A River of News

Tech headlines, Friday, September 18, 2026

179 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 5

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    Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 19, #930 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments TechCrunch by Julie Bort story
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    AI hallucination nearly triggers US military operation TechCrunch by Aditya Mehta
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    How OpenAI Used Its Own LLMs to Design Its Jalapeño Chip Hacker News
  5. tech
    How Focus mode has changed in iOS 27 Engadget

22:00 UTC 3

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    AI almost led the US military to start a war with China, report says Engadget story
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    Azerbaijan Grand Prix: How to Watch the F1 Race CNET by Kevin Lynch
  3. tech
    Azerbaijan Grand Prix: How to Watch the F1 Race Today CNET by Kevin Lynch

21:00 UTC 8

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    AMD shares first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Venice' CPUs, targets Nvidia — company claims 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia Vera, 96-core model 20% faster per-core Tom's Hardware by Jake Roach
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    Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? TechCrunch by Tim Fernholz story
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    Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec The Register story
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    Samsung Phone Users Can Now Sync Photos and Video to Google CNET by Alex Valdes
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    Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K The Register
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    OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web The Verge by Terrence O’Brien story
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    Sony Music and UMG say Suno's new models still violates their copyright Engadget
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    Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Sept. 19, #1196 CNET by Gael Cooper story

20:00 UTC 15

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    Clicks Communicator shipments begin in December Engadget story
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    Adobe Acrobat’s New Tools Help You Show Up Sharper, Faster CNET by CNET BrandX for Adobe
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    Battery Replacement Has Gotten Pricier for Apple’s Latest iPhone 18 Pro Models CNET by Omar Gallaga story
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    iPhone 18 Pro Launch Could Be the First of Many for Apple’s New CEO This Year CNET by Mike Sorrentino story
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    What to expect at Meta Connect 2026: New AI glasses, a mixed reality headset and more Engadget
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    When the FM Band Goes Transatlantic Hacker News
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    AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack Ars Technica by Kyle Orland story
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    Automattic names interim CFO after exec departures TechCrunch by Sarah Perez
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    One-Day Deal: Save $650 on This Lenovo OLED Laptop at Best Buy CNET by Aashna Gheewalla story
  10. tech
    World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets TechCrunch by Russell Brandom
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    Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancer The Register story
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    Is It Time to Upgrade Your iPhone? With T-Mobile’s Trade-In Offers, the Answer Is Yes CNET by CNET BrandX for T-Mobile story
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    How I forced Google Search to give me the results I want and can trust again – it’s easy ZDNET by Ed Bott story
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    Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 19, #1918 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 19, #726 CNET by Gael Cooper story

19:00 UTC 15

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    Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI The Register
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    Details about Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs keep leaking — an attempt to establish a timeline based on what we know so far Tom's Hardware by Jake Roach
  3. tech
    Forget Apple, Samsung’s SmartThings ecosystem is smarter and cooler than I realized ZDNET by Adam Doud
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    Control Resonant Builds on Remedy’s Weird Mythos, but Bleeds It Over an Open World CNET by David Lumb
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    Apple Watch Ultra 4 Review: The Series 12 Is Closing the Gap WIRED by Boutayna Chokrane story
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    Sweeping EU Child Safety Proposal Would Transform Social Media, Online Gaming and AI Chatbots CNET by Omar Gallaga story
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    My iPhone 18 Pro Has One of These Accessories on It at All Times CNET by Patrick Holland story
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    Here’s How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced WIRED by Will Knight story
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    FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion Ars Technica by Jeremy Hsu story
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    AI Firms Knew Chatbots Were an ‘Existential Threat’ to Journalists, Court Docs Show CNET by Jon Reed story
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    Claude Code revamps projects so you can work and pay in parallel The Register story
  12. tech
    Is solar the answer to your spiking energy bills? It depends on 3 factors ZDNET by Mike Lock
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    AI just broke your career ladder – here are 6 new ways to the top ZDNET by Mark Samuels
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    Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP Hacker News
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    After your iOS 27 upgrade, do these 5 things first ZDNET by Lance Whitney

18:00 UTC 9

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    The new Resident Evil movie captures the survival horror magic of the games Engadget story
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    Cache-to-Cache: Direct Semantic Communication Between LLMs (2025) Hacker News
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    Saving another 100TB of RAM Hacker News
  4. tech
    Xcode 27.1 Beta Release Notes Hacker News
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    Disney hires ex-CEO of AI company it accused of copyright infringement Engadget story
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    Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers The Verge by Lauren Feiner story
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    Disney’s first CTO is Character.AI’s former CEO The Verge by Charles Pulliam-Moore story
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    FCC allows Gulf state wealth funds to own nearly half of Paramount-Warner Bros. Engadget story
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    Best Walmart deals to compete with Prime Day: TVs, Apple devices, and more ZDNET by Maria Diaz story

17:00 UTC 15

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    Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters TechCrunch by Lucas Ropek story
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    Seeing Circles, Sines, and Signals Hacker News
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    FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar Ars Technica by Jon Brodkin story
  4. tech
    I Toured the Company Mapping Space Debris. Then I Polled Worried and Hopeful Scientists CNET by Joe Supan story
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    Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep Ars Technica by Jacek Krywko
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    In India, the new iPhone can arrive faster than a pizza TechCrunch by Jagmeet Singh story
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    Best Sam’s Club deals ahead of October Prime Day – including over 50% off a membership ZDNET by Maria Diaz story
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    Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households TechCrunch by Sarah Perez story
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    US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious" Ars Technica by Ashley Belanger story
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    Joby Aviation’s 3,100-mile autonomous flight signals its push beyond electric air taxis TechCrunch by Kirsten Korosec story
  11. tech
    A Model for Winning Survivor Hacker News
  12. tech
    Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts The Register story
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    Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how? TechCrunch by Theresa Loconsolo story
  14. tech
    The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera The Verge by Jacob Kastrenakes story
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    Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch The Verge by Lauren Feiner story

16:00 UTC 7

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    Photon-Emission-Guided Laser Fault Injection Enables RP2350 Secure Debug Hacker News
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    North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices The Register story
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    What Hollywood thinks about existential AI warnings The Verge by Charles Pulliam-Moore story
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    FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B The Register
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    Why isn't mutable a subtype of immutable, or vice versa? Hacker News
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    Family offices are clamoring for AI investments TechCrunch by Dominic-Madori Davis
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    An Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply-Chain Hacking Gang WIRED by Andy Greenberg story

15:00 UTC 17

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    Arrow heads at Obi-Rakhmat (Uzbekistan) 80K years ago? Hacker News
  2. tech
    How to find the right power station for your needs – it isn’t all about capacity ZDNET by Maria Diaz
  3. tech
    404 Media x The Intercept Live: How AI Is Used to Surveil and Kill 404 Media by Jason Koebler
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    Save up to 40% on Elegoo 3D printers during its September sale, from just $159 — Elegoo Day deals mean you can save on a new FDM or resin printer, with big bulk discounts on consumables Tom's Hardware by Ben Stockton story
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    FBI, Coast Guard boarded hacked oil tankers heading toward US coast TechCrunch by Zack Whittaker story
  6. tech
    Behind the Blog: Eating the Internet 404 Media by Samantha Cole
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    China's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing flash for SSDs, report claims — 3D NAND research and development line rumored for its second manufacturing facility near Beijing Tom's Hardware story
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    Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI The Verge by Stevie Bonifield story
  9. tech
    Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode The Register
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    Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer TechCrunch by Sarah Perez story
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    House passes act to make AI data centers pay for grid upgrades to minimize impact on residents — measure directs states to consider adoption of federal standard within two years of passing Tom's Hardware story
  12. tech
    The Transformers: The Movie re-review: Still the best (and it's not close) Engadget
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    Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount The Verge by Terrence O’Brien story
  14. tech
    Businesses finally seeing AI ROI, but 62% can’t handle the storage demands ZDNET by Kayla Solino story
  15. tech
    A custom virtual machine for the Stars 4X game Hacker News
  16. tech
    AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race WIRED by Hugo Lowell
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    If the AI Industry Followed Its Own Research, It Might Have Paused Already WIRED by Steven Levy story

14:00 UTC 8

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    Fake calendar invites can infect your system, and they’re surging – how to protect yourself ZDNET by Lance Whitney
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    Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7X is the most laptop that $1,000 can currently buy The Verge by Cameron Faulkner story
  3. tech
    This cartridge-playing Game Boy clone is smaller and cheaper than Analogue’s Pocket The Verge by Andrew Liszewski
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    NOR Flash and SLC NAND production are under threat as capacity gets routed to more profitable products — 'severe undersupply' threatens everyday electronics Tom's Hardware by Chris Stokel-Walker
  5. tech
    The Street Fighter movie popcorn bucket is gloriously goofy Engadget story
  6. tech
    KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal The Register
  7. tech
    Cloudflare Quick Tunnels Hacker News
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    Apple AirPods 5 review: The choice is clear Engadget story

13:00 UTC 13

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    Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest Ars Technica by Jennifer Ouellette
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    Hackers breach OpenAI using Claude tools, gaining access to employee accounts and the company's internal codebase — attackers initiated a 'harmless' pull request as proof of the hack Tom's Hardware by Etiido Uko story
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    UFO Series Home Page: "UFO" TV Series from 1970 Hacker News
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    Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI Ars Technica by Cristina Criddle, Financial Times story
  5. tech
    Adopt This Data Center Plushie and Hear Its Piercing Scream WIRED by Boone Ashworth
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    Regeneration of used batteries via electrode–electrolyte interphase dissolution Hacker News
  7. tech
    Microsoft fixes the fix that broke Excel paste – partly The Register
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    Inside Linux-AI OS: I tested a distro with built-in local AI ZDNET by Jack Wallen
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    AI developer vibe codes DLSS 5 onto Intel CPU's integrated graphics — Intel Arc 140T runs neural rendering in 360p at 10 frames per second Tom's Hardware by Zak Killian
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    Control Resonant PC performance tested: 28 GPUs take us back to the Oldest House and a warped Manhattan cityscape Tom's Hardware by Jeffrey Kampman
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    Samsung Galaxy S26 FE review: An incremental price hike for incremental updates Engadget
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    Meta’s Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters WIRED by Ruchi Kumar
  13. tech
    Prusa CORE One L+ review: More precise Tom's Hardware

12:00 UTC 8

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    Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threat’ to publishers — revelations come from legal briefs filed in NYT lawsuit Tom's Hardware story
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    The ideal database for AI agents doesn't exist yet, says Percona CEO The Register story
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    Anthropic has set up a bio research lab for physical experiments Engadget
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    US frontier AI companies warn authorities over sophisticated distillation attacks — China warns of 'countermeasures' if America tries to constrain domestic AI models Tom's Hardware by Jon Martindale story
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    My 6 favorite Microsoft Office alternatives for Linux – and why ZDNET by Jack Wallen
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    The Clicks Communicator Ships in December With More RAM and New Mobile Service CNET by Patrick Holland story
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    Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs. Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Comparing their features, durability and displays Engadget story
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    Modder gets Nvidia's DLSS 5 working in a web browser using WebGPU — 147MB browser port runs on non-Nvidia GPUs and macOS but takes two seconds per render Tom's Hardware by Shane Downing

11:00 UTC 9

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    My 5 favorite Linux distros for AI – and why ZDNET by Jack Wallen
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    Former Labour deputy Tom Watson joins Palantir as £330M NHS deal nears break point The Register story
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    US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and technicians Tom's Hardware story
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    NASA's moon orbiter has spotted an impact crater that only happens once a century Engadget story
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    Microsoft executive called OpenAI's web scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history' Engadget story
  6. tech
    Best Gifts for Mom (2026): E-Readers, Digital Wall Calendar, Smart Bird Feeders WIRED by Nena Farrell story
  7. tech
    Rocket Report: China wants a Raptor 3 engine; SpaceX set for big Starship test Ars Technica by Eric Berger story
  8. tech
    Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club? WIRED by Sandra Upson, Lauren Goode, Ej Dickson
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    ASML snubs Elon Musk-backed particle accelerator chipmaking tech — firm doubles down on 1,000W laser-produced plasma systems for chipmaking tools Tom's Hardware

10:00 UTC 9

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    Save $300 on this 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti, now $2,599 — powerhouse ABS Stratos II rig ships with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD Tom's Hardware by Ben Stockton
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    KPMG tech cuts come with a severance sum some staff call insulting The Register
  3. tech
    Hacker turns 25 cents into 46 billion fake Bitcoins to steal $770,000 — Symbiosis DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract Tom's Hardware story
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    He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature WIRED by Jorge Garay
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    Huawei details AI accelerator roadmap, pulls in next-generation Ascend NPUs by several quarters — FP4 performance of the Ascend 960PR doubles expectations Tom's Hardware story
  6. tech
    The Leftist Split Over AI Doom WIRED by Vittoria Elliott, Molly Taft story
  7. tech
    It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño WIRED by Dennis Mersereau story
  8. tech
    Mophie’s Extendable MagSafe 3-in-1 Charging Stand Is 50 Percent Off WIRED by Simon Hill
  9. tech
    Man arrested for selling $50 3D-printed machine gun conversion kits to undercover cops — ‘Glock switches’ turn pistols into fully-automatic weapons Tom's Hardware

09:00 UTC 5

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    OpenJev Hacker News
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    British Army spends £16M on 1,000 pocket-sized eyes in the sky The Register
  3. tech
    Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers WIRED by Iain Akerman
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    Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons WIRED by Kate Knibbs, Emily Mullin story
  5. tech
    Best Open Earbuds (2026): Shokz, Bose, Soundcore, and More WIRED by Harry Rabinowitz story

08:00 UTC 2

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    Royal Society slams UK.gov science shake-up The Register
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    Waymo is expanding to Singapore Engadget story

06:00 UTC 2

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    Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill The Register
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    Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud Hacker News

05:00 UTC 10

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    Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 18, #929 CNET by Gael Cooper story
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    AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability The Register story
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    Dyson Promo Codes: 25% Off in September 2026 WIRED by Nena Farrell story
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    iRobot Promo Code: 15% Off WIRED by Nena Farrell
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    25% Off Adidas Promo Code | September 2026 WIRED by Molly Higgins story
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    Design Within Reach Promo Codes: 30% Off | September 2026 WIRED by Nena Farrell story
  7. tech
    Dell Coupon Codes: 20% Off for September 2026 WIRED by Scott Gilbertson story
  8. tech
    NordVPN Coupons: 75% Off, Plus 3 Months Free in September 2026 WIRED by Scott Gilbertson story
  9. tech
    Booking.com Promo Codes: 20% Off | September 2026 WIRED by Molly Higgins story
  10. tech
    Zoro Coupon Codes: 20% Off September 2026 WIRED by Molly Higgins story

04:00 UTC 2

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    AWS confesses its console causes cloudy confusion for new users The Register
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    The Scourge of x86 Emulation Hacker News

03:00 UTC 4

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    Waymo in Singapore Hacker News
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    I built the fastest PHP webserver in the world Hacker News
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    Pre-Greek: The lost language hidden within Ancient Greek Hacker News
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    Code Scans Hacker News

02:00 UTC 7

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    Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy (2021) Hacker News
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    Hacking OpenAI Hacker News
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    USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech The Register story
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    The open source version of Claude Project that gives you the context ownershp Hacker News
  5. tech
    Shapelearn Qwen 3.8 27B (13.1 GB VRAM) Hacker News
  6. tech
    Minimal Phone 2 Hacker News
  7. tech
    Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city The Verge by Andrew J. Hawkins story

01:00 UTC 4

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    Ask A Monk – A digital wilderness for thoughts with no immediate answer Hacker News
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    Claude Code from Source Hacker News
  3. tech
    Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006 Hacker News
  4. tech
    Goose: 1.16x faster than C++ and 1.12x than safe Rust, while memory safe Hacker News

00:00 UTC 2

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    Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash Hacker News
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    Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal TechCrunch by Tim De Chant