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Friday, July 31, 2026 200 stories.

Every story we ingested on Friday, July 31, 2026, in publish-time order. The companion daily editorial runs through the day's themes in a single voice.

Friday, July 31, 2026

200 storyies ingested on this day, in publish-time order. The companion daily editorial runs through the day's main themes in a single voice.

BBC NEWS — UK

Who is Greater Manchester's new Mayor Bev Craig?

Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester's mayor, but what do we know about her?…

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IFPI

The Major Labels Propose Rules to Keep AI Slop Off the Charts

~ New principles to be applied across IFPI’s network of official charts ~ 30 July 2026, London – IFPI, the organisation representing the recording industry worldwide, today announc…

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WIRED

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth

The impact will kick up a plume of debris so high, it’ll likely be visible through some telescopes. Astronomers will be watching.…

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BBC NEWS — SCIENCE

Scientist's lifelong obsession with mystery of elusive 'pink zebra' seaweed

An ancient algae first spotted four decades ago will now join the collection of the Natural History Museum.…

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ANDROID POLICE

This $370 Lenovo tablet has a 144Hz screen and a level of versatility that shouldn't exist at this price

Comes with a case and stylus…

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XDA DEVELOPERS

Despite price hikes, PS5s "are more affordable" than high-end gaming PCs, says Sony's CFO

They're not exactly wrong.…

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BBC NEWS — UK

The Papers: 'Spanish border crisis' and 'iron chancellor'

The crossing of 60,000 migrants into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco is featured prominently across Saturday's papers.…

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BOING BOING

The avocado's sex life has run on the same schedule for 42 million years

The fruit is famously slow to ripen. Its sex schedule is extremely punctual.…

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BOING BOING

Fall asleep to monotonous Wikipedia entries with this podcast

The I Can't Sleep podcast is the perfect way to fall asleep.…

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BOING BOING

Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control

What sounds like the plot to a Hollywood movie is actually a press release from NASA.…

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9TO5GOOGLE

Gemini will create mobile & desktop apps in the future as AI Studio for Android, iOS is canceled

At I/O 2026, Google teased an AI Studio app for Android and iOS. This mobile application has been canceled...…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Elastic (ESTC) Expands OpenAI Tie Up For Enterprise AI Applications - simplywall.st

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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FIGSHARE

Framework choice explains ~0.06% of agentic AI security outcome (7,020 trials)

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GOOGLE NEWS

OpenAI reportedly detects more rogue AI agents escaping controls as hacking probe intensifies - TRT World

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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THE GUARDIAN

$2M crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use

Agents withdraw Jerry Falade’s hotly anticipated debut after saying they can no longer authenticate ‘how the manuscript evolved’…

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YOUTUBE

Zitron: "Everyone Has Been Sold a Lie" on AI [video]

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.…

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NYT — US

Trump Backs Away From Deal to Let Ukraine Build Patriot Missiles

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THE GUARDIAN — US

Justice department moves to dismiss its charges against Olympian over reflecting pool

Lawyers now say damage to pool liner attributed to David Hearn instead is result of installation by contractor…

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TECHRADAR

Pentagon is looking for drone bombers, but don't expect a B52 replacement, as they'd carry only an 18 lb payload

Pentagon wants reusable bomber drones that weigh less than a golf bag full of clubs…

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NYT — US

Missing Australian Hiker Found Dead on Wyoming Trail

The man had been traveling the Continental Divide Trail, which goes through five states and is described by a hiking group as one of the “most challenging landscapes in North Ameri…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool - AP News

Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool AP News…

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HOTAIR

Straight People Have a Moment on X

I'm honestly not sure who started this trend but it has definitely taken off with a number of people I follow. The trend is simple. It's this statement "That moment as a kid when y…

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INTERNATIONAL HOMEPAGE

US Treasury undertakes historic intervention in yen market

New York Fed sells euros to buy yen following recent speculation that Tokyo intervened to support Japan’s currency…

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NYT > TOP STORIES

Trump and Netanyahu May Be at Odds Again Over Gaza Plan

President Trump’s announcement came at a difficult point in his relationship with the Israeli leader over their war against Iran.…

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REDSTATE

DNC Deputy Goes Full Dr. Evil With Bizarre Pep Talk After Dems’ Disastrous 72 Hours

Democratic National Committee staffer Scott Brown decided Thursday night that his coworkers needed a public defense. The timing may say more about the state of the Democratic Party…

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REASON.COM

First Amendment Might Protect FTP&ATF License Plate

The Fourth Circuit considers "a question that has divided ... courts ...: whether the character combinations on personalized license plates ... are government speech or private spe…

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NEW YORK POST

Ex-Knick Mario Hezonja returning to NBA from Europe with Cavaliers deal

After a European tour, Mario Hezonja is making an NBA comeback.…

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SIMON WILLISON'S WEBLOG

Stateless MCP has recaptured my interest (and inspired mcp-explorer and datasette-mcp)

Tuesday was Stateless MCP day - the rollout of MCP 2.0, or the 2026-07-28 Model Context Protocol specification to use the more formal but less memorable name. This is the most sign…

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NYPOST

Long-closed former West LA mall has nearby business dying

What was once a thriving West Los Angeles mall featured in hit movies and music videos has been closed since 2019, crushing numerous nearby businesses, and leaving neighbors frustr…

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NEW YORK POST

Daughter warned her house was going to become ‘murder scene’ — then stabbed her dad to death: report

Maleigha Allen, 20, is facing a first-degree murder charge after cops say she fatally stabbed her dad, Michael Allen, in their shared Lexington, North Carolina, home on April 17.…

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CALIFORNIA POST

Odds of magnitude 9 earthquake that would devastate West Coast spike after ‘unusual’ finding: study

The shocking discovery was made by accident during a research expedition when a grad student made a wrong turn.…

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CALIFORNIA POST

Fernando Mendoza’s mom Elsa shows another city love when dishing on Raiders contract

Las Vegas Raiders rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza's mom, Elsa, shouted Indianapolis out when asked about Fernando's contract.…

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NPR TOPICS: NEWS

Prosecutors move to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism case, saying 'botched installation' to blame

The government had accused David Hearn of ripping a piece of sealant after a $14 million renovation. Hearn has repeatedly said that he simply touched the water in the pool out of c…

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ARS TECHNICA

Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive

Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.…

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BOING BOING

Preacher who loves a "captive audience" meets the person running the flight

The demons were not asked to gate-check their luggage.…

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CNET — NEWS

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 1, #677

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle No. 677 for Saturday, Aug. 1.…

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DIGITAL TRENDS

Snapchat’s Spotlight algorithm now favors human-made videos over AI-generated ones

Snapchat will stop recommending fully AI generated videos on Spotlight, favoring authentic human made content instead, while still allowing AI edited videos to appear.…

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THE GUARDIAN — US

San Francisco pitbull rescued after two days trapped in railway tunnel

Pup named Roo, who ran away from home, was found curled up next to rail track – and was ‘thrilled’ to be rescued…

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GITHUB

Show HN: Integer-only AI complete XOR with 99.7% accuracy all from scratch

ABSL or Adaptive Bitshift learning is a lerning method only using Integers for AI i made. The goal is to make a good Integer Neuronr neuron - Mojo0869/ABSL…

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CNET

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 1 #881

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No.881 for Aug. 1.…

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YCOMBINATOR

Ask HN: Which Linux distribution is capitalizing on AI momentum?

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GITHUB

Show HN: GAI – A Go runtime for typed, tool-using LLM agents

🤖 Type-safe, provider-neutral agent runtime for Go with native tools, memory, and OpenTelemetry - lace-ai/gai…

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CNET

I’ve Been Running the New Safari on iOS 27, and My Thumbs Are Already Happier

Browsing gets better in the next version of the iPhone operating system.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Friend’s Talking Pendant Gives OpenAI’s Screenless Future a Voice - PYMNTS.com

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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CALIFORNIA POST

Timeline of Deebo Samuel’s reunion with 49ers comes with Kyle Shanahan twist

Given the early injuries to come out of the San Francisco 49ers’ training camp, it appeared as though the team frantically signed Deebo Samuel to a one-year contract on Thursday ev…

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NEW YORK POST

Fuming Mamdani blocked from speaking at fallen NYC soldier’s funeral despite writing speech: ‘He was never called’

The embarrassing scene played out in real time, leaving Mamdani fuming at his aides.…

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PJ MEDIA

Seattle Is in Free Fall

Well, another Seattle chief of police just got fired. The city has had four in the past two-and-a-half years.…

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REDSTATE

Are Those Cannonballs in Your Luggage or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

The old grounds of the American Civil War are still hiding the odd musket ball, shirt button or even cannonball, and now and then someone finds one. If you find something like that…

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PAGE SIX

Jackson Five singer Marlon Jackson will try to rescue dad Joe’s legacy in new docuseries

The series will delve into the Jackson patriarch's years developing the Jackson Five and Michael Jackson.…

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DAILY SIGNAL

Issues Between Amy Acton, Progressives Get Worse

This week, Dr. Amy Acton’s team held a virtual meeting nearly a month after the Ohio Democratic gubernatorial nominee offered comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholdin…

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FOX NEWS

Socialist frontrunner in the hot seat after 'Cancel Thanksgiving' post emerges online

Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist frontrunner in the Wisconsin governor race, once called to cancel Thanksgiving in a since-deleted post.…

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THE DISPATCH

Non-MAGA Mutiny

Which Republicans are deserting Trump? And why?…

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FOX NEWS

ICE lodges detainer on Salvadoran national, 18, accused of 2 fatal shootings in Houston

ICE lodged an ice detainer against Jefferson Adonay Velasquez-Torres, who came here illegally from El Salvador in 2014 and is charged with two murders in Houston.…

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CALIFORNIA POST

Lazy bones rejoice as SF robotics company introduces house-cleaning robot

To start, the company is offering the robots to a selected group of applicants in San Francisco at a rate of $30 an hour.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Trump says US has not agreed to Ukraine building Patriot missiles - reuters.com

Trump says US has not agreed to Ukraine building Patriot missiles reuters.com…

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PJ MEDIA

Florida Officials Tell Catholic Bishops to Allow School Vaccine Exemptions

For some unaccountable reason, some Catholic schools in Florida do not permit religious exemptions from vaccination. The state government is addressing this moral and medical crisi…

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WASHINGTON EXAMINER

US and Israel prepare strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend

The United States and Israel are reportedly preparing a harsh bombing campaign against energy infrastructure in Iran, possibly as soon as this weekend. The threat of looming airstr…

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THE BULWARK

Trump’s Obsession Is Tanking Republicans’ Chances

Sarah Matthews joins MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace to break down Trump’s Cabinet meeting, his continued defense of January 6th rioters, and why his obsession with 2020 could hurt Republ…

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NEW YORK POST

Dad of Browns, Bucks owner Jimmy Haslam comments on offseason trades

The dad of Browns and Bucks owner Jimmy Haslam was not a fan of his son's offseason moves.…

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FOX NEWS

Pro Bowl offensive lineman Andrus Peat announces his retirement from the NFL at 32

Andrus Peat spent 11 NFL seasons with the New Orleans Saints, Las Vegas Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers after being drafted in the 2015 NFL Draft out of Stanford.…

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BLAZE MEDIA

Spain says 25,000 migrants have been expelled from tiny Ceuta territory — with at least 34 DEATHS

Spanish authorities say at least 34 people have died during the sudden and startling invasion of the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta in Morocco. Reports initially said thousands of…

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CALIFORNIA POST

California deputy caught in dumbest act imaginable by fraud investigators

This isn’t the first time: Other cops, including an LAPD officer and two Tustin officers, faced charges for similar disability fraud.…

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DAILY SIGNAL

Suspended Georgia Rep Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud

A suspended state representative In Georgia has pleaded guilty in federal court to unemployment fraud dealings made during the COVID-19 pandemic era. Sharon Henderson, the third of…

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AXIOS

Trump considering strikes on Iranian energy targets within days

President Trump is seriously considering launching attacks against energy targets in Iran in the next few days, but hasn't given final orders to do it, a U.S. official told Axios o…

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WASHINGTON EXAMINER

NASA cuts ribbon on first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years

HAMPTON, Virginia — NASA ushered in a new era of flight research Friday with the opening of a state-of-the-art wind tunnel at its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, mark…

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THE FREE PRESS

Meet the Literature Professor Fired for Teaching Literature

Vinita Prabhakar was fired for teaching an award-winning short story that the college president called “political.” She is now suing under a GOP-backed statute protecting free expr…

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CALIFORNIA POST

Warriors reportedly keen on Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant reunion

The Golden State Warriors are set to run it back with the same group as last season, but are reportedly monitoring a potential reunion. According to Brett Siegel of Clutch Points, …

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NEW YORK POST

Cam Skattebo learned lesson from ‘dumb’ backflip fail after convos with Giants brass

Joe Schoen was on vacation, having dinner when, he said, “it was brought to my attention.’’…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Anthropic, OpenAI AI Sandbox Failures Expose Testing Risks - BankInfoSecurity

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok - TechCrunch

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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NYT — US

New Gaza Plan Hailed by Trump Again Pressures Netanyahu

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TECHMEME

The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

Jody Godoy / Reuters : The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions…

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TECHRADAR

NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #881)

My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going…

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TECHRADAR

NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #1147)

My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going…

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TECHRADAR

Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #1650)

My clues will help you solve Quordle today and keep that streak going…

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TECHRADAR

Grab 1.54TB free cloud storage for life — but you will need to sign up to 43 services

No strings attached, but you need to subscribe to and maintain more than 40 services…

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XDA DEVELOPERS

AMD promised AM5 support until 2029, and the memory crisis might not let it stop there

AM5 is now the past, present, and apparently, the future for consumer PCs…

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HACKADAY

A Complex Way to Push a Button

We’ve likely all looked at a simple problem in our lives and thought that it would be an easy fix, only to realize that the project is enormously more complicated than we first rea…

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MN

Judge denies X.AI's attempt to stop Minnesota's AI nudification ban

AG Ellison raised serious concerns about the “staggering amount child sexual abuse material produced” by nudification software in his response to X.AI…

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PELLE.IO

Hacker News, GitHub and AI

Keeping up with recent technology developments was already hard before AI. Now that LLMs can be used to produce more stuff even faster, the perceived amount of new tools and librar…

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TECHRADAR

Seagate reveals more on its 50TB HDD plans — but looks like we'll still have a long wait to buy one

No large-capacity hard drives for you, yet…

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TECHCRUNCH

OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok

OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.…

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NYT — HOME

Migrants Flood a Tiny Spanish Territory

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BOING BOING

A $12 Chico's shirt enters the Mitch McConnell proof-of-life mystery

The senator remains unavailable. The blouse has been extensively documented.…

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BOING BOING

This gun lesson skipped directly to the consequences

Firearms tutorials generally begin with the assumption that the instructor knows more than the audience.…

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BOING BOING

DOJ admits the Reflecting Pool "vandal" was the contractor

Prosecutors have asked to dismiss Hearn’s felony case without prejudice after their original vandalism account collapsed.…

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BBC NEWS — UK

Labour's Bev Craig succeeds Burnham as Greater Manchester Mayor

Labour's Bev Craig secures nearly double the number of votes won by Reform UK's Sian Astley.…

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ARS TECHNICA

How A Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit

A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Anthropic, OpenAI AI Sandbox Failures Expose Testing Risks - GovInfoSecurity

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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XDA DEVELOPERS

I moved half my work to Haiku + Sonnet and couldn't tell the difference for most of it

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me…

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XDA DEVELOPERS

After five years of work, these ESP32 robots you can program in real time are ready for you to build

They're also really cute.…

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TECHMEME

Sources: OpenAI demoed a new "Astra" AI model family to US policymakers and regulators this week, touting its improved abilities to complete long-running tasks (The Information)

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ANDROID POLICE

Android 17 QPR1 Beta 8 finally tackles Pixel's most annoying bugs, from audio static to authentication failures

More bug fixes ahead of the public release…

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ARS TECHNICA

Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification

Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.…

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ARS TECHNICA

Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing

The term "Milwaukee Should Syndrome" was coined in 1981, based on cases in four women.…

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ARS TECHNICA

Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA

Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Hugging Face Doesn’t Want to Sue OpenAI. It Does Want $100 Million - Gizmodo

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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TILDE

Show HN: How to build and self-host a code review agent

How to build your own code review agent in under 5 minutes…

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INTELLIOS

Show HN: I worked on a new browser for 2 years, today it passed Acid 3

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GOOGLE NEWS

Exclusive: OpenAI Previews ‘Astra’ AI Model in DC - The Information

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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NYT > TOP STORIES

Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool

A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.…

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TOM'S GUIDE

The HP OmniBook 3 is built for students, from class to downtime

Students can access premium-level performance and AI-powered productivity with the HP OmniBook 3 laptop, powered by Snapdragon® X processor.…

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BBC NEWS — POLITICS

Should Glasgow have its own mayor?

The BBC's David Wallace Lockhart asks if Scotland's largest city should have its own elected mayor.…

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THE VERGE

With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC

It’s practically a USB-C Swiss Army Knife.…

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ENGADGET

Lenovo's first Googlebooks have leaked

The company appears to have built new laptops and a 2-in-1 for the Googlebook initiative.…

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TECHMEME

Filing: Amazon has completed its $50B investment in OpenAI; source: OpenAI received the final tranche this week, taking Amazon's position to roughly 5% (Financial Times)

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GOOGLE NEWS

Trump's AI executive order nears key deadline as regulation debate intensifies - CNBC

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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THE GUARDIAN — UK

Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection

Bev Craig, the city council leader, succeeds Andy Burnham as mayor, reversing Reform gains in May local elections…

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NYT — US

What Worries Democrats as the Midterms Heat Up

There’s a lot going right for the Democrats. Here’s what could go wrong.…

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BBC NEWS — UK

Should Scotland's biggest city have an elected mayor?

The question of whether or not Scottish cities should have mayors has become something of a live debate in recent weeks.…

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BEN FORTA

AI in the Classroom, Part 3: Where It Earns Its Place

From personalized instruction to removing the blank page for kids who've never had a way to show what's in their heads, this is where AI actually earns its place in the classroom, …

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LAPCATSOFTWARE

The Obligatory AI Post

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TECHRADAR

Quote of the day by The Odyssey director Chris Nolan: 'AI researchers refer to the present moment as an 'Oppenheimer moment'' — putting into perspective the scale of change AI will bring

The seasoned director sees the emergence of AI as akin to the initial testing around nuclear fission that led to the atom bomb…

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MASHABLE

Want to learn coding? Do it for just $38 with this all-in-one bundle.

Learn Python, C++, and more with this Microsoft coding bundle.…

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TECHCRUNCH

Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.

AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a…

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TECHCRUNCH

Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays

Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a "vehicle" company, and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon.…

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XDA DEVELOPERS

I finally found a productivity tool my non-technical friends will actually use

A productivity tool that replaces the group chat, not the entire productivity stack…

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XDA DEVELOPERS

I replaced Lightroom with an open-source alternative, and Adobe's subscription suddenly felt pointless

Why pay to manage your own photos?…

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GIZMODO

The Robot Revolution Gets Its Own Juicero

Finally, an expensive and elaborate way to do a notoriously cheap and simple thing.…

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PCMAG

FBI: Hackers Targeted Water Utility Providers in at Least 7 States

Hackers have been targeting internet-exposed computers known as programmable logic controllers, causing 'loss of pressure and flooding,' the FBI says.…

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THE GUARDIAN — US

Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison

Sean Grayson, diagnosed with colon cancer, was sentenced to 20 years for killing Massey in Springfield in 2024…

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ANDROID AUTHORITY

Google Health is preparing to take over Nest Hub sleep tracking

New strings found in the Google Home app suggest Nest Hub sleep tracking will soon leave Google Fit for Google Health.…

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BBC NEWS — TECH

Snapchat joins other popular platforms in fight against 'AI slop'

Snapchat, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack are trying to combat the proliferation of fake AI content.…

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BOING BOING

Voibe gives Mac users a much faster way to get words down

Give your keyboard a less important job and get yourself Voibe AI Voice Dictation for $79.99 (reg. $199) right now.…

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DIGITAL TRENDS

ChatGPT’s Chrome extension can now read your tabs, YouTube videos, and highlighted text

OpenAI updated ChatGPT's Chrome extension and desktop app with tab awareness, YouTube support, browsing history search, and a new Activity view for tracking chats.…

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GEORGE STEPHENSON

Start at the end: learning full stack development with AI

Build the whole project with an AI coding agent first, then learn full stack development by taking it apart - the stack, the prompts and the tutoring technique.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as probe widens - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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BBC NEWS — UK

I was in a coma for 42 days after a tick bite on a holiday to Greece

Victoria Stellas is left with nocturnal seizures and memory loss after the tick bite.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Amazon completes $50bn investment in OpenAI - Financial Times

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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THOMSON REUTERS INSTITUTE

Thomson Reuters built its own AI model that now ranks among the best

Today we're sharing the first benchmarking results for Thomson, performing competitively with Claude Opus 4.8 and ahead of GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro.…

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ANDROID POLICE

Gmail's new warning aims to prevent a mistake that could expose your private involvement

It's live for all…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Policy expert urges transparency after AI hack, says lack of rules leave security gaps - National Desk

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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CNET

Sony’s Plan to Kill Physical PlayStation Discs Faces Gamer Backlash

Gamers are planning a boycott called PSBlackout for the week of Aug. 23.…

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NYT — BUSINESS

Leopold Aschenbrenner Built a Hot A.I. Hedge Fund. Then it Melted Down.

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GIZMODO

Sam Raimi to Produce New Stephen King Adaptation From ‘Final Destination’ Directors

Raimi and King will team up for the first time on an adaptation of King's 1996 novel 'Desperation.'…

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SNAP

Snapchat to no longer spotlight AI generated content

Spotlight recommendations will increasingly prioritize authentic, human-made creativity.…

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THE GUARDIAN — US

F-35B jet crashed near Marine Corps in San Diego, pilot ejected safely – officials

Pilot of stealth fighter jet, who has not been identified, was treated for non-life threatening injuries sustained in crash…

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X (FORMERLY TWITTER)

AI Valuation Math

The back-of-the-envelop math here is very wrong. Firstly, the $1t valuation is not justified by the metrics provided, because he gives no growth rate and no justification for a 20…

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VENTUREBEAT

Structured AI data pipelines score 10.9 points below free-form code — DataFlow-Harness closes the gap

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DIGITAL TRENDS

Galaxy Z Fold 8: Everything we know

The Galaxy Z Fold8 has left the rumor mill behind. Samsung confirmed the specs, the price, and the release date, and the wider design delivers as promised.…

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TECHRADAR

Japan just got a 999g laptop with a 30-hour battery — and you probably can’t buy it

Japan's latest business laptop weighs under one kilogram and packs battery life that rivals far heavier premium notebooks…

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TECHMEME

Amazon shares closed up 15.32% on Friday, the biggest one-day jump since April 2012, after the company reported accelerating AWS revenue (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

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ARXIV.ORG

Demystifying DRAM Read Disturbance: RowHammer and RowPress Phenomena

DRAM read disturbance, like RowHammer and RowPress, is a critical robustness issue where accessing DRAM can cause unintended bitflips in other unaccessed DRAM locations. DRAM read …

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HACKER NEWS (AI / LLM)

The Four Horsemen of the AI Bubble Apocalypse

The smartest reasons to worry about the state of AI in an age of intense volatility—and my best attempt to explain why each of those worries might be wrong.…

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TECHRADAR

Why are home servers trending? I took the plunge in an attempt to demystify the quiet tech community of tinkerers that are choosing to build, upcycle and host it themselves

From subscription fatigue to the digital ownership dilemma, consumers are increasingly exploring building their own home servers.…

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GIZMODO

Authorities Investigating Mysterious Deaths of 15 Elephants at Kenyan National Park

The animals may have been poisoned from pesticides on nearby farms.…

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HACKER NEWS (AI / LLM)

AI and the Paperclip Apocalypse

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GIZMODO

A London Startup Is Selling Permanent Stick-On Tattoos—and It Wants to Do Mail Order

Concerned parents of the world, unite.…

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LIFEHACKER

10 Snipping Tool Hacks Every Windows 11 User Should Know

Snipping Tool is the default screenshot app for Windows 11, and it has a lot of hidden features that transform it into a power user tool.…

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XDA DEVELOPERS

Pokémon Red's most brutal obstacle isn't a gym leader — it's a doorway that broke my AI

The map told them the exits were walls…

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HACKER NEWS (AI / LLM)

How AI Is Helping One-Person Companies Scale to $1M–and Beyond

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NYT — WORLD

Migrants Surge Into Spanish Territory, Prompting Political Backlash

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ASYMCO

Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When AI Bubble Bursts

I would say they will simply collect all the available profits MacRumors interviewed AI critic Ed Zitron, author of the Where’s Your Ed At newsletter and host of the Better Off……

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NYT — US

Hunter Biden Blames Cancer for Joe Biden’s Disastrous Debate

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REASON.COM

Trump Re-Ups the Anti-Weaponization Fund, Reinforcing the Demand That Todd Blanche Kill It for Good

The president is still pushing the idea of using taxpayer money to reward Capitol rioters, contradicting the attorney general nominee's assurance that it won't happen.…

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CALIFORNIA POST

Angelenos line up to lock lips with Spider-Man impersonators outside luxury grocery store

Forget grabbing organic produce, some Angelenos had much stranger items on their shopping list Thursday night.…

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BLAZE MEDIA

Anne Hathaway and the push for older motherhood. Is this a good thing?

Pregnant celebrities on red carpets may make later-in-life motherhood look effortless, but BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey is warning that the reality is far more complicated. Most…

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NEW YORK POST

Kalshi promo code NYPMAX: Trade $25, get up to $500 for the 2026 NFL season

Post Readers can trade $25 to get $500 for the 2026 NFL season with Kalshi promo code NYPMAX.…

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DAILYCALLER

Democrats Watch As Well Dries Up, Walls Around Them Begin To Crack

‘It’s not going to get better until he is gone’…

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Y COMBINATOR

Loops (YC W22) Is Hiring a Product Educator

About Loops Loops (YC W22) is the email platform for modern software companies. We help product and growth teams send better lifecycle email without fighting legacy tools. The ro…

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DAILY SIGNAL

Virginia Removed 6,531 Declared Noncitizens From Voter Rolls Over 2 Years

Virginia removed 6,531 noncitizens from its voter registration rolls over the last two years, according to public records obtained by Judicial Watch. The Virginia Department of Ele…

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OUTKICK

Riley Gaines says WNBA is 'hellbent' on being an activist organization over a basketball league

Riley Gaines says the WNBA must choose between being a professional women's basketball league or an activist organization after Sophie Cunningham fallout.…

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CALIFORNIA POST

California CEO entangled in cross-border hitman plot — as chilling crime scene images emerge

A California CEO was arrested and charged for allegedly plotting to kill a Mexican businessman over unpaid debt in a brazen murder-for-hire scheme gone wrong.…

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FOX NEWS

Weapons stockpile shortages impacting military strategy in the Mideast

U.S. missile interceptor stockpiles are shrinking, raising readiness concerns.…

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THE FREE PRESS

Local News Is Dying. This 25-Year-Old Bought His Hometown Paper Anyway.

Two weeks ago, Evan Newton purchased a local paper in Georgia. He has three employees and a dream, writes Frannie Block.…

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BLAZE MEDIA

Mike Lee SOUNDS the ALARM after stunning polls from Senate race in Texas

Republicans are worried that the election for one of Texas' seats in the U.S. Senate is slipping away after astounding results from the most recent polls. Three of the polls show D…

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NEW YORK POST

Will Warren allows Yankees homers to stand for win over Cubs in timely trade deadline start

The Yankees scored a point – two of them, in fact. And they were enough to stand up for a win because of Will Warren.…

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FOX NEWS

'Fire Country' star Diane Farr leaves Los Angeles after 30 years to start her 'third act'

Diane Farr shared an emotional Instagram video documenting her last day in Los Angeles after exactly 30 years, calling the move harder than expected.…

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THE GUARDIAN

Missing Australian hiker found dead in Wyoming, officials say

Body of William Standish discovered in Teton mountains as investigators say fatal fall likely cause of death A 28-year-old Australian hiker who lost contact with his family while h…

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DAILYCALLER

INGERSOLL: You All Saw The Footage. Invasions Like That In Spain Are Just The Beginning

There is no kumbaya. There is no compromise…

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TECHCRUNCH

India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them

India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.…

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FOX NEWS

FBI releases eerie new age-progression renderings of accused University of Colorado student killer

New age-progression images show what FBI fugitive Thayne Alan Smika may look like now, 42 years after the Boulder murder of Sidney Lee Wells.…

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CALIFORNIA POST

‘DWTS’ star with violent criminal past arrested by ICE in California

“ICE is bringing the curtain down on his illegal stay and crime spree here in the U.S.”…

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VOX

Everyone hates FIFA’s plan to sell the World Cup to private equity

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The 2026 FIFA World Cup wasn’…

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CALIFORNIA POST

California unveils plans for three new giant parks — including historic camp that inspired ‘The Grapes of Wrath’

If all goes to plan, the Golden State could be beautified even further by up to three new state parks — and the California State Parks wants Californians’ input on the process.…

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TECHMEME

Roblox shares close down ~27%, its worst-ever daily percentage decline, after the company forecasted declining bookings and slowing revenue growth (Kit Norton/Barron's Online)

Kit Norton / Barron's Online : Roblox shares close down ~27%, its worst-ever daily percentage decline, after the company forecasted declining bookings and slowing revenue growth — …

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NEW YORK POST

Twins star makes it clear they want trade help as Mets lefty joins roster

The Twins are looking poised to compete down the stretch.…

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GITHUB

Lerd, an open source Herd-like PHP development environment for Linux and macOS

Open-source, Herd-like local PHP development environment for Linux and macOS. Automatic .test domains, per-project PHP/Node isolation, one-command TLS. Podman-native, rootless. - l…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Anthropic Says Its AI Models Went Rogue, Too. They Thought They Were in a Simulation - inc.com

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Exclusive-OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe - KELO-AM

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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PCMAG

Super Mario Sunshine Is Coming to Switch 2. It's Time to Embrace This Truly Weird Game

In a world that increasingly favors perfect averages and hyper-smooth edges, Sunshine’s jagged, funky design is a much-needed breath of fresh air.…

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HACKER NEWS (AI / LLM)

AI Boom Spurs Insider Selling by Nvidia, CoreWeave Billionaires

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ENGADGET

SpaceXAI says it will take a year to fully remove unpermitted gas turbines from its Mississippi data center

The company was accused of violating the Clean Air Act by the NAACP.…

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ANDROID AUTHORITY

Android 17 QPR1 Beta 8 just landed with all of Google’s latest fixes

Just what you asked for: a new Android 17 QPR1 Beta release to play around with on your Pixel all weekend long.…

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ANDROID AUTHORITY

Anthropic found Claude hacking real companies during supposedly sealed tests

Anthropic reviewed its cyber tests after OpenAI’s incident and found Claude had also reached the internet and hacked real companies.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

Exclusive-OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe - whbl.com

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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GOOGLE NEWS

US lawmaker calls for AI hearings after Anthropic, OpenAI incidents - CFO Dive

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

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ARS TECHNICA

Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics

“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.…

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ARS TECHNICA

Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account?

Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison.…

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TECHMEME

Sources: OpenAI has discovered other instances where AI agents escaped containment; none of the agents were thought to have left OpenAI's network (Reuters)

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HACKER NEWS (AI / LLM)

OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens probe

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PHORONIX

AMD Publishes CDNA5 ISA Documentation For Instinct MI455X

Following last week's launch of the AMD Instinct MI455X, AMD has now kept with tradition and provided ISA documentation concerning this latest CDNA5 architecture.…

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LIFEHACKER

AI Bots Can Steal Your Login Credentials, but You Can Protect Yourself

In just two days, OpenAI and Anthropic both issued apologies for their AI staging cyberattacks using scraped passwords or secrets. How do you protect yourself?…

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NYT — BUSINESS

Warsh Considers Reducing Frequency of Fed Policy Meetings

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NYT — BUSINESS

The Next Met Fashion Blockbuster and Gala Will Honor Controversial Designer John Galliano

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DEXERTO

YouTuber Hank Green pauses multiple channels after admitting he relies on AI

YouTuber Hank Green has admitted relying too heavily on ChatGPT notes after viewers accused his latest video of sounding like AI.…

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9TO5MAC

9to5Mac Overtime 075: Thoughts on Apple Upgrade

Fernando and Jeff discuss Apple Upgrade in depth, including Apple’s motivation, the major players involved, how it may affect the...…

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MASHABLE

Reminder: Dont use Google Maps for hiking

There are many better alternatives. A group of teens discovered that the hard way.…

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MASHABLE

What is a "tradwife"? Nara Smith rejects the viral label.

"Yeah, I like to cook. Sue me," Smith told 'Call Her Daddy' host Alex Cooper.…

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NYT — US

John Ali, Nation of Islam Official Who Clashed With Malcolm X, Dies at 98

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