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VTubing: How a Japanese Phenomenon Is Going Worldwide (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | by Rebecca Callahan | tags: vtubing, live2d cubism, hololive

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I wore Meta's $499 prescription Ray-Bans for 6 weeks: They're stylish but not for me (zdnet.com)

2026-07-21 | by Adam Doud | tags: meta ray-ban, essilorluxottica, blayzer optics

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iPhone 18 Pro’s new A20 chip rumored to bring two major upgrades (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-20 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple, a20 pro, tsmc

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The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Scott Larson | tags: google, facebook, surveillance capitalism

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SonicWall SMA1000 flaws exploited as zero-days to push custom malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: sonicwall, sma1000, cve-2026-15409

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The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets (theverge.com)

2026-07-20 | by Sean Hollister | tags: fcc, dji, osmo pocket

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Taiwan indicts ex-TSMC manager for allegedly stealing chip secrets for China — first case of its kind links managers to Chinese semiconductor materials analysis company (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Luke James | tags: tsmc, chip secrets, chinese espionage

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LSU Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | tags: louisiana state university, room-temperature quantum material, plasmonic metacrystal

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Garmin’s CIRQA Smart Band just leaked with a surprisingly competitive price (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: garmin, cirqa smart band, fitness tracker

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Dutch chip sector at very high risk of Chinese interference, government-funded study warns — calls for stricter vetting at sites like ASML (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Luke James | tags: asml, nxp, dutch semiconductor

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Government can seize private land to make way for new AI data center transmission lines, report says — takeovers could be implemented using eminent domain law when private citizens refuse to sell land (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Etiido Uko | tags: eminent domain, data centers, ai boom

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Power companies can seize private land to make way for new AI data center transmission lines, report says — takeovers could be implemented using eminent domain law when private citizens refuse to sell land (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Etiido Uko | tags: eminent domain, data centers, power companies

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TSMC is accelerating Arizona factory build-out to capitalize on AI 'megatrend,' CFO says (cnbc.com)

2026-07-20 | by Jenny Lee | tags: tsmc, arizona factory, ai megatrend

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The competitive edge small businesses can’t afford to ignore (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: automation, customer engagement, small businesses

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The Samsung Browser app on Wear OS now lets you download images and GIFs (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: samsung browser, wear os, android authority

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Samsung is betting big on the Wide Fold (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: samsung, galaxy z fold 8, foldable smartphones

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TSMC is accelerating Arizona factory buildout to capitalize on AI 'megatrend,' CFO says (cnbc.com)

2026-07-20 | by Jenny Lee | tags: tsmc, arizona factory, ai megatrend

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LoRA Speedrun – a public wall-clock leaderboard for fine-tuning techniques (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: lora, qwen2.5-1.5b, gsm8k

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India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: skyroot aerospace, vikram-1, sriharikota

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New Samsung Layoffs in the U.S. Show Smartphone Arm’s Struggles, Even as It Profits Massively From AI (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: samsung, smartphone, u.s.

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Opinion | AI Can Be the Fast Track to Grid Reliability (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-19 | tags: grid reliability, modernizing grid, smart grid

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‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-19 | by Anthony Ha | tags: christopher nolan, the odyssey, trojan horse

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Big Blue Blues (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-19 | tags: ibm, passwords, tech executives

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I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Bartosz Kotrys | tags: quesma, claude max, tokenomics

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Birdfy’s solar-powered smart feeder is down to one of its best prices (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Sheena Vasani | tags: birdfy, netvue, ai-powered smart feeder

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The death and rebirth of my home server (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: nixos, raspberry pi, smb

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The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward (wired.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jorge Garay | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140 b, habitable zone

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The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by David Pierce | tags: clapper, smart home, consumer tech

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RFK Jr Wants to Waste $5 Billion in the Worst Way Imaginable (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: rfk jr, nih, vaccine

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Best Smart Speakers for 2026: Big Sound and So Much More (cnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: sonos, apple homepod, amazon echo