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Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera access (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: qr codes, browser-based transfer, decimen optical transfer

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Sub-$400 Thunderbolt 5 dock roundup — Keychron and Plugable offer dual HDMI, but UGREEN takes top spot with an M.2 NVMe slot (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Brandon Hill | tags: thunderbolt 5, keychron, plugable

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The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: generative ai, record charts, music industry

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61-Year-Old Japanese Man Arrested After Decade of Rocking Too Hard (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: japanese man, rock music, police arrest

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Slate Truck first drive: A minimalist's delight (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim Stevens | tags: slate truck, software experience, utility truck

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Nothing’s next big bet reportedly puts smartphones on the back burner (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: nothing, earbuds, smartwatches

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The Download: Montana’s new experimental drug rules (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-31 | by Charlotte Jee | tags: anthropic, openai, hugging face

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A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai-generated faces, vectorguidehq, riseguide

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We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai-generated faces, vectorguidehq, riseguide

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TGI Fridays store closures: See a list of locations that have lost the most restaurants since its bankruptcy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: tgi fridays, bankruptcy, chapter 11

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The ‘Boorman and the Devil’ Trailer Peeks Behind the Scenes of the Notorious ‘Exorcist’ Sequel (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: exorcist, boorman, hollywood

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New open source printer has 7 toolheads that swap in 5 seconds for fast, zero-waste multi-color 3D printing — Sovol M1D 3D printer is the first open-source IDEX design with an integrated tool-changer (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: sovol, 3d printer, orca slicer

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Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: ellis ai, private credit, ai agents

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Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM, AMD's 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3% with single stick (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jake Roach | tags: ddr5, amd ryzen 7 9800x3d, tom's hardware

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Your motherboard's M.2 SSD heatsink might be slowing down your SSD — Only 6 of 20 tested boards made full contact (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Joe Shields | tags: motherboard, m.2 ssd, heatsink

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PS5 emulation hits new milestone in record time, multiple 3D games now playable in Kyty — Performance and support steadily improving with 30 FPS gameplay possible today (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: ps5 emulation, kytyps5, sharpemu

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The Maxwell Conjecture Is False (GPT 5.6 Sol) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: maxwell conjecture, gpt 5.6, artificial intelligence

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Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: lightbulb, tungsten filament, lifespan

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Florida Saw 36 Leprosy Cases Last Year. The Source May Surprise You (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: florida, leprosy, infectious disease

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New York sues Kalshi for allegedly running an ‘illegal gambling operation’ (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Emma Roth | tags: kalshi, prediction markets, new york

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AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, nvidia geforce rtx 5050

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A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: ps5, xbox series, physical discs

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Android phones can now back up documents automatically to Google Drive, here’s how (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google drive, android phones, google play services

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MSI promises an EXPO ULL-like boost for your existing DDR5 memory — High-Efficiency Mode brings low-latency tuning to older RAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: msi, expo ull, amd

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Amazon Insiders Horrified at “Catastrophically Expensive” Internal AI Usage (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Frank Landymore | tags: amazon, anthropic, claude

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The Tech Download: Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf talks AI in warfare and manufacturing push (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Arjun Kharpal Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: anduril, autonomous weapons, defense industry

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Google Health could soon make your medical lab results much easier to understand (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google health, medical record infographic, lab reports

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How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ai-cheating, yale, generative ai

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Tom Holland: Sony ‘Never Found the Right Time’ for a Spider-Man/Venom Crossover (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: tom holland, sony, spider-man

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Modder der8auer builds 110cm 3D-printed chimney to passively cool Ryzen 7 9800X3D without fans, cuts temps by 19C — radically simple PC mod uses the 'stack effect' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: der8auer, ryzen 7 9800x3d, chimney cooling