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Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: ants, cordyceps, death

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Zapscape (CVE-2026-64561) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: guest, host, kernel

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The California Teamsters union is suing the state over self-driving trucks (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: autonomous, california, regulations

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Bose has refreshed its QuietComfort headphones with two-way USB-C audio and better noise cancellation (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: audio, august, bose

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Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: access, internet, irregular

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Meta claims its own AI also hacked into a third-party service during testing (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Mariella Moon | tags: able, access, access internet

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Meteor Showers, Eclipses, and More Are on the August 2026 Astronomical Calendar (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jorge Garay | tags: august, eclipse, meteor

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‘Freizeitstress’: Why leaders struggle to switch off—and how to truly rest this summer (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: away, away psychologically, begun

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Protester networks are challenging Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s power. Here’s what every leader needs to learn (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: appeared, appeared unassailable, aura

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GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August (theverge.com)

2026-08-06 | by Andrew Webster | tags: airing, airing extended, announced

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How a steady drip-drip can erode the hardest stone (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: august, august doi, deformation

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Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: august, disrupt, extra

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Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: atoms, gupta, joined

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AI-Powered ‘Vishing’ Attacks Reportedly Targeted Top Hedge Funds (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai isn, cybersecurity, cybersecurity threat

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The Final ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Trailer Brings Demons Into the Real World (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: amelia, amelia eve, arrives

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iPhone 18 Pro event date: When Apple announced its event over the last six years (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-05 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple, august, days

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While AI Keeps Going Rogue, Trump’s Safety Theater Makes No Sense (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai keeps, going, going rogue

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Is Spotify down for you? Here’s what’s going on (Update: Back up) (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: affected, august, august pm

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Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen (futurism.com)

2026-08-05 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: august, cameras, city

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Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients (futurism.com)

2026-08-05 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: argued, kalshi, markets

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Is Claude down for you? Here’s what’s going on (Update: Back up) (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: according claude, ai models, august

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Rust-lang/rust is adopting an LLM policy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by Aug. | tags: rust-lang/rust, large language models, pr policies

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First poo transplant to treat food allergy in people has ‘exciting’ results (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Chen | tags: allergies, bacteria, food

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White House AI Guidelines Exempt U.S. Open Models From Government Review (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: white house, ai guidelines, openai

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EA Is Now Officially Privately Owned (slashdot.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: assembly, assembly language, combines

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White House’s AI Guidelines Exempt U.S. Open Models From Government Review (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: white house, ai guidelines, openai

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Opinion | Do You Know Who Pays if Your AI Agent Goes Rogue? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: ai agent, businesses, risks

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I am retiring from fulltime writing (& pseudonymity) to launch Guardian Angel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: guardian angel, pseudonymity, writing

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Gwern reties from fulltime writing to launch Guardian Angel Inc (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: gwern, guardian angel, inc

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Texas Pauses New Data Center Projects Looking to Connect to the State’s Grid (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: texas, greg abbott, data center