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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop (slashdot.org)

2026-07-21 | tags: isbndb, ai training data, pre-llm

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Apple’s new hardware subscription sounds great, except for one limitation (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-21 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple upgrade, mark gurman, apple watch

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Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: anthropic, claude, copyright

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Deals: AirTag 2, M5 MacBook Pro $320 off, Philips Hue Bridge Pro, Satechi CubeDock $100 off, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-21 | by Justin Kahn | tags: airtag 2, m5 macbook pro, philips hue

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Apple debuting new ‘Apple Upgrade’ leasing program next week, per report (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-21 | by Chance Miller | tags: apple, apple upgrade, klarna

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Anthropic hit with largest-ever $1.5 billion penalty in copyright lawsuit — court says training AI on published material is fair use, but startup’s pirated library infringes on authors’ rights (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Jowi Morales | tags: anthropic, copyright lawsuit, fair use

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Apple’s rumored ‘Upgrade’ program brings lease-to-own pricing for iPhones, Macs, and iPads (theverge.com)

2026-07-21 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: apple upgrade, iphone, macbook

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Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge (theverge.com)

2026-07-21 | by Emma Roth | tags: anthropic, ai models, copyright lawsuits

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With ‘Marvel Dimensions,’ Alex Ross Lights Up Superhero History [Exclusive] (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: alex ross, marvel dimensions, marvel

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5 Tech Tools That Cut Your Workday in Half for Summer Travel (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-21 | by Mario Armstrong | tags: sightpro, magnetic privacy screen, macbook

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Save $400 on a new 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 — 48GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 16-core processor for $2,699 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: macbook pro, apple, m5 chip

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Google finally fixes Gemini Notebook’s biggest organization headache (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: gemini notebook, google, android authority

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for July 21, #1136 (cnet.com)

2026-07-20 | by Gael Cooper | tags: youtube, facebook, instagram

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The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Scott Larson | tags: google, facebook, surveillance capitalism

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A Version of the ‘Dune: Part Three’ Art Book Comes With Actual Sandworm [Exclusive] (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: dune, sandworm, art book

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Deals: AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max 2 $100 off, AirTag 2 all-time low, M5 MacBook Pro $400 off, iPhone Air, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-20 | by Justin Kahn | tags: airpods pro 3, airpods max 2, airtag 2

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Mac beach balls and unresponsive trackpad? This fix seems to work (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-20 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: macos 26.5, mediaanalysisd, apple intelligence

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AI fakes a growing problem on Apple Books, some ‘written’ in a few hours (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-20 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple books, ai-generated ebooks, joanna stern

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Disney Is the Happiest Place on Earth, Unless You’re the Designated Scroller (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-20 | tags: disney, ride reservations, mobile booking

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Disney is the Happiest Place on Earth, Unless You’re the Designated Scroller (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-20 | tags: disney, ride reservations, mobile booking

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The 5 laptop features worth paying extra for, plus 3 you can ignore (zdnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: ram, asus zenbook, hp omnibook

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Order of Magnitude Physics a Textbook with Applications to the Retinal Rod(1998) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: order of magnitude, retinal rod, physics textbook

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Apple is raising prices on more than just Macs and iPads (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-19 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple, macbook air, apple vision pro

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Here are all the ways Apple is raising prices and why (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-19 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple, macbook pro, apple vision pro

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Judge a book by its first pages (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: maggie stiefvater, new york times, book samples

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Jurassic Park packed $4 million of legit 1993 computer hardware — a software engineer detailed every single piece of hardware in the film (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: silicon graphics, apple powerbook, jurassic park

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All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the US this year (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: honda prologue, rivian r2, ev sales

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All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: honda prologue, rivian r2, ev sales

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If You Build It, They Will Come (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | by Ben Landau-Taylor | tags: facebook, social groups, fanfiction

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Apple weekend deals: AirPods Pro 3, MacBook Pro up to $400 off, Series 11, chargers, bands, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-18 | by Justin Kahn | tags: apple, airpods pro, macbook pro