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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on August 17, 2026, 12:54:13 AM

Title: 2026 aug 15-16
Post by: rcjordan on August 17, 2026, 12:54:13 AM
Walmart recalls Marketside tomato bisque soup over possible Listeria risk | Fox Business
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-tomato-bisque-soup-recalled-possible-listeria-contamination

Massive egg recall in US south and south-west due to salmonella outbreak | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/15/egg-recall-us-south-and-south-west-salmonella-outbreak

He must not have been a billionaire
CEO sent to prison for 'largest Ponzi scheme in Georgia history' - UPI.com
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/08/14/ponzi-scheme-georgia/2581786761706/

He's dead, Jim.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he's "heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell" - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-health-update-andy-beshear-kentucky/

AI's Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-impact-environment-horrifying-new-paper

Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on rockets - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/policy-experts-europe-stuck-between-rock-and-a-hard-place-on-launch/

Kittanning man 1st recipient of robotic-assisted kidney transplant at AHN
https://triblive.com/local/regional/kittanning-man-1st-recipient-of-robotic-assisted-kidney-transplant-at-ahn/

Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/vulnerability-giving-attackers-full-control-of-macs-is-under-active-exploitation/

Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/google-ordered-to-make-it-easier-to-download-alternative-android-app-stores/

Technology optimism hour - macwright.com
https://macwright.com/2026/08/14/optimism-hour

DeepSeek Harness developer preview: Everything is a plugin
https://deepseek.com/harness/en/

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
https://web.archive.org/web/20260814152736/https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-glasses-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-people-make-highlight-reels-of-your-dinner-party/