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Reasons robotics is hard (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | by Steve Newman | get Roborock Q Revo robot vacuum mop → | tags: robotics, humanoid robots, san francisco ai

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Homey Portal puts a physical dial on your smart home, and it looks pretty good (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-01 | get Homey Pro smart home hub → | tags: homey portal, anthom, smart home controller

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Launch HN: Hebbian Robotics (YC S26) – Build scalable robotics data pipelines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-31 | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit → | tags: hebbian robotics, hflow, mcap

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Physically Immutable Optical Archive Libraries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-30 | get Verbatim M-DISC BD-R 25GB archival → | tags: optical archive, libraries, physically immutable

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How I sorted 22,000 digital photos without getting overwhelmed: 4 easy tricks (zdnet.com)

2026-08-28 | by Artie Beaty | get Canon Selphy CP1500 photo printer → | tags: google photos, physical photos, fbi

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a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-28 | by Sean O'Kane | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: a16z, machine age fund, ai hardware

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Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | get Raspberry Pi 5 starter kit → | tags: anthropic, model hardware standard, ai agents

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This Is How Anthropic Thinks AI Agents Should Navigate the Physical World (wired.com)

2026-08-27 | by Will Knight | get Elegoo robotic arm kit arduino → | tags: anthropic, model hardware standard, quantum computing

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Anthropic pushes into physical world with new standard to help AI agents operate machines (cnbc.com)

2026-08-27 | by Ashley Capoot | get Raspberry Pi 5 starter kit → | tags: anthropic, model hardware standard, ai agents

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The Latest ‘Star Wars’ Lego Is Physically Its Biggest in History (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | get LEGO Star Wars Super Star Destroyer → | tags: star wars, lego, darth vader

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Xbox’s new disc-to-digital program gives physical games a digital future (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-26 | get Xbox Series X console disc → | tags: xbox, disc-to-digital, xbox series x

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Xbox Insiders will soon be able to create digital versions of their physical games (engadget.com)

2026-08-26 | by Matt Tate | get Xbox Series X console disc → | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox series x

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Here’s Xbox’s Plan To Let You Save All Your Game Discs (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | get Seagate Storage Expansion Card Xbox Series X → | tags: xbox, game discs, digital copies

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Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-26 | by Tim Fernholz | get Unitree Go2 robot dog → | tags: gpt-2, unitree, foxglove

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Physical AIFollows Aviation’s Flight Plan (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-26 | get Kitty Hawk Field Guide? no → | tags: aviation, self-driving trucks, engines

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Xbox unveils disc-to-digital feature designed to digitize existing physical games (techspot.com)

2026-08-26 | by Shawn Knight | get Xbox Series X console disc drive → | tags: xbox, disc-to-digital, microsoft

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Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games (theverge.com)

2026-08-26 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Series X console disc → | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox series x

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Garmin’s Fenix 9 and 9 Pro Tell a Broader Story About Your Physical Activity (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-25 | get Garmin Fenix 8 Solar smartwatch → | tags: garmin, fenix 9, epic

49.

Why Physical Infrastructure Is Becoming Silicon Valley’s Next Big Competitive Moat (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | by Kori Hale | tags: silicon valley, physical infrastructure, venture capital

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Group plans one-week PlayStation blackout to protest Sony’s plan to end physical game production — calls for players to turn off their consoles or log out of PSN from August 23 to 30 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Jowi Morales | get PlayStation 5 disc drive slim → | tags: playstation, sony, psn

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Spending on physical games falls to lowest on record since 1995 — US console sales plunge 39% in July as memory costs push average price to $542 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Luke James | tags: playstation 5, xbox series, nintendo switch

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How an Emerging Industrial Protocol Family Could Put OT at Risk (darkreading.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: tsn protocols, industrial protocol, ot security

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World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Jowi Morales | tags: anna's archive, anthropic, ai companies

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AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: ai companies, archive, books

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Physical media nostalgia sees fundraisers flock to Blu-Ray Kickstarter — drive with 9-in-1 dock achieves 160x funding goal halfway through campaign (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Mark Tyson | tags: blu-ray, kickstarter, bluhub

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Hacker leaks GTA VI gameplay and map to protest digital-only release — claims pre-orders are a legacy of physical game releases (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: rockstar games, gta vi, cyberleek

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Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 Kilometers (slashdot.org)

2026-08-19 | tags: quantum memories, optical fibers, physical review letters

58.

Mathematics holds the secret to ‘ladder-proof’ knitting (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-18 | by Patil | tags: knot theory, physical review x, knitting technology

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Scientists tracked kids for 8 years — the screen time result was unexpected (sciencedaily.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: screen time, cognitive processing, physical activity

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This portable, external CD/DVD drive comes with a 2.5-inch SATA and an SD Card slot for just $26 — Save 10% on a modern essential for keeping physical media alive (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: alronly, sata, usb-c