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Carney asking provinces to return U.S. booze to shelves as trade deal being finalized, N.S. premier saysWed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 EDT
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Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to the U.K.Prince Harry and Meghan are moving back to the United Kingdom with their children, Buckingham Palace confirmed to CBC News Wednesday.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:57:34 EDT
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What Trump’s focus on an oil pipeline means for Canada-U.S. tradeWed, 19 Aug 2026 16:15:25 EDT
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Why everyone is talking about Trump's aide Natalie HarpU.S. President Donald Trump's assistant, Natalie Harp, is under intense media focus this week after a comment by a Democratic senator from Georgia.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:16:01 EDT
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Fake maple syrup class action now targeting major grocery store chainsA proposed class-action lawsuit targeting a Quebec producer who sold fake maple syrup has expanded, alleging grocery store chains should have known the product they were selling was bogus.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:18:06 EDT
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Woman fined after grizzly bear run-in with off-leash dog in Banff National ParkAn encounter between a couple with an off-leash dog and a well-known grizzly bear in Banff National Park resulted in a $1,500 fine, after a video of the counter generated millions of views on TikTok.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:41:05 EDT
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Ottawa bagpiper says unprovoked knife attack won't keep him from playingKevin Murison was busking in downtown Ottawa on Saturday when a man assaulted him with a knife, slashing his thumb and his instrument. The bagpiper says he won't be silenced.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:35:16 EDT
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A cold spring delayed P.E.I. sweet corn. Now farmers face cheaper competition from QuebecAfter a cold spring that slowed growth, Prince Edward Island’s corn season is now catching up — just as cheaper product from Quebec is arriving in grocery stores.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:00:00 EDT
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Missing pilot found dead in aircraft submerged in lake, Ontario police sayA pilot who has been missing since Friday has been found dead after searchers discovered his small aircraft underwater in the Kawartha Lakes region this week, Ontario Provincial Police say.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:42:24 EDT
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They met as teens and felt an instant connection. Decades later, DNA proved they’re actually sistersMore than four decades ago, somewhere amid the bustling streets of Mumbai, India, two baby girls were born. Adopted by different families in the Netherlands, Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen grew up mere hours away from each other. But their paths never crossed until one day in 1996, when as teenagers, they happened to attend an event organized for adoptees in the Netherlands. ...Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:31:58 EDT
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Céline Dion reveals more about her health, treating stiff person syndrome, in new interviewAs Céline Dion prepares for her five-week residency in Paris to begin next month, she's revealing more details about her illness and what she's been doing to treat it. ...Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:30:06 EDT
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Robin Williams's children revive late actor's Instagram amid 'rampant AI abuse'Robin Williams’s three children have revived the late actor’s long-dormant Instagram account amid a rise of unauthorized AI media of their father.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:28:59 EDT
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Tumbler Ridge school demolition 'new chapter' in recovery after B.C. shooting, residents sayResidents in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., gathered for an emotional milestone this week as the site of February’s mass shooting is torn down and returned to grass.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:33:52 EDT
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IN PHOTOS | Humanoid robots demonstrate their capabilitiesThe public got to see the latest machines from China's robot makers during the World Robot Conference in Beijing, featuring more than 2,000 exhibits and debuting over 150 products.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:30:24 EDT
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Ford's Texas trip to talk trade, tariffs cost taxpayers over $93K, internal document revealsOntario Premier Doug Ford's spring trip to Texas to talk trade and tariffs cost taxpayers just over $93,000, a decision note obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request reveals. The office of the premier said in a statement the trip laid the groundwork for billions in new investment, more good-paying jobs, and stronger economic ties between Ontario and the U.S.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:14:54 EDT
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Carney asks premiers to put U.S. alcohol back on shelves amid trade deal talks: N.S. premierNova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the prime minister has asked premiers across Canada to put U.S. alcohol back on liquor store shelves amid trade deal talks. In press conference shortly after Prime Minister Mark Carney briefed Canada’s premiers on the new deal reached with the U.S., Houston confirmed Carney made the ask pending a […]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:37:46 +0000
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Prince Harry and Meghan are returning to the UK with their children, British newspaper saysLONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, British news media reported late Wednesday.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:12:23 +0000
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Coun. Paula Fletcher will not run for re-election in Toronto-DanforthCouncillor Paula Fletcher has withdrawn her nomination and will no longer be running for re-election in Toronto-Danforth in the upcoming municipal elections this October. She registered to seek another term just two days ago, but posted in a letter on X that she changed her mind following some reflection while paddleboarding on Lake Ontario Wednesday […]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:42:31 +0000
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Kraft Dinner smoothie and pickle-flavoured coffee? What’s on tap at the CNE in Toronto this yearKraft Dinner smoothies, nitrogen-infused Oreo treats and pickle-flavoured coffee are among the wild food offerings at the CNE this year.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:04:23 +0000
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Body of missing pilot found among plane debris in Kawartha LakesProvincial police say a pilot reported missing after taking off in a home-built plane from Oshawa last week has been found dead. The 73-year-old was reported missing by family members after the plane departed from the Oshawa Airport at 8:30 a.m. on August 14 and failed to return that same morning. Durham regional police identified […]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:06:44 +0000
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Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug AdministrationWASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:31:55 +0000
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With 500-plus structures damaged or lost, B.C.’s fire season is among the worstMore than 500 homes or other structures have been destroyed or damaged by wildfires in British Columbia this year, in a level of devastation comparable to some of the worst recent fire seasons.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:17:33 +0000
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Let’s make a deal: TIFF touts its first market, says Canadian creators will benefitTORONTO — Executives with the Toronto International Film Festival boasted Wednesday that their inaugural marketplace would serve as a launchpad for Canadian directors and producers to make global connections.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:58:57 +0000
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A look back at the Keystone XL pipeline drama as Trump touts its potential revivalCALGARY — The latest volley of U.S. tariffs targeting Canada are temporarily on hold, and social media postings from U.S. President Donald Trump suggest a revival of the defunct Keystone XL pipeline is factoring into ongoing negotiations.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:56:02 +0000
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Person seeking online date extorted out of $6K in Brampton: Peel policePolice in Peel Region are urging potential victims of an online dating extortion scheme to come forward after a victim was allegedly extorted out of $6,000 during a meet-up in Brampton. Investigators say the alleged victim was contacted on a messaging platform by a person using the name Manisha Sharma. Instead of a hot date, […]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:43:02 +0000
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Moderna shares surge after it says its experimental mRNA cancer treatment passed a key testModerna shares more than doubled Wednesday after it announced initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment that would be the first of its kind if approved by regulators.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:42:26 +0000
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Cineplex reaffirms Queensway theatre will stay open through 2045 as redevelopment plans advanceThe Queensway Cineplex, one of the GTA's busiest multiplexes, has been a fixture in south Etobicoke for more than two decades.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:18:27 +0000
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Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black holeNEW YORK (AP) — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:01:56 +0000
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Resident charged after firing gun during attempted vehicle theft in Scarborough: policeToronto police have charged a resident after a firearm was discharged during an attempted vehicle theft in a Scarborough neighbourhood early Wednesday morning, leaving a nearby home damaged by gunfire. Officers were called to the Kingston Road and McCowan Road area near St. Clair Avenue East at 2:41 a.m. for reports of a suspicious incident. […]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:00:57 +0000
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Halifax man faces new charge after allegedly threatening to bomb U.S. ConsulateHALIFAX — A terrorism-related charge has been laid against a man already facing two lesser offences for allegedly making a bomb threat against the U.S. Consulate in Halifax, which shut down a large section of the city’s downtown.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:48:08 +0000
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No watches or warnings in effect, TorontoNo watches or warnings in effect.2026-08-13T01:48:33Z2026-08-13T01:48:33Z
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Current Conditions: Mostly Cloudy, 23.0°CObserved at: Toronto Pearson Int'l Airport 7:00 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 2026 Condition: Mostly Cloudy Temperature: 23.0°C Pressure / Tendency: 101.3 kPa rising Visibility: 24 km Humidity: 42 % Humidex: 24 Dewpoint: 9.3°C Wind: N 18 km/h gust 30 km/h Air Quality Health Index: 52026-08-19T23:00:00Z2026-08-19T23:00:00Z
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Wednesday night: Chance of showers. Low 14. POP 30%Partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers early this evening then clear. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Low 14. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Thursday: Mainly sunny. High 26.Mainly sunny. High 26. Humidex 29. UV index 7 or high. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Thursday night: A few clouds. Low 13.A few clouds. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light near midnight. Low 13. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Friday: Sunny. High 25.Sunny. High 25. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Friday night: Clear. Low 16.Clear. Low 16. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Saturday: Sunny. High 25.Sunny. High 25. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Saturday night: Chance of showers. Low 17. POP 60%Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low 17. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Sunday: Chance of showers. High 21. POP 40%Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. High 21. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Sunday night: Chance of showers. Low 14. POP 30%Cloudy periods with 30 percent chance of showers. Low 14. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Monday: A mix of sun and cloud. High 22.A mix of sun and cloud. High 22. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Monday night: Clear. Low 13.Clear. Low 13. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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Tuesday: A mix of sun and cloud. High 24.A mix of sun and cloud. High 24. Forecast issued 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday 19 August 20262026-08-19T19:30:00Z2026-08-19T19:30:00Z
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AI didn’t ruin these films. It made them possible.AI-generated films inspire plenty of skepticism. But what happens when the technology gives more artists a chance to create?Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:55:00 +0900
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Comiket draws 260,000 fans, participants from record 76 countriesMore than a quarter million attendees, including around 9,000 cosplayers, attended the convention held at Tokyo Bight Sight.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:45:00 +0900
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Udon billionaire bets that thick noodles will win over AmericansThe challenge is scaling up the business and finding a way to win over consumers unfamiliar with a staple of no-frills Japanese cuisine.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:11:00 +0900
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Japanese cross-party lawmaker group to visit China next weekIt will be the first time for a Japanese lawmaker group to meet with a Chinese Communist Party official since November.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0900
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Foreign visitors to Japan increased 0.1% in JulyThe uptick comes despite visitors from mainland China dropping 56.1% due to the Chinese government's advisory against travel to Japan.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:05:00 +0900
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China finishes first phase of construction at South China Sea reef, images showThe project, on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, involves building a man-made island analysts say will form part of China's largest military base.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:02:00 +0900
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‘American Doctor’ shows brutality of conflict in GazaDirector Poh Si Teng makes no attempt to explain the rights or wrongs of the conflict, focusing instead on the work in Gaza of three American doctors from different backgrounds.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:41:00 +0900
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Chinese AI video is coming for more than HollywoodOutside of Alphabet's Google, nearly all of the leading video-generation models are Chinese.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:39:00 +0900
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Former Takenaka manager arrested for breach of trust over Osaka Expo projectTatsumi Kawai, 61, is suspected of conspiring with a subcontractor to have it repeatedly overcharge in 2025, resulting in ¥13.69 million in damages.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:24:00 +0900
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasionThe invasive and voracious crustacean has ravaged shellfish production in the Adriatic.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0900
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Sabbath clashes over Jerusalem cafe expose Israel’s social fault linesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has relied politically on ultra-Orthodox Jews for nearly two decades, and has helped the ultra-Orthodox exert growing clout.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:11:00 +0900
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TikTok is exploring feature to send money over direct messagesThe move would extend the social media app's push into financial services.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:56:00 +0900
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Japan’s bad market week continues, with the yen, bonds and stocks strugglingFiscal concerns are denting investor confidence, while a global tech rout is a contributing factor.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:55:00 +0900
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LG Energy may supply batteries for U.S. drones in pivot to defenseThe potential shift highlights broader moves by commercial companies as Washington pushes to replenish munitions used in the Iran and Ukraine wars.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:53:00 +0900
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U.S. sanctions Japanese ICC chief, testing Tokyo’s support for global courtThe move by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump presents a dilemma for Tokyo, a strong backer of multilateral groupings and a key American ally.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:42:00 +0900
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【速報中】高校野球 準決勝 横浜が先制 智弁和歌山をリード夏の全国高校野球は準決勝2試合です。第1試合は、ともに優勝経験がある智弁和歌山高校と神奈川の横浜高校が対戦しています。 先攻が横浜、後攻が智弁和歌山です。 最新情報をお伝えしています。 NHKは試…Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:30:36 +0900
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鎌倉時代の「元寇の矢」見つかる 元が南宋から接収し転用か鎌倉時代、元が日本に攻め入った「元寇」で沈んだ船がある長崎県の海底遺跡で、矢の一部が見つかりました。元に滅ぼされた南宋のものとみられ、調査した奈良文化財研究所などの研究グループでは、「元がどのように武…Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:05:00 +0900
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米大統領“海峡掌握”イラン 欧州の米軍関連施設攻撃も視野かイラン情勢をめぐりアメリカのトランプ大統領は、ホルムズ海峡は自分たちが掌握しているとしたうえで、イランとの協議の再開を急ぐ必要はないという認識を示しました。 一方、イラン側の交渉団を率いてきたガリバ…Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:02:00 +0900
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神戸 女性殺害事件1年「面識ない」ストーカー相談 兵庫で増加去年、神戸市で24歳の会社員の女性が、面識のない相手からストーカー被害を受けたうえ、マンションで殺害された事件から20日で1年です。 事件以降、兵庫県内では、面識のない相手からのストーカー被害の相談…Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:18:45 +0900
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西日本中心に猛烈な暑さ予想 熱中症対策の徹底を20日も被災地の熊本県など西日本を中心に気温が上がり、猛烈な暑さになる見込みで、熱中症対策を徹底してください。 一方、湿った空気などの影響で午後を中心に広い範囲で激しい雨や非常に激しい雨が降るおそれ…Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:46:00 +0900
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フェルメール代表作「真珠の耳飾りの少女」14年ぶり来日公開へ17世紀のオランダの画家、フェルメールの代表作の1つ「真珠の耳飾りの少女」が、21日から14年ぶりに日本で公開されます。Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:30:07 +0900
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FRB 7月の会合議事録“利上げ必要の可能性高い”アメリカのFRB＝連邦準備制度理事会が公表した7月の会合の議事録で、多くの参加者がインフレ率が低下しない場合には利上げが必要になる可能性が高いとの見方を示していたことがわかりました。Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:06:00 +0900
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明治 「きのこの山」「たけのこの里」などのお菓子 値上げへ大手菓子メーカーの「明治」は、原材料価格の高止まりを理由に「きのこの山」などの主力商品を値上げすると発表しました。Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:07:00 +0900
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JR外房線 17日朝から代行バス運行 一部区間で運転見合わせ続く記録的な豪雨で被害が出たJR外房線は、一部区間で運転の見合わせが続いています。こうしたなかJR東日本は、17日朝から代行バスの運行を始めました。Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:03:46 +0900
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上野動物園のパンダ舎 17日から解体 多くの人が最後の別れ東京 上野動物園で2023年に中国に返還された「シャンシャン」が誕生したパンダ舎が、17日から解体されることになり、それを前に16日は朝から多くの人が訪れ、思い出の場所に最後の別れを告げました。Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:26:00 +0900
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お盆のUターンラッシュ 新幹線と空の便がピークにお盆休みをふるさとや行楽地で過ごした人たちのUターンラッシュは、新幹線と空の便では16日がピークで、高速道路でも渋滞が発生しています。Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:41:00 +0900
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お盆のUターンラッシュ 高速道路でピーク 各地で渋滞発生お盆をふるさとや行楽地で過ごした人たちのUターンラッシュは、高速道路では15日がピークとなり各地で渋滞が発生しています。Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:39:12 +0900
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スーパーのコメ平均価格 5キロ3220円 7週ぶり値上がり全国のスーパーで8月9日までの1週間に販売されたコメの平均価格は、5キロあたり税込み3220円となり、7週ぶりに値上がりしました。Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:36:58 +0900
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太平洋クロマグロ漁獲枠 18日に関係国・地域と再交渉へ 水産庁7月に開かれた国際会議で合意に至らなかった太平洋クロマグロの漁獲枠をめぐり、水産庁は、8月18日に再び会議を開催すると発表しました。 7月の会議で大型魚の増枠を含む調整案に反対したメキシコが、その後…Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:16:00 +0900
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「週刊少年ジャンプ」直近の発行部数 100万部を下回る全盛期には650万部を発行した人気漫画雑誌「週刊少年ジャンプ」の直近の発行部数が平均で98万部余りとなり、初めて100万部を下回ったことが日本雑誌協会の調査でわかりました。 これにより国内で100万…Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:05:00 +0900
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秋篠宮ご夫妻、日本人移住90周年でパラグアイに到着 栄誉礼受ける2026-08-20T07:02:28+09:00
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札幌高検検事長に小池氏 冤罪防止策は「恐れ、自問自答し、謙虚に」2026-08-20T07:00:00+09:00
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博多の老舗焼き肉店から白煙、客らが避難 「大東園」4年前にも火事2026-08-19T22:26:36+09:00
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バー装ったレンタルスペースでぼったくりか、男女8人を再逮捕 大阪2026-08-19T21:14:35+09:00
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東武野田線の踏切内で後続車をとどめたか 殺人未遂容疑で男を逮捕2026-08-19T20:15:00+09:00
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都営バスとトラックが衝突 乗客ら7人けが、6人搬送 東京・新木場2026-08-19T20:07:53+09:00
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天皇ご一家、千葉豪雨の被害に心痛める 熊本にお見舞い訪問を希望2026-08-19T19:15:56+09:00
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電車止め「何分遅らせたか」競った疑い 撮り鉄の中高生7人立件2026-08-19T17:30:00+09:00
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露天風呂で女性を盗撮した疑い 埼玉県の小学校教諭を逮捕 栃木県警2026-08-19T17:00:48+09:00
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女子児童ら34人にわいせつ行為や盗撮 元小学校教諭に懲役9年判決2026-08-19T16:51:22+09:00
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メロン泥棒にごみ投棄も 昔は「サーフィン公害」の海でアジア大会2026-08-20T06:00:00+09:00
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クリケットにセパタクロー……母国の人気競技が間近に アジア大会2026-08-19T20:15:00+09:00
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智弁和歌山―横浜、天理―健大高崎 4強激突 20日準決勝見どころ2026-08-19T18:00:00+09:00
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天理、攻守念入りに確認 健大高崎は「聞こえない」想定の守備練習も2026-08-19T17:55:00+09:00
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智弁和歌山、170キロ超マシンで打撃練習 横浜・織田は軽めの調整2026-08-19T17:00:00+09:00
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U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge ContinuesPresident Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been undercut by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:24:21 +0000
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Markets Rally After U.S. Treasury Eases Bond Investor StressGovernment bond yields fell and stocks rose on a move by the Treasury Department to double the amount of debt that it can buy back from investors.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:50:56 +0000
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Why Treasury Yields Are Rising, and What That Means for the EconomyInterest rates on U.S. government bonds can affect everything from auto and student loans to mortgages.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:32:51 +0000
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More Fed Officials Lost Patience About Elevated Inflation at Latest MeetingMinutes from the Federal Reserve’s July gathering showed broadening support for higher borrowing costs to stamp out lingering price pressures.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:46:15 +0000
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How the U.S. Navy Is Helping Get Oil Through the Strait of HormuzWith Iran making ship traffic perilous, a U.S. operation offers a way out for some energy exports, stealthily shepherding tankers on dangerous journeys.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:59:31 +0000
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What to Know About Iran’s Economic Ties With Gulf CountriesThe United Arab Emirates, Iran’s most important regional trading partner, announced a total embargo on transactions with Tehran on Tuesday.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:41:24 +0000
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Israel Opens Criminal Investigation Into Killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza Medical WorkersTwo high-profile cases that had spurred international condemnation of the country’s conduct in Gaza were transferred to the military police. Such investigations have rarely led to convictions.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:18:49 +0000
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Prince Harry and Meghan Will Move Back to U.K. After 6 Years in U.S.The prince and his wife, whose relations with King Charles and the rest of the royal family have long been strained, will remain non-working royals, according to a person familiar with the decision.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:40:42 +0000
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U.S. Debt Hits $40 TrillionAlso, Trump nominates a Kennedy ally to lead the F.D.A. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:43:45 +0000
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More of Trump’s Chosen Candidates Lose Republican PrimariesA series of recent losses has eroded the president’s winning record, raising new questions about his hold over the party’s voters.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:20:46 +0000
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Alabama Democrats Look for a Black Backlash Over Voting RightsDemocrats in Alabama and beyond are trying to harness Black anger over the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act and the Republican redistricting that followed.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:39:49 +0000
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In Wyoming’s G.O.P. Primaries, an Emphatic Rebuke of the Hard RightThe Wyoming Freedom Caucus had ambitions for a total takeover of elected state government. But its candidates were rejected from the governor’s mansion to the Legislature.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:26:07 +0000
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Everyone’s Using This A.I. Dictation App That I Want to Murder With a HammerWispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I “wrote” this column with it.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:54 +0000
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Google’s Pixel 11 Comes With Plenty of A.I. Does Anyone Want That?The phone’s artificial intelligence can order groceries, book tables and take photos on a user’s behalf. But is it something people really want?Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:06:05 +0000
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North Korean Official Dismisses Reduced Drills Between US and South KoreaKim Yo-jong, a powerful adviser and sister of Kim Jong-un, also said she was “unaware” of any communication with Washington, contradicting President Trump’s claim her brother had responded to his outreach.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:17:09 +0000
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Israel confirms soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed and opens criminal investigationThe five-year-old Palestinian girl initially survived the attack and pleaded for help but her body was recovered later with those of six of her relatives.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:33:32 GMT
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Australia 'outraged' after Israeli decision not to prosecute over killing of aid worker in GazaForeign minister says she will summon Israeli ambassador over 'insulting' Zomi Frankcom decision.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:55:37 GMT
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Sacked Ukrainian defence minister calls for presidential electionMartial law has been in place in Ukraine since February 2022, under which elections are suspended.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:34:39 GMT
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Israel opens up bids for highly-sensitive West Bank settlement projectIsraeli plans to build on the area east of Jerusalem - which would divide the occupied West Bank in two - have long been internationally condemned.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:16:28 GMT
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South Korea shortens war games with US, citing Washington requestIt comes after Trump announced plans to curtail joint military exercises with South Korea, citing a "very good" relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:39:49 GMT
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Ukrainian man arrested in Croatia over Nord Stream pipeline blastsThe man is alleged to have been one of the scuba divers who planted explosives on the pipelines in 2022.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:31:48 GMT
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Ecuador intelligence chief and five Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crashMichele Sensi-Contugi, and his wife Stephany Hollihan among the seven people killed in the crash.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:32:15 GMT
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Head-on collision between bus and lorry in Brazil kills more than 20It is not yet clear what caused the two vehicles to crash into each other in the early hours of Wednesday morning.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:25:30 GMT
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Canada and US say they are finalising a trade deal, but details remain murkyPrime Minister Carney hailed "significant progress" in trade talks as the two countries seek to hammer out final details ahead of a new weekend tariff deadline.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:32:37 GMT
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Two detained after French influencer's scorched body found in vineyardSonia Bellina's body was "abandoned" after "a murder of rare savagery", the family's lawyer says.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:04:39 GMT
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81-year-old confesses to German cold case murder of US tourist in 1994Amy Lopez from Texas was last seen alive in September 1994 while on a visit to a fortress in Koblenz.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:26:21 GMT
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'I was born in South Africa', says beauty queen facing legal bid to deport herChidimma Adetshina is challenging efforts to have her deported from South Africa, which she says is her home.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:12:41 GMT
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Trump administration can target Ethiopians for deportationJudge Brian Murphy cleared the way for the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians living in the US.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:11:19 GMT
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Watch: SpaceX rocket spotted off Christmas Island coastA SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July, and crashed into the Indian Ocean, made an unexpected appearance off Christmas Island.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:01:57 GMT
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Angélique Kidjo becomes first African musician with Hollywood Walk of Fame starWithout Africans, no music is possible on this planet, says the 66-year-old musical icon from Benin.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:36:25 GMT
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Pentagon quizzes NATO allies on political loyalty, documents revealNATO allies probed on loyalty to US policies in Pentagon questionnaire obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:24:43 +0000
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Lebanon hands former Syrian army general to Damascus after arrest warrantThe transfer is the first from Lebanon involving a Syrian military officer who fled after al-Assad's government fell.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:21:32 +0000
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Trump announces ‘most crushing economic operation ever’ against IranUS president also says any country that trades with Iran will 'face tremendous economic consequences'.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:18:32 +0000
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What the social media addiction lawsuit could cost MetaLandmark trial against Meta could lead to fines and fundamental changes in Facebook and Instagram's operations.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:01:26 +0000
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“I get along with him very well.”US President Donald Trump praised his relationship with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:35:34 +0000
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Israeli strike on Gaza City police headquarters kills women’s police chiefAn Israeli strike on Gaza City’s police headquarters has killed the women’s police chief and several officers.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:22:17 +0000
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Displaced Lebanese watch southern Lebanon’s ‘pilot zones’ from afar“You can't do anything. Just stand here and watch.” Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem watched Israeli attacks near his home town.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:10:39 +0000
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Israel orders inquiry into killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab in GazaThe Israeli military announced criminal investigations into the killings of six-year-old Hind Rajab.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:09:15 +0000
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USS Lincoln woes highlight US Navy limits in prolonged Iran war: ExpertsReports of dire conditions underscore supply challenges, questions of US plans going forward, experts say.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:01:54 +0000
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Spain plans transfer of 500 migrant children from Ceuta to mainlandCeuta leaders want children returned to Morocco, but Madrid says deporting them is 'outrageous'.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:53:55 +0000
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Moderna, Merck unveil mRNA-based cancer vaccine that cuts spreadModerna's mRNA vaccine Intismeran shows promise, reducing melanoma recurrence and spread in late-stage trials.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:39:14 +0000
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What’s behind Israel’s latest attack on Syria?US envoy warns Israel's strike could have sparked direct confrontation with Turkish forces.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:18:40 +0000
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Seven people, mostly foreign tourists, killed in helicopter crash in KenyaEcuador's intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi and NBCUniversal journalist Jose Suarez are among the dead.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:53:12 +0000
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582 skeletons, including children discovered in Sri Lanka mass graveA Sri Lankan mass grave excavation has uncovered 582 skeletons, including babies and children.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:26:58 +0000
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Protests in Kyiv back ex-defence minister Fedorov’s call for electionsUkrainians in Kyiv held a protest in support of ousted defence Minister Mykailo Fedorov.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:09:53 +0000
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CodeSOD: Back to the LabMatlab is special. Scientists and researchers love it. Programmers hate it, and not just because it uses 1-based arrays. I've worked on a number of projects where the task was "take this Matlab code and convert it to C so we can run it on an embedded CPU". Somehow, in that process, I've avoided learning much about Matlab. Andre works on a team that uses Matlab to manage experimental scenarios. They wanted to do a simple task: generate a set of participant-specific images, store them in a database, and reference them later. Somewhere in the intersection of the database product they were using, the Matlab license they had, and other constraints, they discovered that there simply was no good way to do this. Enter "Jude". Jude said, "Don't worry about it, I can ...Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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Floating AlongToday's submitter John F. was migrating data from a Microsoft platform to a Microsoft platform, using Microsoft tools. Absolutely nothing could go wrong, right? Right? A few years ago, I was working on a migration. We had sold part of our business, and so we had to extract a whole bunch of customer documents and metadata to provide to the buyer. The documents were stored in SharePoint on-premises, so the first step was extracting the metadata and storing it in a SQL Server database. A colleague had used Microsoft's ETL tool SSIS to get the process started, and it generated a database schema. But after taking over, I wanted to change to PowerShell for greater control. For speed reasons, I decided to use System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy, and getting that go ...Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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The State of TicketingDeveloping software can't simply be done with a text editor and a compiler. There are a variety of other tools we have to bring to bear that support our efforts and keep the team organized, like say, source control. There are certain tools we all have to use that I would argue, nobody has actually make a version that's any good. Build tooling is one of my go-to examples: there are no good build systems, only build systems that are good enough for this task. Another is ticket/task management. In fact, I'd go so far as to say, there are no good ticket management tools. Amongst the not good tools, I'd put Jira as one of the not goodest of all. What makes Jira attractive to companies is the same thing that makes it miserable, and the thing that infects any "ente ...Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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Error'd: Zero to Zero in 0 seconds"So many zeroes! I'm in." W00H000! Kivi S. "found this ad in the wild. This must be a very large jackpot, look at all those zeroes!" "I knew it!" groused an anonymous cynic. "Yes, SignUpGenius. We all know that SUCCESS is just an illusion." Another anonymous grouch reported "I guess JustWatch has suddenly become a bit precious about their sources" "These boots are made for crashing" thundered Michael R. "PII of the developer have been removed to protect the not so innocent." You can't hide PHP so easily. And again from prolific Michael R. "El Reg has been around for 30+ years and their code should be mature. I wonder about their SQL which seems to randomly return duplicate records. https://www.theregister.com/week". I'll be happy when Er ...Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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CodeSOD: Never Eating the CookieMaciej works as a freelancer, and that frequently means picking up old PHP code that nobody wants to support. One project had been lingering for ages with key features missing. Specifically, it was supposed to make HTTP requests to other services on an interval, and use that to populate its data. "The old dev tried, but never got it working." It was Maciej's turn to give it a shot. $ch = curl_init( $url ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, $cookie ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, $cookie ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIE, $cookie); // ... many other options set, of course not in a function, just copy-pasted in many locations in the code ... curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $interval ); $s = curl_exec( $ch ); curl_close( $ch ); This particula ...Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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Branching Paths"You submitted a pull request." Indika was, in fact, reviewing the comments she'd gotten on that very same pull request, when her boss, Bill, walked up behind her. What she didn't understand is why Bill said it like it was an accusation. "Yes?" she replied. "Okay, well, we don't do that here. You're new, so I'll let it slide, but please review the developer guide." Well, Indika had reviewed the developer guide, or at least thought she had. As it turned out, there was the official, company wide developer guide. That's the one she'd read. But Bill maintained his own, for his team. He hadn't ever told her about it, but apparently assumed she'd have the oracular blessings of Apollo and find it by herself. It had this to say: Branching is prohibited. Merging is ...Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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CodeSOD: Public Private PartnershipEric O was trawling through an API for handling concurrency, and found this little mismatch between the comment and the definition: /// <summary> /// private Status, because while this object needs to be able to set the status, consumers should only be able to check it, lest everything break. /// </summary> public StatusType Status { get { return _status; } set { if (value != _status) { RaisePropertyChanged("Status"); } } } It's very important we make this property private, lest clients abuse it, and unleash dragons, chaos, and other potential horrors. Given that this happens inside of a concurrency API, I can only imagine what could go wrong when you mess this up. So sure, the comment makes se ...Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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The CrossroadsI moved some things around on my calendar. 4:00 PM today is open. Please come to the executive floor. -Leila For a while I was stunned, staring at the email in front of me. I’d just told my boss I was quitting, refusing a promotion into my recently-deceased mentor Aggie’s shoes. Now, the new head of Human Resources wanted to see me. Me? A Tech Support drone with one foot out the door? Well, she didn’t know that yet, did she? Something in me feared where this might lead. But, Leila had stuck her neck out to rescue me from CEO Gibbs. She seemed like she cared about making things better. I decided to hear her out. Figured I owed her that much before I blew outta there for good in two weeks. I had way too many hours to kill. Between whittling down my overstuffe ...Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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Error'd: Time Wounds All HeelsLooked to the past for some time-traveling entries to round out a themed post. They're 25% fresh. Robert apparently got a notification of a planned past delivery. It could be just a case of two systems that don't report different time zones, but even so, that's a wtf. Says he: "I just received an email from OnePlus this morning letting me know they have updated the planned delivery date for my order to Yesterday. I guess the delivery driver is going to time travel to get there on time since it still hasn't arrived. " Kinkster Ypsilon Omega was really turned on by a time-traveling hottie who posted a photo an hour before joining. "(Heavily redacted screenshot.) Either Fetlife (a kink community website) is very welcoming to time travelers, or allows ...Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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A More Civilized AgeGreta (previously) sends us more updates from her "Ancient Development Environment". An important task an IDE must do is report build errors to its users. Arguably, that's one of the most important parts. I wouldn't know, I insist on building from the CLI all the time, because IDEs confuse and frighten me. I recognize I'm the weird one here, who is more comfortable in GDB than in a GUI debugger, but this isn't about me, it's about the IDE Greta is using. It needs to display an error. Why does it need to display an error? Well, Greta hasn't figured that out yet. The error I'm about to show you doesn't really explain what happened or why or give any hint as to what needs to be done to fix it. To make matters more confusing, it doesn't happen consistently, so s ...Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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CodeSOD: Connection StateFrederick A sends us a bit of null checking code, and offers us a better solution. class ConferenceService { /// <summary> /// Checks if conference is active /// </summary> public bool IsCalling() { try { return m_ConnectionService.Core.State.IsWebRTCConnected; } catch { return false; } } } This is for a web conferencing tool, which uses WebRTC to set up connections between clients in the chat. This function checks if the chat is active by checking a IsWebRTCConnected flag. But as you can see in this code, that flag is on a long chain of objects, some of which may not exist when this function is called. Thus, we wrap the whole thing up in a try/catch. If anything throws an exception, we know we can just return false. It's ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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CodeSOD: Always Take the OptionFrequent submitter Capybara James sends us this simple snippet, which highlights that even when you have the lovely convenience of Optional types, you can use them wrong. if (StringUtils.hasLength(dto.getAssetModelUUID()) // Other conditions ) { return Optional.ofNullable(dto); } We access the getAssetModelUUID member of dto, and if it's a non-empty string, we can then return a nullable of this thing that's definitely not null in the first place. Okay, in the scheme of things, that's not that bad. All we're really doing is just not using the syntactic sugar that automatically boxes your dto into a nullable type. On it's own, it's not bad, just ugly. But like all things, it doesn't exist on its own. It exists inside of a giant pile of code where this pa ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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Lose Some PaddingFlat-file style databases were designed to fit the constraints of the systems they were running on. You specify your schema in terms of "how many characters in a file we use to store this data", meaning something like this: JOHN SMITH 12343rd StAnytown PA12345 is read in my knowing that the first name field is 8 characters wide, the last name field is 8 characters wide, the street number is 4 digits, and so on. It's also a terrible schema, and woe to anyone with a long name. But many a mainframe had a similar schema. Now, let's think about maintenance here. What happens when we also want to store a middle initial? We've created for ourselves a problem. Somehow, I have to insert a character into every row, which basically means making a new table wit ...Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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Error'd: I Believe In LingonberriesI've never been a huge fan of their furniture but I will happily demolish a plate of meatballs. Jan agrees "My loyalty to this Swedish megastore is immeasurable." "Choosing Concert Seats is Surprisingly Hard" for jeffphi who explains "While I have mixed feelings about indulging in nostalgia tours, I was curious to see seating options for this Rick Springfield concert. Turns out I *still* have questions!" "Would you like to undo this unspecified problem?" richard H. rants "This came out of nowhere while composing an email. (I think I had just hit 'enter' to move to the next line.) Does anyone at Microsoft read these error dialogs before they ship it? Anyone? Is anyone at Microsoft forced to endure their own software?" An anonymous fan of extin ...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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CodeSOD: Negative DaysKillian Brendel was looking through the .NET source code, and found this comment on the TimeSpan struct. // TimeSpan represents a duration of time. A TimeSpan can be negative // or positive. // // TimeSpan is internally represented as a number of milliseconds. While // this maps well into units of time such as hours and days, any // periods longer than that aren't representable in a nice fashion. // For instance, a month can be between 28 and 31 days, while a year // can contain 365 or 364 days. A decade can have between 1 and 3 leapyears, // depending on when you map the TimeSpan into the calendar. This is why // we do not provide Years() or Months(). Okay, a TimeSpan represents a duration of time. Makes sense. I ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:30:00 GMT
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OpenRouter is joining StripeOriginal link: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/openrouter-is-joining-stripe/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:32:38 +0000
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Go 1.27Original link: https://go.dev/blog/go1.27Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:33:49 +0000
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Google replaced Git tags for certain source code with obtaining via Google DriveOriginal link: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117057099753905023Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:47:29 +0000
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Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut MakerOriginal link: https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2026/07/01/cricut-unlock/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:06:16 +0000
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Unsloth Dynamic 3.0 GGUFsOriginal link: https://unsloth.ai/docs/basics/dynamic-3.0-ggufsWed, 19 Aug 2026 18:36:45 +0000
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Os8088.com: IBM XT OS now has a Browser, CP/M 2.2 with Z80 core and MS Word 1.1aOriginal link: https://os8088.com/spotlight/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:11:31 +0000
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Sol Loves to CheatOriginal link: https://jumploops.com/blog/sol-loves-to-cheat/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:29:51 +0000
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A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfareOriginal link: https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2026/08/19/sondehub-and-war/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:21:50 +0000
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DFlash 2: Keep Drafting ParallelOriginal link: https://inco.ai/blog/dflash2/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:28:43 +0000
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Feature Request: Support AGENTS.mdOriginal link: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6235Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:19:50 +0000
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Casio F-B100W-1AOriginal link: https://www.casio.com/uk/watches/casio/product.F-B100W-1A/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:28:01 +0000
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Pressed Penny Machine MapOriginal link: https://pennypresses.net/home/map.phpWed, 19 Aug 2026 20:13:47 +0000
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The little-known winstart.bat batch fileOriginal link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260811-00/?p=112605Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:37:18 +0000
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Geolocating a random island using geometry and CUDA programmingOriginal link: https://yassa9.github.io/osint/gralhix-004/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:19:52 +0000
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Mathematics in the age of AIOriginal link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16753Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:14:25 +0000
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PINE64 Halts Linux Device Production Amid DRAM and EMMC ShortagesBrianFagioli writes: PINE64 has some very bad news for Linux hardware fans. PINE64 says it has no plans to produce additional Linux devices in the near future because of the ongoing DRAM and eMMC shortage. Future production will depend on component pricing after mid 2027, while existing PineNote and PineTab2 inventory could run out in roughly three months. The company says PineTime, PineVoice, and Pinecil production will continue as usual, but the outlook for its Linux hardware is much less certain. "That's it for this post, all in all it's a bit bleak for the Linux devices, but in the meantime PineStore still have a great lineup of MCU powered devices which will continue to expand with more exciting devices," the company said. Read more of this story a ...2026-08-19T23:00:00+00:00
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Stripe Buys AI Startup OpenRouter For $7.5 BillionStripe is acquiring AI model marketplace OpenRouter as it pushes beyond payments into the infrastructure behind AI applications. According to The New York Times, the deal is reportedly valued at about $7.5 billion, with $1.5 billion allocated to OpenRouter's founders. Less than three months ago the company was valued at about $1.3 billion. CNBC reports: OpenRouter has become popular with developers seeking to use AI models, particularly those considered non-proprietary and available for free. Many of these so-called open-weight AI models stem from Chinese labs like DeepSeek and Z.ai, which have gained steam among developers for generally being more cost-efficient relative to proprietary AI models from U.S. companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. In a blog pos ...2026-08-19T22:00:00+00:00
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Amazon's Drones Will Soon Deliver to Nearly 500 US Cities and TownsAmazon says its Prime Air drone delivery service will expand sixfold to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026, including metro areas around Chicago, Syracuse, Cleveland, Atlanta, and Boise. According to Amazon Prime Air vice president David Carbon, the service has already delivered "hundreds of thousands of packages to customers" this year, typically within about an hour. The Verge reports: These will join 11 locations across the US where Amazon already offers drone deliveries, with each Prime Air site serving an area of approximately 175 square miles. The service aims to quickly deliver packages of up to 5 pounds or less [...]. Amazon reiterated its drone safety features alongside these expansion plans, including Prime Air's "industry-leading ...2026-08-19T21:00:00+00:00
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Music Publisher Round Hill Files $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Suits Against Suno, AnthropicIndependent music publisher Round Hill is suing Suno and Anthropic for allegedly using hundreds of copyrighted songs without permission to train their AI systems. The company says potential damages could exceed $1 billion, arguing there is "nothing fair" about building multibillion-dollar AI businesses on copyrighted material while rights holders receive nothing. From The Hollywood Reporter: Round Hill is a prominent music publisher whose copyrights include the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris," Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," the Kinks' "Lola" and Dio's "Holy Diver." The company provided a list of 500 songs that the defendants had infringed upon. Round Hill said in the suits that the company plans to "amend to list potentially ten thousand or more of their ...2026-08-19T20:00:00+00:00
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CISA: Medusa Ransomware Hit Over 500 Critical Infrastructure OrgsCISA says the Medusa ransomware operation has breached more than 500 U.S. critical infrastructure organizations since 2021, up from more than 300 reported last year. The group has targeted healthcare, government, defense, manufacturing, IT and financial organizations, evolving into a ransomware-as-a-service operation that recruits initial-access brokers and uses stolen data to pressure victims into paying. BleepingComputer reports: The three federal agencies recommended that network defenders secure their networks against the ransomware group's attacks by mitigating security vulnerabilities to protect operating systems, software, and firmware from exploitation attempts. Security teams are also advised to segment networks to block lateral movement after compr ...2026-08-19T19:00:00+00:00
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Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From ReturningModerna and Merck say their personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine significantly reduced both cancer recurrence and spread in a late-stage trial. The treatment could reach patients as soon as next year if regulators approve it. Reuters reports: Moderna developed the vaccine with Merck and tested it together with immunotherapy drug Keytruda, a widely used treatment for melanoma. [...] This is the first positive late-stage trial result for an mRNA cancer vaccine, which trains a patient's immune system to fight tumors by targeting specific mutations in those cells and the first such study to show that adding a treatment to Keytruda worked better than that therapy alone. Similar approaches are being tested against lung, breast and pancreatic cancers. [...] The can ...2026-08-19T18:00:00+00:00
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X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study FindsAn anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: X's algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The paper, titled Value misalignment of X's feed algorithm is a reflection of value tensions in engagement, found that the site's algorithm prioritized engagement above all else when it generated a user's For You Page. It also showed that X serves more ragebait to people who say they are Democrats, although the exact reason for that is unclear. "In 2026 that's maybe not the most surprising headline ever," Ziv Epstein, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, and co-author of the paper, told 404 Media. "So we actually dug in a little deep ...2026-08-19T17:00:00+00:00
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Army Unit Offers 4-Day Pass to Play GTA VI As Reenlistment IncentiveA U.S. Army battalion at Fort Stewart is offering soldiers a four-day pass timed to the release of Grand Theft Auto VI if they reenlist for at least two years. The program is limited to one unit for now, but it fits the Army's broader effort to appeal to gamers as a recruiting and retention pool. CBS News reports: Twenty soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia in the Army's 9th Brigade Engineering Battalion, part of the 3rd Infantry Division, have already chosen this incentive as part of their reenlistment, an Army spokesperson told CBS News on Wednesday. "The idea was to have a unique incentives program that connects to what Soldiers are interested in," Lt. Col. Angel Tomko, a spokesperson for the 3rd Infantry Division, said in a statement. "The command team, i ...2026-08-19T16:12:00+00:00
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Chinese Robotics Giant Unitree Soars In Stock Market DebutChinese robotics giant Unitree surged more than 600% in its Shanghai stock market debut, marking the first mainland Chinese listing by a humanoid robot maker and a major milestone for Beijing's robotics ambitions. The BBC reports: Unitree, officially known as Yushu Technology Co Ltd, was founded in 2016 and now plays a key role in Beijing's ambitions to develop advanced technology. It has become a robotics industry leader, selling devices from sensors and automated arms to four-legged and human-like machines. The firm shipped more than 5,500 humanoid robots last year as demand for the technology grows. Unitree is one of the few companies in the sector to make money, delivering a net profit of 278 million yuan in 2025. It is a fierce rival to developers in ...2026-08-19T15:00:00+00:00
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Babies Born Under Sugar Rationing Grew Into Adults With Lower Cancer RiskA study of more than 64,000 people born around the end of Britain's postwar sugar rationing found that those exposed to less sugar during their first 1,000 days had lower rates of five cancers decades later, including roughly 69% lower liver cancer risk and 36% lower breast cancer risk. They also "showed signs of slower biological aging" and "continued to consume less sugar and had healthier diets overall," according to the authors of a new study published in The Conversation. From the report: After the second world war, sugar remained rationed in Britain for several years. But in September 1953, rationing ended and people started eating a lot more sugar. Consumption nearly doubled. This meant that children born just a few months apart had very different lev ...2026-08-19T11:00:00+00:00
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Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 Kilometersalternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Optical fibers are already the backbone of global communication systems. Recently, however, physicists have started to explore how their functionality could be boosted further by conveying information via entangled quantum particles -- potentially enabling instantaneous exchanges of information across vast distances. Such a system could eventually be the basis of a future 'quantum internet,' offering a level of security and computing power beyond anything possible today. In new research published in Physical Review Letters, a team led by Xi-Yu Luo at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei has pushed that vision further than ever, entangling two quantum memories across 420 kilometers (261 mi ...2026-08-19T07:00:00+00:00
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Top Album Releases Linked To Rise In Fatal CrashesAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The release of a new album by Taylor Swift might be a cause for celebration among her fans, but such events have also been linked to a more sombre phenomenon: an increase in fatal car crashes. The team behind a new study say it sheds light on the impact of distracted driving. Writing in the journal Jama Network Open, [Vishal Patel, first author of the study based at Harvard Medical School] and colleagues report how they focused on the release of 10 major albums, launched between 2017 and 2022, selected for having the highest number of Spotify streams over a single day. [...] The team found streaming volume for the top 200 songs in the US was 43% higher on the date of major album releases compared with th ...2026-08-19T03:30:00+00:00
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Cursor Launches 'Origin' Code Hosting Platform As GitHub AlternativeCursor has launched Origin, a GitHub-style code hosting platform built directly into its AI coding environment. The company is initially positioning Origin as a low-risk layer on top of GitHub, keeping GitHub as the "source of truth," but the launch landed just as a major GitHub outage highlighted growing concerns about reliability in the age of AI-generated code. VentureBeat reports: Cursor began rolling out Origin, its own code hosting platform, to paid users on Monday morning. Roughly three and a half hours later, GitHub's status page lit up with what became a six-hour-and-forty-two-minute global degradation -- error rates near 20% across pull requests, issues and the API, and near 50% on archive and raw file downloads, according to GitHub's incident log. ...2026-08-18T23:00:00+00:00
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Comcast Is Turning Millions of Its Routers Into Motion DetectorsComcast is activating Wi-Fi motion sensing on millions of compatible Xfinity gateways, allowing the routers to detect movement by measuring disruptions in signals between the gateway and connected devices. The free feature, part of Xfinity Shield, can send activity alerts through the Xfinity app and offers Home, Away, and nighttime monitoring modes without requiring separate motion sensors. The Verge reports: Wi-Fi motion sensing is a technology that has been around for a while, but it's only recently that it's become accurate and reliable enough to catch on. Linksys launched a similar service in 2021, but discontinued it a few years later. Lighting company Wiz launched a line of Wi-Fi-sensing smart bulbs in 2023, and more recently Philips Hue deployed a sim ...2026-08-18T22:00:00+00:00
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Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Threats to Broadcast LicensesDisney and ABC are suing the FCC to block an early review of eight station licenses, arguing the Trump administration is using the agency's regulatory power to punish the network over programming and editorial decisions it dislikes. Reuters reports: In a lawsuit (PDF) filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, Disney said the FCC was seeking to coerce and retaliate against "a network that refuses to bow to the administration's demands," calling the agency's actions an "extraordinary assault on free speech." Trump has waged an aggressive series of attacks on the news media and the latest move follows a two-year-long battle between Trump and Disney. Last month, Trump again called for ABC stations to lose their licenses because the network refused to air a p ...2026-08-18T21:00:00+00:00
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Rogue ransomware affiliate poses as recovery firm to steal paymentsA suspected ransomware affiliate is posing as a ransomware recovery service called "Ransom Busters," contacting the victims before the attacks become public and claiming to be able to provide decryption keys and delete stolen data for a fee. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:59:58 -0400
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Sakura Internet hack exposes data of up to 1.36 million accountsJapanese cloud and data center service provider Sakura Internet disclosed that hackers accessed its sales management system, where customer contract and membership information is stored. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:53:38 -0400
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Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patientsU.S. healthcare IT company CareCloud disclosed that the data breach incident it suffered earlier this year has impacted more than 3.7 million individuals. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:07:12 -0400
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Hackers compromise 14,500 Dahua web cameras in 35-day campaignIn a large-scale campaign that researchers dubbed CameraSwarm, hackers compromised more than 14,500 Dahua IP cameras mostly in Ukraine and Russia. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:09:13 -0400
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US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructureU.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:50:01 -0400
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US charges Iranian hackers over $3.4 billion intellectual property theftThe U.S. has charged 17 Iranians, alleged members of a hacking-for-hire company called Mabna Institute, involved in years-long operations that stole data from American organizations. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:56:09 -0400
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Password spraying attacks surge 155x as hackers exploit MFA gapsHuntress observed a 155x increase in password spraying attacks in H1 2026, including a campaign that generated more than 81 million login attempts in two weeks. The attacks exploited legacy authentication and gaps in MFA policies that left some login flows unprotected. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:10 -0400
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Microsoft fixes known issue causing Windows Defender crashesMicrosoft has resolved a bug that caused Windows Defender to crash after a recent security update, resulting in 0xc0000005 access violation errors on some affected systems. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:14:28 -0400
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Critical RCE flaw in Windows IKE Extension now actively exploitedThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions component. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:12:24 -0400
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Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro reach end of support in 2 monthsMicrosoft has reminded customers that systems running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 24H2 will stop receiving updates in two months. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:10:20 -0400
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CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure orgsThe FBI said Tuesday that the Medusa ransomware gang has breached more than 500 critical infrastructure organizations in the United States since June 2021. [...]Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:48 -0400
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Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detectorComcast is promoting WiFi-based motion detection as a part of its new Xfinity Shield home protection platform, allowing routers and wireless devices to detect people moving through a home without cameras or motion sensors. [...]Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:14:58 -0400
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Clop created custom web shell for Windchill data theft attacksA custom Java web shell likely linked to the Clop ransomware gang was designed specifically for PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers, with built-in features to decrypt credentials, enumerate file repositories, and steal files. [...]Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:29:51 -0400
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Your Controls Block Known Attacks. What About the Behavior?Security controls can block a familiar attack method while missing quieter ways to achieve the same objective. Picus Security's Blue Report 2026 shows how prevention rates can vary dramatically by technique and why behavioral testing is needed to uncover those gaps. [...]Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:01:11 -0400
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Microsoft tests faster Windows File Explorer, new context menuMicrosoft has started testing a faster File Explorer and a less cluttered and more customizable context menu in Windows 11 preview builds rolling out to Insiders this week. [...]Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:14:28 -0400
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This is how my buddy smokes his joints. I am angry everytime i see his ashtrayHow many full joints do you guys think are wasted here submitted by /u/RobIrgendwer to r/mildlyinfuriating [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T19:56:08+00:002026-08-19T19:56:08+00:00
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Bellingham, Wash. businesses say continued decline in Canadian visitors damaging - BCsubmitted by /u/cyclinginvancouver to r/britishcolumbia [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T18:00:19+00:002026-08-19T18:00:19+00:00
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The Christian Crusade demonstration in Dearborn, MI on August 18, 2026.submitted by /u/sk8rznvrquit to r/pics [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T20:31:53+00:002026-08-19T20:31:53+00:00
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What's the dumbest reason you have heard for a couple getting divorced?submitted by /u/yourpussydestroyerr to r/AskReddit [link] [comments]2026-08-19T19:33:33+00:002026-08-19T19:33:33+00:00
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Game Thread: August 19 - Toronto Blue Jays (62-65) @ Tampa Bay Rays (75-50) - 6:40 PMBlue Jays (62-65) @ Rays (75-50) First Pitch: 6:40 PM at Tropicana Field Team Starter TV Radio Blue Jays Max Scherzer (1-5, 6.59 ERA) Rays Drew Rasmussen (12-5, 2.78 ERA) MLB Fangraphs Baseball Savant Reddit Stream Discord IRC Chat Gameday Game Graph Strikezone Map Live Comments Discord Libera: ##baseball Line Score - Second and third, 1 Out, Bottom of the 4th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB TOR 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 TB 2 0 0 2 4 4 0 1 Box Score TB AB R H RBI BB SO BA LF Simpson 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 3B Caminero 2 1 1 0 0 0 .276 1B Aranda 2 0 0 0 0 0 .284 DH Díaz, Y 1 2 1 2 1 0 .307 C Hicks, L 2 1 1 0 0 0 .282 CF Mullins 0 0 0 0 2 0 .210 RF Vilade 2 0 0 0 0 1 .261 2B Palacios, R 2 0 1 2 0 0 .245 SS ...2026-08-19T19:40:10+00:002026-08-19T19:40:10+00:00
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Flew home from our vacation without my fiancéWe were supposed to be in Greece for another 4 days. Last night my fiancé got way too drunk at the hotel bar and started talking to this older married couple next to us. Somehow marriage came up and he told them he was “mostly getting married because it feels like the next thing you're supposed to do.” I thought he was joking until the wife looked at me and went completely silent. We got back to the room and I asked him what the hell that meant. He basically unloaded everything. He misses being single, thinks we got engaged too fast, apparently feels like I pressured him even though HE proposed, and then finished it off by telling me I was ruining the vacation by making it into a big deal. He fell asleep 20 minutes later. I did not lol. Packed my suitc ...2026-08-19T21:31:17+00:002026-08-19T21:31:17+00:00
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Carney asks provinces to return U.S. alcohol to storessubmitted by /u/cyclinginvancouver to r/britishcolumbia [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T22:44:42+00:002026-08-19T22:44:42+00:00
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Canadian Tire on Hunt Club and "bag checks"I bought some light bulbs at Canadian Tire today. After I'd paid, the cashier asked to look in my backpack. I said no and left. She called the manager who ran after me and told me it was "store policy." I said I didn't care. He said all we want is a quick look in your backpack, and I said "I refuse." At that point, he realized I knew my rights and told me "Then next time, don't bring the backpack in." (Possibly the manager realized I was retired and had time to kill if they wanted to escalate this. 🙂 He may also have realized that I hadn't stolen anything and they'd be left with egg on their face if they pushed it.) I understand the need to prevent shoplifting, but either (1) make people place their bags in a locker or some othe ...2026-08-19T17:47:27+00:002026-08-19T17:47:27+00:00
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Hit and Run 427Ssubmitted by /u/Sebastimau to r/TorontoDriving [link] [comments]2026-08-19T21:21:55+00:002026-08-19T21:21:55+00:00
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Did you know? Electricians are using trained ferrets to pull wires through tight tunnels. No tool can reach, and it actually works.submitted by /u/uzmansahil7 to r/interestingasfuck [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T19:00:49+00:002026-08-19T19:00:49+00:00
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle are moving back to the UK this month, six years after leaving for the US. Their children, Archie & Lilibet, are enrolled to start at a British school in September. There are no current plans for either to reprise their official working roles within the Royal family.submitted by /u/cmaia1503 to r/Fauxmoi [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T21:18:02+00:002026-08-19T21:18:02+00:00
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Deck Collapses Under Officers During Missouri Warrant Raidsubmitted by /u/Interesting-Gate7473 to r/interestingasfuck [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T20:54:21+00:002026-08-19T20:54:21+00:00
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He Who Tries 😂submitted by /u/710dabner to r/EhBuddyHoser [link] [comments]2026-08-19T17:29:34+00:002026-08-19T17:29:34+00:00
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EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: 'Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society'submitted by /u/RenatsMC to r/gaming [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T18:53:50+00:002026-08-19T18:53:50+00:00
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What is this section for?I saw these while looking on FB marketplace, I assumed it was cd storage... But now I'm doubtful. What is this compartment actually for? submitted by /u/Luciel_Oh to r/whatisit [link] [comments] ...2026-08-19T22:22:28+00:002026-08-19T22:22:28+00:00
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