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Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Hugo Lowell | tags: elon's musk, texas, republican

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This rising star in the GOP could succeed Florida’s Gov. DeSantis, plus other takeaways from the primaries (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: byron donalds, florida governor, republican primaries

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X262: X264 with MPEG-2 Support (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: x264, mpeg-2, free software foundation

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Pew survey: 52% of Americans now more concerned than excited about AI (techspot.com)

2026-08-19 | by Shawn Knight | tags: pew research center, artificial intelligence, job loss

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People From 50- to 61-Years-Old Are Reportedly the Least Freaked Out by AI (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: pew survey, age groups, public opinion

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Family genetic designs in MoBa provide insights into health and functioning (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Corfield | tags: moba, norwegian institute of public health, genetic designs

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Extreme Heat May Be Even More Dangerous to Older Adults Than We Thought (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: climate change, older adults, public health

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Gmail verification program lets political campaigns escape its spam filter (engadget.com)

2026-08-18 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: gmail verified sender program, google, gmail

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The Amazon tax (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: amazon, search ads, public benefits

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The Amazon Tax (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: amazon, search ads, public benefits

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Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone—in the US (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Julian Chokkattu | tags: fairphone, repairable smartphone, qualcomm snapdragon

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Five ways 3D printing is improving lab work (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-18 | by Savage | tags: 3d printing, clemson university, additive manufacturing

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AI Has Plunged the Book Publishing Industry Into Utter Chaos (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-17 | tags: book publishing, industry, creativity

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Show HN: A public AI whose memory is shared across all users (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: show hn, shared memory, openai

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Humazon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Hugh Howey | tags: stratemeyer syndicate, edward stratemeyer, ai content farms

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Waymo receives permission to offer rides in Sacramento and San Diego (engadget.com)

2026-08-14 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: waymo, california public utilities commission, robotaxi

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Open WireGuard Endpoints (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: wireguard, lambda, cloudformation

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France's tax authority had data stolen on 680k taxpayers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by Author | tags: france tax authority, directorate general of public finances, zerobytes

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Apple is reportedly turning to publishers for help with Siri AI (engadget.com)

2026-08-13 | by Igor Bonifacic | tags: apple, siri ai, wwdc 2024

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Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-13 | by Aisha Malik | tags: apple, siri, wall street journal

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Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: anthropic, claude, ai startup

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Flock boss admits surveillance firm took too long to act over police abuse (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-13 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: flock, police misuse, surveillance cameras

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In a Heat Wave, Schizophrenia Is So Much Deadlier Than Any Other Medical Condition (wired.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: schizophrenia, heat wave, climate change

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Apple to Reportedly Take Another Stab at Mixing AI and News. We Haven’t Forgotten Last Time’s Disaster (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: apple, news, publishers

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Report: Apple seeks publisher deals to give Siri AI better access to current events (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, siri, wall street journal

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Apple in Talks to Pay Publishers to Improve AI-Powered Siri (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-12 | tags: apple, siri, publishers

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The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: shieldfont, ai scrapers, ligatures

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This battleground state just got closer to electing its first Black governor (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: wisconsin, david crowley, democratic party

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The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings (theverge.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jay Peters | tags: indie game publisher, diana, experimental implant

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A Top OpenAI Exec Just Jumped Ship to ‘Start Something New.’ He’s Not the First This Year. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jonathan Small | tags: openai, brad lightcap, fidji simo