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TCL’s super-thin bezels make its next mid-tier phones look like flagships (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: battery, camera, chip

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SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: carriers, mobile, satellites

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Greece is using thermal satellites to spot wildfires before people do (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: detect, fires, greece

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Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: saudi aramco, mitti labs, satellite imagery

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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro could get a hefty GPU upgrade to justify its high price (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: snapdragon 8 elite gen 6, qualcomm, weibo

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SpaceX reveals how Starlink Mobile plans to take on AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: starlink, spacex, echo star

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Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: spacex, elon musk, starlink

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T-Mobile wants to make switching providers easier with its revamped plans (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: t-mobile, essentials 2.0, experience more 2.0

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This New Field of Study Is Giving College Students an ‘Edge’ in the Job Market (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: ai degrees, computer science, virginia commonwealth university

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A less powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip is now officially a thing (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: snapdragon 8 elite gen 5, qualcomm, redmi k100 pro

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Hughesnet Files for Bankruptcy After Bleeding Customers to Starlink (cnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Supan | tags: hughesnet, starlink, low earth orbit

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The Dunning-Kruger effect may just be a data artefact (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: dunning-kruger, academic literature, david dunning

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Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: hoplite, yc s26, cloud coding

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The AI boom has college majors of all types dabbling in computer science (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: artificial intelligence, machine learning, virginia commonwealth university

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The Download: reward hacking explained and suspected Iranian cyberattacks (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-03 | by Charlotte Jee | tags: iran cyberattacks, google satellite images, apple ai bug reports

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The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-03 | by Charlotte Jee | tags: iran cyberattacks, google satellite images, apple ai bug reports

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

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

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Critical CVE issued for hallucinated SQLite vulnerability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: sqlite, cve-2026-51302, github

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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

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Show HN: Syncular – offline-first SQL sync with TypeScript and Rust cores (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: syncular, sqlite, opfs

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Here's how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA's Swift mission (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: nasa, swift gamma-ray observatory, katalyst space technologies

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra vs. Galaxy Z Fold 6: One is better in every way that matters (zdnet.com)

2026-08-01 | by Adam Doud | tags: samsung galaxy z fold 8 ultra, samsung galaxy z fold 6, samsung unpacked 2026

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Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google earth, nano banana, satellite imagery

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Google Quickly Rolls Back a Feature That Could Make Deepfake Satellite Images (cnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Dashia Milden | tags: google earth, nano banana 2, deepfake satellite images

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The Google Pixel Watch 4 LTE is down to $349.99 in one of its best Amazon deals yet (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google pixel watch 4, amazon deal, 4g lte

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Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Frank Landymore | tags: google earth, google nano banana 2, ai-generated satellite images

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Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: aberrant labs, pathogenic game, steam

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OnePlus confirms OnePlus 16, its first flagship after US exit, is coming soon (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: oneplus 16, snapdragon 8 elite gen 6 pro, wind chaser

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The Absurdity of Albert Camus (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: albert camus, absurdity, philosophy

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Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: amazon, iran, satellite imagery