GoKawiil - Tech News

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Prompts Aren't Real (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | tags: llm prompts, evaluation pipelines, optimization pipelines

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Gemini Joins the Hacker Club (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-20 | tags: gemini, siri, artificial intelligence

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‘VisionQuest’ Had ‘No Need’ to Use GenAI, Says Showrunner (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-20 | tags: visionquest, genai, showrunner

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Do birds have accents? the regional differences in birdsong (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by Louise Gentle | get Bushnell H2O binoculars birdwatching → | tags: birdsong, international dawn chorus day, blue tits

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North Korea used job interviews to deploy malware on 30,000 devices during coding tests — WaterPlum group loots $10.7 million in crypto and plants persistent RATs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | get YubiKey 5C NFC hardware security key → | tags: waterplum, north korea, cryptocurrency theft

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Kash Patel says that AI use at the FBI has 'increased by 605%' since he became director — claims that every major tech player is 'embedded' in the agency (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: kash patel, fbi, artificial intelligence

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An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-20 | get YubiKey 5C NFC hardware security key → | tags: teampcp, google threat intelligence, supply chain hacking

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Jensen Huang says there is '0% chance' AI destroys the world by 2030 — 'We should go as fast as we can, irrespective of anyone else,' dismisses Anthropic doom warnings and rejects new regulations (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Anton Shilov | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU → | tags: jensen huang, nvidia, artificial intelligence

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I use Google Maps every day, but Apple Maps still does these 4 things better (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-20 | get Garmin DriveSmart 76 GPS navigator → | tags: google maps, apple maps, navigation

10.

Strange Seeds Appear to Be Growing Into Massive Black Holes (futurism.com)

2026-09-20 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: little red dots, james webb space telescope, supermassive black holes

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Tech Industry Scratches Its Head Over Trump's 'AI Force' Proposal (slashdot.org)

2026-09-20 | by Posted | tags: ai force, donald trump, space force

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Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | get NordVPN subscription → | tags: archive.today, spain, intellectual property commission

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Trump Announces an ‘AI Force’ After Industry Sounded Alarm (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-19 | tags: ai force, trump, ai industry

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You can defeat the Dream Devourer from Chrono Trigger using an int overflow (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get Chrono Trigger Nintendo Switch game → | tags: chrono trigger, dream devourer, int overflow

15.

Measure internet censorship (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get GL.iNet GL-AR750S travel router VPN → | tags: ooni probe, internet censorship, internet freedom

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Measure internet censorship. Contribute to the largest open dataset (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get GL.iNet GL-AR750S travel router VPN → | tags: ooni probe, internet censorship, open dataset

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Newsom Executive Order Contains Eyebrow-Raising AI Kill Switch Proposal (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-19 | tags: newsom, executive order, ai kill switch

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Fake AI Intelligence Almost Made the US Military Start a War With China (slashdot.org)

2026-09-19 | by Posted | tags: us military, artificial intelligence, china

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Higher interest rates and AI safety fears put the stock market to the test last week (cnbc.com)

2026-09-19 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: federal reserve rate hikes, ai safety concerns, goldman sachs

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ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI German code for the first time — radio message sharing enemy movement intelligence had evaded decoding, 1918 Crimean fleet warning verified against HMS Canterbury logs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | tags: chatgpt-6 astra, adfgvx cipher, world war i

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The Doomsday Warnings AI CEOs Gave When They First Founded Their Companies (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-19 | get Superintelligence Nick Bostrom book → | tags: ai ceos, doomsday warnings, ai apocalypse

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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: September 19, 2026 — Steam Frame interview, killer AI models, and the DRAM crisis deepens (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Sayem Ahmed | get Valve Steam Frame VR headset → | tags: steam frame, valve, dram crisis

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Intel suspends bug bounty program that paid up to $100,000 per flaw — new Intigriti disclosure program offers no rewards (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Shane Downing | tags: intel, bug bounty program, intigriti

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North Korean WaterPlum hackers infected 30,000 devices worldwide (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-19 | get YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: waterplum, north korea, contagious interview

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The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the “Brain” of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: faa, air traffic control, smart system

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate for surgery to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering iron station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Join the WIRED World Fair in Miami on November 4 (wired.com)

2026-09-19 | by Wired Staff | tags: wired world fair, miami, wynwood district

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Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a “Doom Loop” That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the AI Useless (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: microsoft, satya nadella, ai copyright lawsuit

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AI “Actor” Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: tilly norwood, piers morgan, ai actor