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US authorities say Siemens controllers used for water and other infrastructure are being targeted by hackers — agencies claim threat actors use AI tools to generate exploitation scripts (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jowi Morales | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC → | tags: siemens s7-series, cisa, ai tools

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I found a free, open-source Android app that replaced 8 other apps I used to rely on (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-22 | tags: android, image toolbox, open-source

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Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: seismic imaging, thunderquakes, fiber-optic cabling

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Open Forum: What's your most-used keyboard shortcut? (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Julio Franco | tags: ctrl + shift + v, microsoft, windows

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What's your most-used keyboard shortcut? (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Julio Franco | tags: ctrl + shift + v, chrome, macbook

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Cop Used Electrocution Gloves to Subdue High School Student in Special Education Program (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: g.l.o.v.e, omaha police, electric-shock gloves

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Sleuth identifies dozens of studies that used the wrong antibody (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-21 | by Else | tags: thermo fisher scientific, β-galactosidase, antibody validation

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The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era — as privately held compute clusters are built, running HPL becomes a distraction (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | tags: supercomputer, china, linshine

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This tiny guitar amp is the most unhinged distortion pedal I’ve ever used (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: amp crash, death by audio, fender

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Police officer used Flock cameras to track estranged wife 717 times (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Bob D'Angelo | tags: flock cameras, polk county, haines city police

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Civic Hygiene – avoid building technologies that could be used by a police state (2013) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Terence Eden | tags: ukip, bruce schneier, police state

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Hidden AirTag appears to confirm suspicions about illicit AI book scanning (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-19 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: airtag, amazon, ai training

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With the Pixel 11, Google has abandoned the main reason I used to recommend Pixels (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: pixel 11, google pixel, android authority

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I used to be excited about new tech, but I rarely am anymore (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: vcr, windows 95, dvd

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Things That Used to Be Normal and Are Now a Luxury (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Alberto Gallego | tags: offline, silence, sofia

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Microsoft starts removing WMIC tool used by cybercriminals (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: microsoft, wmic, windows 11

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AI companies are buying used books by the thousands. Some may be destroyed for training (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: ai companies, used bookstores, model training

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What are the two types of Bluetooth and what are they used for? (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Alec Hively | tags: bluetooth classic, bluetooth low energy, bluetooth sig

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I Used This Phone Add-On to Find Hidden Cameras, Leaks and More in My Home (cnet.com)

2026-08-17 | by Tyler Lacoma | tags: thermal master, hidden cameras, water leaks

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I’ve used Feedly for a decade, but these 2 minimal Android apps finally replaced it (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: feedly, android, pixel 9a

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Used Booksellers Are Racking Up Huge Sales. They’re Not Thrilled About the Likely Reason (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: used books, booksellers, sales

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Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anthony Ha | tags: grok, xai, spacex

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Engineer used 360-degree cam hidden in bag of snacks in attempt to steal DRAM process tech for China — IT security team pinpointed perp due to camera's leaky wireless signals (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anton Shilov | tags: nanya technology, dram process, insta360 x4

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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: heart aerospace, x1 aircraft, battery-electric propulsion

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I used OpenFactory to build my own Linux distro overnight - this AI tool is going to be big (zdnet.com)

2026-08-14 | by Jack Wallen | tags: openfactory, linux distro, pinephone

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I used DeX to turn my Galaxy S25 Ultra into a lightweight gaming PC — and it actually worked (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: samsung dex, galaxy s25 ultra, snapdragon 8 elite

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Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks” (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-14 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: dolly sheep, riken bioresearch, pet cloning

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2 Moms Used Kickstarter to Launch Their Side Hustle. It Made $2,500 Fast and Is on Track for $30,000 Within Months: ‘Honestly Thrilling.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | by Amanda Breen | tags: kickstarter, dressy, portland

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Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-13 | by Julie Bort | tags: nvidia, gpu, ai data centers

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Critical 'Zoomsday' flaw enables total device takeover during Zoom calls — AI-assisted research only used 20 prompts to find an exploit to hack hundreds of millions of people. (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-13 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: zoom, remote code execution, a.security