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What's Behind the Sharp Drop in Labor Force Participation? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: labor force, participation, economic indicators

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Texas hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: ercot, texas data centers, public utility commission

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Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: data centers, ercot, texas grid

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Workers Drilling in Romania Broke into a Cave Sealed for 5.5M Years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Adeline Vance | tags: cave, life, movile

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When AI Benchmarks Plateau: A Systematic Study of Benchmark Saturation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: ai benchmarks, benchmark saturation, systematic study

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Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim De Chant | tags: data centers, ercot, texas

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Earth Has a Billion Years Left. This Plan Could Stretch It to 9 Quadrillion (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: earth, engineered safeguards, habitability

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Global Warming Is Rapidly Accelerating, New Paper Finds (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: geophysical research letters, global warming, climate change

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Commerce AI has a measurement problem no one is talking about (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: ai platforms, digital commerce, adobe analytics

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PC cooling outfit Arctic reverses tariff-era price hikes after US government refund — lowers prices across lineup, including coolers and case fans (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: arctic, liquid freezer iii pro, us government

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T-Mobile’s $0-down financing plan bundles taxes and fees (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Emma Roth | tags: t-mobile, equipment installment plan, eip flex 36

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Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables — 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mark Tyson | tags: pacific light cable network, undersea cables, windward maritime analysis

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Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Frank Landymore | tags: flock, surveillance cameras, ai-powered cameras

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Texas says data centers must pass an audit before connecting to the grid (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lauren Feiner | tags: texas, data centers, ercot

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Researchers claim a major quantum computing breakthrough by proving the answer was correct (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: ibm, university of chicago, quantum computing

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FFmpeg 9.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: ffmpeg, version 9.0, multimedia

227.

Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Joel Khalili | tags: mistral, open source, openai

228.

Target Promo Code: $50 Off | August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Molly Higgins | tags: target, walmart, starbucks

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NSF rolls out ‘industry PhD’ programme — joining a global trend (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ahart | tags: nsf, industry phd, university of illinois

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Tiny patch of Amazon probably holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lenharo | tags: amazon, insect biodiversity, dna barcoding

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What’s missing from the White House plan for the future of US science (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: white house, vannevar bush, artificial intelligence

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Tiny patch of Amazon likely holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lenharo | tags: amazon, insect biodiversity, dna barcoding

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Reverse Jevons Paradox (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: build, change, cost

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Palantir soars 12% on blowout quarter, with U.S. commercial revenue soaring nearly 150% (cnbc.com)

2026-08-03 | by Samantha Subin | tags: palantir, alex karp, u.s. government

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New Tool Traces AI Videos Back to Their Source (darkreading.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: ai videos, industry collaboration, source tracing

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Google Keep is finally rolling out the search feature you’ve been asking for (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: google keep, find in note, android authority

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KisakCOD – Open-source reimplementation of Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: call of duty 4, kisakcod, open source

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KisakCOD – open-source reimplementation of Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: call of duty 4, kisakcod, open source

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Samsung Bans Smart TV Apps That Share Users' Internet Connections (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: samsung, smart tv, internet sharing

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Petri Nets as a Music Sequencer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: beats, circles, nets