic Programming (2022) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Iago Leal De Freitas | tags: dynamic programming, richard bellman, stochastic dual

848.

Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: artificial state, just, really

849.

Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: built, memory, microsoft

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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: artificial state, just, really

851.

A new ceramic Apple Watch could go on sale soon (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-09 | by Benjamin Mayo | tags: apple, apple watch, ceramic

852.

This scrapped Apple Upgrade feature would’ve made setup much more seamless (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-09 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, backup, feature

853.

x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Mark Tyson | tags: code, github, microsoft

854.

The pros and cons of the switch to digital games (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Ben Stegner | tags: digital, discs, game

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This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: cross, king, king cross

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Kansas town silences public comment on gigawatt AI data center after receiving death threats, moves to virtual meetings — shift follows physics teacher's arrest for clapping at data center hearing (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Jowi Morales | tags: city, council, emporia

857.

How a small Israeli startup was linked to rogue AI hacks at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta (cnbc.com)

2026-08-09 | by Jonathan Vanian | tags: anthropic, irregular, meta

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Micron reportedly offers pennies on the dollar for Crucial RAM return, offers to reimburse original MSRP despite it being only 37% of market value — chipmaker later reverses course with a better solution (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: micron, crucial, ddr5

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Micron reportedly offers pennies on the dollar for Crucial RAM return, only offers to reimburse original MSRP despite it being only 37% of market value — chipmaker later reverses course with a better solution (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: crucial, memory, memory kit

860.

The Cold War legend of Romania’s tank-melting laser (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: article republished, certainly, certainly existed

861.

A jailbreak for iOS 26 is finally here, 326 days after launch (techspot.com)

2026-08-09 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: apple, chips, devices

862.

There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Konstantin Gukov | tags: field, hexagon, hexagons

863.

Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the World’s Most Endangered Species (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: amazon, bezos, billionaire

864.

Google Should Still Be Forced To Shed Chrome, Advocacy Group Argues (slashdot.org)

2026-08-09 | by Posted | tags: better, better brick, blood

865.

Archive of Animal Photography Reveals 18,000 Species and Counting (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Kayla Randall | tags: national geographic, photo ark, animal photography

866.

Slashdot Reader Builds a Photo-Verification App for iPhones (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: better, better brick, blood

867.

Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: applications, drag, floppy

868.

More Police Officers Fired, Investigated, or Arrested for Misusing Flock Camera Systems (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: department, flock, investigation

869.

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: effectiveness, effectiveness mathematics, mathematics

870.

Indie App Spotlight: ‘Pocket Jam’ helps you learn and practice your favorite songs (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-08 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, pocket, pocket jam