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WhatsApp is working on chat themes with animated wallpapers (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-13 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, wabetainfo, ios

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The fight over Flock and other ALPRs (theverge.com)

2026-08-13 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: flock, alpr, amazon ring

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Chrome just flagged a hugely popular extension as unsafe (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: chrome, gofullpage, chromium

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The most popular GameCube emulator is no longer the only one (engadget.com)

2026-08-13 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: gamecube, dolphin, yuzu

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Flock Safety changes system defaults in response to criticisms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: flock safety, alpr data, bishop fox

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U.S. Enlists Private Sector in Cyber Battle (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-13 | tags: u.s., private sector, chinese censorship

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HallPass says its embarrassing AI-generated candy typos were intentional rage bait (techspot.com)

2026-08-13 | by Rob Thubron | tags: hallpass, ai-generated typos, walmart

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HallPass says its embarrassing AI-generated candy typos were actually intentional rage bait (techspot.com)

2026-08-13 | by Rob Thubron | tags: hallpass, ai-generated, typos

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DeepMind’s Hassabis Pitched AI-Oversight Body Before Shake-Up (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-13 | tags: deepmind, alphabet, ai oversight

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Forget Flock — this system could let police track your car with help from your phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: signaltrace, leonardo us cyber, alpr cameras

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License plate reader searches should require a warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, police departments, mass surveillance

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License Plate Reader Searches Should Require a Warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, norfolk, justice

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Delphi 13 Community Edition Is Now Available (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Marco Cantu | tags: delphi, embarcadero, vcl

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Chegg Coupon Codes August 2026: Save on Study, Textbooks, & More (wired.com)

2026-08-12 | by Molly Higgins | tags: chegg, textbook rental, ai-assisted learning

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Glucose-responsive probiotics for glycaemic modulation in mice and monkeys (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Guan | tags: gastrointestinal microbiota, gift glp-1, probiotics

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FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: fbi, social media, instagram

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How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: new york times, classifieds, polo ralph lauren

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The next great moonshots won’t come from Silicon Valley alone (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: alphabet, moonshot factory, sergey brin

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Best Red-Light Therapy for Hair Growth and Restoration (2026) (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Boutayna Chokrane | tags: red-light therapy, hair loss, lllt

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ChatGPT users can now book tables and join restaurant waitlists through Yelp (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-10 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: chatgpt, yelp, reservations

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ChatGPT can now help secure your spot at a restaurant (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: chatgpt, openai, yelp

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Security Vulnerability in Pioneer Rekordbox (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: rekordbox, alphatheta, pro dj link

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Show HN: Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: needle2, llm, cactus quants

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GLP-1 drugs linked to bigger jump in women’s employment than a college degree (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | by Victoria Vesovski | tags: glp-1, harvard, research

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A Game Dev Used Retail Therapy to Navigate a Divorce, but Found a Long-Lost ‘Quake 4’ Expansion Instead (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: quake 4, id software, alpha version

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The Download: AI agents for science, and the “censorship-industrial complex” (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-10 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: deepmind, alphafold, ai agents

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AI for science needs reasoning, not just data (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-10 | by Eric Schmidt | tags: alphafold, protein data bank, deepmind

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How Accurate Are Flock's AI-Powered License-Reading Cameras? (slashdot.org)

2026-08-10 | by Posted | tags: flock, alpr, cameras

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Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: alphabet, alphabet soup, buy coffee

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The Alpha 21264 CPU: NT's Greatest RISC (1998) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: alpha, cache, chip