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Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faces (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: people-finder, claritycheck, amazon s3

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Virginia county with 250 data centers begins to rein in building — Loudoun’s more than 250 data centers made it one of the richest counties in the US, but residents are pushing back (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Jowi Morales | tags: loudoun data centers, fiber internet, aol

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Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Antonio G. Di Benedetto | tags: framework, bios, framework laptop

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Canonical Backs New Project to Translate Large C Codebases into Safe Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: canonical, rust, c programming

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Bitcoin surges 11% in two days as Trump, crypto execs lead last ditch effort for Clarity Act (cnbc.com)

2026-08-20 | by Tanaya Macheel | tags: bitcoin, coinbase, ripple

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Back in 1996, Quake's shareware CD locked id Software's entire catalog behind flawed encryption that made it a free-for-all (techspot.com)

2026-08-20 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: quake, id software, shareware

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AI data giant Alation confirms cyberattack (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: alation, amazon web services, cyberattack

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Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: grok, microsoft 365 copilot, prompt injection

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Flock Says It’s “Taking a Break” From Responding to Media Requests (futurism.com)

2026-08-20 | by Frank Landymore | tags: flock, surveillance, washington post

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US says hackers are targeting vulnerable water systems with the help of AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: siemens, cisa, water systems

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From the Original ‘Bluey’ Pilot to the Movie: At D23, We Got an Exclusive Look (cnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Corinne Reichert | tags: bluey, disney, d23

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From the Original Bluey Pilot to the Movie: At D23, We Got an Exclusive Look (cnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Corinne Reichert | tags: bluey, disney, d23

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Oura Restructures Tech Leadership in AI Push (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-20 | tags: oura, tom hale, health guidance

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NASA study finds Earth fungi could survive up to 7 days near lunar south pole (techspot.com)

2026-08-20 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: nasa, lunar reconnaissance orbiter, artemis

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Roblox vows to make changes after Australian regulator found yet more child safety lapses (engadget.com)

2026-08-20 | by Mariella Moon | tags: roblox, aesafety, age verification

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The business advantage of unfiltered founder vulnerability (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: founder vulnerability, corporate avatars, business advantage

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LG's new OLED manufacturing tech can make panels bigger and brighter (engadget.com)

2026-08-20 | by Steve Dent | tags: oled, flipp, fmm

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Get 32GB of RAM for only $241 in this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg —save $249 on this inclusive bundle with Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Corsair Vengeance RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Joe Shields | tags: corsair vengeance, ryzen 7 9800x3d, gigabyte x870e

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The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era — as privately held compute clusters are built, running HPL becomes a distraction (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | tags: supercomputer, china, linshine

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Bought Logitech kit during the Trump tariff mess? You may be due a refund … (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: logitech, trump tariffs, us supreme court

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Australia passes law to levy tech giants that fail to pay for local news (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: australia, tech giants, local news

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Alibaba shares fall 3% as AI spending drives 75% drop in net income (cnbc.com)

2026-08-20 | by April Roach | tags: alibaba, ai spending, cpu-compute

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LG’s 65-inch B6 OLED is $300 lower than its previous best price (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Cameron Faulkner | tags: oled, best buy, nvidia g-sync

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4 iPad accessories I swear by (including a cheaper Apple Pencil alternative) (zdnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Kayla Solino | tags: apple pencil, ipad accessories, zdnet

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Physical media nostalgia sees fundraisers flock to Blu-Ray Kickstarter — drive with 9-in-1 dock achieves 160x funding goal halfway through campaign (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Mark Tyson | tags: blu-ray, kickstarter, bluhub

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The TCL QM8L proves it's worth the upgrade in our lab testing (zdnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Taylor Clemons | tags: tcl qm8l, samsung, sony

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Amazon’s drone deliveries are landing in pools and ponds (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Emma Roth | tags: amazon prime air, drone deliveries, mk30 drones

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Apple’s long-running app store battle with the EU appears to finally be over (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple, app store, european union

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If this is true, the hyperscalers are toast (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Joachim Klement | tags: hyperscalers, small language models, nvidia

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Pixel 11 adds new Screen Saver features, including a new style that’s impossible to ignore (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: pixel 11, android authority, google