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The Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by About The Author | tags: flock, alpr, deflock

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Bede Liu, a digital signal processing pioneer, has died (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by The Liu Family | tags: digital signal processing, ieee jack s. kilby medal, princeton university

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Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anthony Ha | tags: grok, xai, spacex

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Grab this RTX 5070 gaming PC for just $1,499, saving $600 off list price — Acer Nitro 85 prebuilt comes with 16GB of RAM, Core Ultra 7 265F, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: rtx 5070, acer nitro 85, intel core ultra 7

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‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ Is Getting Nostalgic and Thinking Ahead (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: lilo and stitch, disney, animated film

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Voltair (YC W26) Is Hiring a Test Flight Engineer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: voltair, drone, earth observation

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Big Manufacturers Find New Demand in Equipping AI Data Centers (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-15 | tags: caterpillar, cummins, ai data centers

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What the world's oldest telecommunications company looks like today (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Husain Parvez | tags: bt group, electric telegraph, william fothergill cooke

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Disney Snuck In and Overhauled the Millennium Falcon While You Were Sleeping. Here’s Why (cnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by Russell Holly | tags: disney, millennium falcon, star wars

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Starfighter Trailer, Ahsoka and Anakin: Biggest Star Wars News Out of D23 (cnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by Corinne Reichert | tags: starfighter, lucasfilm, disney

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Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: roscosmos, progress rocket center, soyuz-2

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Dude Reportedly Hides Prompt Injections in Legal Filing, Just in Case Judge Is Really That Lazy (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: prompt injections, legal filing, dude

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At-home test for infected ticks could improve Lyme Disease diagnosis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Kristen A. Schmitt | tags: lyme disease, cdc, blacklegged ticks

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The First At-Home Test for Infected Ticks Could Improve Lyme Disease Diagnosis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Kristen A. Schmitt | tags: lyme disease, cdc, blacklegged ticks

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Devs blame Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files — creators allege Microsoft Defender blocking plugin cache is to blame (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: vlc media player, microsoft defender, windows 11

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Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 and Starfighter get teased at D23 (theverge.com)

2026-08-15 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: star wars, ahsoka, lucasfilm

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On ‘Billionaire Bunker,’ Buying a Mansion Is Easy. Getting Into the Club Isn’t. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-15 | tags: ford, billionaire bunker, ibiza

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Anti-drone chain gun with 50mm precision-guided ammunition unveiled — Northrop Grumman's Raid Hunter is designed to wipe out drone swarms and cruise missiles (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Mark Tyson | tags: northrop grumman, raid hunter, chain gun

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Zyzz Was the Original Looksmaxxer. His Rise and Untimely Death Feel More Relevant Than Ever (wired.com)

2026-08-15 | by Miles Klee | tags: looksmaxxer, zyzz, manosphere

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A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file (techspot.com)

2026-08-15 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: windows defender, vlc media player, videolan

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Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding (futurism.com)

2026-08-15 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance towers

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We’re reaching peak camera with the Sony A7R VI (theverge.com)

2026-08-15 | by Antonio G. Di Benedetto | tags: sony a7r vi, bionz xr2, in-body image stabilization

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Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: prompt injection, court filings, spader jr

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Disney Wants You to Behold the First ‘VisionQuest’ Trailer (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: disney, visionquest, marvel

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The Incredibles 3 Confirmed as Disney Kicks Off D23 Entertainment Showcase (cnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by David Lumb | tags: disney, pixar, incredibles

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State Judge to Kalshi: Your Sports Betting Is Obviously Illegal (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: kalshi, washington, sports betting

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Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: jane street, situational awareness, $15 billion

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Nvidia Downsizes Plans for $250 Billion Guarantee of OpenAI Data Center (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-14 | tags: nvidia, openai, data center

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Waymo receives permission to offer rides in Sacramento and San Diego (engadget.com)

2026-08-14 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: waymo, california public utilities commission, robotaxi

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Charlie Ergen Agrees to Take Controlling Stake in MobileX (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-14 | tags: charlie ergen, mobilex, boost mobile