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Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: black hole, star, astronomers

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Only 2.6% of the most visited websites have fully valid HTML (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: html validation, web accessibility, browser error recovery

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Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: discovered materials, exa, pymatgen

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Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit (slashdot.org)

2026-08-11 | tags: paramount, warner bros discovery, california

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Why recovery readiness has become the new standard for cyber resilience (zdnet.com)

2026-08-10 | by Zdnet Brandx For Datto | tags: ransomware, backup, disaster recovery

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Before you throw out your old USB drives, do this first (engadget.com)

2026-08-10 | by Adnan Ahmed | tags: usb drives, data recovery, memory prices

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Free Divers Thought They Found a Weird Rock. It Was a 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: roman shipwreck, underwater archaeology, ancient artifacts

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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: integrated circuits, discovered materials, anthropic

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After Netflix, now Disney Plus wants you to chat with AI to figure out what to watch next (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: disney plus, generative ai, disney company

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MySpace owners confirm they are planning another comeback (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: myspace, viant technology, tom anderson

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MySpace owners confirm they are planning another comeback, but say they are waiting for the right time (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: myspace, viant technology, tom anderson

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New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: coverage, local, music

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Stop Burying Your Press Logos — Here’s Where They Actually Win Buyers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | by Ali Raza | tags: buyer, coverage, footer

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See the Original Character Sketches for Next Week’s ‘Futurama’ Episode [Exclusive] (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: coverage, flag, flag means

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Four Top Google Scientists Are Leaving to Start Their Own AI Company. It Might Discover Things No Human Ever Could. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jonathan Small | tags: alphabet, alphabet ceo, dean

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Open QEC harness – greedy vs. GE, uniform vs. clustered k=4 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: quantum error correction, happy code, greedy recovery

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In new court filing, Apple flags delays in Jon Prosser’s response to leak lawsuit (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, counsel, discovery

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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: dean, discovery, google

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Google Overhauls AI Leadership As DeepMind CEO Steps Aside (slashdot.org)

2026-08-05 | tags: chief, chief scientist, discovery

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Google Overhauls AI Leadership as Longtime Chief Scientist Joins Wave of Exits (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai discovery, chairman, chairman google

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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Steven Levy | tags: dean, discovery, discovery loop

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Scientists discover Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: discover, discover kelvin, helmholtz

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Paramount CEO: Warner Merger Will Happen, and AI Won’t Replace Human Storytelling (cnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Gael Cooper | tags: bros, discovery, ellison

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Pluto’s Atmosphere May Finally Be Starting to Collapse (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: pluto, solar system, atmosphere

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Fender’s CEO compared cover bands to AI. Now he’s walking it back (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: fender, artificial intelligence, cover bands

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Why some people mow a lawn better than others (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by The Pudding | tags: coverage path planning, traveling salesman, optimal path

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A ‘Goldilocks’ Discovery in the Paper Aisle (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: aisle, discovery, discovery paper

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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is almost perfect. I just wish it wasn’t a foldable (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: samsung galaxy z fold 8, android authority, foldable phones

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LEGO deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: hubble space telescope, lego icons, nasa

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Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: fender, cole, analog ai