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Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Sarah Perez | tags: spotify, ai persona, artificial intelligence

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This $50 power bank is safer than my lithium-ion battery - and it's coming on my next flight (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: power bank, lithium-ion batteries, reelcharge

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Trump escaped an Iranian assassination threat in a very unusual way last month in Turkey (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: air force one, nato summit, iranian assassination

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A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lily Hay Newman | tags: zoom, screen sharing, ai vulnerabilities

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SteamOS 3.8.25 beta expands controller and handheld support (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: steamos, valve, steam deck

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OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: openai, ethics, leadership

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OpenAI's Only Ethicist Reportedly Left Last Month (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: openai, ethicist, artificial intelligence

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Mark Zuckerberg wants you to trust Meta with your personal AI. Good luck with that (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: meta, mark zuckerberg, ai labs

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The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-11 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: llm, transformers, schmidt sciences

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NASA updates Voyager 2 to extend the 1977 probe's lifespan yet again (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mariella Moon | tags: voyager 2, nasa, plutonium

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$580 million undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf — company caves to fan demands to safeguard Harry Potter filming location, will instead pass by Bronze Age burial site (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, dobby grave

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Apple faces class action lawsuit for ‘fraud’ over iCloud Private Relay flaw (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: icloud private relay, apple, passkeys

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Jackie’s legacy: How a bald eagle influencer inspired millions and helped save an endangered habitat (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: bald eagle, big bear valley, california

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Ranking the Best Red-Light Therapy Masks and LED Devices of 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Boutayna Chokrane | tags: red-light therapy, shark cryoglow, led face mask

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Target names its first chief AI officer in a bid to remake the shopping experience (exclusive) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: target, chandhu nair, ai officer

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US lawmaker wants gov't to enforce regulation to ensure 'chipmakers conduct adequate due diligence on their customers' — House member calls for Biden-era export control to be enforced (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Anton Shilov | tags: tsmc, samsung foundry, chipmakers

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A strange Google Home app bug is automatically switching on smart lights (Update: Fixed) (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google home, google nest, smart lights

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A strange Google Home app bug is automatically switching on smart lights across homes (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google home, philips hue, govee

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This $30 Hoto 25-piece electric screwdriver set is a must-buy option for PC builders and hobbyists —40% saving on portable driver with long-life 1,500 mAh battery and 25 ultra-hard bits for your next project (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Stockton | tags: hoto, usb-c, pc builder

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Nvidia teams up with financial giants to create $500 billion AI infrastructure funds — six investment firms to enable access to long-term funding at attractive rates (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Anton Shilov | tags: nvidia, ai infrastructure, blackrock

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China now even less likely to solve Apple’s memory crunch (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple, cxmt, ymct

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Red Lobster is redesigning its dining rooms for ‘newstalgia’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: red lobster, nautical, restaurant

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Modder adds Radeon RX 9070 XT eGPU to Steam Machine, runs Crimson Desert at over 100 FPS on High — moves boot drive to USB-C port, leverages M.2 to OCuLink adaptor and eGPU dock (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mark Tyson | tags: radeon rx 9070 xt, steam machine, oculink

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What I learned by putting GitHub Copilot behind a MitM proxy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: code, copilot, requests

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Laser wireless charging could keep drones airborne indefinitely — improved receiver converts at 38.49% efficiency and uses nanocrystalline material for thermals (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: laser wireless charging, civil aviation university of china, perovskite laser cell

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Walmart has slashed $600 off this RTX 5060-powered gaming laptop, now just $1,099 — get Gigabyte's 16-inch Aero X16 with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: gigabyte, rtx 5060, amd ryzen ai 7

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Modders are trying to bring Game Pass and Xbox games to Mac and Linux (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Daniel Sims | tags: xbox store, game pass, heroic games launcher

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Amazon’s New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States (futurism.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: amazon web services, ai data center, pecos county

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Apple @ Work Podcast: 300 devices later – thoughts on ChromeOS vs macOS (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Bradley C | tags: chromeos, macos, mosyle

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Best robot mowers of 2026: Expert tested (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Maria Diaz | tags: robot mowers, zdnet, vendor listings