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Google Home’s rogue smart light problem should now be fixed (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google home, smart lights, reddit

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Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Sean Hollister | tags: xbox elite series 3, microsoft, xbox cloud gaming

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Apple Pay and Wallet leader retiring after two decades at Apple (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Chance Miller | tags: apple pay, apple wallet, apple

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Modder Builds a 21st Century Gameboy From a Steam Deck (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: steam deck, gameboy, modding

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Apple Arcade adding ‘two beloved puzzlers’ to ad-free platform in September (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple arcade, block blast, art of fauna

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Get 32GB of DDR5 for $261 in this AM5 gaming bundle — $970 deal features Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5 RAM, a Gigabyte X870 motherboard, and free 240mm AIO (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Shields | tags: ryzen 7 9800x3d, corsair ddr5-6000, gigabyte x870

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A strange Google Home app bug is automatically switching on smart lights (Update: Fixed) (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google home, google nest, smart lights

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Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA (slashdot.org)

2026-08-11 | tags: reddit, gnu backgammon, digital services act

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DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: cloudflare, ddos, kimwolf

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‘You Can’t Get Food Out of a Data Center’: Family Rejects Tech Company’s $26 Million Offer for Their Farm (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: data center, kentucky, ida huddleston

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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: meta, tiktok, snapchat

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Homes in these 10 zip codes are still selling above asking—even as the rest of the market cools (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: homes, zip codes, bidding wars

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I Started My Career With a Borrowed Ladder. Here’s How That Shaped the Way I Evaluate My Business Partners. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | by Mike Feazel | tags: roofing, roof maxx, business partners

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Why Addresses Have Numbers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | by Ali Mujtuba Zaidi | tags: house numbers, address systems, urban planning

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Duolingo is finally letting you undo this frustrating mistake (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: duolingo, android authority, undo button

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Over 70% of Americans oppose AI data centers; US protests intensify as more arrests are being made — almost 40 arrested this year in backlash to AI factory buildout (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Jon Martindale | tags: ai data centers, nashville zoo, freddie o'connell

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Opinion | China Presses a Weakness in America’s Tech Policy (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-09 | tags: address, address controls, chip

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AI-Powered Browser Just Generates Every Website From Scratch (slashdot.org)

2026-08-09 | by Posted | tags: address, address knew, anderson

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How to hide and unhide an app on your iPhone or iPad (and why you may want to) (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Ben Stegner | tags: apps, face, face id

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Micron reportedly offers pennies on the dollar for Crucial RAM return, offers to reimburse original MSRP despite it being only 37% of market value — chipmaker later reverses course with a better solution (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: micron, crucial, ddr5

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Google is making it easier to add new sources to Gemini Notebook (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: add source, change, gemini

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Claude Vs ChatGPT: How These AI Assistants Differ (engadget.com)

2026-08-08 | by Manuviraj Godara | tags: added, answer, anthropic

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Reddit Finally Found a Way to Make Its Mods Even Worse: Replace Them With AI (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: bots, human, reddit

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Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: add memory, add numbers, assembly

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Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: backdoor, core, embedded

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AI is changing cybersecurity in quick and terrifying ways (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Max Miller | tags: attacks, code, hidden

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The web server deployment model breaks at hobby scale (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: application, cache, frontend

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Immersion lithography saved Moore's Law (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | by About The Author | tags: immersion lithography, asml, moore's law

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The Morning Risk Report: Prosecutors Probed Whistleblower Claims That JPMorgan Mishandled Fraud Cases (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: add concerns, ai hacks, airport

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Real emails, hijacked payments: Two H1 2026 attack chains (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: address, browser, gen threat