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Cursor Launches 'Origin' Code Hosting Platform As GitHub Alternative (slashdot.org)

2026-08-18 | tags: add ibm, adjourned, adjourned hot

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As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: pesticides, farmworkers, union for concerned scientists

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Microsoft confirms outage affecting search in Microsoft 365 apps (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: microsoft 365, sharepoint online, outlook

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Repair Cafe – Fix Your Broken Items (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: repair cafe, nederland, belgië

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Google Messages preps a whole new UI to go with new pinning limits (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: google messages, pinned chats, android authority

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Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: cherokee nation, hyperscale data center, tribal-owned lands

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Americans Are Tossing Salad in Unprecedented Numbers (futurism.com)

2026-08-17 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: cyclospora, lettuce, cdc

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Ukrainian drone regiment ‘decimates’ 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war game — High drone kill-rate forced continuous 'respawns,' reveals shortcomings in American response as drones easily spotted and destroyed tanks and armored vehicles (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ukrainian drones, 412 nemesis, us army

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AI Can Now Design Functional Viruses. Should We Worry? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Elie Dolgin | tags: stanford university, ai-designed phages, bacteriophages

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How long will software-defined cars last? The auto industry doesn't know yet (cnbc.com)

2026-08-15 | by Robert Ferris | tags: software-defined cars, rivian, over-the-air updates

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US imposes up to 100% tariffs on foreign-made drones and components — China remains primary target as Washington moves to reduce reliance on overseas suppliers (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: china, drones, trade war

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Trump declares 100 percent tariffs on many drones and all aircraft parts (theverge.com)

2026-08-13 | by Sean Hollister | tags: dji, tariffs, unmanned aircraft

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Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: ukrainian drones, combined resolve, us army

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X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-13 | by Sarah Perez | tags: github, for you algorithm, ranking system

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What’s happening with D.C.’s Kennedy Center? A pro-Trump board will soon meet to discuss these new closure plans (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: kennedy center, federal judge, donald trump

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Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Arthur Zaczkiewicz | tags: social media, canned sardines, tiktok

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Why Can't You Find Canned Sardines? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Arthur Zaczkiewicz | tags: sardines, social media, canned sardines

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AI doesn’t transform organizations; leadership does. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: disciplined governance, integrated business planning, organizational leadership

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Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: big pharma, mmr vaccine, public health

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Cyber Vulnerability Sweep Picks Up Royal Navy Drones Sending Data To China (slashdot.org)

2026-08-10 | tags: royal navy, kraken unmanned vessels, china

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Microsoft confirms OneDrive Photos app was rolled out to millions of Windows 11 PCs by mistake, fix incoming (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: one drive, windows 11, jeff teper

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This font looks perfectly normal to humans but wreaks havoc on AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: shieldfont, seneda & abruccio, playtype

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Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta 'Photos' App on Enterprise Machines (slashdot.org)

2026-08-10 | by Posted | tags: microsoft, onedrive, photos app

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Debugging Information for Inlined Functions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: linux kernel, bpf, inlined functions

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Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: band, browser, burned

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Spokane Shows What the New Era of Wildfires Looks Like (wired.com)

2026-08-08 | by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey | tags: burned, center, red cross

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Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: band, browser, burned

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The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-07 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: ai designed, censorship, censorship industrial

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Sweetgreen’s terrible summer: Stock price and profits take a hit as salad aversion grips the nation (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: chain, chain planned, chains

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Google’s Terminal app is next in line for an icon makeover (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: android, google, icon