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Noctua finds more than half of tested PC cases misstate CPU cooler clearances — hands-on checks reveal errors ranging from -3.5mm to +10mm, internal compatibility team conducted measurements of more than a hundred cases (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Jowi Morales | tags: case, cooler, larger

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Michael Mando Says ‘Brand New Day’ Isn’t the End of Scorpion’s Story (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: brand, brand new, day mac

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A partial digestion of the HRT counterexample (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Terence Tao | tags: argument, conjecture, function

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The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: longbets, longbets org, wins

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"The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years." (2011) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: longbets, longbets org, wins

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New Orleans Will Use AI To Answer 911 Calls Instead of a Human (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: callers, calls, emergency

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America's First Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery Plant Gets Its First Big Test (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: battery, energy, grid

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The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a lot of fun, but it’s not a must-have (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Aisha Malik | tags: device, kindle, kindle scribe

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AI creates 16 new viruses that never existed in nature after learning DNA’s pattern from 9 trillion nucleotides — experts warn such applications are way ahead of necessary guardrails (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Etiido Uko | tags: blocks, model, organism

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Before you buy another USB-C charger, make sure it has this critical (and hidden) spec (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: charger, charging, support

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Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: bitcoin, bloomberg, coinkite

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Trump Administration To Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion To Halt US Wind Projects (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | tags: energy, offshore, offshore wind

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Virginia Governor To Intervene In Dominion-NextEra Merger (slashdot.org)

2026-08-07 | tags: energy, governor, merger

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U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: department, department energy, energy

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The fight over Trump’s White House ballroom just took a dramatic turn (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: adjacent, adjacent larger, administration

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Trump administration spends another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: administration, billion, energy

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This 6-port USB-C charger replaced my ugly power brick - and powers my entire desk (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: charger, chargeview, charging

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OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive” (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: apple, bloomberg, openai

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Don’t eat this pistachio nut butter sold at Walmart. It could make you very sick (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: according notice, aware, bettergoods

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Burger King Says There’s One Big Reason It’s Winning Back Customers — And It’s a Whopper (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jonathan Small | tags: burger, burger king, chain

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Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough (theverge.com)

2026-08-07 | by Charles Pulliam-Moore | tags: fairground, produced, programming

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Google Pixelsnap Charger with Stand falls to a record-low $34.99 ahead of Pixel 11 launch (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: charger, charger stand, deal

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Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: autism, bloomberg, childhood

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‘They Are Thieves’: FTC Complaints About Hims & Hers Detail Surprise Charges (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: charges, complaints, complaints hims

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How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-07 | by Eileen Guo | tags: benz, censorship, media

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Act fast: OnePlus is gifting users a free wireless charger for its transition (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: airvooc, charger, free

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What type of phone case is best for wireless charging? (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Max Miller | tags: case, cases, charging

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The 5 Best Laptop Power Banks I've Personally Tested (2026) (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Simon Hill | tags: bank, best, charge

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Werewolf transformed my old gadgets into USB-C powered ones (theverge.com)

2026-08-07 | by Sean Hollister | tags: charger, monitor, plug

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How humanitarian organizations are using AI to reach people faster (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: ai generated, ai making, ai tools