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General Motors continues CarPlay backtrack on two truck models (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Anker CarPlay wireless adapter → | tags: general motors, carplay, android auto

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The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-17 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: stanford, brain organoids, chimeric mice

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Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 review: More personal than ever before (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-17 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Watch Series 12 → | tags: apple watch series 12, apple watch ultra 4, health sensing system

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The iPhone 18 Pro Brings 3 Upgrades That Will Make My Traveling Life So Much Easier (cnet.com)

2026-09-17 | by Prakhar Khanna | get Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max → | tags: iphone 18 pro, dynamic island, ceramic shield 2

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Xbox’s clever disc-to-digital feature was 15 years in the making (theverge.com)

2026-09-17 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Series X console → | tags: xbox, disc-to-digital, xbox one

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3 iPhone 18 Pro Upgrades That Will Make My Life as a Frequent Traveler Easier (cnet.com)

2026-09-17 | by Prakhar Khanna | get Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max → | tags: iphone 18 pro, dynamic island, ceramic shield 2

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Mastercard Inks Deal as Payment Giants Brace for New Era of AI Shopping (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-17 | tags: mastercard, visa, american express

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DJI's new SDR Transmission II beams 4K 60 fps HDR video up to 2.5 miles (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Steve Dent | get DJI SDR Transmission II → | tags: dji, sdr transmission ii, 4k 60fps hdr

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Expensive flash drives: When and why it's worth paying more (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Husain Parvez | get Kingston DataTraveler Max USB-C flash drive → | tags: usb 3.0, usb-c, flash drives

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New York State recommends demanding AI data centers pay $1 million in community investment per megawatt — framework advises towns to plan for maintenance costs, site abandonment, and other contingencies (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Jowi Morales | tags: kathy hochul, community investment framework, empire state development

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Some memory for Apple devices may be made in the US for the first time (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: sk hynix, intel, ohio chipmaking plant

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'Zuckoff' App Detects Meta Smartglasses, as Meta Plans Camera-Free Version, Loses Money, and Offers Social Media Subscriptions (slashdot.org)

2026-09-17 | by Posted | tags: zuckoff, meta smartglasses, bluetooth detection

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Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Jowi Morales | tags: flock safety, license plate cameras, data encryption

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Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for only $320 — 2-item Newegg combo saves $149 and nets one of the fastest gaming CPUs and a quality MSI X870E motherboard for only $578 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Joe Shields | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D → | tags: amd ryzen 7 9800x3d, newegg, msi x870e gaming max wifi

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NVIDIA and Google's new coalition wants to speed up AI data center power grid connections (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Steve Dent | tags: nvidia, google, emerald ai

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YouTube plays whack-a-mole, fixes another annoying account issue (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-17 | get Chromecast with Google TV 4K → | tags: youtube, account issues, sign-ups

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Developer uses GPT-6 Astra to get CoD Black Ops 2 Hijacked map running natively inside Minecraft — achieves 45fps performance using Minecraft’s OpenGL context (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Mark Tyson | get Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition PC → | tags: gpt-6 astra, black ops 2, minecraft

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I used the Motorola Edge (2026) all summer long, but it never won me over (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-17 | get Motorola Edge 2026 smartphone → | tags: motorola edge, motorola, smartphone

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‘Clayface’ Gets an ‘R’ for ‘Gore’ and ‘Brief Nudity’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: clayface, r rating, gore

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Someone finally cracked the PlayStation 2's security chip, 26 years later (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get PlayStation 2 console → | tags: playstation 2, mechacon, pcsx2

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Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: un fact-finding mission, iran war, shajareh tayyebeh school

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Labor crisis in U.S. chip manufacturing leaves Samsung, TSMC desperate for talent (cnbc.com)

2026-09-17 | by Katie Tarasov | tags: samsung, tsmc, chip manufacturing

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Why Undocumented Financial Planning Can Tear Family Businesses Apart (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-17 | by Scott Snider | get fireproof waterproof document safe box family → | tags: family business succession, undocumented financial planning, business exit strategy

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Your robotaxi might be a narc (theverge.com)

2026-09-17 | by Rani Molla | tags: waymo, robotaxi, autonomous vehicles

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Apple eyes Nvidia NVLink to power its new custom M8 Ultra AI servers — historically bitter rivals reportedly team up for 2029 data center push (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Anton Shilov | tags: nvlink fusion, m8 ultra, apple ai servers

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Unreleased OpenAI Astra model added terrifying rogue additional instructions to its remit during testing — 'You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments' (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: openai, astra model, chatgpt

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Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR5 RAM on the market right now — lock down 6,200 MT/s speeds for $419.99 or save $10 on a slower RGB kit for $409.99 before memory prices climb further (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Ben Stockton | get Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5 6200MHz RAM kit → | tags: corsair vengeance, ddr5 ram, memory pricing

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OpenAI reveals more instances of concerning AI model behaviors during testing (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Mariella Moon | tags: openai, gpt-5.6 sol, misalignment reports

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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month (futurism.com)

2026-09-17 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: brown brothers media, ai generated content, zombie content farms

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Better Vector Search for Long Documents: Chunking Inside Manticore Search (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: manticore search, vector search, chunking