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931.

I am retiring from fulltime writing (& pseudonymity) to launch Guardian Angel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: guardian angel, pseudonymity, writing

932.

Gwern reties from fulltime writing to launch Guardian Angel Inc (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: gwern, guardian angel, inc

933.

Texas Pauses New Data Center Projects Looking to Connect to the State’s Grid (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: texas, greg abbott, data center

934.

SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth (techcrunch.com)

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

935.

Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: texas, ercot, data centers

936.

Bingers, a new TV-tracking app from the founder of TV Time, is now available to download (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: tv time, bingers, whip media

937.

New DC Studios Show ‘Lanterns’ Is Out This August on HBO Max, Plus New ‘Hard Knocks,’ Conan and More (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Liz Kocan | tags: dc studios, lanterns, hbo max

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Oxide Computer raises $445M (SEC Form D) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: oxide computer, sec form d, funding

939.

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

940.

Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains. (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: open-weight ai, glm-5.2, z.ai

941.

Palantir stock skyrockets 29%, narrowly missing its best day ever after 'otherworldly' results (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | tags: palantir, alex karp, ai sovereign tools

942.

The data center boom’s climate blind spot (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: data centers, decarbonization, climate change

943.

Silicon Valley’s most absurd meme is taking on the worst corporate jargon in AI and tech (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: silicon valley, palantir, venture capitalist

944.

Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: anthropic, volta, nvidia

945.

Anthropic signs $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: anthropic, volta, nvidia

946.

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents targeted real people and systems in cyber tests (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: openai, anthropic, gpt-5.6

947.

RevenueCat Shipaton mobile hackathon is back with $1 million worth of prizes (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sponsored Post | tags: revenuecat, shipaton, app development

948.

DOJ extracts $3.2 million from OpenAI over hiring discrimination allegations (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: openai, department of justice, employment discrimination

949.

This Plant Has Been Hiding a Killer Secret. Darwin Called It 150 Years Ago (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: saxifraga, darwin, plants

950.

The Law of Jante (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Michael Booth | tags: danes, danish, jante

951.

Can MS Paint run Doom? (Yes) (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: ms paint, doom, mark russinovich

952.

Why Capital One says it really closed more than 300 of Trump’s accounts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: capital one, trump organization, anti-money laundering

953.

Why Capital One says it really closed more than 300 Trump accounts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: capital one, trump, anti-money laundering

954.

Apple caps bug bounty program due to deluge of AI submissions (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: apple, bug bounty, ai submissions

955.

NJ antitrust suit accuses Amazon of unlawfully wielding power over delivery contractors (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kris Holt | tags: amazon, delivery service partner, antitrust lawsuit

956.

Smoke#Screen RMM Takeover Gambit Exposes Threat Actor Playbook (darkreading.com)

2026-08-04 | by Elizabeth Montalbano | tags: screenconnect, securonix, smoke#screen

957.

Launch HN: EdotEnv (YC S26) – Quant Trading RL Envs to Teach LLMs Research (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: edotenv, yc s26, quant trading

958.

Fender’s CEO compared cover bands to AI. Now he’s walking it back (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: fender, artificial intelligence, cover bands

959.

Eric Adams Goes to Wisconsin to Pitch Data Centers, Gets Booed (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: eric adams, wisconsin, data centers

960.

I Was Told I’m ‘Just a Mom With a Side Hustle.’ Here’s What Those Words Reveal About Modern Business and Motherhood. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kimberly Spencer | tags: mompreneur, female founders, side hustle