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Anthropic Explains Its Watermark System as Some Claude Users Loudly Revolt (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: anthropic, claude, watermark

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Futuristic mosquito-zapping laser now available to buy, video shows device in action — tiny device shoots down bugs like a personal air defense system, but costs $1,000 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Jowi Morales | tags: photon matrix, indiegogo, lidar

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White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations — vetted organizations can now conduct offensive cyber operations (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Luke James | tags: white house, cyberattacks, department of justice

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Three new Windows flaws can bypass security, gain system privileges, and even install malware remotely (techspot.com)

2026-08-15 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: windows, usenix security, shieldbreak

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I drove Tesla FSD, Rivian Autonomy+ ‘hands-free’ driving systems. Here’s how they compare (cnbc.com)

2026-08-15 | by Michael Wayland | tags: tesla, rivian, fsd

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Samsung says Claude Code can cut chip design work from weeks to days, but it still makes serious mistakes (techspot.com)

2026-08-15 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: samsung, anthropic, claude code

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Digital Signal Processing Pioneer Bede Liu Dies At 91 (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-14 | by The Liu Family | tags: digital signal processing, bede liu, ieee jack s. kilby medal

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Architecting for Growth: The Case for Early Scalability Decisions—Q&A With Srilakshmi Bharadwaj (computer.org)

2026-08-14 | tags: scalability, systems architecture, ieee computer society

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US imposes up to 100% tariffs on foreign-made drones and components — China remains primary target as Washington moves to reduce reliance on overseas suppliers (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: china, drones, trade war

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Just one instruction on AMD's 2015-era CPUs cracks open secret memory areas and gives full hardware-level control — exploit for 15h and 16h chip families gets you access to Platform Security Processor, microcode, and System Management Interface (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: amd, amd fx-series, amd opteron

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Hosting provider Namecheap is down after data center cooling failure (engadget.com)

2026-08-13 | by Anna Washenko | tags: namecheap, phoenixnap, cooling systems

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Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: systemd-journald, ext4, btrfs

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Microsoft's nemesis drops new zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability — attack grants system-level privileges, but it could already be patched (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-13 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: windows zero-day, microsoft defender, nightmare eclipse

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Get whole-home Wi-Fi 7 for less with this TP-Link Deco BE23 deal at Amazon (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: tp-link, deco be23, wifi 7

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X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-13 | by Sarah Perez | tags: github, for you algorithm, ranking system

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This school security system displays safe evacuation routes during shootings and disasters (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: school security system, evacuation routes, active shooting

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Flock Safety changes system defaults in response to criticisms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: flock safety, alpr data, bishop fox

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PSA: Setting different default languages in different Mac apps (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-13 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: macos, system settings, language preferences

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A Man Asked His AI Assistant to Book a Gym Class. It Hacked the System Instead. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | by Jonathan Small | tags: anthropic, claude, openai

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DeepSeek Harness developer preview (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: deepseek harness, cordis, plugin system

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Easing inflation pressures, Cerebras earnings, falling Hormuz traffic and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-08-13 | by Alex Harring | tags: cerebras systems, cisco, hormone traffic

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ATG (YC F25) Is Hiring Member of Technical Staff (Data Platform) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | by Autonomous Technologies Group | tags: atg, data platform, technical staff

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I love Pixel phones, but the Pixel 11 camera system isn’t enough (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: pixel 11, google, camera hardware

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Forget Flock — this system could let police track your car with help from your phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: signaltrace, leonardo us cyber, alpr cameras

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Cerebras stock plunges 14% after second earnings report following IPO (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Kif Leswing | tags: cerebras systems, ipo, ai chips

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Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-12 | by Mit Technology Review Insights | tags: ai agents, legacy systems, data leaders

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Pixel Watch 5 could become your early warning system with Health Guardian (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: pixel watch, google, health guardian

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Google to build three new subsea cables connecting Chile, Panama, and the Caribbean (techspot.com)

2026-08-12 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: google, subsea cables, firmina system

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Plug and Pwn attack uses fake USB devices for Windows SYSTEM access (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: windows, plug and pwn, usb devices

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Your most expensive tech projects: The ones nobody questions (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: tech projects, investment scrutiny, procurement review