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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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Earth Has a Billion Years Left. This Plan Could Stretch It to 9 Quadrillion (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: earth, engineered safeguards, habitability

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Startup Unveils Underwater Living Chamber for Human Dwellers (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: deep, vanguard, florida international university

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Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables — 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mark Tyson | tags: pacific light cable network, undersea cables, windward maritime analysis

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Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority Disgusted by Trump’s Relationship With AI Industry, Saying He’s Using the Tech to Tear Down Democracy (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: trump, sam altman, ai industry

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The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Caroline Haskins | tags: flock cameras, axon, license plate readers

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PISIGuard: Protect your personal and sensitive info when you chat with AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: pisiguard, personal data, browser extension

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Living Underwater in 2026: New Ocean Habitat Just Dropped (cnet.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jesse Orrall | tags: deep, vanguard, saturation diving

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EU will mandate labels on authentic-looking AI content starting August 2 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: eu ai act, digital watermark, guardian

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EU will mandate labels on authentic-looking AI content starting August 2 (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: eu ai act, digital watermark, guardian

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Opinion | The Nimble U.S. Space Force Presses Its Advantage (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-30 | tags: us space force, guardians, marine corps

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A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-30 | by Will Douglas Heaven | tags: llm vulnerabilities, openai gpt-red, model attacks

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Schools Deploying Pepper Spray Drones to Sic on Mass Shooters (futurism.com)

2026-07-30 | by Frank Landymore | tags: pepper spray drones, mithril defense, campus guardian angels

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Three US states to deploy 60mph drones armed with pepper spray to neutralize school shooters — ‘Campus Guardian Angel’ drones can also smash windows and ram attackers (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Mark Tyson | tags: mithril defense, campus guardian angel, drone defense

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Meet the new robot dog patrolling LaGuardia Airport (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: la guardia airport, robot dog, air quality sensors

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From Evaluation to Guardrails: What We Brought to ACM FAccT 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | by David De La Iglesia Castro | tags: acm facct, ai guardrails, large language models

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I've used Linux for 30 years, and this free security suite does it all - almost perfectly (zdnet.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jack Wallen | tags: linux, bastionguard, rootkit

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Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop (wired.com)

2026-07-23 | by Boone Ashworth | tags: jibo, kairos, lingverse

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The U.S. is building its laser dome—one contract at a time (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: coast guard, nuclear-security, directed-energy weapons

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AI CEOs Facing Full-on Revolt From Employees (futurism.com)

2026-07-21 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: openai, ai regulation, greg brockman

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Donation Controversy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: mullvad, wireguard, tor

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If You Build It, They Will Come (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | by Ben Landau-Taylor | tags: facebook, social groups, fanfiction

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As Much of the East Coast Is Choking on Wildfire Smoke, Texas Is Drowning in Life-Threatening Floods (futurism.com)

2026-07-18 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: wildfire smoke, texas floods, heat dome

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The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time (theverge.com)

2026-07-18 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: zelda, nintendo, ocarina of time

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OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss (wired.com)

2026-07-15 | by Maxwell Zeff | tags: alliance, future, guardrails

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Tripadvisor’s AI Is Telling Vacationers That Gruesome Horror Grottos Are Wonderful Holiday Retreats (futurism.com)

2026-07-07 | by Frank Landymore | tags: chatbot, guardian, reviews

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Sitting For More Than 30 Minutes At a Time Linked To Higher Risk of Cancer Death (slashdot.org)

2026-07-03 | tags: guardian, uk biobank, plos medicine

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When 2+2=5 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: actions, guardrails, longer

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Read the Emails Revealing How Anthropic’s Pentagon Relationship Fell Apart (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-02 | tags: anthropic, emil michael, dario amodei