GoKawiil - Tech News

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DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: doge, doge overstated, government

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AI is a bubble, just like dot-com (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: amazon, pets, read

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Apple Limits Bug Bounty Submissions After Flood of AI Slop (slashdot.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: apple, bug bounty, unibus

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Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren’t Real (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: ai-generated influencers, meta, facebook

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Dave Bautista May Take Over Kratos Role in ‘God of War’ TV Series (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: dave bautista, kratos, god of war

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Predictive Speculative KV Replication for Bursty LLM Inference (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: kv replication, large language models, bursty inference

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Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: red bull, joris verster, energy drinks

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Detect Dark Matter's Mark from Your Backyard (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by David Schneider | tags: dark matter, discovery dish, horn antenna

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 31, #1868 (cnet.com)

2026-07-30 | by Gael Cooper | tags: wordle, purse, vowels

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Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Carolina Parada | tags: gemini robotics, whole-body control, multimodal understanding

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A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada’s Fastest Fiber Networks (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-07-30 | by Rachel Berkowitz | tags: fiber-optic network, western james bay telecom, fort albany first nation

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50% Off DoorDash Promo Code | August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Molly Higgins | tags: doordash, promo codes, food delivery

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xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Sarah Jeong | tags: xai, grok imagine, deepfakes

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Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Digital Foundry | tags: keychron, zgm firmware, gaming mice

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Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Marina Temkin | tags: cybera, oasis security, ai agents

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Brits urged to avoid dangerous plug adaptors this summer - what to watch out for (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-28 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: electrical safety first, aliexpress, amazon marketplace

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eBay and its former execs settle cyberstalking case brought by journalist couple (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Anna Washenko | tags: ebay, devin wenig, ecommercebytes

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Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign (wired.com)

2026-07-28 | by Lauren Goode | tags: ebay, ecommercebytes, devin wenig

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eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement (theverge.com)

2026-07-28 | by Emma Roth | tags: ebay, devin wenig, ecommercebytes

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007 First Light removes Denuvo DRM just two months after launch (techspot.com)

2026-07-27 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: denuvo, 007 first light, io interactive

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007 First Light drops Denuvo from Steam version just two months after launch (techspot.com)

2026-07-27 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: denuvo, steam, io interactive

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Android Auto has a developer menu you can access in seconds (engadget.com)

2026-07-26 | by Gabriela Vătu | tags: android auto, google, carstream

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These 11 paid Android apps are worth every penny I spent (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: stellarium, android authority, paid apps

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GM Backs Sodium Ion Batteries for U.S. Grid Storage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | by Lawrence Ulrich | tags: sodium-ion batteries, peak energy, general motors

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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Frank Landymore | tags: anthropic, large language models, hydraulic cutting machine

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First-responder drones are spreading rapidly across the US, and privacy groups are worried (techspot.com)

2026-07-24 | by Rob Thubron | tags: drones, faa waivers, first-responder

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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment (theverge.com)

2026-07-23 | by Kevin Nguyen | tags: fcc, brendan carr, first amendment

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Why the AI “friction phase” is a sign you’re doing it right (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: corporate announcements, ai-first, agents

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Hologram Works. Sponsor What Comes Next (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: hologram, elixir, erlang

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Hologram works. Elixir runs in the browser (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: elixir, hologram, erlang