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Rising Temperatures Are Turning Antarctica Into a ‘Hotspot’ for This Toxic Pollutant (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: antarctica, heavy metal pollution, climate change

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Hospitals Are Getting So Hot That Surgeries Are Getting Canceled and Staff Are Fainting (futurism.com)

2026-08-18 | by Frank Landymore | tags: nhs, northern care alliance, nhs wards

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Google buys Spirit Airlines data for AI training for just $10 million — purchase includes hundreds of millions of emails, Microsoft Teams chats, billions of flight pricing records, and anonymized passenger records (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: airline, court, especially

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Meta goes to trial over Facebook and Instagram's impact on young users (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: facebook, instagram, meta

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Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Andy Greenberg | tags: proton, andy yen, encryption

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How Australia made electricity cheaper while U.S. prices keep rising (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: australia, rooftop solar, home batteries

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Australia just figured out how to offer electricity cheaper. Why can’t the U.S.? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: australia, rooftop solar, home batteries

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The Pixel 11 series proves that the Pixel 12 will be a breaking point for Google smartphones (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: pixel 11, google pixel, gemini intelligence

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Incogni is our favorite service that stops data brokers from selling your info - and it's 58% off (zdnet.com)

2026-08-18 | by Palash Volvoikar | tags: incogni, data brokers, data removal

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Firm test-fires 3D-printed, fully cryogenic reusable rocket engine — Indian startup leverages SLM printing to create its first working prototype (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: design, engine, fully

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Every product in this supermarket is made from felt. All 20,000 of them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: lucy sparrow, felt art, supermarket installation

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The Cop Who Took On Flock (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, pawtucket police

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Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Charles Pulliam-Moore | tags: warner bros discovery, coyote vs acme, looney tunes

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‘It’s Absolutely Terrifying’: AI Is Reportedly Slopping Up the Bills in Congress (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: congress, legislation, 2025

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I tried a $6/month YouTube Premium alternative, and there’s one reason why I can’t switch (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: youtube premium, nebula, google

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The Trillion-Dollar Trial Against Meta Is Too Big to Succeed (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: meta, trillion-dollar, court

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Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: firefox, mozilla, exa

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This website lets you check if your license plate was ever searched on Flock's cameras (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Daniel Sims | tags: flock, ai-powered cameras, license plates

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Samsung’s One UI 9.5 could get a new connectivity hub, courtesy of Google (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: samsung, one ui, google satellite

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Apple appears to have leaked its camera-equipped AirPods (engadget.com)

2026-08-18 | by Steve Dent | tags: apple, airpods, visual intelligence

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Finger: the 1971 social network that never died (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Giovanni Lostumbo | tags: finger, stanford, saillab

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Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: apple, airpods, visual intelligence

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Microsoft starts removing WMIC tool used by cybercriminals (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: microsoft, wmic, windows 11

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California's new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Tik Root | tags: california energy commission, low rolling resistance tires, appliance standards awareness project

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AirPods with cameras get their clearest leak yet (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-18 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: airpods, apple, visual intelligence

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PM Carney announces largest clean energy investment in North American history (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: hydro-québec, gull island, churchill falls

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Leaked video shows Apple's camera-equipped AirPods identifying a book by sight (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: apple, airpods, siri

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Daily briefing: ‘Too hot to sleep’ is harmful to your health (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-18 | by Graham | tags: dolphin shelling, queensland, tursiops aduncus

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A revolutionary stem-cell therapy must proceed responsibly to achieve its full potential (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: shinya yamanaka, induced pluripotent stem cells, kyoto university

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How to get the most out of an informational interview (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-18 | by Levine | tags: seventyfour, networking, informational interviews