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Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Nathan Yau | tags: flock, nexar, uber

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Why Did OpenAI's Head of Ethics Chloé Bakalar Leave? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Adam Pond | tags: openai, chatgpt, ethics

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The FCC approved "space mirrors" that experts say could blind stargazers and disrupt wildlife (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: fcc, reflect orbital, space mirrors

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Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: bumble, whitney wolfe herd, dating app

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Mistral AI wants to build 1 gigawatt of European compute by 2030 — and lock in customers now. (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: mistral ai, european compute, open models

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Linux desktop use surged to 22% on one workday, Cloudflare data shows (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: linux, cloudflare, statcounter

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Zoom flaw let an attacker take over your device, including iPhone and Mac (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: zoom, apple, vulnerability

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iOS 27 beta 5 adds option to upgrade iCloud+ subscription for more AI (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: icloud+, apple intelligence, ios 27

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Another OpenAI executive takes off (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Hayden Field | tags: openai, brad lightcap, ai research

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AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Molly Taft | tags: microsoft, artificial intelligence, fossil fuels

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$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, harry potter

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Windows 11 KB5121003 & KB5120240 cumulative updates released (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 11, microsoft update catalog, patch tuesday

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Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Anton Shilov | tags: intel, 14a process, tsmc

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The budget-friendly Pixel Buds 2a are even cheaper right now (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Brad Bourque | tags: pixel buds, google, android

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Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Daniel Bilek | tags: write.md, markdown editor, macos

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Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Daniel Bilek | tags: write.md, markdown editor, macos

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Nvidia Is Close to a $500 Billion Deal to Build AI Infrastructure. Why Aren’t Some Investors Happy About It? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: nvidia, ai infrastructure, openai

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Garmin Cirqa versus Fitbit Air: How these two fitness trackers compare (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: garmin, google, fitbit

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Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: gpt-5.2, codex, proprietary

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Making sense of the conflicting 20th anniversary iPhone reports (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple, iphone, face id

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Wendy’s Fell to No. 3 in Burger Chains. Its New CEO Blames ‘Quality Degradation.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: wendy’s, burger king, mcdonald’s

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New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: license plate reader, leonardo, signaltrace

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Benchmarking AMD's BC-250, offering Steam Machine-like performance at half the price — unlocking 40 CUs, eight Zen 2 cores on the repurposed PS5 APU (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd bc-250, steam machine, ps5 apu

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This Satellite Will Literally Breathe Air to Stay in Orbit (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: satellite, atmosphere, thrust

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I tried Opera's new vertical tabs - and it might be the best implementation yet (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jack Wallen | tags: opera, vertical tabs, vivaldi

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iOS 27 code reveals six unreleased iPhone models coming soon (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Chance Miller | tags: iphone 18, apple, ios 27

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Nvidia Releases New Open Model (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-11 | tags: nvidia, nemotron 3.5 lightning, ai token

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Zap Rocks. Add Water. Get Clean Hydrogen (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-11 | by Ariel Bleicher | tags: hydrogen, eden geopower, borehole

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Nvidia unveils first open-source AI model since CEO Jensen Huang entered the chat (cnbc.com)

2026-08-11 | by Kif Leswing | tags: nvidia, jensen huang, nemotron 3.5 lightning

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Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcements (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Emma Roth | tags: google, pixel, made by google