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The California Teamsters union is suing the state over self-driving trucks (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: autonomous, california, regulations

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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: centers, data centers, power

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Virginia Orders Data Centers to Pay for Dedicated New Electric Infrastructure (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Tristan Navera | tags: center, centers, data center

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I ran a dumpstate analysis on my Samsung phone and found 3 useful system diagnostics (zdnet.com)

2026-08-06 | by Kerry Wan | tags: battery, download, dumpstate

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Linux Use Skyrockets as It Becomes ‘OS of Choice for AI Agents’ (cnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Julian Dossett | tags: cloudflare, internet, linux

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Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Julie Bort | tags: citizens, openai, perm

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DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Dell Cameron | tags: fines, government, money

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I ran a dumpstate analysis on my Android phone - 3 system diagnostics to check for free (zdnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kerry Wan | tags: battery, download, dumpstate

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Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by About The Author | tags: camera, flock, michigan

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Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality (futurism.com)

2026-08-05 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: abbott, centers, data centers

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Desktop Linux just cracked 10% market share - and Windows 11 is mostly to blame (zdnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: linux, microsoft, share

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Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Maguire | tags: mathrm, nasal, samples

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iPhone 20 Pro and Pro Max Might Get Bigger Screens in 2027 (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Alex Valdes | tags: iphone 20 pro, apple, weibo

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How to cancel your PlayStation Plus subscription (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: playstation plus, playstation website, playstation console

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It's not a fear of "AI communism"; it's a fear of competitive market capitalism (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: capitalism, epidemiology, statistics

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Next year’s iPhone Pro models will have larger screen sizes, per leak (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: iphone, apple, iphone x

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Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: xbox, microsoft, playstation

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The OnePlus 16 could finally match up to rivals with a long-awaited camera upgrade (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: oneplus 16, android authority, digital chat station

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Hughesnet Files for Bankruptcy After Bleeding Customers to Starlink (cnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Supan | tags: hughesnet, starlink, low earth orbit

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Rebuilding and analysing 4 years of Wordle stats from WhatsApp chat logs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: wordle, whatsapp, nyt

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Nearly 720,000 People Stopped Working or Looking for Work in a Single Month. Here’s What’s Behind It. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jonathan Small | tags: u.s. bureau of labor statistics, unemployment, remote work

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Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: linux, statcounter, windows

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Spokane wildfires: Map, smoke tracking tools, and latest update as 3 fires devastate eastern Washington (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: spokane, washington state, wildfire

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Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-03 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, memory chip

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Samsung’s 2TB 9100 Pro SSD is actually somewhat reasonably priced (theverge.com)

2026-08-03 | by Cameron Faulkner | tags: samsung 9100 pro, nvme ssd, pcie gen 5

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The Delicate Art of Making a 1907 House Smarter (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jordan Michelman | tags: ecobee, portland, craftsman

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EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Linux Phone | tags: age verification, hardware-bound attestation, android

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How long can you expect a PlayStation 5 to last? (engadget.com)

2026-08-02 | by Matt Tate | tags: playstation 5, sony, firmware updates

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Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-02 | by Anthony Ha | tags: network school, balaji srinivasan, wsj

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Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: linux, statcounter, north america