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How a wave of disinformation on Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, and Telegram contributed to a surge of migrants from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta enclave (New York Times) - Techmeme Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:15:05 GMT
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How a wave of disinformation on Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, and Telegram contributed to a surge of migrants from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta enclave — A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.
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PatronView's owner details a year of fighting scrapers: 214:1 bot-to-human page loads, 35,000 Claude crawls per referred user, and Amazon's bot referred none (Nick Gray/PatronView) - Techmeme Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:45:01 GMT
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Nick Gray / PatronView:
PatronView's owner details a year of fighting scrapers: 214:1 bot-to-human page loads, 35,000 Claude crawls per referred user, and Amazon's bot referred none — A year of fighting scrapers on my 1.5 million-page website. What I tried, how I failed, and what's working now. August 7, 2026
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A Keyboard with No Keys - Hack a Day Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:08 GMT
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For as capable as smartphone hardware is, the software running on them can be especially restrictive and cumbersome. Unlike a single-board computer with GPIO running a standard Linux operating system …read more
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Best Buy Discount Codes: Up to 60% Off - Wired Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT
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Find the latest Best Buy promo codes and offers, including 10% back in rewards for new cardmembers and free 2-day shipping with My Best Buy Plus, here at WIRED.
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Sealy Promo Codes: $100 Off - Wired Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT
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Whether you’re switching from springs to memory foam or just want to sleep cooler this summer, these Sealy mattress deals will have you waking up refreshed—and with cash left in your wallet.
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On the hunt for dark matter - MIT Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT
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From Broadway to MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science, PhD student Jessica Fry doesn’t do anything halfway. Now she’s hunting for the universe’s most elusive particle.
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The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview - Wired Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:30:00 GMT
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An AI interview is increasingly the first step of a hiring process. Since there’s no human on the other end, candidates are scheduling them whenever—even deep into the night.
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RPCS3 just got a lot faster on Arm, after months of low-level optimization - TechSpot Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:54:00 GMT
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PlayStation 3 Emulator RPCS3 is rolling out a major Arm64 upgrade, delivering up to 60% faster performance and 25% lower power draw on supported hardware. Demonstrated on an Ayn Odin 2 handheld, the optimizations make previously unplayable titles like Ninja Gaiden 3 run smoothly and extend across Arm64 builds on Linux, macOS, and Windows, from Apple Silicon to Snapdragon X laptops and handhelds.
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Solving the solvent problem - MIT Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:50:00 GMT
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By focusing on electrolytes, MIT scientists are making sodium-metal batteries a more practical energy storage option.
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Using reason, again and again - MIT Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT
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Philosopher Brian Hedden studies decision-making over time — and recently chose to return to alma mater MIT, where he is now connecting ethics and computing.
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Looking beyond research - MIT Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT
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Professor Anna-Christina Eilers is “Committed to Caring” for building a culture around attentiveness and community.
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