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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 29, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day,The British Computer Misuse Act Went into Effect in 1990, Michael Faraday Discovered Electromagnetic Induction in 1831, Meitnerium was Synthesized for the First
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Although AI is advancing at a rapid pace, the idea that it might one day replace humanity has thus far been consigned to the realm of fiction. Rather than signalling the end of mankind, however, others have speculated that an advanced AI may one day simply supplant our position at
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We’ve seen a lot of DIY flip-disc displays in recent years and they’re all very cool, but virtually all of them operate in the same way as the traditional flip-disc displays of yore — though some do incorporate improvements made possible by modern technology. Zimm’s P.A.R.
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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The budget action-camera market is a crowded one these days, with even GoPro having a crack at the space with its 4K basic Hero model released last year. But this robust all-rounder from XTU offers serious bang for your buck at just US$159.99. As of reviewing, the XTU
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Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. I used to be an avid hiker and would try to go backpacking a few times a year. I always dreamed of
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Today’s Strands puzzle is a bit of a toughie, and the words are difficult to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on. Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Today’s Strands theme is: Hardly eager If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: No thanks.
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Today’s Wordle answer is tough. It’s an abbreviation, and it feels kind of unfair to me that it’s used here. Read on for hints and the answer. Today’s Wordle hints Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has really fun blue and purple categories today. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers. Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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The controversial Gamergate figure has been sent back to the UK after overstaying his visa. by Terrence O'Brien Aug 29, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC Milo Yiannopoulos / Patreon Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years
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Thomas Wolf has spent a decade convincing the world that open-source AI is not a charity project. On August 27, 2026, the market settled the argument. Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face, the company famous for hosting the open-source AI ecosystem with more than 3 million open-source LLMs, for $12.
