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Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by Rex Edison | get Kindle Paperwhite e-reader → | tags: national library board, readsg, govtech

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Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jack Brown | get Sherline mini lathe → | tags: sherline tools, precision lathes, micro-machining

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Researchers build a drone that navigates with physical whiskers to operate in dark, dusty or smoky places where cameras or GPS can fail — sub-100 gram drones run 34KB software to enable sub-millimeter precision (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | get sub-100 gram micro FPV drone → | tags: delft university of technology, whisker sensor, tactile navigation

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Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | tags: microsoft patent, free-to-play, in-game advertising

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An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-20 | get YubiKey 5C NFC hardware security key → | tags: teampcp, google threat intelligence, supply chain hacking

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Microsoft patent describes in-game advertising triggered by boss fights, loading screens, and cutscenes (techspot.com)

2026-09-20 | by Skye Jacobs | get Xbox Wireless Controller → | tags: microsoft patent, in-game advertising, free-to-play games

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Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by Joab Jackson | get The Rust Programming Language book Steve Klabnik → | tags: github copilot, rust, typescript

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AI Made Execution Easier. It Also Changed the Founder’s Most Important Job. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-19 | by Ruth Burk | tags: ai automation, founder leadership, microsoft work trend index

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Microsoft director: AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: openai, microsoft, new york times

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How to factory reset your Steam Deck (engadget.com)

2026-09-19 | by Isaac Egbon | get Valve Steam Deck console → | tags: steam deck, factory reset, steamos

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The best way to check your PC for malware (engadget.com)

2026-09-19 | by Ben Stegner | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: microsoft defender, windows 11, windows security

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Forget the AI Slowdown—the Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening (wired.com)

2026-09-19 | by Matt Burgess | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: ai vulnerabilities, cve, microsoft patches

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Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a “Doom Loop” That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the AI Useless (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: microsoft, satya nadella, ai copyright lawsuit

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Samsung Phone Users Can Now Sync Photos and Video to Google (cnet.com)

2026-09-18 | by Alex Valdes | get SanDisk 256GB microSDXC card Samsung Galaxy → | tags: samsung gallery app, google photos, microsoft onedrive

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Microsoft exec warned AI could create a ‘doom loop’ for the internet (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: microsoft, artificial intelligence, news publishers

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AI Firms Knew Chatbots Were an ‘Existential Threat’ to Journalists, Court Docs Show (cnet.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jon Reed | tags: openai copyright lawsuit, microsoft ai training, new york times lawsuit

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OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web (theverge.com)

2026-09-18 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: openai, microsoft, doom loop

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Photon-Emission-Guided Laser Fault Injection Enables RP2350 Secure Debug (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | get Raspberry Pi Pico 2 RP2350 → | tags: rp2350, raspberry pi, laser fault injection

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Fake calendar invites can infect your system, and they’re surging – how to protect yourself (zdnet.com)

2026-09-18 | by Lance Whitney | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: ics phishing, calendar invites, malware

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Rust is Now a 'Tier One' Language at Microsoft (slashdot.org)

2026-09-18 | by Posted | tags: rust, microsoft, tier one language

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OpenAI's latest AI revelation is a 'serious situation,' Microsoft's Suleyman tells CNBC (cnbc.com)

2026-09-18 | by Cj Haddad | tags: mustafa suleyman, openai, chain of thought

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Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threat’ to publishers — revelations come from legal briefs filed in NYT lawsuit (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: openai, microsoft, nyt lawsuit

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Microsoft executive called OpenAI's web scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history' (engadget.com)

2026-09-18 | by Steve Dent | tags: openai, microsoft, chatgpt

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Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7X is the most laptop that $1,000 can currently buy (theverge.com)

2026-09-18 | by Cameron Faulkner | get Lenovo Yoga Slim 7X Snapdragon laptop → | tags: lenovo yoga slim 7x, snapdragon x2 elite, best buy deal

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Secure enterprise sharing with access reviews for Microsoft 365 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: microsoft 365, access reviews, cloud sharing

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Microsoft Teams will let admins block custom file extensions (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: microsoft teams, weaponizable file protection, admin controls

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Microsoft exec says AI training might be the "largest labor theft in human history" (techspot.com)

2026-09-18 | by Daniel Sims | tags: microsoft, openai, chatgpt

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Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: microsoft, openai, new york times

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Microsoft fixes bug behind ‘Defender Antivirus is turned off’ alerts (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: microsoft defender, windows security, bitlocker

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The good news is that Samsung Gallery is now getting Google Photos integration (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | get Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphone → | tags: samsung gallery, google photos, microsoft partnership end