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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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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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Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: build, build runs, customs

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Want a free Photoshop alternative on Linux? How to get Affinity today: 2 ways (zdnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jack Wallen | tags: affinity, appimage, editing

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T-Mobile Is Stretching Its Device Commitment to 3 Years with New Installment and ‘2.0’ Phone Plans (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jeff Carlson | tags: t-mobile, verizon, build-a-plan

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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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Third-party app stores are about to take over Google Play. Here’s how to prepare (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: google play store, third-party app stores, android

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The OG reading app just got a big update (theverge.com)

2026-08-01 | by David Pierce | tags: vergecast, installer, tom holland

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Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera access (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: qr codes, browser-based transfer, decimen optical transfer

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Photocatalytic water splitting by 2D polymer with out-of-plane carrier flow (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Zhuzhang | tags: photocatalytic water splitting, 2d polymer, pti single crystal

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Plasmonic metamaterial time crystal (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Guo | tags: plasmonic metamaterial, photonic time crystal, surface plasmon

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Mitochondrial metabolism and epigenetic crosstalk drive SASP (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Martini | tags: mitochondrial metabolism, epigenetic crosstalk, sasp

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eBay and its former execs settle cyberstalking case brought by journalist couple (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Anna Washenko | tags: ebay, devin wenig, ecommercebytes

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EBay and Former Execs Will Pay $56 Million to Couple They Tormented With Bloody Pig Masks (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: ebay, pig masks, journalist couple

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eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement (theverge.com)

2026-07-28 | by Emma Roth | tags: ebay, devin wenig, ecommercebytes

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EBay, former execs to pay $56 million in blogger harassment and stalking case (cnbc.com)

2026-07-28 | by Annie Palmer | tags: ebay, devin wenig, ecommercebytes

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Can Vaccines Really Help Prevent Dementia? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: shingles, dementia, vaccination

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The ‘Transformers: The Movie’ 40th Anniversary Concert Was a Pure Shot of Nostalgia (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: transformers, san diego comic-con, nostalgia

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Russia's businesses under strain from Ukraine's attacks on Wildberries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by Sofia Volyanova | tags: wildberries, elektrostal, russia

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Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: lg monitor app installer, mcafee, windows 11

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I Tested the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 for a Week and It’s a Rugged Scene-Stealer (cnet.com)

2026-07-22 | by Vanessa Hand Orellana | tags: galaxy watch ultra 2, samsung, titanium case

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Insulator-free topological photonic multi-lane highways (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-22 | by Cui | tags: topological photonics, gyromagnetic honeycomb, photonic crystals

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LSU Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | tags: louisiana state university, room-temperature quantum material, plasmonic metacrystal

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LG Monitors Fill PCs With Adware, and It’s Not Just Recent Displays (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: monitor, adware, installer

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Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: open source ai, richard stallman, frontier models

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If You’re a Federal Employee, You May Now Install TikTok on Your Work Phone Even Though It’s Illegal (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: tiktok, federal employee, work phone

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Chinese solar company says its new cell has an efficiency of 35.5 percent (engadget.com)

2026-07-18 | by Mariella Moon | tags: longi, crystalline silicon-perovskite, solar cell

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It’s Google Maps—but for pinball (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: google maps, pinball, retro tech

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The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs (theverge.com)

2026-07-18 | by David Pierce | tags: vergecast, note-taking app, installer

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Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: diodes, quartz crystal, oscilloscope