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Block Blast! goes ad-free on Apple Arcade (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Sarah Perez | tags: apple arcade, block blast!, hungry studio

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2025’s most downloaded game, Block Blast!, is going ad-free on Apple Arcade (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Sarah Perez | tags: block blast!, apple arcade, hungry studio

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Apple Arcade adding ‘two beloved puzzlers’ to ad-free platform in September (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple arcade, block blast, art of fauna

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9to5Mac Daily: August 10, 2026 – Apple Watch rumors, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-10 | by Seth Kurkowski | tags: apple watch, 9to5mac, podcasts

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Apple Arcade just added all-new Madden NFL 27, the ultimate football game (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple, apple arcade, arcade

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Apple Arcade just added the ultimate NFL game in time for football season (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Zac Hall | tags: apple, apple arcade, arcade

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Uncovering the mechanism of female restitution in sugarcane hybrids (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Zhu | tags: bioinformatics, et al, genome

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Games at the press of a button: The Rip-O-Bot (1989) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: bubble bobble, fukio mitsuji, game design

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Orca-Bench: How Ready Are Language Model Agents for Oncall? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: orca-bench, language model agents, oncall

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New open source printer has 7 toolheads that swap in 5 seconds for fast, zero-waste multi-color 3D printing — Sovol M1D 3D printer is the first open-source IDEX design with an integrated tool-changer (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: sovol, 3d printer, orca slicer

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Briefing Chat: Orcas smashed a sunfish to bits — researchers aren’t sure why (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-31 | by Thompson | tags: orcas, sunfish, marine research

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Mastercard spent decades training its fraud system to see bots as thieves. Now bots are the ones doing the buying. (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: mastercard, fraud detection, risk rules

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RCade: The Arcade Cabinet with CI/CD Deployment, Custom Graphics Card for CRT [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: rcade, arcade cabinet, ci/cd deployment

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The Neo Geo AES is coming back, right down to real cartridge support (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: neo geo aes, snk, arcade cartridges

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Software for One (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: robin sloan, bosco, x platform

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Here's why you shouldn't throw away your old iPhone (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Christine Persaud | tags: iphone, apple arcade, ios 17

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The Neo Geo AES+ retro console is now available to pre-order starting from $249 — game cartridges cost $90 each; the Ultimate Edition with all games and accessories will run you $1,000 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: neo geo, snk, neo geo aes+

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9to5Mac Daily: July 27, 2026 – Apple Glasses rumors, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-27 | by Seth Kurkowski | tags: apple glasses, 9to5mac, podcasts

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Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: hypercard, decker, macos

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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-26 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: tesla, cybercab, robotaxi

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Sony's Decision To Ditch Discs Was Practically Inevitable, Data Shows (slashdot.org)

2026-07-23 | tags: sony, playstation, circana

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A solid-state “atomic channel” for separating rare earth elements (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | by Sarah C.P. Williams | tags: rare earth elements, manganese oxide, electrochemical intercalation

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Sony's decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: sony, playstation, circana

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Lego's latest Nintendo collab is a playable Donkey Kong arcade machine (engadget.com)

2026-07-23 | by Matt Tate | tags: lego, nintendo, donkey kong

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Watch orcas ram a sunfish so hard it explodes (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: orcas, sunfish, cooperative hunting

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Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: orcas, sunfish, gulf of california

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Watch These Orcas Smash a Giant Dead Fish to Pieces—Just for Kicks (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: orcas, ramming behavior, fish

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Daily briefing: Orcas smash sunfish to smithereens (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-23 | by Smith | tags: orcas, quantum computing, frontiers in ethology

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Tesla spending skyrockets as Cybercab, Semi, Megapack production timeline slips (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-22 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: cybercab, tesla semi, megapack 3

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Lego’s Donkey Kong arcade machine lets Mario jump endless barrels — Miyamoto is reportedly happy (theverge.com)

2026-07-22 | by Sean Hollister | tags: lego, donkey kong, miyamoto