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Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-18 | by Zack Whittaker | get Data Breach Security Kit → | tags: texas parks & wildlife, driver’s licenses, data breach

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Bernie Sanders unveils $7 trillion plan to give Americans control of AI industry (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-18 | get AI Industry Control Kit → | tags: ai industry, bernie sanders, sovereign wealth fund

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AI Wrote Your Code. Did Anyone Actually Check It? Here’s the Verification Problem Most Companies Aren’t Prepared For. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | by Prince Kohli | get AI Code Review Tool → | tags: ai code generation, verification infrastructure, legacy testing tools

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Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027 (theverge.com)

2026-06-18 | by Jay Peters | get Steam Controller (2015) → | tags: steam controller, valve, reservation queue

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Snap’s Specs look good on nobody (theverge.com)

2026-06-18 | by David Pierce | get Snapchat Spectacles 3 → | tags: snap, evan spiegel, ar lens

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Top 10% of Consumers Create Up to $5.7 Trillion in Environmental Damage Annually (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-18 | get Eco-Friendly Reusable Water Bottle → | tags: climate change, biodiversity, environmental damage

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Rolling out AI agents? 4 ways to move fast and furious - but with extreme caution (zdnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by Joe Mckendrick | get AI Safety Toolkit → | tags: ai agents, pwc, nbcuniversal

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GTA 6 pre-order date and cover art revealed by Rockstar (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-18 | by Laura Cress | get GTA 6 Art Print → | tags: gta 6, rockstar, playstation store

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Git platform built for agentic era (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get GitHub Copilot Subscription → | tags: git, platform, agentic era

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Waymo Recalls Robotaxis Over Risk They'll Drive at Speed Into Freeway Construction Zones (wired.com)

2026-06-18 | by Jeremy White | get Waymo Safety Warning Sign → | tags: waymo, driverless cars, nhtsa

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W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by Elena Rossini | get European Digital Sovereignty Book → | tags: w social, bluesky, european digital sovereignty

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Has W Social switched to closed source? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by Elena Rossini | tags: w social, bluesky, europe

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AI agents are getting their own search engine (zdnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by David Gewirtz | get AI Search Engine Tool → | tags: google, microsoft, anthropic

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Memory shortage crisis: Apple CEO confirms higher prices are on the way; chip stocks keep soaring (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | get Apple M2 Memory Upgrade → | tags: apple, ram, ai servers

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The White House’s dodgy app is being pushed to even more official government devices (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-18 | get Government Device Security Kit → | tags: white house app, department of homeland security, elfsight

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Verizon sent long-time customer a refurbished phone, wiped it remotely, and then refused to own up (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-18 | get Refurbished Verizon Smartphone → | tags: verizon, android authority, mobile device management

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Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real (futurism.com)

2026-06-18 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | get AI Ethics Awareness Book → | tags: google, scp foundation, ai overviews

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Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by King'S College London | tags: king’s college london, cambridge law journal, drug repurposing

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The latest phase of CVS’s brand refresh makes its bottles fully recyclable (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | get Recyclable CVS Bottle → | tags: cvs, recyclable aluminum, soda can

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Who decides when AI is too dangerous? (theverge.com)

2026-06-18 | by Nilay Patel | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: anthropic, fable 5, mythos

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Sennheiser debuts open-ear Accentum Clip earbuds with nine hours of battery life (engadget.com)

2026-06-18 | by Billy Steele | get Sennheiser Accentum Clip Earbuds → | tags: sennheiser, accentum clip, bluetooth

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Seven Perfect Shuffles Randomize a Deck of Cards. But How Many Sloppy Ones? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by John Pavlus | get Card Shuffling Machine → | tags: riffle shuffles, persi diaconis, openai

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Companies are profiling you from your smartphone use - how to stop them (zdnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by Charlie Osborne | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: smartphone, cookies, targeted advertising

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The Sperm-Maxxing Bros Are Actually Onto Something (wired.com)

2026-06-18 | by Gabriela Galvin | tags: fertility, sperm health, sperm-maxxing

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Can you see three trees? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by Amanda Shendruk | tags: 3-30-300, cecil konijnendijk, urban planning

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The Australian Government to Require SMS/MMS Sender ID Registraion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get SMS Sender ID Registration Kit → | tags: australian government, sms sender id, mms sender id

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Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2016 security update failures (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-18 | get Windows Server 2016 Security Patch → | tags: windows server 2016, microsoft, security update

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The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed (wired.com)

2026-06-18 | by Matt Burgess | get Facial Recognition Age Verification → | tags: uk government, facial age estimation, lighthouse reports

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Google’s Gemini overlay bubble is getting a fresh gradient design as testing expands (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-18 | get Google Pixel Fold Case → | tags: google, gemini, android 17

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The work AI can’t do (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | get AI Content Creation Toolkit → | tags: people analytics, sentiment data, turnover scores