GoKawiil - Tech News

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Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: artificial state, just, really

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Tom Stanton's supersonic trebuchet breaks sound barrier with gravity alone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Bill Smith | tags: castle, meters, projectile

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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: artificial state, just, really

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John C. Lilly on solid state intelligence and the elimination of man (1978) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: earth, machines, planet

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The Complicated Case of Passing On Your Digital Estate (wired.com)

2026-08-09 | by Jill Duffy | tags: assets, digital, digital assets

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Victims Are Losing Thousands of Dollars on the ‘Jury Duty’ Scam (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-09 | tags: competitive, demands, demands reopening

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The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: curiosity, distance, mars

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VC-Funded Startups Linked to Persistent Fraud (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: cases, entrepreneurs, performance

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My favorite feel-good show is back (theverge.com)

2026-08-08 | by David Pierce | tags: apps, good, headphones

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The 15-Minute AI System That Keeps Your Million-Dollar Goal on Track (Beginner Friendly) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | by Ben Angel | tags: agent, calendar, chief

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This Super El Niño Could Trigger the Highest Sea Levels Ever Recorded on the California Coast (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: california, california likely, coastal

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Upcoming Hack to Keep NASA’s Voyager 1 Alive Exploits a Quirk in Its 1970s Hardware (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: bang, bang power, big bang

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Static Hour challenges you to be the arbiter of truth and fear (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Sam Rutherford | tags: barkbyte, game, hour

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The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff (theverge.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jay Peters | tags: editorial, laid, moonrock

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Google puts the finishing touches on Proactive Assistance ahead of Pixel 11 launch (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: assistance, authority, google

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The 7 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jennifer M. Wood | tags: original, series, star

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This Bluetooth-only Marshall home speaker sounds so good, I can forgive the missing Wi-Fi (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Prakhar Khanna | tags: marshall, marshall stanmore, speaker

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Crypto’s infrastructure era arrives, with AI agents poised to reshape demand (cnbc.com)

2026-08-07 | by Tanaya Macheel | tags: agents, ai agents, crypto

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Amazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers as agentic AI crunch intensifies — CPU demand makes low-utilization EC2 instances a hot commodity (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jake Roach | tags: amazon, cpus, demand

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AMD Buys AI Chip Startup Taalas That Hardwires AI Models Into Its Silicon (slashdot.org)

2026-08-07 | tags: broido, broido intermetrics, established

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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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The only instant cameras worth your money (theverge.com)

2026-08-07 | by Sheena Vasani | tags: camera, film, instant

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Apple rushes out emergency fix for screen sharing flaw on Macs - update ASAP (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lance Whitney | tags: apple, flaw, install

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DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: doge, doge overstated, government

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RPCS3 just got a lot faster on Arm, after months of low-level optimization (techspot.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: blu ray, games, playstation

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New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: meta, mexico, new mexico

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Meta's child-safety failures will cost it another $567 million (techspot.com)

2026-08-07 | by Rob Thubron | tags: facebook, instagram, meta

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Meta's child-safety failures will cost it another $567 million as total bill reaches almost $1 billion (techspot.com)

2026-08-07 | by Rob Thubron | tags: facebook, instagram, meta

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Court orders Meta to pay an additional $567 million in New Mexico child safety case (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Mariella Moon | tags: apps, court, meta

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Google Workspace Promo Codes: 14% Off for August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Gear Team | tags: gemini, google, plan