GoKawiil - Tech News

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China alleges that Claude Code contains backdoors, calls mechanism 'a serious threat' — Gov't claims Claude sends sensitive information to remote servers without consent (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jowi Morales | tags: anthropic, chinese, claude

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Waymo to start driverless rides in 4 more U.S. markets as expansion accelerates (cnbc.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jennifer Elias | tags: alphabet, cities, tesla

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Ancient Roman May Have Been the World’s First Collector of Sea Monster Fossils (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: aren, aren sure, early

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iOS 27 hints at Apple Wallet car key support for two new automakers (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-08 | by Chance Miller | tags: apple, car key, feature

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Component development for cheaper Apple Vision Pro reportedly scrapped (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-08 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, apple vision, development

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These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-08 | by Marina Temkin | tags: announced, billion, million

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White House Denies Giving OpenAI ‘Green Light’ to Publicly Release Its Latest Model (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: administration, administration insists, ai models

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Two teens learn the hard way not to do toy gun drivebys from a Waymo (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: misbehaving, misbehaving passengers, passengers

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Show HN: Kastor – Terraform-style specs for AI agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: agent, build, kastor

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Lenovo Kills Its ‘Game Boy’ That Was Preloaded With Illegal Games (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: came, came close, close

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Deals: MacBook Neo $110 off, M5 Pro MacBook Pro $449 off, M5 iPad Pro $250 off, chargers, accessories, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-08 | by Justin Kahn | tags: amazon, apple, list

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Chatto is now Open Source (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: chatto, chatto cloud, cloud

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The highly rated Soundcore Nebula P1 drops to just $639 for portable movie nights (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: amazon, audio, best

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Hidden backdoor in Tenda routers goes unpatched as company ignores warnings from cybersecurity researchers — Chinese company's firmware allows admin access without a password (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Etiido Uko | tags: administrator, authentication, cert

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Answering "why do you want to relocate?" during interviews (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | by Andrew Stetsenko | tags: answer, country, interview

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10 Creepy Horror Tales to Stream on Netflix (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: aliens, aliens demons, beings

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Budget smartphone market collapses under the weight of memory shortages, sales expected to drop 22% — memory alone now comprises up to 64% of the total cost of lower-tier smartphones (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Zak Killian | tags: cost, high, market

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Product Management in the Age of AI: From Roadmaps to Reasoning Systems (computer.org)

2026-07-08 | tags: agents, agents probabilistic, management

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Ocean rift zone saw spreading happen in a sudden burst (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: area, australian, ocean

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I tried Claude Cowork on my Gmail inbox after Gemini choked - and it saved me hours of work (zdnet.com)

2026-07-08 | by David Gewirtz | tags: claude, cowork, email

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Gemini could make avatars even better by letting you share them with friends (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: authority, avatar, avatars

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JEDEC releases new SPHBM4 standard to slash AI memory costs — Narrow 512-bit interface enables dropping expensive interposers for organic substrates (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Anton Shilov | tags: bandwidth, base, dram

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A Hidden Nuclear Weapon Could Already Be Orbiting Earth. This MIT Physicist Has a Plan to Find It (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: aren, aren carrying, bans

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Republicans Gleefully Celebrate Midterms Chaos in Maine (wired.com)

2026-07-08 | by Hugo Lowell | tags: collins, democratic, maine

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Mysterious Spheres Found In Australia Are Likely Space Debris (slashdot.org)

2026-07-08 | tags: decide, decide typewriter, got decide

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Solo GP Ashley Smith announces second $25M fund to back startups in AI, security and more (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-08 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: firm, founders, fund

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Tech CEOs Ditch the AI Jobs Apocalypse Narrative (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-08 | tags: ai cheerleaders, cheerleaders, cheerleaders convert

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IDC: Apple grows Mac shipments as broader PC market declines (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-08 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: market, price, share

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I tested the Roborock Saros 20, and I'd trust it for the next decade (zdnet.com)

2026-07-08 | by Maria Diaz | tags: carpet, pile, roborock

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SiPearl's long-awaited Rhea CPU finally gets in the lab, opening the door for Europe's first sovereign HPC CPU — 'availability of Rhea1 is scheduled for end of 2026' SiPearl VP says, following long development process (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Anton Shilov | tags: cpus, europe, processor