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Using AI Shopping Carts Could Lead You to Spend More Money, Study Says (cnet.com)

2026-08-13 | by Julian Dossett | tags: ai shopping carts, bayes business school, smart cart technology

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Why China should reassess how it rewards young scientists (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-13 | by Li | tags: china, scientific output, talent-acquisition

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Passenger returning from DEF CON 34 spoofs Delta Wi-Fi network while in flight using pentest tool — pilots tell ground crew to alert corporate security after attendee from hacking conference brings the party to the sky (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jowi Morales | tags: def con, delta airlines, wifi pineapple

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Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: big pharma, mmr vaccine, public health

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U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’ (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: university of michigan, first-semester grades, mental health

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The FAA used Fortnite ads to recruit air traffic controllers, and just had its best hiring year yet (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Rob Thubron | tags: fortnite, faa, air traffic control

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The revolt against FIFA chief Infantino continues with an open letter from soccer’s regional governing bodies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: fifa, gianni infantino, uefa

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Turning the tide: restoring Mozambican mangroves — in photos (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: mozaic mangroves, célia macamo, eduardo mondlane university

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What to do when you have too many PhD projects on the go (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-10 | by Sentell | tags: phd, mcgill university, human genetics

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I caught my students using AI to cheat in an exam — here’s what universities must do to stamp this out (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-10 | by Serrano | tags: generative ai, brown university, welfare economics

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Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice (slashdot.org)

2026-08-07 | tags: academy, academy sciencies, card

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Mike Flanagan Promises You ‘Don’t Know’ How His ‘Carrie’ Will End (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: academy, academy series, canceled

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Hoka Coupon Codes: 30% Off in August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Gear Team | tags: hoka, cliftons, speedgoat

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‘The Mummy 4’ Cast Unwraps a Few More Old and New Faces (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: the mummy, radio silence, brendan fraser

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Most countries provide between 20 and 40 paid days off (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Amanda Shendruk | tags: not-ship, amanda, vacation

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Pixels could soon catch up to Galaxy phones with a new Voicecast feature (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: pixel phones, android 17 qpr2, auracast

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Expedia Coupons: 40% Off (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Molly Higgins | tags: expedia, vacation, las vegas

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Instacart Promo Code: $15 Off | August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Molly Higgins | tags: instacart, grocery delivery, instacart+

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The three-and-beyond-body problem: juggling kids, travel and careers in academia (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | by Carter | tags: two-body problem, academia, heathrow airport

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The Dunning-Kruger effect may just be a data artefact (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: dunning-kruger, academic literature, david dunning

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Skylight’s smart calendars are up to $90 off during its back-to-school sale (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Sheena Vasani | tags: skylight, google calendar, apple

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National Spritz Day is here: Score these deals today around the country (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: national spritz day, italian vacation, social media

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AFC Stands in Solidarity with UEFA and Concacaf to Protect the FIFA World Cup (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: afc, uefa, concacaf

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How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ai-cheating, yale, generative ai

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How to use screen mirroring on Roku with your Android phone (engadget.com)

2026-07-30 | by Max Miller | tags: roku, miracast, android

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Job insecurity is chipping away at me and my cohort. Is it us, or the state of the economy? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-30 | by Watson | tags: imperial college london, research funding, phd

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Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: quantum dots, ibm, hrl laboratories

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Instacart's CTO says AI made the company stop worrying about tech debt (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: instacart, ai code generation, anirban kundu

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Now is the time to give LLMs access to the ACM digital library (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: llms, acm digital library, digital access

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‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Has a Troublemaking New Alien Arriving in Season 2 (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: star trek, starfleet academy, hall h