GoKawiil - Tech News

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Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: spacex, 1872, ai-driven software

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Heisenberg Said Empty Space Isn’t Really Empty. A Magnetic Star May Have Finally Proven Him Right (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: heisenberg, magnetic star, quantum labs

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The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: solar eclipse, duratón, spain

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Apple is forced to stop favoring its own apps in personal data collection prompts (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Jackson Chen | tags: apple, app tracking transparency, bundeskartellamt

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Buy Your Friends Batteries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: home batteries, ecoflow stream 5000, germany

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This AI startup is using self-driving car technology to bring 3D video to live sports (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: peripheral labs, self-driving car, 3d video

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Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: spacex, nvidia, jensen huang

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Apple's App Tracking Transparency treated its own apps better than rivals (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: apple tracking transparency, bundeskartellamt, app store

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Apple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU [U] (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: app tracking transparency, apple, german antitrust

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Apple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: app tracking transparency, apple, german antitrust

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PSA: Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 may mess up your home screen (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: android 17 qpr2, pixel launcher, private space

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Google Workspace lets Gemini access your company data by default - how to shut it down (zdnet.com)

2026-08-17 | by David Gewirtz | tags: google workspace, google gemini, ai access

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Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps (theverge.com)

2026-08-17 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: apple, app tracking transparency, bundeskartellamt

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Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: falcon 9, telesat, ast spacemobile

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AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: agi-64, commodore 64, sierra adventures

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China's Moon-landing Plans And Why the US Is So Worried (slashdot.org)

2026-08-16 | by Posted | tags: china, moon landing, chang'e-7

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Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star (wired.com)

2026-08-16 | by Jorge Garay | tags: james webb space telescope, black hole star, nasa

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Nvidia's $5 billion Intel bet is now worth nearly $25 billion, and its SpaceX stake isn't far behind (techspot.com)

2026-08-16 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: nvidia, intel, spacex

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SpaceX Launches Two Falcon 9 Rockets just 38 Minutes Apart (slashdot.org)

2026-08-16 | by Posted | tags: falcon 9, spacex, starlink

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Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anthony Ha | tags: grok, xai, spacex

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Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Henrik Karlsson | tags: y combinator, startup incubators, sam altman

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AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Davide Piffer | tags: von neumann, institute for advanced study, symbolic memory

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SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anthony Ha | tags: spacex, cursor, xai

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Delete your family’s personal data from the internet with a 55% discount on Incogni (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-15 | by Sponsored Post | tags: incogni, data brokers, apple privacy

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Nvidia turns $5B Intel stock bet into $30B windfall — filing reveals new $21B SpaceX stake and complete exit from Arm stock (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anton Shilov | tags: nvidia, intel, spacex

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SpaceX has officially acquired AI coding startup Cursor (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Mariella Moon | tags: spacex, cursor, xai

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Astronomers Discover a New Kind of Cosmic Object: a Black Hole 'Star' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-15 | tags: james webb space telescope, black hole, cetus constellation

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Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: prompt injection, court filings, spader jr

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GLM-5.3 is here with advanced cyber capabilities — and reportedly already found a 'serious vulnerability' in Cursor (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: glm-5.3, cursor, z.ai

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Nvidia discloses $21 billion stake in SpaceX at end of second quarter (cnbc.com)

2026-08-14 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: nvidia, spacex, elon musk