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Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug
Article URL: https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272832 Points: 200 # Comments: 18
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Tim King, AmigaDOS developer, has died
Article URL: https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-08-00070-EN.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272655 Points: 84 # Comments: 18
German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/german-advocacy-group-lodges-criminal-complaint-over-meta-ai-glasses-2026-08-12/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272620 Points: 56 # Comments: 20
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Someone is running mass vulnerability scans, spoofing AI bots like ClaudeBot
Article URL: https://knownagents.com/insights Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272569 Points: 77 # Comments: 28
Why Tiny JPEGs Look Different in Chrome
Article URL: https://guillaumetech.github.io/posts/jpg-scaling-chrome/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272549 Points: 103 # Comments: 19
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Automatic1111 for Apple metal, 40% speed up sd1.5
Article URL: https://therad.ninja/from-8-10-seconds-to-3-7-teaching-automatic1111-to-speak-metal-on-an-m3-pro/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272282 Points: 31 # Comments: 12
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Commodore 8-Bit 5¼" Disk Images
Article URL: https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2026/commodore-disk-images Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272132 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
AI is removing the middle class of software engineering
Article URL: https://blog.florianherrengt.com/ai-removing-middle-class-software-engineering.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271994 Points: 260 # Comments: 223
Shade Map
Article URL: https://shademap.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271757 Points: 38 # Comments: 7
uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook
Article URL: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270726 Points: 82 # Comments: 50
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Google unveils Pixel 11 lineup, new AirTag rival, and Gemini features at Made by Google 2026
From the Pixel 11 series and a brand new competitor to Apple’s AirTag, here are all the announcements from the Made by Google 2026 event.
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Google’s Quick Share adds a tap-to-share mode
Google's Quick Share feature is getting a tap-to-share mode for quickly exchanging contacts, photos, videos, and more.
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Google’s Pixel 11 lineup offer fewer hardware changes, but much more Gemini
Google Pixel 11 Series starts $100 costlier than the last year, but offers 256GB base storage
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Google unveils the Pixel Watch 5 with a smarter Gemini and advanced health monitoring
The new smartwatch, which starts at $399, can track blood pressure patterns and insulin resistance, as well as deliver personalized help and better sleep tracking.
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Google takes on AirTag with the new $29 Pixel Tag
Google’s new Pixel Tag taps into its Find Hub network to help users track lost keys, bags, and other items.