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OpenAI is slowing down AI development after rogue agents incidents and Bernie Sanders threatens Senate action (techspot.com)

2026-08-19 | by Rob Thubron | tags: openai, rogue agents, astramodel

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Framework gave its 12-inch laptop some hardware upgrades (theverge.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: framework, intel core series 3, framework laptop 12

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Increasing CO<sub>2</sub> levels fertilize C<sub>4</sub> grass production (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Simpson | tags: meta, litsearchr, isi web of science

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Taco Bell is bringing back 4 discontinued favorite menu items, including one fans begged for (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: bell, bell items, carefree

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Companies promote incompetent employees to management to limit damage they do (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dr. Milan Milanović | tags: anecdotes, architect, avoid

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Companies promote incompetent employees to management tolimit damage they can do (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dr. Milan Milanović | tags: anecdotes, architect, avoid

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Squeeze More Juice Out of a Dead Battery! (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Rhett Allain | tags: battery, joule thief, faraday's law

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Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: data centers, phoenix, temperature increase

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Peacock is the latest streaming service to increase prices, details here (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-18 | by Zac Hall | tags: peacock, streaming service, premium plus

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Asus ROG Swift PG32UCWM 32-inch OLED gaming monitor review: A flagship display with premium performance and imagery (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Christian Eberle | tags: asus, brightness, color

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'Ransom Busters': Ransomware Actor Poses as Incident-Recovery Service (darkreading.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: ransomware, incident-recovery, cybersecurity

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Google buys Spirit Airlines data for AI training for just $10 million — purchase includes hundreds of millions of emails, Microsoft Teams chats, billions of flight pricing records, and anonymized passenger records (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: airline, court, especially

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Best Buy has slashed $1,350 off this 'outstanding' OLED RTX 5080 laptop — 16-inch Lenovo Legion Pro 7i features a 24-core Arrow Lake CPU and 32GB of DDR5 RAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: best, deals, gaming

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Incogni is our favorite service that stops data brokers from selling your info - and it's 58% off (zdnet.com)

2026-08-18 | by Palash Volvoikar | tags: incogni, data brokers, data removal

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Why flash drive capacity keeps increasing (and why small drives are rarely sold today) (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Husain Parvez | tags: flash drive, nand, toshiba

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Mummified Human Remains Are Being Sold Online—Biohazards Included (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: human remains, online sale, biohazards

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Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With “North Dahota” and “Olkchoma” (futurism.com)

2026-08-17 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: farnsley middle school, george washington university, hallucinations

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Incident with Github.com (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: github, incident, repository

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Tell HN: GitHub Is Experiencing Degraded Performance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: github, githubstatus, server outage

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AI data center optical interconnect market to hit $144 billion by 2030, an over ten-fold increase from 2024 figures, according to new projections — silicon photonics expected to account for nearly two-thirds of revenue, driven by co-packaged optics (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Etiido Uko | tags: silicon photonics, yuanjie semiconductors, lightcounting

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Leadership lessons from America’s fastest-growing private companies and news from the new Susan G. Komen CEO (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: inc 5000, susan g. komen, mansueto ventures

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This portable, external CD/DVD drive comes with a 2.5-inch SATA and an SD Card slot for just $26 — Save 10% on a modern essential for keeping physical media alive (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: alronly, sata, usb-c

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Polaroid’s tiny instant camera is $72 and includes a free pack of film (theverge.com)

2026-08-15 | by Brad Bourque | tags: polaroid go, instant camera, amazon

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Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Henrik Karlsson | tags: y combinator, startup incubators, sam altman

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The price of a Costco hot dog has gone up (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: costco, hot dog, price increase

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Delete your family’s personal data from the internet with a 55% discount on Incogni (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-15 | by Sponsored Post | tags: incogni, data brokers, apple privacy

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Grab this Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC for $2,099 before it sells out —prebuilt powerhouse includes a Core Ultra 7 265KF, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 5070 ti, predator orion 6000

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How ‘Trump accounts’ for kids could widen the wealth gap (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: 530a accounts, trump accounts, tax-advantaged investment

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Marvel reveals the new X-Men cast, including Inde Navarrette and Adam Driver (theverge.com)

2026-08-15 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: x-men, marvel, d23

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Evolve: An incremental game about evolving a civilization (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: evolve game, civilization, incremental game