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Report: Apple’s smart glasses will become a major health companion, but not initially (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-02 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, vision pro, fitness+

4262.

No, ‘Alien: Romulus 2’ Didn’t Get Canceled (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: alien, romulus, sequel

4263.

Common problems with Bluetooth speakers and how to fix them (engadget.com)

2026-08-02 | by Ben Stegner | tags: bluetooth, jbl flip 5, pairing mode

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Video2NAND – Abusing video codecs for great computational power (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: vp8, nand gates, video codecs

4265.

Microsoft Paint used as a 'monitor' to run Doom at up to 35 fps, project released by firm's Azure CTO — runs actual Doom engine and loads real shareware DOOM1.WAD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Mark Tyson | tags: microsoft, doom, azure

4266.

Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: linux, statcounter, north america

4267.

You Don’t Want Smart Glasses That Record Everything You Say—Trust Me (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: smart glasses, xgimi, memomind one

4268.

Opinion | The Math on AI Works Out Well for You (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-02 | tags: data centers, gold mine, society

4269.

Can using your phone while charging affect its battery life? (engadget.com)

2026-08-02 | by Christine Persaud | tags: bypass charging, sony xperia, samsung

4270.

Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US water suppliers in 45 municipalities — small towns mostly targeted, with utilities switching to manual control (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jowi Morales | tags: iran, water supply, cyberattacks

4271.

This Hi-Fi Tape Recorder Changed Radio Forever (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-02 | by Allison Marsh | tags: magnetic tape, magnetophon, aeg

4272.

AI Images Are Everywhere. Here’s What They Do to Our Brains, and What We Can Do. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-02 | tags: machine learning, neural networks, feed algorithms

4273.

Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Mark Tyson | tags: doom, fanattik, gamestop

4274.

F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: f* (f star), ocaml, microsoft research

4275.

SwitchBot Kata Friends AI Pet Review: Useless if You Don’t Pay Up (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: switchbot, kata friends, ai pet

4276.

AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors could fix microstutters and improve 1% lows in games — Next-gen CPUs tipped to feature per-core optimizations for thermal and power budgets (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd zen 6, ryzen 10000, cpuc performance control

4277.

The Simple Elegance of the Integrated Timing Belt Loopback Fastener (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Daniel Mangum | tags: actuated, belt, belts

4278.

Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170 (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, price increase

4279.

First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Aaron Klotz | tags: coreboot, dasharo, amd

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Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: ai customer research, demand generation, sales qualified leads

4281.

Every household management app I tried came up short, so I built my own with Claude (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: claude, android, household apps

4282.

A Coldcard firmware flaw let hackers drain $70 million in Bitcoin in 41 minutes, with losses now topping $88 million (techspot.com)

2026-08-02 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: coldcard, coinkite, bitcoin

4283.

SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jowi Morales | tags: spacexai, colossus data centers, nvidia h200

4284.

Meshdiff – visually compare two STL versions in the browser, client-side (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: meshdiff, stl, browser

4285.

Are Return-to-Office Mandates Killing Workers' Trust in Workplaces? (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: return-to-office, disaster avoidance experts, gleb tsipursky

4286.

RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: rtx 5060 ti, brother zhang, short pcb

4287.

8 Best Password Managers (2026), Tested and Reviewed (wired.com)

2026-08-02 | by Scott Gilbertson | tags: fido alliance, passkeys, apple

4288.

Show HN: Fuse – statically typed functional programming language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: system f, fuse language, rust

4289.

der8auer tests PC chimney effect, dropping CPU temps by 19°C with a 110cm 3D-printed tower (techspot.com)

2026-08-02 | by Zo Ahmed | tags: pc chimney effect, der8auer, ryzen 7 9800x3d

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90% of my searches don’t touch Google anymore — here’s what I use instead (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: google search, brave search, android authority