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AI companies are buying used books by the thousands. Some may be destroyed for training (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: ai companies, used bookstores, model training

7982.

This Orca Hunt Left Behind a Brutal Scene—and the Photo Just Won an Award (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: orca, ocean photographer, 2026

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AI-Generated GitHub Copilot “Autofix” Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: snowflake, github copilot, github actions

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AI-Generated GitHub Copilot "Autofix" Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: snowflake, github actions, copilot autofix

7985.

Does whispering to agents in docs help? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti | tags: ai agents, documentation, markdown

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Apple Wallet driver’s license is coming to new US state soon (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple wallet, digital driver’s license, north carolina

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Show HN: Learn Flags Quiz (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: flags quiz, world flags, regions

7988.

Apple's App Tracking Transparency treated its own apps better than rivals (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: apple tracking transparency, bundeskartellamt, app store

7989.

How to disable or avoid intrusive AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: adobe acrobat, generative ai, gemini app

7990.

This iPad keyboard case is the perfect addition to our Back to School tech roundup (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Sponsored Post | tags: apple, inateck, ipad

7991.

Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With “North Dahota” and “Olkchoma” (futurism.com)

2026-08-17 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: farnsley middle school, george washington university, hallucinations

7992.

Flat Chair by Sara Paculdo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: flat chair, sara paculdo, fiberglass

7993.

Bridging Math, Standards, and AI in Education: An Interview with Dr. Robby Robson, 2026 Hans Karlsson Standards Award Recipient (computer.org)

2026-08-17 | tags: ieee computer society, eduworks corporation, hans karlsson standards award

7994.

From AI Copilots to Agent Swarms (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-17 | by Andrej Zdravkovic | tags: amd, large language models, ai agents

7995.

Why Are People Paying So Much More for Sports Teams? It’s Not for a Love of the Game. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | by Jon Small | tags: los angeles lakers, nba, tv rights

7996.

Meta faces a $1.4 trillion reckoning in latest trial over social media addiction (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Karissa Bell | tags: meta, facebook, instagram

7997.

Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: github, gitlab, bitbucket

7998.

Apple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU [U] (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: app tracking transparency, apple, german antitrust

7999.

Apple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: app tracking transparency, apple, german antitrust

8000.

How to ship a database every day (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: turbopuffer, aws, gcp

8001.

60-day deadline expires for U.S. and Iran to make a peace deal. Here’s what to know (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: iran, u.s., versailles

8002.

Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Zak Killian | tags: ddr5 memory, ram prices, pcpicker

8003.

This Medieval Skeleton Had 160 Broken Bones, and Scientists Just Figured Out What Hit Him (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, archaeology, 14th-century

8004.

Papa Johns’ CEO Just Named His Company’s ‘Achilles Heel’ — Here’s What He’s Doing About It (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | by Jon Small | tags: papa johns, todd penegor, restaurant evaluations

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New iPhone Ultra leaks cover release timing, availability, and name (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: iphone ultra, apple, weibo

8006.

A Preview of DuckDB v2.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Mark Raasveldt | tags: duckdb, cyanoptera, triggers

8007.

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Aug | tags: amazon, ai training, vgt3

8008.

Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, stirling castle, paleopathology

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Incident with Github.com (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: github, incident, repository

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Apple will begin assembling Mac Minis at Foxconn's Houston plant later this year (techspot.com)

2026-08-17 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: mac mini, foxconn, apple