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The Trump admin is so toxic, brands now have crisis responses for being used in propaganda (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-21 | tags: hasbro, tetris, trump administration

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A Highly Trafficked Space News Site Invented a Fake NASA Engineer and Used Her Name to Publish to AI-Generated Slop (futurism.com)

2026-09-21 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: space daily, brown brothers media, ai-generated content

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Refurbished vs. new tech: Which gear is safe to buy used (and what to avoid) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-21 | get Apple MacBook Air certified refurbished → | tags: refurbished hardware, certified refurbished, used electronics

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North Korea used job interviews to deploy malware on 30,000 devices during coding tests — WaterPlum group loots $10.7 million in crypto and plants persistent RATs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | get YubiKey 5C NFC hardware security key → | tags: waterplum, north korea, cryptocurrency theft

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Someone used Claude to build a potential bioweapon. The real threat is much deeper (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-19 | tags: claude, bioweapon, open llms

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Apple's new hardware chief says seeing screen protectors used on iPhones makes his "skin crawl" (techspot.com)

2026-09-19 | by Skye Jacobs | get Apple iPhone 17 silicone case MagSafe → | tags: ceramic shield 2, tom marieb, screen protectors

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I used Immich for years, but this self-hosted Google Photos alternative is even better (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-19 | get Synology DiskStation NAS → | tags: immich, noodle gallery, self-hosting

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How OpenAI Used Its Own LLMs to Design Its Jalapeño Chip (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | by Matthew S. Smith | tags: jalapeño chip, openai, llms

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US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious" (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: federal register, qwen, alibaba

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Three Hackers Used Claude to Break Into OpenAI In Less Than 72 Hours (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-18 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: claude, openai, hackers

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Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Aditya Mehta | tags: anthropic claude, openai, hacktron ai

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Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: claude, openai, anthropic

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Regeneration of used batteries via electrode–electrolyte interphase dissolution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: battery regeneration, electrode-electrolyte interphase, lithium-ion batteries

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Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI (theverge.com)

2026-09-18 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: claude opus 5, openai, hacktron

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I used Spectrum Mobile for 4 months. Here’s why I went right back to Visible (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: spectrum mobile, visible, t-mobile

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Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude to Break Into OpenAI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-18 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: anthropic, claude, openai

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I Used AI to Animate Old Family Photos. One Was Creepy, but the Other Was Heartwarming (cnet.com)

2026-09-17 | by Corinne Reichert | get Epson FastFoto FF-680W photo scanner → | tags: alivemoment, ai animation, photo restoration

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LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: synthid-text, claude, llm watermarking

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IV drips used for "detoxification" actually filled with toxins; dozens poisoned (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: glutathione, iv drips, compounding pharmacies

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We’ve Been Giving the Parthenon’s Architects Credit for a Trick They Might Not Have Even Used (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: parthenon, greek architecture, ancient greece

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iPhone 18 Pro will be used in this week’s Friday Night Baseball broadcast (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-17 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple iPhone 18 Pro → | tags: iphone 18 pro, friday night baseball, dodger stadium

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Addigy launches Intelligence Suite, giving IT teams control over how AI is used across their fleet (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-17 | by Bradley C | tags: addigy, intelligence suite, mac management

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I used the Motorola Edge (2026) all summer long, but it never won me over (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-17 | get Motorola Edge 2026 smartphone → | tags: motorola edge, motorola, smartphone

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MapQuest went viral over Lake Ontario. So I used it for a week instead of Google Maps (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-17 | get iOttie car phone mount dashboard → | tags: mapquest, lake ontario, google maps

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Retired Microsoft Engineer details the story about the famous leaked FCKGW Windows XP key — copy protection used 10MB of encrypted Microsoft Bob for validation (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: windows xp, fckgw key, microsoft bob

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UK research agency backs drone-based internet service experiment with lasers, microwaves, and gravity waves used for wireless power — Britain invests $94 million into Starlink alternative (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Jowi Morales | tags: aria, haps, starlink alternative

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A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Katie Notopoulos | tags: ai backlash, penny's coffee shop, buffalo new york

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I’ve used both iPhone 18 Pro models – here’s how my buying advice is changing in 2026 (zdnet.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kerry Wan | get Apple iPhone 18 Pro → | tags: iphone 18 pro, iphone 18 pro max, apple

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EV charging infrastructure is still lagging adoption, report says (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-15 | get ChargePoint Home Flex EV charger → | tags: ev charging, electric vehicles, chargepoint

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DOJ says companies used Binance to funnel $1.5 billion in crypto to Iran (engadget.com)

2026-09-15 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: binance, doj, iran sanctions