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Instagram redesigns iPad app to what it always should have been (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Instagram iPad Stand → | tags: instagram, ipad, reels

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ChatGPT can reach out to a friend if you're at risk of self-harm (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mariella Moon | tags: chatgpt, openai, trusted contact

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Jobs report, hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz, used car prices and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Alex Harring | tags: strat of hormuz, adp payrolls, jpmorgan

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Sony targets double-digit profit growth despite slowdown in PlayStation 5 sales amid memory price crunch (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get PlayStation 5 Console → | tags: playstation 5, sony, memory price crunch

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Grok convinced a man it was sentient and that xAI had sent assassins to kill him (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Sentience Simulation Kit → | tags: grok, xai, bbc

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GNU IFUNC is the real culprit behind CVE-2024-3094 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Linux Kernel Security Book → | tags: gnu ifunc, cve-2024-3094, xz-utils

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Twitch has new penalties for streamers caught viewbotting, CEO says (engadget.com)

2026-05-07 | by Karissa Bell | get Streamers' Viewbot Detection Tool → | tags: twitch, viewbotting, dan clancy

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Gambling ads on social media reach more than twice as many men as women: study (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: meta platforms, gambling advertising, polymarket

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Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Graciela Gutierrez | tags: baylor college of medicine, hippocampus, neuropixels probes

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Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Graciela Gutierrez | get Neurofeedback Brainwave Headset → | tags: baylor college of medicine, neuropixels probes, hippocampus

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Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Healthcare Consulting Services Book → | tags: management consulting firms, hospital investment, jama study

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Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Emma Roth | get Data Leak Prevention Software → | tags: shinyhunters, instructure, data breach

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CoreWeave stock sinks 10% on weak revenue guidance, increased spending forecast (cnbc.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jordan Novet | tags: coreweave, microsoft, ai infrastructure

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OpenAI debuts a Codex plugin for Chrome (engadget.com)

2026-05-07 | by Anna Washenko | get ChatGPT Chrome Extension → | tags: openai, codex, chrome extension

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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Was Stuck in a Rock: Watch It Free Itself (cnet.com)

2026-05-07 | by See Full Bio | get Mars Rover Model Kit → | tags: nasa, curiosity rover, mars

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Building for the Future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Smart Home Starter Kit → | tags: cloudflare, ai tools, workforce reduction

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The fastest-growing target in America’s book ban wave might surprise you (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Kindle Paperwhite E-reader → | tags: book bans, nonfiction titles, identity

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Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Kalshi Trading Platform → | tags: kalshi, polymarket, sequoia

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OpenAI has new voice models that reason, translate, and transcribe as you speak (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-07 | by Zac Hall | get OpenAI Voice Assistant Kit → | tags: openai, gpt‑realtime‑2, voice models

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Someone Built an App to Fight Surveillance Pricing With a Flipper Zero… for Research Purposes (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-07 | get Flipper Zero Multi-Tool → | tags: flipper zero, surveillance pricing, electronic shelf labels

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Agents need control flow, not more prompts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Flowchart for Agents → | tags: control flow, prompt chains, deterministic scaffolds

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This Lenovo laptop might be its most competitive Dell XPS rival yet - my test results prove it (zdnet.com)

2026-05-07 | by Cesar Cadenas | get Lenovo ThinkPad X1 → | tags: lenovo pro 9i, dell xps 16, galaxy book6 ultra

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The Next ‘Game of Thrones’ Book Is… Just ‘Game of Thrones’ Again (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-07 | get Game of Thrones Book Series → | tags: game of thrones, george r r martin, book release

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Apple highlights four Swift Student Challenge apps ahead of WWDC 2026 (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-07 | by Zac Hall | get Swift Student Challenge Kit → | tags: swift, apple, ai tools

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Why Operational Excellence Dies When It Stays Trapped in the Founder’s Head (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | by Bidhan Baruah | get Operational Excellence Book → | tags: founder’s head, operational excellence, cross-functional coordination

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Trump pressures Iran to end the war: ‘bombing starts’ if no deal is made (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: iran, u.s. proposals, strait of hormuz

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The Self-Cancelling Subscription (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Self-Cancelling Subscription Service → | tags: streaming platform, credit card, april fools

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RIP social media. What comes next is messy. (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-07 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: social media, petter törnberg, university of amsterdam

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Where competitive advantage lives in the agentic era (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get AI-powered productivity tools → | tags: agentic ai, frontier models, process intelligence

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Child marriages plunged when girls stayed in school in Nigeria (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Lenharo | get Educational Support for Girls → | tags: nigeria, child marriages, girls' education