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Google Just Took Another Step Toward the AI-First Smartphone (cnet.com)

2026-05-12 | by See Full Bio | get Google Pixel 8 Smartphone → | tags: google, android, gemini

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You can preview the new, new Digg after its takeover by bots (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-12 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Digg Bot Preview Tool → | tags: digg, reddit, kevin rose

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Griffin PowerMate driver for modern macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-11 | get Griffin PowerMate USB Controller → | tags: griffin powermate, macos driver, usb device

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Can hackers break encrypted USB drives? I tried to find out (zdnet.com)

2026-05-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get USB Data Encryption Tool → | tags: kingston, ironkey, usb drives

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The 19 Most Exciting Cars at the Beijing Auto Show 2026 (wired.com)

2026-05-09 | by Daisuke Takimoto | get Remote Control Car Kit → | tags: beijing auto show, china automotive industry, huawei powertrains

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Western Digital Promo Code: 15% Off (wired.com)

2026-05-09 | by Molly Higgins | get Western Digital External Hard Drive → | tags: western digital, solid-state drives, usb flash drive

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My first in-prod corrupted hard drive problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get External Hard Drive Enclosure → | tags: hard drive, ms sql, cybersecurity

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AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes Archiving the Internet Harder (slashdot.org)

2026-05-08 | get External SSD Storage Drive → | tags: hard drive, fermat, archiving

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Google opens its smartest Gmail writing feature to basically everyone (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Gmail Smart Compose Tool → | tags: gmail, google workspace, ai writing

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Testing the top Thunderbolt 5 docks with up to 140W Power Delivery, 10 GbE, and even internal M.2 SSD slots — Razer, CalDigit, Hyper, Ivanky, and WAVLINK go head-to-head (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Brandon Hill | get Thunderbolt 5 Dock → | tags: thunderbolt 5, razer, caldigit

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Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing and stricter anti-scraping measures blocking the wrong bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Hassam Nasir | get Seagate External Hard Drive → | tags: wayback machine, wikimedia foundation, hard drive shortages

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Google is killing this handy way to back up PC folders to Google Photos (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: google photos, google drive, android authority

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I used to hate paying for Google One, but the 2 latest updates changed that (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Google One Membership → | tags: google one, google photos, google drive

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ValiDrive helps detect fake USB drives and storage devices (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get USB Drive Testing Kit → | tags: validrive, usb drives, storage devices

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Tesla Model Y is first car to meet new US driver assistance safety benchmark (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Tesla Model Y Safety Kit → | tags: tesla model y, nhtsa, driver assistance

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World's First AI-Driven Cyberattack Couldn't Breach OT Systems (darkreading.com)

2026-05-07 | by Nate Nelson | get Cybersecurity AI Toolkit → | tags: ai-driven cyberattack, gambit security, mexico government

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This driverless Chinese mining truck is giant, agile, and shows the industrial future of AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-06 | get Autonomous Mining Truck Model → | tags: shuanglin k7, level 4, driverless trucks

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‘Dignity-driven AI’? This chatbot advocates for domestic workers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-06 | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: dignity-driven ai, chatbot, domestic workers

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Aurora lands McLane deal to run driverless truck routes in Texas (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-06 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Autonomous Truck Simulator Game → | tags: aurora innovation, mclane, driverless trucks

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Smeg Forte Stand Mixer Review: Big Power, Mixed Results (wired.com)

2026-05-06 | by Julia Forbes | get Smeg Stand Mixer → | tags: smeg, forte, stand mixer

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Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-06 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Nuro Autonomous Delivery Robot → | tags: nuro, lucid gravity, uber

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Towards disentangling human-induced drivers of precipitation trends from naturally occurring ones (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | get Climate Data Analysis Toolkit → | tags: precipitation trends, human-induced drivers, climate change

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Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | by Drew Breunig | get Coding for Beginners Kit → | tags: agentic coding, frontier models, codex

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Crushing shortages have pushed long-term supply agreements for SSDs and HDDs to record five years — large customers are signing large contracts (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-04 | by Anton Shilov | get Samsung 970 EVO SSD → | tags: ssd, sandisk, hard drives

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CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog” (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | get Robot Dog Toy → | tags: cara 2.0, coaxial 5-bar linkage, capstan drive

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Lego is releasing a Sega Genesis set complete with little controllers (engadget.com)

2026-05-03 | by Cheyenne Macdonald | get Lego Sega Genesis Set → | tags: lego, sega genesis, mega drive

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Man Says His Waymo Ditched Him at the Airport Before He Could Get His Luggage Out of the Trunk, Refused to Return (futurism.com)

2026-05-03 | by Joe Wilkins | get Waymo Self-Driving Car Model → | tags: waymo, driverless taxi, san jose mineta airport

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California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get Autonomous Vehicle Traffic Camera → | tags: waymo, san bruno, driverless cars

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Waymo Is Trying to Crack Down on Solo Kids in Driverless Cars (wired.com)

2026-05-01 | by Aarian Marshall | get Waymo Driverless Car Model → | tags: waymo, alphabet, autonomous vehicles

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Taco Bell Brings the Heat With 8% Same-Store Sales Growth — Here’s What It’s Doing Right (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-01 | by Jonathan Small | get Taco Bell Hot Sauce Pack → | tags: taco bell, drive-thru, ypg