GoKawiil - Tech News

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I swapped my Bose and JBL speakers for this floating Turtlebox - and it's seriously tough (zdnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jada Jones | tags: bose, durability, loud

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Telegram CEO says 'takedown extortionist' was responsible for the app being briefly delisted by Apple (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: telegram, pavel durov, apple app store

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Telegram’s Brief App Store Removal Renews Questions About Apple’s CSAM Enforcement (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: telegram, apple, app store

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Telegram CEO says extortionist planted illegal content that triggered App Store removal (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: telegram, app store, pavel durov

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Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Noah Shachtman | tags: laser weapons, us army, enduring high energy laser

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Anduril Weighs Baltimore Shipyard Investment to Build Drone Boats (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: anduril, baltimore, sparrows point

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Duress passcodes explained: How they work and why they can land you in court (zdnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: duress passcodes, grapheneos, pixel phones

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iPhone 17 Pro found ‘pristine’ after surviving fall from airplane (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: iphone 17 pro, apple, durability

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The Tech Download: Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf talks AI in warfare and manufacturing push (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Arjun Kharpal Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: anduril, autonomous weapons, defense industry

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Russia Charges Telegram Founder Durov With Facilitating Terrorism (slashdot.org)

2026-07-29 | tags: telegram, pavel durov, vkontakte

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Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, is now on an international wanted list (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: telegram, pavel durov, russian security

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Telegram literally gives Russia the middle finger after founder Pavel Durov is charged with aiding terrorism (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Rob Thubron | tags: telegram, pavel durov, fsb

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GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search (slashdot.org)

2026-07-28 | tags: grapheneos, pixel, duress-password

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Hard Road – A beautiful procedural post-apocalyptic game (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: post-apocalyptic, procedural, game

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The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border (theverge.com)

2026-07-26 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: grapheneos, atlanta, stop cop city

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US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a 'Duress' Password During Border Search (slashdot.org)

2026-07-24 | tags: duress password, electronic frontier foundation, granitt

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GrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prison (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: grapheneos, pixel, google

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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: grapheneos, google pixel, border search

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Anduril reportedly in talks to raise funding at $100B valuation, more than 3x last year’s mark (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Ram Iyer | tags: anduril, defense tech, drones

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Humans Can Learn To Echolocate In Just 10 Weeks, and It Rewires the Brain (slashdot.org)

2026-07-24 | tags: echolocation, durham university, cerebral cortex

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Perlin's Noise Algorithm (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | by Jaysmito Mukherjee | tags: perlin's noise, procedural generation, image textures

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Perlin's Noise Algorithm (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | by Jaysmito Mukherjee | tags: perlin's noise, procedural generation, textures

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1994 Sega 32X gets first-person Backrooms game with raycasting engine — retro hardware tour de force includes yellow rooms, buzzing fluorescents, endless procedurally generated levels (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Mark Tyson | tags: sega 32x, backrooms, raycasting engine

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Seven ways endurance sports have taught me to be a better researcher (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-21 | by Cooke | tags: sky running, ski mountaineering, biomaterials

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Archer stock rips 20% higher as company unveils military craft with Anduril (cnbc.com)

2026-07-20 | by Samantha Subin | tags: archer aviation, anduril, thunder

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Archer stock rips 18% higher as company unveils military craft with Anduril (cnbc.com)

2026-07-20 | by Samantha Subin | tags: archer aviation, anduril, thunder

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Electric air taxis go to war (theverge.com)

2026-07-20 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: electric air taxis, archer aviation, anduril defense

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Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse? (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: prior authorization, artificial intelligence, health insurance

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Why The Decisions That Define You Are the Ones You Make Blind (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-16 | by Richard Ceffalio | tags: wealth management, decision-making, leadership

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Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: duration, mortality, mortality risk