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Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, atlanta police department

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Google Briefly Turned Google Earth Into an AI Slop Factory (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: google earth, google, google products

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Google Plans To Exempt Sanctioned Nations From Android Developer Verification (slashdot.org)

2026-08-01 | tags: google, android, sanctioned nations

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Archaeologists Find Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: archaeology, amazon, glyphs

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Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Jowi Morales | tags: windows 11, microsoft, ram

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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Rolls for ‘Star Wars’ and ‘World of Warcraft’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: dungeons & dragons, star wars, world of warcraft

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How To Safely Recycle Your Old USB Cables (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Christine Persaud | tags: usb-c, recycling, copper

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What is distributed Key Generation (DKG)? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: compute, parties, party

15069.

Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? (theverge.com)

2026-08-01 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: billboard hot 100, ai-generated music, shoreline mafia

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A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: Canada Signs UN Cybercrime Convention (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Michael Geist | tags: un cybercrime convention, canada, un general assembly

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Trump Media's new paid data service goes live, giving clients faster access to Trump’s posts (cnbc.com)

2026-08-01 | by Cj Haddad | tags: truth social, trump media, truth api

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I tried this vibecoded firewood splitting simulator, and I can’t stop playing it (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: vibecoded, firewood splitter, android authority

15073.

The Art of 64-bit Assembly (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: masm, x86, windows

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OpenAI’s Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Reported (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: openai, hugging face, ai models

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5 of the best new Android apps you need to try this August (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: android apps, samsung messages, google messages

15076.

The Past and Future of IEEE Transactions on Services Computing: A Retrospective (computer.org)

2026-08-01 | tags: ieee transactions, services computing, ieee computer society

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What is a silicon carbon battery and is it the answer to smartphone battery life issues? (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniel Cooper | tags: silicon carbon, samsung, lithium-ion

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Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: digital carrot, apple watch, tik tok

15079.

SpaceX Agrees to Remove Temporary Gas Turbines at Colossus Data Center By 2027 (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: spacex, elon musk, colossus data center

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What’s the best handheld mini fan? (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: dyson, shark, handheld fan

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How long is a new MacBook actually supposed to last? (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Ben Stegner | tags: macbook, apple silicon, macos 14 sonoma

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From boiling lead and black art: The history of mathematical typography (2017) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: chalkdust, latex, mathematical typography

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This $10 bundle of 100+ DRM-free games means to support laid-off game developers (techspot.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniel Sims | tags: itch.io, game industry layoffs, drm-free games

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We Are Mildly Horrified by This AI Startup That Coerced People Into Getting Tattoos of Its Logo in Exchange for a Job Interview (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: ai startup, lemonlime, y combinator

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Does Spider-Man Make the Most of His Brand New Day? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: spider-man, peter parker, brand new day

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day leak racks up millions of views (theverge.com)

2026-08-01 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: spider-man, disney, sony

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Engadget review recap: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Meta Glasses and more (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Billy Steele | tags: dji, osmo pocket 4p, samsung galaxy z fold 8

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Charlie Stross – On the non-use of AI in my writing process (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: charlie stross, writing, non-use

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As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: reddit, google ai overviews, steve huffman

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Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets' lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: anthropic, claude, openai