GoKawiil - Tech News

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Vacuum birefringence and the polarized X-ray emission from a radio magnetar (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Stewart | tags: astron, astrophys, et al

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Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into polyalphaolefin lubricants (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Munyaneza Nuwayo | tags: chem, chloride, et al

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Why science must reinforce its social contract (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Gluckman | tags: political, public, research

274.

Western Sahara (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: independence, moroccan, morocco

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Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: lucid motors, robotaxis, silvio napoli

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AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by With Interpol | tags: interpol, africa, mobile money

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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets" (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: prediction markets, polymarket, wildfire

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AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills – This Map Shows Where (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Nikshep Myle | tags: ai data centers, gadget review, techradar

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Opinion | AI Can Empower People, but Only With Some Guardrails (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: artificial intelligence, governance, ai access

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All of Winona Police Department's Flock cameras cut down and stolen (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: flock, license plate reader, winona police

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Rays Found in Polluted NYC Creek Might Be Sign of Environmental Hope (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: newtown creek, nyc, pollution

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says playing this game as a child helped develop his legendary investing skills (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: jpmorgan chase, jamie dimon, harvard business school

283.

"Clean" Code, Horrible Performance (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Casey Muratori | tags: performance-aware programming, clean code, polymorphism

284.

The CEO of Bluesky Says He Wants Less of a Focus on Liberal Politics (and More Sports) (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: bluesky, liberal politics, sports

285.

How scientists can tackle the paradox of political polarization (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | by Calow | tags: nature.com, css, internet explorer

286.

Trump Admin Has the Concept of a Plan for AI Safety Rules (Maybe) (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: trump, ai safety, government policy

287.

The Future, Made in China (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | by Evan Osnos | tags: china, renmin university, alliance of democracies

288.

This 24-Year-Old Hedge Fund Prodigy Was Called the ‘Nostradamus of AI’— He Didn’t See a 73% Drop Coming. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: leopold aschenbrenner, hedge fund, stock market

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ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: exfilsquad, pnld, police national legal database

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Samsung’s 2TB 9100 Pro SSD is actually somewhat reasonably priced (theverge.com)

2026-08-03 | by Cameron Faulkner | tags: samsung 9100 pro, nvme ssd, pcie gen 5

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Dozens of police officers accused of using license plate cameras to track women (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: flock safety, license plate reader, police surveillance

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Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | by Posted | tags: flock, license-plate readers, have i been flocked

293.

Show HN: Isopolis – Isometric pixel map of SF (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: isopolis, pixel map, show hn

294.

Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Blagovest Petrov | tags: bor, firewalld, thunderbird

295.

Police in the US are making their own true crime podcasts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Sheila Flynn | tags: police, true crime podcasts, surveillance footage

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Karpathy’s Pelican (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: llm, opus 5, polygon assets

297.

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers a Field of Honeycomb Textures (slashdot.org)

2026-08-01 | by Posted | tags: curiosity rover, mars, polygonal fractures

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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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A Prominent AI Investor Is Now Crumbling, in What Could Be a Sign of Things to Come (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Frank Landymore | tags: ai hedge-fund, openai, sk hynix

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U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio reaches 123% (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: u.s. debt, gdp ratio, fiscal policy