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Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing and stricter anti-scraping measures blocking the wrong bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Hassam Nasir | get Seagate External Hard Drive → | tags: wayback machine, wikimedia foundation, hard drive shortages

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Pentagon Think Tank Tests Ingenious Plan to Protect Coasts From Hurricanes—and It’s Working (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Hurricane Barrier System → | tags: pentagon, darpa, tyndall air force base

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Google is killing this handy way to back up PC folders to Google Photos (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: google photos, google drive, android authority

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NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Frank Landymore | get Red Dots Sky Poster → | tags: nasa, chandra x-ray observatory, james webb space telescope

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I used to hate paying for Google One, but the 2 latest updates changed that (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Google One Membership → | tags: google one, google photos, google drive

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Here’s how technology transformed babymaking (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jessica Hamzelou | get Smart Baby Monitor → | tags: vitrication, ivf, embryo freezing

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Scammers Furious That Their Fellow Criminals Are Using AI, Saying It’s Unethical (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Ethics in Crime Book → | tags: cybercrime, generative ai, amazon

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ValiDrive helps detect fake USB drives and storage devices (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get USB Drive Testing Kit → | tags: validrive, usb drives, storage devices

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CISA gives feds four days to patch Ivanti flaw exploited as zero-day (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Ivanti Security Patch Kit → | tags: cisa, ivanti, epmm

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Instagram privacy tech is turned off today - what does this mean for your DMs? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-08 | get Instagram Privacy Settings Guide → | tags: instagram, e2ee, online messaging

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Instagram privacy tech is turned off today- what does this mean for your DMs? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-08 | get Instagram Privacy Settings Guide → | tags: instagram, e2ee, online messaging

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Apple TV announces new docuseries on UConn women’s basketball team (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Marcus Mendes | get UConn Women's Basketball Hoodie → | tags: apple tv, uconn huskies, genoa auriemma

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Surge in fake citations uncovered by audit of 2.5 million biomedical science papers (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Naddaf | get Science Citation Management Tool → | tags: pubmed central, fake citations, biomedical papers

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Samsung's Galaxy Watches Could Alert Users Before They Faint (cnet.com)

2026-05-07 | by See Full Bio | get Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 → | tags: samsung, galaxy watches, photoplethysmography

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How sunburn inspired a new way to store energy (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-07 | get Solar Battery Power Bank → | tags: sunburn, han, ultraviolet

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Nvidia CEO says AI partnership with Corning will 'revitalize American manufacturing' (cnbc.com)

2026-05-07 | by Alexa Lomonaco | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, corning, ai partnership

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The Paranormal Activity game project is dead (engadget.com)

2026-05-07 | by Anna Washenko | tags: paranormal activity, brian clarke, dreadxp

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A Dystopia Falls (With a Little Help) in This Speculative Short Story (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: lightspeed magazine, melissa a watkins, sarah's laugh

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Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37% (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Kodiak AI Developer Kit → | tags: kodiak ai, self-driving trucks, ares management

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Apple showcases four new MAMI shorts shot on the iPhone 17 Pro Max (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-07 | by Marcus Mendes | get iPhone 17 Pro Max Case → | tags: iphone 17 pro max, mami film festival, cinematic mode

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Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods take a big step toward launch (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-07 | get AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) → | tags: apple, airpods, camera

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How to Disable Google's Gemini in Chrome (wired.com)

2026-05-07 | by Lily Hay Newman | tags: google, chrome, gemini nano

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Draw Marc Andreessen on an Egg (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: marc andreessen, egg game, google

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Tesla Model Y is first car to meet new US driver assistance safety benchmark (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Tesla Model Y Safety Kit → | tags: tesla model y, nhtsa, driver assistance

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8 Great Horror Movies to Watch on Prime Video Now (cnet.com)

2026-05-07 | by See Full Bio | get Horror Movie Collection DVD → | tags: prime video, coherence, multiverse

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Cranks Are Already Peddling Ivermectin for Hantavirus (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: ivermectin, hantavirus, anti-parasitic

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Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: linux kernel, root privilege escalation, dirtyfrag

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The fastest-growing target in America’s book ban wave might surprise you (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Kindle Paperwhite E-reader → | tags: book bans, nonfiction titles, identity

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Police Looking for Jerks Who Allegedly Stole $150,000 Worth of Beehives (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-07 | get Beehive Security Camera → | tags: police, beekeepers, black market

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Hackers hack victims hacked by other hackers (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cybersecurity Incident Response Kit → | tags: teampcp, sentinelone, trivvy