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Verizon mobile service restored after outage for thousands of customers in the U.S. (cnbc.com)

2026-08-09 | by Terri Cullen | tags: affected, afternoon, downdetector

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OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Anthony Ha | tags: beshry, beshry said, joining

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Pocket Jam’ helps you learn and practice your favorite songs (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-08 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, pocket, pocket jam

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Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Hafiz Rashid | tags: arms, certainly, cuba

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Meet the Media Industry’s Nerd-in-Chief (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-08 | tags: bold, bold thoughts, chief

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Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: demand, electrical, grid

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How to Turn Your Favorite Pet Photos Into Cute iPhone Emoji in 4 Easy Steps (cnet.com)

2026-08-08 | by Zachary Mcauliffe | tags: apple, emoji, live

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DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: hurricane, jamaica, model

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Weird Town Begs for AI Data Center (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Frank Landymore | tags: center, data center, mcdonald

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Trump Administration To Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion To Halt US Wind Projects (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | tags: energy, offshore, offshore wind

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9to5Mac Overtime 076: Native retro games on iPhone (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jeff Benjamin | tags: apple, benjamin, favorite

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The fight over Trump’s White House ballroom just took a dramatic turn (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: adjacent, adjacent larger, administration

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Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: apparently, apparently just, asked

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Check out the latest Pixel Watch apps to get a new look for their icons (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: apps, google, just

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The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: aircraft, concorde, dhananjay

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App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: app store, astrology, astronomy

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The unwind of Situational Awareness isn't the only reason the AI trade is back (cnbc.com)

2026-08-07 | by Kevin Stankiewicz | tags: july, market, stock

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Trump administration spends another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: administration, billion, energy

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Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | by The Canadian Press | tags: canada, cent, jobs

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This Mine Predicts Major Wars. It's Opening Again (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: major, major wars, opening

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I read Microsoft's Windows 11 'quality' progress report - and the subtext says it all (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Ed Bott | tags: file, just, microsoft

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Leak spills the beans on the Sony WH-1000XM4 revival (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: headphones, just, reportedly

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Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jowi Morales | tags: center, data center, hardware

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Public Offers Implausible Number of Alibis for Man Accused of Destroying Flock Cameras (futurism.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: comments, community, flock

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A Judge Just Ordered Meta to Pay $567 Million and Change How It Treats Teen Accounts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jonathan Small | tags: accounts, judge, meta

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23,000 U.S. jobs were lost in July as labor report also shows dip in unemployment (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: jobs, labor, market

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U.S. Lost 23,000 Jobs in July, While Unemployment Ticked Lower (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: jobs, jobs july, july

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U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | by Https | tags: jobs, labor, labor market

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Google Data Center Announces Plans to Pave Over Protected Wetlands (futurism.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: acres, center, data center

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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