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Frame selection is the whole game: notes on making LLMs watch video (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: llm, claude-real-video, video sampling

6992.

Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: linux, statcounter, windows

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Spokane wildfires: Map, smoke tracking tools, and latest update as 3 fires devastate eastern Washington (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: spokane, washington state, wildfire

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These luxury Galaxy Z Fold 8 editions have serious dorm poster energy (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: galaxy z fold 8, caviar, cloisonné enamel

6995.

Rice Deserves Better Than a Kochbeutel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: grain, grains, jasmine

6996.

Duress passcodes explained: How they work and why they can land you in court (zdnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: duress passcodes, grapheneos, pixel phones

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Gemini could soon let anyone build an AI agent on their phone, no enterprise plan needed (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: google, gemini, android

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Gaming on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT and GTX 1650 Super in 2026 — upscaling makes low-end GPUs viable for esports and internet cafes (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jeffrey Kampman | tags: amd rx 6500 xt, nvidia gtx 1650 super, rdna 4

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What Summer Heat Actually Does to Your Phone Battery (and the Habits That Prevent It) (cnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Nelson Aguilar | tags: battery damage, lithium-ion batteries, pixel 6a

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America Getting Lesson in Consequences of Trump’s War on Public Health as Rare Disease Outbreaks Ravage the Country (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: trump, public health, cdc

7001.

15 leadership lessons that leaders learned the hard way (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: leadership, trust, delegation

7002.

AI enthusiast unlocks and mods BIOS with Claude Code — AI defeats RSA-2048 signature checks and unlocks 55 hidden settings (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Mark Tyson | tags: bios, rsa-2048, claude ai

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AI enthusiast mods BIOS with Claude Code — AI defeats RSA-2048 signature checks and unlocks 55 hidden settings (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Mark Tyson | tags: bios, claude ai, rsa-2048

7004.

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: us military, el paso airport, high-energy laser

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GPU prices keep surging in 2026 — Lack of sale discounts and rising VRAM costs keep current-gen prices sky-high (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: nvidia, amd, intel

7006.

Best Robot Lawn Mowers (2026): My Picks After 3 Years of Testing (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Simon Hill | tags: robot lawn mowers, sunseeker x7 gen 2, husqvarna aspire r6v

7007.

SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: sqlite, cve, github

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ICE Collected Nearly 1M People's DNA Last Year–Including Young Children (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: ice, dna collection, immigration enforcement

7009.

AirLLM 70B inference with single 4GB GPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: airllm, llama 3.1, kimi k3

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Show HN: Nightcrawler – A local AI pentesting agent running on a smartphone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: nightcrawler, nethunter, oneplus 8

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ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: exfilsquad, pnld, police national legal database

7012.

Hollywood Sets Its Sights On an ‘Action Man’ Movie (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: hasbro, action man, marvel

7013.

Arm yourself with a Hall Effect controller for just $9 — GameSir's Tegenaria Lite PC controller is 50% off for a limited time (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: hall effect, gamesir, tegenaria lite

7014.

How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: headlights, lumens, automotive lighting

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ChatGPT dominates early AI spending in Congress as lawmakers weigh regulation (cnbc.com)

2026-08-03 | by Luke Fountain Emily Wilkins | tags: chatgpt, openai, congress

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People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jason Parham | tags: ghosting, bumble, feminism

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The Morning Risk Report: Trump Adds to China Forced Labor Blacklist (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-03 | tags: china, ai chatbot, deepfake

7018.

Sam Altman’s Parenting Strategy Sounds Low Key Horrifying (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: openai, chatgpt, sam altman

7019.

Hideo Kojima unveils a Death Stranding 2-themed wireless CD player — Limited edition device costs ~$160, comes with Bluetooth 5.3 & exclusive artwork (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: death stranding 2, kojima productions, km5

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How a rural Alabama quilting tradition shaped Ralph Lauren’s latest luxury collection (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: ralph lauren, gees bend, quilting