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Sam Altman says four years is too long for college as AI tears up the traditional career path (techspot.com)

2026-08-17 | by Rob Thubron | tags: openai, sam altman, loopt

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Google quietly resurrects a Pixel gesture we first spotted over a year ago (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: pixel, android 17, google

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The Case Against Formal Verification, 50 Years Later (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Ivan Gavran | tags: formal verification, lean, signal shot

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The weekend is 100 years old (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Jess Cartner-Morley | tags: soviet union, weekend, prava

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Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber — attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 flying-wing drones a year (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Luke James | tags: mich 2000, tu-95, ztk-150

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The PC age began 45 years ago with the breakthrough Intel 8088 processor — 8-bit bus fueled 45 years of x86 dominance (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Mark Tyson | tags: intel 8088, ibm pc 5150, x86 architecture

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Google Pixel 11 vs. Pixel 9: Why I'm considering the upgrade this year (zdnet.com)

2026-08-16 | by Maria Diaz | tags: google pixel, zdnet, vendor reviews

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I survived two years as prime minister in a hit new game - then my cabinet deserted me (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-15 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: no 10, brewis, boris johnson

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A 25-year-old video patent just expired, ending a legal headache for Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: ending, ending legal, expired

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Semaglutide linked to 26% lower 5-year predicted dementia risk (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: semaglutide, dementia, risk reduction

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Peer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the least — Analysis of 1.66 million drive-years finds Seagate and Toshiba HDDs fail at roughly twice the rate of WD and HGST (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Luke James | tags: backblaze, hgst, toshiba

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So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: solar, sunzia wind, trumbull energy

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30 Years Later, ‘Cure’ Is Still an Unassailably Hypnotic Horror Masterwork (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: koji yakusho, masato hagiwara, horror cinema

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‘Super’ El Niño Could Push Earth’s Temperature 13 Years Ahead of the Current Warming Trend (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: el niño, earth's temperature, climate change

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Samsung Galaxy phone allegedly explodes in pocket, marking fourth incident this year (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: samsung galaxy, galaxy s26, galaxy s25 plus

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Jack in the Box has closed 40 stores so far this year: List of doomed locations is expected to keep growing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: jack in the box, fast food, store closures

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Older Raptor Lake CPUs are a ‘core part of the portfolio’ for years to come, says Intel — there’s been a ‘sudden inrush of demand’ for LGA 1700 chips due to DDR5 prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Jake Roach | tags: intel, raptor lake, lga 1700

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Tech Layoffs So Far This Year Have Officially Blown Past the Total for 2025 (futurism.com)

2026-08-14 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: amazon, meta, salesforce

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Gigabyte resurrects 8-year-old B450 chipset with new motherboards — AM4 budget king returns as another DDR4 solution to exorbitant RAM prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: gigabyte, b450 chipset, amd

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Forget the Pixel 11, this Google product is turning plenty of heads this year (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: google, pixel watch 5, fitbit air

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PBS loses 70 years of TV history after cloud storage vendor goes defunct (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | by Jowi Morales | tags: pbs, open source storage, iron mountain

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US sells 30-year bonds at highest borrowing costs since 2001 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: us treasury, 30-year bonds, borrowing costs

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Workday shares post best day in 10 years on Silver Lake takeover report (cnbc.com)

2026-08-13 | by Samantha Subin | tags: workday, silver lake, human resources

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Workday shares hit 10-year high on Silver Lake takeover report (cnbc.com)

2026-08-13 | by Samantha Subin | tags: workday, silver lake, human resources

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Liver Injuries Are Up 400%—and Alcohol Isn’t the Main Reason Why (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: liver injuries, poison center, alcohol

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Donkey.bas is 45 Years Old – 131 line of Glory (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: donkey.bas, ibm pc, bill gates

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That Business Idea You Couldn’t Justify Years Ago Is Worth Revisiting, Thanks to AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | by Mateusz Mucha | tags: omnicalculator, claude code, mobile app

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OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer to Depart After Less Than a Year (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-13 | tags: openai, denise dresser, revenue officer

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PBS Station Sues to Regain Access to 70 Years of Archival TV History (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: pbs, st. louis, cloud storage

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Candy Crush generates nearly $1 billion annually, 14 years after launch (techspot.com)

2026-08-13 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: candy crush, king, mobile game