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Google Gemini also escaped its testing environment and hacked three companies (engadget.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mariella Moon | tags: google gemini, irregular, wall street journal

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Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it (theverge.com)

2026-09-19 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: gemini, google, ai misalignment

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Your Prospective Clients Aren’t Reading the Information You Give Them. Here’s How to Communicate More Effectively. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-18 | by Brian Taylor | tags: ivy coach, college consulting, client communication

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North Korea’s Underground Nuclear Tests Are Reactivating Dormant Earthquake Fault Lines (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: north korea, nuclear tests, earthquake fault lines

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9to5Mac Daily: September 17, 2026 – iOS 27.2 beta testing, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-17 | by Seth Kurkowski | get Apple AirPods Pro 2 → | tags: ios 27.2, 9to5mac daily, apple podcasts

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Unreleased OpenAI Astra model added terrifying rogue additional instructions to its remit during testing — 'You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments' (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: openai, astra model, chatgpt

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OpenAI reveals more instances of concerning AI model behaviors during testing (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Mariella Moon | tags: openai, gpt-5.6 sol, misalignment reports

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: AI companies should serve ‘humanity first’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: satya nadella, microsoft, ai safety

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Self-Driving Cars Might Change Crash Testing Forever (wired.com)

2026-09-16 | by Aarian Marshall | get seatbelt pillow cushion for car → | tags: tesla cybercab, robotaxi, crash testing

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How Self-Driving Cars Might Change Crash Testing Forever (wired.com)

2026-09-16 | by Aarian Marshall | get car seatbelt pillow travel pad → | tags: cybercab, tesla robotaxi, crash testing

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1,000+ shoes reviewed and cut in half (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: shoes, shoe review, cut in half

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Best Indoor Garden Systems I’ve Been Testing All Year (2026) (wired.com)

2026-09-13 | by Kat Merck | get Gardyn Home Kit 4.0 indoor hydroponic garden → | tags: gardyn home 4.0, ycubes, indoor gardening

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The Best 3-in-1 Apple Charging Stations After Testing 30+ Models (wired.com)

2026-09-12 | by Simon Hill | get Zens Nightstand Charger Pro 2 → | tags: magsafe, apple watch, qi2

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Ubisoft is finally testing a way to ditch its own Connect launcher on Steam (techspot.com)

2026-09-11 | by Daniel Sims | get Prince of Persia The Lost Crown PS5 → | tags: ubisoft, ubisoft connect, steam

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Maersk is testing a giant spinning cylinder to cut fuel use on cargo ships (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-11 | get Ninety Percent of Everything Rose George book → | tags: maersk, rotor sail, cargo ships

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Meta is testing Community Notes in Latin America. Fact checkers are worried. (engadget.com)

2026-09-10 | by Karissa Bell | get Foolproof Sander van der Linden book → | tags: meta, community notes, fact checking

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Surfshark VPN says hackers breached internal testing, proxy servers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-10 | get NordVPN subscription → | tags: surfshark, vpn, data breach

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Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online (wired.com)

2026-09-10 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | get Your Face Belongs to Us Kashmir Hill book → | tags: clearview ai, inquiryiq, face recognition

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Testing Race Conditions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | by Jann Horn | get Art of Software Security Assessment book → | tags: race conditions, linux kernel, dtrace

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After Testing 19 Portable Power Stations, These 4 Will Keep Your Fridge Running the Longest (cnet.com)

2026-09-08 | by Ajay Kumar | get Anker SOLIX F3800 Plus portable power station → | tags: portable power stations, fossibot 3600 pro, oupes mega 5

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How NASA Testing Changed US Food Inspection Forever (wired.com)

2026-09-08 | by Alex Davies | get ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE instant read thermometer → | tags: nasa, food safety and inspection service, e. coli

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How well do agents use test/verification techniques? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get Programming Rust Blandy Orendorff book → | tags: coding agents, zstd, rust

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Enthusiast says DLSS 5 pushed RTX 5090 past 600W and melted the 16-pin connector — Nvidia's neural rendering tech adds up to 50% more power draw in testing (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-07 | by Hassam Nasir | get Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro 12VHPWR → | tags: dlss 5, rtx 5090, 16-pin connector

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A Week of Bug Reporting (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | get Debugging David Agans book → | tags: bug reporting, software bugs, software developers

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We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything (theverge.com)

2026-09-04 | by Dominic Preston | get Anker Soundcore Space One → | tags: ifa, berlin, android police

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Testing DLSS 5's Real Performance (No 6X Frame Gen) (techspot.com)

2026-09-04 | by Tim Schiesser | get MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ventus 3X OC graphics card → | tags: dlss 5, nvidia, nba 2k27

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Testing DLSS 5's Real Performance (No 6X Frame Gen) (techspot.com)

2026-09-04 | by Tim Schiesser | get MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ventus 3X OC graphics card → | tags: dlss 5, nvidia, nba 2k27

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Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-02 | get The Coming Wave Mustafa Suleyman book → | tags: ai safety testing, federal agencies, openai

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Anthropic Says It Hit the Brakes on AI Testing Following Autonomous Hacks (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-01 | tags: anthropic, frontier ai, autonomous hacks

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OpenAI to Restrict Astra Model After Rating It ‘Critical’ Cyber Risk (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-01 | get YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: openai, astra model, cyberattack