GoKawiil - Tech News

1.

The Best Mattress Toppers I've Tried (2026): Supportive, Plush, Memory Foam (wired.com)

2026-08-22 | by Nena Farrell | tags: avocado alpaca, organic wool, latex foam

2.

Man Dressed As Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council (slashdot.org)

2026-08-21 | tags: flock cameras, san diego, city council

3.

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock, license plate reader, ohio

4.

How I came to write that paper with Leslie Lamport (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: leslie lamport, latex, distributed systems

5.

I came to write THAT paper with Leslie Lamport (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: distributed systems, fault tolerance, latex

6.

Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, drone technology

7.

Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Mikael Thalen | tags: flock camera, ohio, grand jury

8.

TigerBeetle Core System Architecture: Deconstructing Performance Engineering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Md Iqbal Hossain Shuvo | tags: tigerbeetle, zig, viewstamped replication

9.

Where Vandals Can’t Reach? Flock Safety’s Future Is Full of Spying Drones (cnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, law enforcement

10.

Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Shibasis Rath | tags: tiktok, instagram, neuroimage

11.

Scientific study reveals TikTok videos deactivate key cognitive brain regions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Shibasis Rath | tags: tiktok, neuroimage, magnetic resonance spectroscopy

12.

The Economy Is So Bad That People Are Using Klarna for Rent and Utilities (futurism.com)

2026-08-20 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: klarna, buy-now pay-later, lendingtree

13.

Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Nick Sloan | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, gardner police

14.

Police officer used Flock cameras to track estranged wife 717 times (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Bob D'Angelo | tags: flock cameras, polk county, haines city police

15.

Flock’s New AI Tool Does Much More Than Track License Plates (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: flock, ai tool, license plates

16.

Flock is testing a new AI tool that tracks and identifies people based on their driving habits (engadget.com)

2026-08-19 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: flock, ai tools, license plate reader

17.

Flock’s Network Is Losing Value to Cops as More and More of Its Cameras Go Offline (futurism.com)

2026-08-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, dane county

18.

There’s a Very Simple Reason Why You Love the Slate Truck (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jeremy White | tags: slate, jeff bezos, tisha johnson

19.

Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky (techspot.com)

2026-08-19 | by Rob Thubron | tags: flock, license plate scanning, drone as first responder

20.

Cerebras CS-4 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: cerebras cs-4, wafer io, wafer i/o module

21.

As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: flock, wisconsin, license plate cameras

22.

The Cop Who Took On Flock (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, pawtucket police

23.

This website lets you check if your license plate was ever searched on Flock's cameras (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Daniel Sims | tags: flock, ai-powered cameras, license plates

24.

'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans For Needs Like Electricity and Rent (slashdot.org)

2026-08-18 | tags: buy now pay later, flex, zip

25.

Flock cameras haven't improved Atlanta's crime clearance rates (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Matt Scott | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, atlanta police

26.

'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans for Needs Like Electricity and Rent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: buy now pay later, lenders, electricity

27.

As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: flock, wisconsin, license plate cameras

28.

What Flock’s defenders are missing (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-17 | by James O'Donnell | tags: flock, license plate readers, surveillance

29.

The Analogue Pocket gets a Supreme makeover in red or gold (theverge.com)

2026-08-17 | by Jay Peters | tags: analogue pocket, supreme collaboration, handheld gaming

30.

Instapaper, the Original Read-It-Later App, Just Got a Huge Upgrade (wired.com)

2026-08-15 | by David Nield | tags: instapaper, read-it-later, android