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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 22, 2026 — foundries, supercomputers, China, and how to not overpay on a motherboard (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Sayem Ahmed | tags: tom's hardware, motherboards, foundries

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Patients Are Skipping Going to the Doctor Because AI “Receptionists” Can’t Understanding What They’re Saying (futurism.com)

2026-08-22 | by Frank Landymore | tags: ai receptionist, healthwatch rotherham, emma ai

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Back-to-back Amazon CPU scam delivers empty Ryzen 5 9600X boxes in 72 hours — $ 10,000-a-month business customer captures fraud on camera (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: amazon, ryzen 5 9600x, pc plug

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U.S. Government Lab Reportedly Probing Chinese Lidar Security Risks on Behalf of Private Industry (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: u.s. government, lidar, chinese

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American Who Wiped His Phone With 'Duress' Password During Border Search Gets Felony Charges (slashdot.org)

2026-08-21 | tags: grapheneos, pixel, border search

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80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful (zdnet.com)

2026-08-21 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: github copilot, claude code, ai programming tools

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Tesla and others recall over 4 million vehicles in China over hidden door handles (engadget.com)

2026-08-21 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: tesla, china automotive recall, model 3

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Rushing to Add AI Is Wrecking Your Customer Experience. Here’s How to Get It Right. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | by David Boice | tags: customer experience, chatbot, dealership

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AI Can Help Customers Find You, But Visibility Is Only Half the Battle. Here’s What Must Come Next. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | by Arpit Jain | tags: google ai, chatgpt, voice assistants

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How we made a text-to-speech model respond in sub-50 ms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Nari Labs Team | tags: qwen3-tts, nvidia h100, customvoice

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How We Made a Text-to-Speech Model Respond in Sub-50 ms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Nari Labs Team | tags: qwen3-tts, nvidia h100, customvoice

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The AI Industry Has Fumbled Its Public Image So Badly That It’s Incredible (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: openai, chatgpt, pew research

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The Real ROI of AI Isn’t the AI. It’s the Headcount You Never Add. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | by Ajit Samuel | tags: headcount, automation, advertising

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My cats hate each other, but this automatic feeder is helping (theverge.com)

2026-08-21 | by Adi Robertson | tags: pet-tech, automatic feeder, the verge

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There’s Life Before Watching ‘Bone Tomahawk,’ and Then There’s Life After Watching ‘Bone Tomahawk’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: bone tomahawk, s. craig zahler, kurt russell

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This is the Real Reason Cracker Barrel’s CEO Is Out — And It Isn’t Because She Changed Anything (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | by Andrea Olson | tags: cracker barrel, julie masino, customer research

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How Growing Companies Lose Coherence — and What It Costs Them Over Time (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | by Goran Paun | tags: company coherence, decision-making, organizational scaling

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Customer Service Is Declining. It’s Time to Take a Closer Look at What’s Happening Inside Your Business. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ben Walker | tags: customer service, pandemic, call center

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Why replacing staff with AI backfires - and 5 ways smart leaders generate real value instead (zdnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Mark Samuels | tags: harvey nash, jobloss.ai, careerminds

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A look under our trunk: what's in our compute (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Satish Jeyachandran | tags: waymo, autonomous driving, custom silicon

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Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Tim De Chant | tags: apollo atomics, nuclear power, steam generator

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Walmart tariff refunds update: Will customers get reimbursed directly? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: walmart, tariff refunds, retail chain

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Oura Restructures Tech Leadership in AI Push (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-20 | tags: oura, tom hale, health guidance

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This popular supplement could turn you into an unwitting opioid addict (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: kratom, opioid, convenience stores

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Why Upwork’s CEO insists the AI jobs apocalypse isn’t happening (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: upwork, hayden brown, ai skills

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FDA approves robot that can find your vein, insert a needle, and draw blood without human help (techspot.com)

2026-08-20 | by Rob Thubron | tags: aletta, fda, vein finder

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Pixel 11 series quietly and exclusively adds one of the most useful new haptic features (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: pixel 11, google sounds, haptic features

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Dialkyl ether synthesis through heteroatom homolytic substitution (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-20 | by Großkopf | tags: dialkyl ethers, heteroatom homolytic substitution, titanium catalysis

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Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-19 | by Julie Bort | tags: uber, andreessen horowitz, benchmark

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A robot could eventually conduct your blood draw at the doctor's office (engadget.com)

2026-08-19 | by Anna Washenko | tags: aletta, fda, blood draw