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We Spotted So Many Workarounds for Flock’s New Rules on Police Camera Surveillance (cnet.com)

2026-08-13 | by Tyler Lacoma | tags: flock safety, police surveillance, ai cameras

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Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-13 | by James O'Donnell | tags: flock, surveillance, civil liberties

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Laser wireless charging could keep drones airborne indefinitely — improved receiver converts at 38.49% efficiency and uses nanocrystalline material for thermals (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: laser wireless charging, civil aviation university of china, perovskite laser cell

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Nvidia's Risky Business (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: nvidia, northern pacific railway, jay cooke

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The humble notebook still matters in the age of AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: capture, capture thoughts, change

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Meta Ordered to Pay $942 Million to Address Harm to Kids From Social Media (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: addition, addition paying, civil

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Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jeff Wise | tags: gps jamming, beechcraft king air, white sands missile range

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Scientists Find Evidence of Lost Amazonian Civilization That May Have Been Home to Millions (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: amazon, airborne laser scans, ancient structures

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The lost civic life of movie rental stores (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: civic, civic life, life

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The Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental Stores (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: movie rental stores, civic life, lost

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Rolls-Royce jumps 4% as it sees boost from both the defense boom and AI data center buildout (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Elsa Ohlen | tags: rolls-royce, civil aerospace, defense

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Earthworks spotted in the Amazon hint at huge ancient civilization (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Thompson | tags: amazon, earthworks, ancient civilization

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Mondragon Corporation – a federation of co-operatives (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: mondragon corporation, jose maria arizmendiarrieta, fagor electrodomésticos

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Beyond Greece and Rome (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: greece, rome, history

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Build Systems Discussion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: bazel, lua civ, permacomputing

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For Decades, Scientists Thought They Knew How This Inca Child Died. They Were Wrong (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: inca, sacrificial rituals, ancient civilizations

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Why Are There No Empires in Age of Empires? (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | by Bret Devereaux | tags: age of empires, relic entertainment, civilization series

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The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Scott Larson | tags: google, facebook, surveillance capitalism

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The Next Startup Gold Rush Is in Civilization Technology — Here’s Where Entrepreneurs Should Look (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-16 | by Logan Simmons | tags: spacex, civilization technology, ai infrastructure

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Despite the darkness, I still see signs of hope in America (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-03 | get American Flag LED String Lights → | tags: america bicentennial, moon landing, civil rights movement

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Supreme Court takes sledgehammer to federal regulatory structure (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by Nina Totenberg | get Legal Reference Book → | tags: supreme court, federal regulatory agencies, civil service reform act

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County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by About The Author | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: henrico county, data centers, meta

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EU to legislate about Chat Control behind closed doors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: chat control, european parliament, civil rights

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Lessons from history: resilience and the American story at 250 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-25 | get American History Book → | tags: constitution, civil rights, moon landing

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Are British Civil Servants Merrily Playing ‘GTA Online’ at the Taxpayer’s Expense? (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-23 | get GTA V Standard Edition → | tags: british civil servants, gta online, taxpayer expense

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Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | by Nick Murray Is A Reporter With The Canadian Press. | get Nuclear Reactor Model Kit → | tags: canada, nuclear reactors, uranium exports

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Canada is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | by Nick Murray Is A Reporter With The Canadian Press. | get Nuclear Reactor Model Kit → | tags: canada, nuclear reactors, uranium exports

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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock's Cameras to Stalk People (slashdot.org)

2026-06-21 | by Posted | get Flock Safety Camera System → | tags: flock, license plate reader, police surveillance

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Facial Recognition on Public Buses? Kansas City Says Yes (slashdot.org)

2026-06-21 | by Posted | get Public Transit Facial Scanner → | tags: facial recognition, kansas city, american civil liberties union

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Unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mariana Catacci | get Smartphone Security Alert System → | tags: national civil defense, misantropi4, wireless emergency alerts