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Rising Temperatures Are Turning Antarctica Into a ‘Hotspot’ for This Toxic Pollutant (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: antarctica, heavy metal pollution, climate change

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‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Was Inspired by a Francis Ford Coppola Classic (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: star wars, starfighter, francis ford coppola

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The Cop Who Took On Flock (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, pawtucket police

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Polaroid’s new Pokémon collection captures memories, not Pikachus (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Andrew Liszewski | tags: polaroid, pokemon, polaroid go

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Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dominic Preston | tags: fairphone, fairphone 6 plus, android police

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Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: theban necropolis, egyptian burial trends, frontiers in environmental archaeology

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Flock cameras haven't improved Atlanta's crime clearance rates (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Matt Scott | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, atlanta police

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What Flock’s defenders are missing (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-17 | by James O'Donnell | tags: flock, license plate readers, surveillance

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Instagram Is Still Drowned in Creepy Smart Glasses Content (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: instagram, smart glasses, pickup artist

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EFF's Position on Flock Camera Database Searches: 'Get a Warrant First' - and Police Use Should Be Restricted By Law (slashdot.org)

2026-08-17 | by Posted | tags: flock, alpr, eff

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Senior PC store staff accused of running secret rival shop with stolen inventory — Hong Kong retailer claims substantial losses over year-long scheme (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Luke James | tags: future technology, point connect, hong kong police

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Desktop UV printers and wild custom builds take over Open Sauce 2026 — $1,700 full-color printers, flash-cured resin, and a rideable speeder bike (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Denise Bertacchi | tags: open sauce, formnext, prusa research

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This stunning NASA map tracks our summer of wildfire smoke (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: nasa, wildfire smoke, canada fires

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How to take better photos of your pets (theverge.com)

2026-08-17 | by Dominic Preston | tags: android police, tech advisor, smartphone cameras

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Thieves swap RTX 5080 GPUs for RTX 3060s in Chinese gaming hotels — rogue 'downgrades' go unnoticed until sudden blackout exposes $12,000 heist (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: rtx 5080, gaming hotels, chinese police

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Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: wildfire smoke, clean air act, university of maryland

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Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos (wired.com)

2026-08-16 | by Simon Frantz | tags: neutrinos, los alamos national laboratory, project poltergeist

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I survived two years as prime minister in a hit new game - then my cabinet deserted me (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-15 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: no 10, brewis, boris johnson

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Polaroid’s tiny instant camera is $72 and includes a free pack of film (theverge.com)

2026-08-15 | by Brad Bourque | tags: polaroid go, instant camera, amazon

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McDonald’s Has Hundreds of Pages of Intel on Its Repeat Customers, and You Can Get a Copy of Yours (futurism.com)

2026-08-15 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: mcdonald’s, wired, supersize

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Catastrophic optical disc shattering blamed on cleaning chemicals and packing foam — another data preservation concern to add to bit rot and laser rot (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Mark Tyson | tags: optical disc, compact disc, polycarbonate

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This 1 high school class is worth $100,000—and most students still don’t take it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: baylor college of medicine, kalshi, polymarket

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Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: gcc, nested functions, wide pointers

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New Dell XPS 13 reviews are in with positive marks and $699 price (techspot.com)

2026-08-15 | by Our Editors Hand-Pick Related Products Using A Variety Of Criteria | tags: dell xps 13, techspot, future plc

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The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Zeyi Yang | tags: humanoid robot, china, edward warchocki

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Trump Slaps a 100% Tariff On Heavy and 'Sensitive' Drones (slashdot.org)

2026-08-14 | tags: trump, tariffs, drones

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France blocks social media ban because it would require adults to prove age (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: france, social media, age verification

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Best Wireless Chargers (2026): My Picks After Testing 100+ (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Simon Hill | tags: krafted couch, qi2, nimble apollo

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A digestion of the proof of Sendov's conjecture (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by Terence Tao | tags: sendov, polynomial, critical points

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US conducted mass spying campaign against leftwing and anti-ICE protesters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by Sam Levin | tags: dhs, ice, operation puppet master