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5 lost smartphone features that need to make a comeback in 2026 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: headphone jack, microsd card slots, pebble time 2

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Ex-farm bureau chief invites AI data center developers to buy his land —argues blocked $6.3B project will just move to willing neighbors, defies 500-jurisdiction moratorium wave and 70% public opposition (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Luke James | tags: white cloud acres, scale microgrids, atchison county

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Kingdom Hearts 4 Fans Are Well Fed After 2 Days of Great Trailers (cnet.com)

2026-08-16 | by Russell Holly | tags: kingdom hearts, tetsuya nomura, disney

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Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: mic drop, show hn, multiplayer

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It's Not Just RAM: Windows Licenses Are Also Pushing Up PC Prices (slashdot.org)

2026-08-15 | by Posted | tags: windows 11, microsoft, pc manufacturers

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How to request an Xbox refund (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Husain Parvez | tags: xbox, microsoft store, digital games

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Devs blame Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files — creators allege Microsoft Defender blocking plugin cache is to blame (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: vlc media player, microsoft defender, windows 11

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Could a computer scientist build a brain? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Stan Kerstjens | tags: brain wiring, genome, neural development

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Looking for a Free Microsoft 365 Replacement? Try This Program (cnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by Zachary Mcauliffe | tags: microsoft 365, libreoffice, document privacy

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A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file (techspot.com)

2026-08-15 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: windows defender, vlc media player, videolan

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RISC-V: They should have known better (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: risc-v, microcontrollers, supercomputers

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ChatGPT Can Now Add Your Mac Activity to Its Memories (cnet.com)

2026-08-14 | by Lori Grunin | tags: openai, chatgpt, macos

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Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by More This Author | tags: firefox, ublock origin, chromium

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Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Steven Levy | tags: open-source ai, microsoft, neural-net

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Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-14 | by Tim De Chant | tags: hyperscalers, natural gas, amazon

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RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: risc-v, microcontrollers, supercomputers

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AI’s Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds (futurism.com)

2026-08-14 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: microsoft, npj climate action, fossil fuels

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Galaxy phones are finally letting users remove this longtime Microsoft app (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: galaxy, samsung, one ui 9

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Just one instruction on AMD's 2015-era CPUs cracks open secret memory areas and gives full hardware-level control — exploit for 15h and 16h chip families gets you access to Platform Security Processor, microcode, and System Management Interface (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: amd, amd fx-series, amd opteron

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Microsoft and LinkedIn just analyzed the future of work and AI. It all points to one key skill set (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: microsoft, linkedin, artificial intelligence

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Why the Founders Winning With AI Agents Aren’t the Ones Automating the Most (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | by Jacqueline Ann Destefano-Tangorra | tags: ai agents, aws, google cloud

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Microsoft Retreats In China (slashdot.org)

2026-08-13 | tags: microsoft, china, windows

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Mico, Microsoft's weird lil' AI guy, has been demoted (engadget.com)

2026-08-13 | by Anna Washenko | tags: microsoft, mico, copilot

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Microsoft Is Combining Its Copilot Apps Ahead of a 'Super App' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-13 | tags: microsoft, copilot, microsoft 365

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This AI Chatbot Was Just One Busy Guy, and He Has Hit His Limit (cnet.com)

2026-08-13 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: chattjb, microsoft tay, san francisco billboard

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Microsoft Ups Investment in Polluting AI, but Cuts Down Carbon Removal by 80% (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: microsoft, carbon removal, emissions

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Here's a rapid-fire update on our 32-stock portfolio, including Cramer's 5 favorites to buy (cnbc.com)

2026-08-13 | by Kevin Stankiewicz Morgan Chittum | tags: nvidia, micron, intel

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Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot (theverge.com)

2026-08-13 | by Emma Roth | tags: microsoft, copilot, mico

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Microsoft's nemesis drops new zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability — attack grants system-level privileges, but it could already be patched (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-13 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: windows zero-day, microsoft defender, nightmare eclipse

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Want to Avoid Being Replaced By AI? A Former Microsoft Exec Says This Is How to AI-Proof Your Career. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: microsoft, excel, organizational ai