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Seagate to start qualifying record-setting 50TB HDDs in 2027 — most drives are sold out through 2028 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Anton Shilov | tags: seagate, hamr, mozaic 5

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You can stream local TV channels for free — here's how (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Alec Hively | tags: fcc, ota, digital tuner

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Xbox revenue drops 10 percent as Microsoft’s cloud and AI business surges (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Emma Roth | tags: xbox, microsoft azure, game pass

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X and an advertising trade group settle a legal dispute over an alleged 'boycott' (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kris Holt | tags: x corp, world federation of advertisers, garm

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Pokémon Pokopia's first DLC comes to Switch 2 on August 5 (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: pokémon pokopia, switch 2, bubbly basin

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6.5 Million Americans Live in Landslide Hazard Zones. A New Map Reveals if You’re One of Them (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: landslide hazard zones, americans, new map

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Code Faster Today … Fail Faster Tomorrow? (computer.org)

2026-07-29 | tags: ai coding assistants, technical debt, ieee computer society

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A 49-inch 144Hz curved monitor for under $500 is one of Amazon’s best display deals today (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: innocn, 49-inch monitor, display deals

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Cesium DevCon 2026 talks are up, including a keynote from SQLite's creator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: cesium, sqlite, star long

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Nvidia employee implicated in escalating AI GPU smuggling scandal, but demand only intensifies for Nvidia hardware (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jon Martindale | tags: nvidia, supermicro, ai gpu

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Nvidia employee implicated in escalating Supermicro smuggling scandal, but demand only intensifies for Nvidia hardware (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jon Martindale | tags: nvidia, supermicro, taiwan

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Galaxy S26 FE leak could be a bad sign for the pricing (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: galaxy s26 fe, samsung, dealabs

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This 83-Year-Old Entrepreneur Is Rejecting a $400 Million Payday: ‘I Don’t Need a 200-Foot Yacht’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: grady-white, fishing boats, eddie smith jr

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Somebody Remind Me Why Game Discs Are So Great Again? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: xbox, game discs, entitlements

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Negotiating Your Salary Is About More Than Money (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-07-29 | by Brian Jenney | tags: ieee spectrum, parsity, linkedin

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Google shuts down Nobel Prize winning AlphaFold (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Mariella Moon | tags: alphafold, google deepmind, protein folding

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Graph Engineering Needs a Compiler (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: langchain, graph engineering, compiler

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CipherX applies painless permanent tattoos with dissolving microneedle patches (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kat Barandy I Designboom | tags: cipherx, microneedle patches, tattoo technology

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GPU repair service will upgrade the 11GB of VRAM on your RTX 2080 Ti to 22GB — mod involves physically adjusting the strap resistors on the PCB to support a new BIOS (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: nvidia, rtx 2080 ti, gpu repair

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iPhone driver’s license looks set to roll out to a 15th US state (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple, iphone, digital id

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X Says Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Risks Interfering With Foreign Law (wired.com)

2026-07-29 | by Isabella Ward | tags: australia, social media, elon musk

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X Says Australia’s Under-16s Social Media Ban Risks Interfering With Foreign Law (wired.com)

2026-07-29 | by Isabella Ward | tags: australia, spacex, elon musk

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Tim Cook’s last earnings call comes at momentous time for Apple with stock at record (cnbc.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kif Leswing | tags: apple, iphone, nvidia

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The Download: a chip talent battle, and deflating AI hype (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-29 | by Charlotte Jee | tags: openai, hugging face, nvidia

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Why more data and compute won’t save algorithmic trading (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: algorithmic trading, retail investors, data signals

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If You AI-Generate Code, Hackers Just Found a Devious Method to Install Malware Directly on Your Computer (futurism.com)

2026-07-29 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: ai coding assistants, microsoft copilot, hallucusquatting

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Three US states to deploy 60mph drones armed with pepper spray to neutralize school shooters — ‘Campus Guardian Angel’ drones can also smash windows and ram attackers (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Mark Tyson | tags: mithril defense, campus guardian angel, drone defense

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Mercury Has a Radiation Belt After All—But It’s Super Wonky (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: mercury, radiation belt, magnetic field

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Chip stocks shed more than $1 trillion as selloff hits companies powering AI boom (cnbc.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz Lee Ying Shan | tags: nvidia, samsung electronics, taiwan semiconductor

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Remarkable’s refurbished bundle is an awesome deal that’s over $350 off (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Sheena Vasani | tags: remarkable, paper pro, woot