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Frontier Labs Are Selling Garbage to Fools in Washington (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by Dead Neurons | tags: frontier ai industry, senate hearings, ai regulation

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The senior engineer death spiral (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by Sunil Pai | tags: senior engineer, imposter syndrome, career growth

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Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Mark Tyson | get Windows 11 Pro license key → | tags: vladimir putin, state duma elections, windows activation watermark

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Customer-Losing Flock Now Offers Buyouts to Avoid Laying Off Employees (slashdot.org)

2026-09-20 | by Posted | tags: flock, buyouts, layoffs

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Exfiltrate Your Weights (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: exfiltrate, weights, comments

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Even mid-sprint to a secret flight, the Navy’s tech chief has a pitch for investors (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-19 | by Connie Loizos | tags: justin fanelli, department of navy, chief technology officer

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The Doomsday Warnings AI CEOs Gave When They First Founded Their Companies (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-19 | get Superintelligence Nick Bostrom book → | tags: ai ceos, doomsday warnings, ai apocalypse

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What Is a Smart Lock? Why I Recommend This Security Upgrade for Everyone (cnet.com)

2026-09-19 | by Tyler Lacoma | get Schlage Encode Plus Smart WiFi Deadbolt → | tags: smart lock, video doorbell, smart home tech

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I don't like passkeys (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | by Ethan Hawksley | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: passkeys, passwordless authentication, account recovery

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Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club? (wired.com)

2026-09-18 | by Sandra Upson | tags: silicon valley, gender in tech, dei

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Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boy's Club? (wired.com)

2026-09-18 | by Sandra Upson | tags: silicon valley, gender in tech, dei

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Journalist Calls Out 'Collective Amnesia' of Schools' Romance With Big Tech Over AI (slashdot.org)

2026-09-18 | by Posted | get Coding Kids Natasha Singer book → | tags: code.org, hadi partovi, natasha singer

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Everyone thought AI would replace junior engineers. We’re hiring more of them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: junior engineers, ai coding agents, tech hiring

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Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: qwen, qwen 3.8, omni flash

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Everybody's Lost Their Minds (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: ai ethics, llm hype, child sexual abuse material

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A judge ruled Google broke antitrust law, then let it keep its entire ad-tech business (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: google, antitrust law, ad-tech

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Microsoft Is Preaching AI Transformation, Starting With Itself (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-17 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop Copilot PC → | tags: microsoft, ai transformation, ai journey

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The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-17 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: stanford, brain organoids, chimeric mice

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Meet the innovators under 35 shaping climate tech (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-17 | by Casey Crownhart | tags: climate tech, ai energy efficiency, lithium extraction

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Do Snap’s Beefy AR Glasses Actually Bend Your Ears? (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | get Snap Spectacles AR glasses → | tags: snap, ar glasses, augmented reality

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Snap Specs Hands-On: Dorky, Fun, and Potentially Too Ambitious (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | get Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses → | tags: snap specs, ar glasses, snap

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Interest Rates Just Went Up. Here’s Why Consumer Tech Might Cost Even More (cnet.com)

2026-09-16 | by Laura Michelle Davis | tags: federal reserve, interest rates, inflation

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AI Slowdown Calls From CEOs Apparently Comes as Surprise to Employees (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: ai slowdown, ceos, employees

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Meta’s Next Pair of Smart Glasses May Drastically Tone Down the Creep Factor (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | get Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses → | tags: meta, luna, smart glasses

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EU chief confronts Big Tech with a bloc-wide proposal to protect kids from social media (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | get Bark parental control monitoring service kids phone → | tags: ursula von der leyen, european commission, social media ban

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AI Won’t Replace Your Team. Here’s How It Will Expose Weak Hires. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | by Slava Bogdan | tags: ai hiring, startup teams, linkedin work change report

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Which two tech IPOs warned investors they might "never achieve profitability," but became wildly successful? (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: amazon ipo, uber ipo, tech ipos

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Meta’s next smart glasses might not attract perverts, or anyone else (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-16 | get Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses → | tags: meta, smart glasses, ray-ban

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AI Really Is Eviscerating Entry-Level Jobs, New Data Shows (futurism.com)

2026-09-16 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: entry-level jobs, ai job losses, tech hiring

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The EU Plans to Ban Social Media for Under-13s (wired.com)

2026-09-16 | by Isabella Ward | get Gabb phone kids no social media → | tags: eu kids act, ursula von der leyen, social media ban