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Researchers build a drone that navigates with physical whiskers to operate in dark, dusty or smoky places where cameras or GPS can fail — sub-100 gram drones run 34KB software to enable sub-millimeter precision (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | get sub-100 gram micro FPV drone → | tags: delft university of technology, whisker sensor, tactile navigation

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A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: vantora, up.labs, john kuolt

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A startup that builds other startups raised $100M, and is all-in on physical AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: vantora, up.labs, john kuolt

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Clicks Communicator shipments begin in December (engadget.com)

2026-09-18 | by Will Shanklin | get Clicks Communicator phone → | tags: clicks communicator, physical keyboard, mediatek dimensity 8300

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Anthropic has set up a bio research lab for physical experiments (engadget.com)

2026-09-18 | by Mariella Moon | tags: anthropic, claude, biology research lab

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The Clicks Communicator Ships in December With More RAM and New Mobile Service (cnet.com)

2026-09-18 | by Patrick Holland | get Clicks Creator Keyboard Case iPhone → | tags: clicks communicator, blackberry-inspired phone, physical keyboard phone

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Razer's new $100 Kraken headset adds physical haptic feedback to over 100 supported games (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Razer Kraken V4 X Sensa HD Haptics headset → | tags: razer, kraken v4, haptic feedback

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How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-17 | by Marina Temkin | tags: bain capital ventures, artificial general intelligence, crusoe

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Rethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-09-16 | tags: badnets, physical ai, robot safety

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What happens when neutrinos swap identities inside a supernova? (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: neutrinos, core-collapse supernovae, physical review d

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Walmart takes a bite off the cost of Metroid Ravenous physical preorders (theverge.com)

2026-09-16 | by Brad Bourque | get Metroid Ravenous Switch 2 preorder → | tags: metroid ravenous, nintendo switch 2, walmart preorder

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This cheap handheld can emulate games, but also plays your physical GBA cartridges (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-16 | get Retroid Pocket handheld emulator GBA cartridge → | tags: gba cartridges, handheld console, game emulation

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Beyond AI: Inside the Race to Reinvent the Physical World (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: radical ai, engine ventures, lilac solutions

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Chopping up books when they're physically too big (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Matt Kirkland | get X-ACTO knife set self-healing cutting mat → | tags: lonesome dove, book chopping, paperback books

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New Italian unicorn Exein rides the physical AI wave (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Anna Heim | tags: exein, physical ai, photon

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What makes digital wallets safer than physical ones? (engadget.com)

2026-09-14 | by Filipe Espósito | tags: digital wallets, apple pay, face id

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Things That Annoy Me About Cars (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: panoramic glass roof, adas, evs

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OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-13 | get OpenArm humanoid robot kit → | tags: openarm, 7dof humanoid arm, physical ai

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GameStop is reopening recently closed stores despite massive retail cuts — select locations return nationwide starting September 11 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Kunal Khullar | get Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller → | tags: gamestop, store closures, physical game media

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Ocarina of Time remake physical preorders are $10 off at Walmart (theverge.com)

2026-09-09 | by Brad Bourque | get Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Switch 2 → | tags: ocarina of time, nintendo switch 2, walmart

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Researcher reverse-engineers infamous Stuxnet malware source code, publishes it on Github for all — attack targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and was the first software of its type to cause physical damage (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-09 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Countdown to Zero Day Kim Zetter book → | tags: stuxnet, reverse engineering, github

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‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Is Getting a Physical Release (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-08 | get Lord of the Rings trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray → | tags: the rings of power, prime video, blu-ray

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Sony threatens to cut off customer support and pursue legal action over harassment as backlash to PlayStation’s physical-disc phaseout intensifies — company to move forward with no disc decision despite several lawsuits (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Etiido Uko | get PS5 disc drive → | tags: sony, playstation, physical discs

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Google Wallet will now let you add physical transit cards and balances with NFC (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-08 | get Google Pixel 9a → | tags: google wallet, google play services, nfc

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RPCS3 emulator can now run PS3 games on PC directly from a disc drive in landmark development — unlocks 20 years of physical titles on Windows, Linux, and macOS (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-07 | by Mark Tyson | get Pioneer BDR-XD08 external Blu-ray drive USB → | tags: rpcs3, playstation 3, emulator

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CD and vinyl sales are surging as frustration with digital media keeps growing (techspot.com)

2026-09-07 | by Rob Thubron | get Audio-Technica AT-LP60X turntable → | tags: riaa, vinyl sales, cd sales

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Sales of CD and vinyl music sees strong resurgence amid physical media backlash — US sales of ‘retro media’ were up 59% and 18%, respectively, in H1 2026 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Audio-Technica AT-LP60X turntable → | tags: riaa, vinyl records, cd sales

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CD sales are booming as physical media continues its resurgence (theverge.com)

2026-09-05 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Sony CD boombox CFD-S70 → | tags: cd sales, riaa, vinyl records

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Something Strange Just Happened With the World’s Largest Dark Matter Detector (futurism.com)

2026-09-05 | by Frank Landymore | get The End of Everything Katie Mack book → | tags: dark matter, lz detector, slac national accelerator laboratory

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Launch HN: Mireye (YC S26) – Infrastructure for Physical World AI Agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-03 | tags: mireye, ai agents, physical world