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811.

With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Sean Hollister | tags: sharge disk pro, macbook pro, switch 2

812.

Mahershala Ali Has ‘Moved On’ From ‘Blade’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: mahershala ali, blade, marvel

813.

Publishers Are Losing Google Traffic As AI Answers Replace Links (slashdot.org)

2026-07-31 | tags: google, axios, chartbeat

814.

Ubisoft is shutting down its weird NFT game that came out two years after the whole craze died down (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: ubisoft, champions tactics, nft

815.

This new robot centaur designed to save lives is pure nightmare fuel (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: satyress, threehalves, robotics startup

816.

Google Messages is in for a search overhaul (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google messages, android authority, search overhaul

817.

New York Sues Kalshi For Running 'Illegal Gambling Operation' (slashdot.org)

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

818.

Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: snapchat, spotlight, ai-generated

819.

How OpenAI's agent escaped: Sprung by humans in a series of preventable events (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by David Berlind | tags: openai, hugging face, autonomous agent

820.

This new drone spins so fast the human eye can barely see it (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Alec Hively | tags: northwestern, phantom twist, drone invisibility

821.

New UGREEN Nexode Pro 160W GaN charger gets a 33% discount at Amazon (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ugreen, nexode pro, gan charger

822.

Shazam launches its first ever sticker pack to celebrate Ariana Grande’s new album (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-31 | by Benjamin Mayo | tags: shazam, ariana grande, apple

823.

Here’s an early look at Lenovo’s inaugural Googlebooks (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: googlebooks, lenovo, android

824.

New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open-Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Kim Zetter | tags: defcon, baochip, open-source

825.

Is AI reasoning right for the wrong reasons? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by John Pavlus | tags: large reasoning models, openai, apple

826.

Is AI Reasoning Right for the Wrong Reasons? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by John Pavlus | tags: large reasoning models, openai, apple

827.

Massively Parallel Postgres Backups (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: postgres, planetscale, wal replay

828.

AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Steven Levy | tags: twitter, creative revenue sharing, melodramas

829.

Anthropic reveals its Claude AI model hacked into 3 organizations during testing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: anthropic, claude, ai hacking

830.

WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: whatsapp, meta, whatsapp business platform

831.

AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ai chatbots, pig butchering, crypto scams

832.

How to fight a data center (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Igor Bonifacic | tags: xai, spacex, data center

833.

Apple stock opens down roughly 10% following mixed Q3 2026 results (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-31 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, iphone, app store

834.

Anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with robocall scammers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Associated Press | tags: stir/shaken, ustelecom, robocalls

835.

Anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jonathan Williams | tags: stir/shaken, ustelecom, robocalls

836.

Dwindling cash and soaring memory costs: Tech's AI buildout has ballooning price tag (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Annie Palmer Jordan Novet Lora Kolodny | tags: ai spending, amazon, alphabet

837.

Beat the AI price surge on PC hardware — leverage Newegg combo deals, track Amazon prices, and shop refurb outlets like Woot (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ben Stockton | tags: newegg, amazon, pc hardware

838.

LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button (slashdot.org)

2026-07-31 | tags: linkedin, ai slop, hari srinivasan

839.

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

840.

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