A River of News

Tech headlines, Sunday, September 13, 2026

154 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 8

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    The Coming War on General Computation (2011) Hacker News
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    Make long drives easier with this Android Auto feature Engadget
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    Rat and Mouse Gazette: Nursing Care (1996) Hacker News
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    Fixing an NZXT Signal 4K30 part 2: the green/pink video bug Hacker News
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    Due to concerns about malicious applications, GPT2 will not be released (2019) Hacker News
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    Photographs of Atlantic City Sand Sculpture (ca. 1880–1920) Hacker News
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    It's All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card Hacker News
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    How to use GPT-6 Astra when it rolls out to you Engadget story

22:00 UTC 3

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    The Contagion of Fear Hacker News
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    How to fix iMessage "Not Delivered" error on iPhones Engadget
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    Why are IMAX cameras so notoriously loud? Engadget

21:00 UTC 8

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    Unvaccinated Pennsylvania woman died of measles complications, coroner says Ars Technica by Beth Mole story
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    Douglas Adams and the exterminated Doctor Who adventure Hacker News
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    Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs Hacker News
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    Insight Partners’ Devin Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic TechCrunch by Connie Loizos story
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    Why is privacy so hard? Hacker News
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    Ask HN: In The Matrix, the bad guys are the 'agents'. Coincidence? Clairvoyance? Hacker News
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    Claude Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher Hacker News
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    AI Is Destroying the World Hacker News

20:00 UTC 10

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    Sam Altman says OpenAI won't file for IPO this year Engadget story
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    Larry Ellison cancels $7.5 billion sale of Oracle stock TechCrunch by Anthony Ha story
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    Flawed Routers Flood University of Wisconsin Internet Time Server (2003) Hacker News
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    Overwatch Season 5 Will Add a New Kind of Support, Try to Solve 2 Roster Headaches CNET by Adam Benjamin
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    Mark Zuckerberg: "Cambridge Analytica" (2017) Hacker News
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    A computational constitution to stop LLM agents from bricking servers Hacker News
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    Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Sept. 14, #1191 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 14, #925 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 14, #1913 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    How to adjust the Liquid Glass effect on your iPhone with iOS 27 Engadget

19:00 UTC 6

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    145 Days of Uptime, 56 TiB of Traffic, One Debian Upgrade Hacker News
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    Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting The Verge by Terrence O’Brien story
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    There Is No AI (It's Just People) with Jaron Lanier Hacker News
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    What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom? TechCrunch by Anthony Ha story
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    US diplomat secretly flown home ‘had child abuse images at flat’ Hacker News story
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    Tesla's second-gen Roadster is finally getting a debut nearly a decade later Engadget story

18:00 UTC 10

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    AI recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all (August 2026) Hacker News
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    Flock cameras used to arrest a child for playing on a swing Hacker News story
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    Apple is reportedly working on iPhone game controllers The Verge by Terrence O’Brien story
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    What's the difference between AppleCare+ and AppleCare One? Engadget
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    You delete a file on Linux while a program has it open. What happens? (quiz) Hacker News
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    Piezoelectric effect in polycrystalline diamond membranes Hacker News
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    iPhone Duo vs. Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra: Apple’s and Samsung’s Premium Foldables Compared CNET by Abrar Al-Heeti story
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    I'm being cyberattacked by Tesla, Inc Hacker News
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    Apple's rumored gaming controller for iPhone could feature Beats branding Engadget story
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    Stop wasting your Wi-Fi router's USB port — try this instead Engadget

17:00 UTC 10

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    Global Shortage Has Led to Motor Oil Rationing at Costco Hacker News story
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    Device Drivers lab exercise – COSC562 Hacker News
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    Why is Google still serving dodgy ads? Hacker News
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    The Units’ Digital Stimulation is synthpunk perfection The Verge by Terrence O’Brien
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    Yes, the iPhone Duo Is a First-Generation Phone. That’s Why You Should Get One if You Can CNET by Russell Holly story
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    Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) Hacker News
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    Car manufacturers are ditching CarPlay in 2026: Here's why Engadget
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    Google illegally retains customer data,and I am taking legal action against them Hacker News
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    Ask HN: How can I browse HN in dark mode? Hacker News
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    Romania soccer introduces black card to 'combat abusive behaviour' from parents Hacker News

16:00 UTC 8

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    David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models Hacker News story
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    These useful accessories help extend your HDMI setup on a budget Engadget
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    Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards TechCrunch by Anthony Ha story
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    US Open 2026 Men’s Singles Final: How to Watch Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Zverev CNET by Kevin Lynch story
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    Better routing, probe fixes, plugin updates in Freenet/Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1507 Hacker News
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    Docket – Per-commit evidence records for agent-written code Hacker News
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    TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft has entered the robotaxi chat TechCrunch by Kirsten Korosec
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    What was the PSX? The souped-up PS2 rarely sold outside of Japan Engadget

15:00 UTC 9

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    Apple Watch Series 12 vs. Apple Watch SE 3: Compare Apple’s New Watch and Its Lower-Cost Option CNET by Nicole Lee story
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    Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro vs. 14 Pro: The Four-Year Difference Between Apple’s Pro Phones CNET by Nicole Lee story
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    ‘Crystal Lake’ Release Date: When to Watch the ‘Friday the 13th’ Series on Peacock CNET by Aaron Pruner story
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    If your laptop trackpad is popping out, stop using it immediately Engadget
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    Libraries Run Rust Inside Python (With PyO3) Hacker News
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    Ask HN: Are we losing our engineering literacy? Hacker News
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    Predictive intelligence to anticipate anything. Hacker News
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    Cpak – OCI application package format for Linux desktops, servers and devices Hacker News
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    Are Apple's wired EarPods still worth buying? Engadget

14:00 UTC 14

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    Xgimi Aura 2 UST Projector Review: Semi-Budget Sliding Ultra-Short Throw CNET by Geoffrey Morrison
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    Here's what you can use instead of a docking station Engadget
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    Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025 Hacker News
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    Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun The Verge by Terrence O’Brien story
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    AMD’s best gaming CPU drops below launch price and includes free 240mm AIO cooler and Onimusha: Way of the Sword — grab the Ryzen 7 9850X3D for $484 Tom's Hardware
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    CUDA for AMD on Windows Hacker News
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    OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm Hacker News
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    Houthis Used Claude Code to Develop Missile Guidance Software: Anthropic Hacker News story
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    Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans — penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson
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    An interactive world map of the stories cultures have told Hacker News
  11. tech
    Making Startups Powerful Hacker News
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    Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 1: The PC side Hacker News
  13. tech
    How to set up HDMI-CEC on your Samsung TV Engadget
  14. tech
    Dell Pro 5 Webcam 2K Review: So you can look good in office Tom's Hardware by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal

13:00 UTC 12

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    Paul A. M. Dirac, Interview by Friedrich Hund (1982) [video] Hacker News
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    Anthropic CEO warns of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet — 'In 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet' Tom's Hardware story
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    Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation Hacker News story
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    RevenueOS – open-source revenue automation that waits for your approval Hacker News
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    AZZA PSAZ-750G ATX 3.1 power supply review: Adequate budget 750W unit Tom's Hardware by E. Fylladitakis
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    Never use harsh cleaning products to clean your smartphone — do this instead Engadget
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    Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world TechCrunch by Tim De Chant
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    The improbable music of the ZX Spectrum's one-bit speaker The Register
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    Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will make you forget all about Marvel’s Blade disaster The Verge by Andrew Webster story
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    How to get your cut of PlayStation's $7.85 million settlement Engadget
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    Intel revives One Mono font after brief retirement during open-source purge — typeface built to fight coder eyestrain gets reprieve Tom's Hardware
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    Thrustmaster Airbus Add-On Grip with AVA Joystick Base Review: A First-Class Flight Experience Tom's Hardware by Dan Mateescu

12:00 UTC 10

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    Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2? Hacker News
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    External HDD vs. SSD: What are the pros and cons of each drive type? Engadget
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    Premier League Soccer: Stream Man United vs. Man City Live From Anywhere CNET by Kevin Lynch story
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    The Latest Weird Thing to Play Doom Is the Mapped-Out Brain of a Fruit Fly CNET by Joe Hindy
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    'Fingerprints' inside the Sun could reveal if it once swallowed a planet Hacker News
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    Apple’s new phones are here The Verge by Jay Peters
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    Your car is selling your data The Verge by Andrew Hawkins
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    Chinese military researchers and tech giants caught using Claude — US frontier model coded 16 air-defense suppression tools targeting Taiwan, drafted anti-torpedo specs, and fed 151 million training queries to Alibaba Tom's Hardware story
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    Why your Roku keeps randomly turning off (and how to fix it) Engadget
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    Before You Get That Phone Deal, Double-Check Bill Credits and Installment Plan Details CNET by Nicole Lee story

11:00 UTC 10

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    Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 13, #720 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    Show HN: Analyst Index – analysts who make money telling you good stock calls Hacker News
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    Ask HN: Career paths to consider if I am better at supporting than creating? Hacker News
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    Mexican cartel's crypto farm seized in mountain raid — 300 GPUs, satellite links, and industrial transformers tapped hydroelectric power Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story
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    U.S. in Highest-Risk Category for Civil War, Coup, or Collapse in CIA Model Hacker News
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    Security through obscurity is dead, and AI delivered the fatal blow The Register
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    Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun — Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story
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    I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it. Ars Technica by Boone Ashworth, WIRED.com
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    The Smart Bird Feeders Everyone’s Talking About (and Actually Buying) (2026) WIRED by Kat Merck
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    Playable Tomb Raider runs on a humble 1-watt chip — $25 board with dual-core 400 MHz ESP32-P4 MCU scales OpenLara up to 1,024 x 600 playable pixels Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson

10:00 UTC 7

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    Best Indoor Garden Systems I’ve Been Testing All Year (2026) WIRED by Kat Merck
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    Try These 3 iOS 27 Safari Settings to Get More Out of Apple’s Browser WIRED by Reece Rogers
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    Ukraine triumphs in 'first-ever' drone-vs-drone boat battle — video shows Russian MBeK destroyed by Sargan 3000's 12.7mm automatic turret Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story
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    Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100 Hacker News
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    I Turned the TCL Nxtpaper 11 Gen 2 Tablet Into a Great Budget Portable Monitor and an Even Better Value CNET by Mark Knapp
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    AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power WIRED by Molly Taft
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    Transparent wall-mounted CD player raises over $540,000 on Kickstarter — $109 Syitren RM1's visible disc and mechanisms channel 90s B&O nostalgia with Bluetooth and battery power Tom's Hardware

09:00 UTC 3

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    With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions WIRED by Robin George Andrews
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    How to make Xfce look like almost any desktop you want The Register
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    Norton Neo Browser Hacker News

08:00 UTC 2

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    Homebrew 7.0.0 Hacker News
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    Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley Hacker News

07:00 UTC 3

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    JetKVM Mini Hacker News
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    American Medical Association Backs Classification of Nearsightedness as Disease Hacker News
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    Sierra digital cameras on the Apple II Hacker News

05:00 UTC 2

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    When Anyone Can Build Software, Who Decides What Not to Build? Hacker News
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    Sony's First Computer – The SMC-70 from 1982 [video] Hacker News

04:00 UTC 1

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    Data races and the limits of ThreadSanitizer in C and Go Hacker News

03:00 UTC 5

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    Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, Sept. 13 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    Every invoice in Brazil's economy runs on SOAP 1.2. We mapped it all Hacker News
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    The Succession Crisis That Tore England Apart Hacker News
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    Aligned to Whom? Hacker News
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    After Math Hacker News

02:00 UTC 3

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    The Interim Computer Museum Hacker News
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    A Dick Smith VZ200 without the Dick Smith Hacker News
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    Don't call yourself an artisanal programmer Hacker News

01:00 UTC 3

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    Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating? Hacker News story
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    Scientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2000°C Hacker News
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    Apple wants to train AI on your private personal data Hacker News

00:00 UTC 7

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    Align AI and Mathematics–To Something Else Hacker News
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    Build a high-end AMD gaming PC for less — Ryzen 7 9800X3D bundle includes an X870E motherboard, 32GB DDR5, AIO cooler and a game for $1,109.99 Tom's Hardware
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    Everyone should slow down AI development except for me Hacker News
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    Why do routers have so many antennas? Engadget
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    A Godot 4 port of two 1996 Bethesda shooters Hacker News
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    Recurrent Looped Transformer Hacker News
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    What is the difference between a dead pixel and a stuck pixel? Engadget