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Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: black hole, star, astronomers

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Your Personal Care Products Are Likely Hiding 3 Times as Many Chemicals Than Labeled (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: personal care products, chemicals, study

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The Best Way to Have a Truly Private Conversation Is Already on Your iPhone (cnet.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: iphone, notes app, private conversation

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Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: discovered materials, exa, pymatgen

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Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit (slashdot.org)

2026-08-11 | tags: paramount, warner bros discovery, california

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Cisco warns of ASA and FTD VPN flaw exploited to crash devices (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: cisco, asa, ftd

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: rivian, level 4 autonomy, tesla

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Waymo Has Nearly 4,000 Cars on the Road. One Just Drove Over an Exploding Firework. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: waymo, autonomous vehicles, firework incident

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Cisco warns of high-severity ClamAV flaws with public exploits (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: clamav, cisco, cve-2026-20337

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Booking.com Promo Codes: 20% Off | August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Molly Higgins | tags: booking.com, loyalty program, genius

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Apple settles lawsuit over alleged discrimination against Jewish employee (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-10 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, eeoc, religious discrimination

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Free Divers Thought They Found a Weird Rock. It Was a 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: roman shipwreck, underwater archaeology, ancient artifacts

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Defending my own brain against enshittification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: meta, belvita, biscoff

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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: integrated circuits, discovered materials, anthropic

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There’s just one person behind this viral ChatGPT knockoff (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: chatgpt, tucker bryant, chattjb

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After Netflix, now Disney Plus wants you to chat with AI to figure out what to watch next (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: disney plus, generative ai, disney company

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Member of The Com sent to prison for blackmail, sextortion (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: the com, snapchat, telegram

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MySpace owners confirm they are planning another comeback (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: myspace, viant technology, tom anderson

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MySpace owners confirm they are planning another comeback, but say they are waiting for the right time (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: myspace, viant technology, tom anderson

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The Bruising Race to Rent in San Francisco Goes Into Overdrive (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-10 | tags: san francisco, housing, ai salaries

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Newfoundland has a hard bread shortage, but why do they eat it? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Freelance Contributor | tags: purity bakery, hard tack, newfoundland

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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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Inside Humanity’s Ancient Obsession With Conquering Time (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: discusses, discusses humanity, guido

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The AI Billboards Are Killing SF (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | by Emily Dreyfuss | tags: city, francisco, new tab

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Four Top Google Scientists Are Leaving to Start Their Own AI Company. It Might Discover Things No Human Ever Could. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jonathan Small | tags: alphabet, alphabet ceo, dean

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The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Caroline Haskins | tags: bryant, bryant says, chattjb

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HP Coupon Codes and Deals August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Luke Larsen | tags: discount, printers, printing

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Newegg Promo Codes and Coupons for August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Molly Higgins | tags: deals, discounts, gaming

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LG Promo Codes and Coupons for August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Gear Team | tags: discounts, gaming, products

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Vogue just gave another nod of approval to the tech world (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: francisco, san francisco, vogue