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1921.

Valve says that Steam Machine reservations won't be fulfilled until ‘the end of this year’ — company also releases CAD files for the PC console’s external shell under Creative Commons (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jowi Morales | tags: steam machine, valve, reservation queue

1922.

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

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

1923.

Gemini’s desktop app can now understand your screen through voice control (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: gemini, google, macos

1924.

Google will let Mac users talk to Gemini simply by pressing the 'fn' key (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Mariella Moon | tags: google, gemini, mac

1925.

Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: comet, perplexity, polar

1926.

PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Radim Marek | tags: postgresql, mvcc, vacuum

1927.

GPT-5.6 vs. Claude Fable 5 for Physical AI, which performs best? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: gpt-5.6, claude-fable-5, dyad harness

1928.

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

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

1929.

Ozlo’s Tiny New Sleep Earbuds Can Outlast the Biggest Oversleepers (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: ozlo, sleepbuds 2, earbuds

1930.

Apple Upgrade is a really great deal for one reason (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple upgrade, iphone 17 pro, apple watch

1931.

Show HN: Qwen Scribe – local transcription and dictation for Apple Silicon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: qwen scribe, apple silicon, qwen3-asr

1932.

A.I. companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: ai companies, electricians, carpenters

1933.

A.I. Companies Are Recruiting Electricians and Carpenters by the Thousands (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: ai companies, electricians, carpenters

1934.

South Korean Authorities Scrambling to Save Stock Market From AI Bubble (futurism.com)

2026-07-29 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: korea composite stock price index, sk hynix, korea exchange

1935.

What’s the catch with the Apple Upgrade program? (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Emma Roth | tags: apple, upgrade program, iphone

1936.

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

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

1937.

An inside tour of Lenovo’s North Carolina AI server manufacturing line expansion — Chinese firm expanding US-native production to meet exploding demand (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Brandon Hill | tags: lenovo, whitsett, north carolina

1938.

These fake download websites look real and rank high on Google, until they swap the links for malware (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: wintoys, check point research, malware

1939.

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

1940.

OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: openai, chatgpt, humane ai pin

1941.

iOS 27 adds three new iPhone features you’ll use all the time (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: ios 27, siri ai, apple intelligence

1942.

Amazon Is Gutting Its AI Division After Sustained Failure (futurism.com)

2026-07-29 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: amazon, nova, openai

1943.

Health-ISAC warns of rising ShinyHunters data theft attacks on healthcare (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: shinyhunters, oauth, salesforce

1944.

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

1945.

Is AI facing a big financial reckoning? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-29 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: data centers, samsung, sk hynix

1946.

Google has quietly nuked the ‘Me Meme’ feature in Google Photos (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: google photos, me meme, generative ai

1947.

Visa Is Cutting 2,600 Jobs — AI Is Only Part of the Reason: ‘We Must Continue Evolving How We Work’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jonathan Small | tags: visa, stablecoins, cross-border payments

1948.

Galaxy S26 FE filing reveals faster charging speed than S26 and Z Flip 8 (androidauthority.com)

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

1949.

Testing laptops on battery and AC power — Comparing Intel, Qualcomm, Apple, and AMD (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Andrew E. Freedman | tags: intel, amd, apple

1950.

Teacher arrested for clapping in support of opposition at an AI data center meeting — gigawatt-scale project gets approved anyway despite community resistance (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai data center, emporia kansas, lux claridge