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Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after more than 20 years (techspot.com)

2026-08-27 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Logitech MX Master 3S wireless mouse → | tags: amazon mechanical turk, aws, ai platforms

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Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | get Guittard Cocoa Rouge unsweetened cocoa powder → | tags: theobroma cacao, mississippian culture, etowah archaeological site

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Police Chief Brags That His Officers Have Been Using Electro-Shock Gloves for Years (futurism.com)

2026-08-27 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: police gloves, electro-shock gloves, us immigration

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Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE pairs last year’s hardware with last month’s software (theverge.com)

2026-08-27 | by Dominic Preston | get Samsung Galaxy S25 FE → | tags: galaxy s26 fe, exynos 2500, samsung

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Why are El Niños getting stronger? 1,000-year-coral record points to climate change (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-27 | by Dinneen | get AcuRite Iris home weather station → | tags: el niño, coral records, climate change

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Why are El Niños getting stronger? 1000-year-coral record points to climate change (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-27 | by Dinneen | get AcuRite Iris 5-in-1 weather station → | tags: el niño, coral reefs, climate change

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Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after 21 years, quietly ending the human-powered platform (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: amazon, mechanical turk, digital labor

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Here’s how many foldable iPhones IDC expects Apple to ship in one year (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-26 | by Marcus Mendes | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 → | tags: foldable iphone, apple, idc

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I’ve Been a Software Developer For 20 Years. Here’s Why I’m All in on Vibe Coding. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-26 | by Aytekin Tank | get AI Engineering Chip Huyen book → | tags: jotform, vibe coding, entrepreneur

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Show HN: I made a retirement simulator: 125 years of data, 25 countries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | get The Simple Path to Wealth JL Collins → | tags: retirement simulator, market history, portfolio

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Google Pixel 11 review: Why the base model is still my favorite, even this year (zdnet.com)

2026-08-26 | by Kerry Wan | get Google Pixel 11 → | tags: google pixel 11, pixel 11 xl pro, amoled display

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Google Pixel 11 Review: Why the base model is still my favorite, even this year (zdnet.com)

2026-08-26 | by Kerry Wan | get Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 → | tags: google pixel 11, pixel 11 xl pro, amoled display

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15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go. (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-26 | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: helium-3, solar wind, lunar soil

224.

A Man Who Saw Humanity from Two Billion Years Away (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: humanity, two billion years, perspective

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11,000-year-old sculpture of man riding a leopard found in Turkey (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | get Gobekli Tepe Genesis of the Gods book → | tags: turkey, sculpture, leopard

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The Pixel 11 Pro is the wrong Pixel to buy this year (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-26 | get Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 → | tags: google pixel 11 pro, tensor g6, gemini intelligence

227.

I’ve Spent 25 Years Helping People Rebuild Their Reputations. These Are the 6 Steps I Always Recommend. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | by Scott Keever | tags: reputation management, google search, ai platforms

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This new Android & iPhone tracker hides in your bike or golf clubs with 3-year battery life [Gallery] (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-25 | by Ben Schoon | get Pebblebee LOC8 tracker → | tags: pebblebee, loc8, android find my

229.

The US Just Recorded Its First 2 Measles Deaths This Year (wired.com)

2026-08-25 | by Emily Mullin | tags: measles, cdc, amish

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LACMA data breach last year exposed social security and medical data (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-25 | get Amazon Basics 12-sheet micro-cut paper shredder → | tags: lacma, data breach, social security

231.

A 15-Year-Old’s Cannabis ‘Scromiting’ Got So Bad His Brain Started Shutting Down (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-25 | tags: cannabis, scromiting, vitamin deficiency

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How Xbox controllers have changed in the last 25 years (engadget.com)

2026-08-25 | by Dave Meikleham | get Xbox Wireless Controller → | tags: xbox controllers, microsoft, xbox 360

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Lego has launched 330 new products so far this year, including ‘something for everyone.’ It’s paying off (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | get LEGO Icons Bouquet of Roses → | tags: lego, danish toy brand, 2026

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Lego has launched 330 new products so far this year, including ‘something for everyone’. It’s paying off (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | get LEGO Icons Flower Bouquet → | tags: lego, lego group, 2026

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'Just a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax (zdnet.com)

2026-08-25 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Raspberry Pi 5 8GB board → | tags: linux, linus torvalds, minix

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I Tested Kitchen Composters for 2 Years. These Are the Ones I’d Buy (2026) (wired.com)

2026-08-25 | by Kat Merck | get Lomi electric kitchen composter → | tags: kitchen composters, food waste, electric gadgets

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A Japanese shrine has recorded one lake's ice for 583 years, as a divination (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-25 | get Kestrel 3000 pocket weather meter → | tags: lake suwa, 御神渡り, 八剱神社

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Border Wall Construction Threatens 6,000 Years of History on Private Lands (wired.com)

2026-08-25 | by Gabrielle Saulsbery | get Hiking Big Bend National Park FalconGuides book → | tags: border wall, big bend national park, us department of homeland security

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Screen viewing time from age 1 to 8 years and subsequent academic performance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-25 | by Yang | get Amazon Fire HD Kids Edition tablet → | tags: screen viewing time, growing up in singapore, wechsler achievement test

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Tesla just killed Solar Roof after years of complaints and price hikes (techspot.com)

2026-08-25 | by Skye Jacobs | get EcoFlow DELTA 2 portable power station solar → | tags: tesla, solar roof, solar shingles