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The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean.
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Sarah Manavis (via Wired)
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10/20/26
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The iPhone 18 Pro Max might be new, but you want plenty of accessories that will protect it as well as make your life easier while using it.
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Via BGR Tech
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10/20/26
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Shader compilation stutter has plagued PC gaming for years, causing frustrating hitches even on powerful hardware. The SCSKiller app promises to do something about it, but does it work?
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Via TechSpot
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10/20/26
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By sticking to in-store menu prices and a flat 5 percent fee, Olo wants to take the sting out of ordering dinner.
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Reece Rogers (via Wired)
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10/20/26
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The UK wants to take a chunk out of Apple Pay, as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moves to force Apple to open access to its 12-year-old contactless payment …
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Via Computerworld
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10/20/26
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A growing collection of pocket-size gadgets lets you easily make recordings and extract info from them. Here are our favorites.
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Christopher Null (via Wired)
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10/20/26
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So much for that study break.
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Tony Phillips (via How-to Geek)
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10/20/26
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Andrew Haverdink, a tall grad student in a rain bib and rubber boots, wrenched a double-handed drill from the frozen soil that underlies much of Alaska’s Denali National Park and then unclipped the …
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James Temple (via MIT Technology Review)
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10/20/26
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It’s the year of window cams, and Baseus has my favorite model yet. Here’s why renters and second-story homes should consider it.
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Tyler Lacoma (via CNET Technology)
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10/20/26
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FCA seeks clear accountability as financial services embrace increasingly autonomous agents
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Lindsay Clark (via The Register)
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10/20/26
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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its new models show major performance leaps in low-resource legacy languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic, used by banks and governments — Our latest model …
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Via Techmeme
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10/20/26
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Fintech company Revolut is working to resolve a massive outage that disrupted most of its services worldwide earlier today. [...]
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Sergiu Gatlan (via BleepingComputer)
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10/20/26
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The transformation trap: Why organizations are trying to change too much, too fast
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Kashif Nazir (via TechnoBuffalo)
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10/20/26
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Bloomberg:
The US sanctions MiraclePlus, a Chinese VC firm founded by ex-Microsoft executive Lu Qi, over alleged ties to Zhisuan, accused of stealing Google's AI secrets — Washington …
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Via Techmeme
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10/20/26
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Google Cloud is currently having issues across Europe, affecting multiple other sites.
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Mike Moore (via TechnoBuffalo)
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10/20/26
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Lloyds, HSBC, Royal Mail, Revolut all hit as europe-west2-b falls over. No recovery time in sight, 'no workarounds for now'
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Paul Kunert (via The Register)
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10/20/26
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Made up of small fragments left behind by Halley’s Comet, these meteors are known for being especially bright and speedy.
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Ritsuko Kawai (via Wired)
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10/20/26
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The frontier AI valuation horserace is getting intense.
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Mike Pearl (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/20/26
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Thousands of Revolut and Lloyds Bank customers are reporting issues with their online banking services —here's all the latest on the outage, which Revolut has now confirmed.
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Via TechnoBuffalo
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10/20/26
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Software isn't just about a one-time purchase or an ongoing subscription – frequent updates are costing money and time.
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Craig Hale (via TechnoBuffalo)
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10/20/26
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