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Trump’s Border Spending Spurs Boom in AI-Infused Surveillance (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-08 | get AI Surveillance Camera System → | tags: trump, border security, surveillance

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Instagram may soon get an AI personal shopper that actually buys things for you (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Personal Shopper Device → | tags: meta, hatch, instagram

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9to5Mac Daily: May 8, 2026 – Apple EDU store changes, AirPods with cameras (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Seth Kurkowski | get Apple AirPods with Cameras → | tags: apple edu store, airpods with cameras, 9to5mac

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Chance of ‘Super’ El Niño Approaches 100%, Setting the Stage for the Hottest Year on Record (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get El Niño Weather Station → | tags: el niño, pacific ocean, record temperatures

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Vet Worker in Los Angeles Caught H5N1 Bird Flu From Infected Cat (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Bird Flu Prevention Kit → | tags: h5n1, los angeles, bird flu

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Nick Bostrom Has a Plan for Humanity’s ‘Big Retirement’ (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Steven Levy | get The Future of Humanity Book → | tags: superintelligence, oxford, future of humanity

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get Nintendo Switch OLED → | tags: nintendo switch 2, sony ps5, xbox series

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Diablo IV players finally discover the game's secret cow level (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Diablo IV Cow Level T-Shirt → | tags: diablo iv, blizzard, rod fergusson

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Trump administration lifts a hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others in limbo (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get Medical Immigration Visa Guide → | tags: trump administration, green card, immigration

220.

Holding Community Space (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jesse Evers | tags: community space, highside, brooklyn

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PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jay Peters | get PlayStation AI Development Kit → | tags: playstation, sony, mockingbird

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Stephen Colbert Gets Why You’re Scared He’s Writing a ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get The Lord of the Rings Board Game → | tags: stephen colbert, lord of the rings, late show

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Testing the top Thunderbolt 5 docks with up to 140W Power Delivery, 10 GbE, and even internal M.2 SSD slots — Razer, CalDigit, Hyper, Ivanky, and WAVLINK go head-to-head (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Brandon Hill | get Thunderbolt 5 Dock → | tags: thunderbolt 5, razer, caldigit

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26 leaders discuss the shifting attitude toward AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Conference Notebook → | tags: artificial intelligence, impact council, company boards

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Kaspersky warns that passwords hashed with MD5 algorithm can be cracked in minutes using a GPU (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Hashing Passwords with MD5 Book → | tags: kaspersky, md5, password cracking

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Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing and stricter anti-scraping measures blocking the wrong bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Hassam Nasir | get Seagate External Hard Drive → | tags: wayback machine, wikimedia foundation, hard drive shortages

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Valve opens Steam Controller reservations today at 10 AM PT after record-breaking sell-out — reservation queue puts real fans ahead of automated bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Zhiye Liu | get Steam Controller Reservation Kit → | tags: steam controller, valve, reservation system

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This is a first: OnePlus’ latest phone will get fewer updates than its predecessor (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite → | tags: oneplus, nord ce 6, android 18

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Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mariella Moon | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: instructure, shinyhunters, canvas

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Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision... (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get UUID v4 Collision Detector → | tags: uuid v4, npm uuid, database collision

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Motherboard sales are collapsing because AI data centers made RAM too expensive to buy (techspot.com)

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The fax machine is the bottleneck in U.S. healthcare, and VCs are starting to notice (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Connie Loizos | get Wireless Fax Machine → | tags: fax machine, healthcare, venture capital

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Why you can never get your doctor to call you back (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Connie Loizos | get Doctor-Patient Communication Guide → | tags: ai in healthcare, medtronic, basata

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Apple pushes back against Canadian bill that could force companies to weaken encryption (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Encryption Security Kit → | tags: apple, meta, encryption

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, May 8 (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | tags: nytimes, crossword, wordle

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Seeing Birdsong (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Birdsong Nature Sound Machine → | tags: birdsong, nature, wildlife

237.

How a passion for baking fermented a fresh career move (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Byrne | tags: microbiome, sourdough, astera institute

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The people preserving the scientific practice of bird banding (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Paula Razuri | get Bird Banding Kit → | tags: bird banding, prince edward point, saw-whets

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Twitch has new penalties for streamers caught viewbotting, CEO says (engadget.com)

2026-05-07 | by Karissa Bell | get Streamers' Viewbot Detection Tool → | tags: twitch, viewbotting, dan clancy

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Bumble will replace swiping right with... something (engadget.com)

2026-05-07 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Bumble Swipe Right Mug → | tags: bumble, whitney wolfe herd, ai-powered dating assistant