GoKawiil - Tech News

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The bots already won the front door (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: bots, publishers, scrapers

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Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats? (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-21 | by Theresa Loconsolo | tags: a16z, andreessen horowitz, databricks

273.

Another better lower bound for n=17 square packing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: square packing, lower bound, n=17

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Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: f-16, russian drone, neptun deep

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Explosive Russian drone boat destroyed near European offshore gas site (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: russian drone boat, neptun deep, black sea

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Show HN: Proliferate- open-source, self-hostable Codex for any coding agent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: claude, codex, opencode

277.

Another disguised Russian banking app has topped the US iPhone App Store (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-21 | by Zac Hall | tags: app store, russian banks, t-bank

278.

Even your pool cleaner isn’t safe from the FCC’s robot ban (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: fcc, pool cleaning robots, android authority

279.

TCL’s Jedi-Like Smart Lock Is Now Even Better (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: tcl, d2 pro, palm vein

280.

Get a full-size Keychron mechanical keyboard for just $29 — 50% off this 104-key wired keeb with your choice of Keychron Super Brown or Red switches (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Joe Shields | tags: keychron, mechanical keyboard, woot

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I’m 27 Years Old With a Business Managing $500 Million in Deals. My Clients Might Already Be on Your Phone. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | by Amanda Breen | tags: ehvm apps, mobile apps, m&a

282.

Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: ftc, personalized pricing, consumer protection

283.

Nvidia finds that simple linear math can replace costly AI model handoffs (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: nvidia, kv cache transfer, large language models

284.

AI literacy is the buzzword this back-to-school season, as many teachers pivot to a balanced approach (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: ai literacy, ai for education, chatbots

285.

Building an (almost) fully self-hosted, sandboxed, agentic software factory (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: llm, devops, postgres

286.

A self hosted AI software factory (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: llm, claude, postgres

287.

Kobo can run apps now (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: kobo, cobalt, github

288.

Private Equity Is Deploying an Army of AI Wonks to Embed in the Firms They Back (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-21 | tags: private equity, wall street, ai services

289.

Three ways to smuggle SQLite into Nix (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: nixpkgs, sqlite, json

290.

50 Years of Bronx River Clean-Up Efforts Lead to the First Otter Sighting in a Century (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: bronx river, otter sighting, pollution cleanup

291.

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock, license plate reader, ohio

292.

Decayfmt – a file format that corrupts itself a little every time you open it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: rust, decayfmt, file format

293.

Samsung Galaxy S26 FE gets an early unboxing, revealing key design details (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: samsung galaxy s26 fe, exynos 2500, one ui 9.0

294.

Researchers Seem to Have Figured Out Why It’s Harder to Poop in Space (cnet.com)

2026-08-21 | by Joe Hindy | tags: nasa, international space station, gut microbiome

295.

Omacom Foundation Launches with $8M (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: omarchy quattro, omacom foundation, open-source

296.

US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-21 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: lidar, idaho national laboratory, hesai

297.

I Just Want to Search (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: google, search operators, av receiver

298.

We have more details on Apple's camera-equipped AirPods and they are pretty dang weird (engadget.com)

2026-08-21 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: apple, airpods, macos

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Broadcom debt deal expected to reach upwards of $70 billion, sources say (cnbc.com)

2026-08-21 | by Cj Haddad | tags: broadcom, chip financing, artificial intelligence

300.

LLMs are proof that Unix won (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Map Email Bastian Rieck.Me Name Bastian Grossenbacher Rieck | tags: unix, linux, gnu