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Oct 5, 2026

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·ben.stolovitz.com

Software engineer explains why time, EMS culture, and self-doubt delayed becoming an EMT until 2024

The author, a software engineer with a long-standing interest in medicine, finally earned an EMT license in 2024 after years of postponement. They rank the reasons for the delay, f...

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·TechCrunch

Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’

A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights by using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant. The judge characterized t...

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·phoronix.com

Valve engineer details Linux driver upgrades that make decade-old AMD GCN GPUs faster and more usable for gaming

Valve’s Timur Kristóf has spent the past year improving support for old AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs and APUs in the Linux AMDGPU kernel driver. His work helps move these cards off the leg...

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·TechCrunch

Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs

AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon no longer uses nondisclosure agreements with government agencies when seeking approvals for new data centers. He argued that public distrust is fuel...

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·cosmowenman.substack.com

French court denies FOI access to Rodin Museum 3D scans, setback for public-domain cultural heritage advocates

Cosmo Wenman says France’s top administrative court ruled against his eight-year effort to obtain 3D scans of Auguste Rodin sculptures from the Rodin Museum. The case began after t...

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·The Verge

Capcom is preparing for a ‘future where we create games together with AI’

Capcom programmer Satoshi Ishida said the company is preparing for a “future where we create games together with AI” during a presentation on its REX Project and RE Engine roadmap....

Capcom is preparing for a ‘future where we create games together with AI’
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·TechCrunch

OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

David Robinson, an OpenAI safety employee, resigned while warning that the company’s culture is “broken.” He acknowledged the familiar pattern of AI workers leaving prominent labs...

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