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Qwen 3.8-Max and Claude Opus 5 show why raw benchmark scores don't predict the bill (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: cost, effort, harness

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Pre-modded 22GB RTX 2080 Ti cards surface on eBay for $500 as VRAM-hungry local AI fans chase down every spare FLOP — Hong Kong-based seller offers AI-friendly memory mod for a reasonable price (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jeffrey Kampman | tags: means, memory, products

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Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: access, attacks, bleepingcomputer

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Lutron Caseta expands hands-free smart home controls through Sonos (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Zac Hall | tags: caseta, control, lutron

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TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Aisha Malik | tags: nashville, nashville office, office

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A Sweet but Scary Monster Faces a Cruel World in This Sci-Fi Story (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: courtesy, courtesy lightspeed, legs

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Trying to Build Influence With Executives? Avoid These 4 Mistakes. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | by Dr. Kyle Elliott | tags: executive, executives, leader

158.

The AirPods Pro are $60 off, their best price since late June (theverge.com)

2026-08-06 | by Sheena Vasani | tags: airpods, airpods pro, apple

159.

Google’s AI leadership comes apart in a single morning (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: ai mark, ai tech, breaks

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Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing (slashdot.org)

2026-08-06 | tags: adam, adam walinsky, diminishes

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Google Wallet now lets parents send money securely to their kids (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Matt Tate | tags: account, apple, family

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Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Aisha Malik | tags: child, children, feature

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First OpenAI, now Meta - why do AI hacks keep happening? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-06 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: access, anthropic, going

164.

Want to Buy Nvidia’s Graphics Cards at MSRP? Head On Down to Grapevine, Texas (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: close, close rtx, need spend

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Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: build, build runs, customs

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The California Teamsters union is suing the state over self-driving trucks (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: autonomous, california, regulations

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Mysterious new Garmin smartwatch spotted in FCC filings (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: connectivity, device, filing

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Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: date, ditto, just

169.

There’s No Good Way to Talk About Celebrities and Eating Disorders (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Kat Tenbarge | tags: appearance, disorders, eating

170.

Flock Is Losing Dozens of Contracts as Controversy Grows (futurism.com)

2026-08-06 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: cameras, cities, flock

171.

Okay, These El Niño Forecasts Are Getting Ridiculous (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: event, event track, obliterate

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Samsung May Be Building a Cheaper Smartwatch Right When It Needs One Most (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: cheap, cheap wearable, company working

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This new kind of flu shot by Moderna has just been approved by the FDA (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: moderna, older, shot

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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: centers, data centers, power

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Almost no skill required to cook a steak (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Yurii Sydorets | tags: actually, build, good

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AI agents are part of your team now. Here’s how to secure all of them. (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: access, agent, agents

177.

How to stop Roku from tracking everything you watch (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Alec Hively | tags: collection, data collection, device

178.

The End of No Code (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: agent, airtable, code

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Thousands of server motherboards are vulnerable to controller flaws that could give attackers hardware-level control (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: attackers, authentication, bmcs

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CarPlay in iOS 27 adds two new features for popular Apple apps (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple, apps, audio