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Modder turns Steam Controller trackpad haptics into stereo speakers with custom HID tool — Wired connection transmits 16-bit audio that sounds surprisingly full (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: audio, controller, hardware

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Stanford is running 37,000 AI agents as a virtual biotech — and one of its drug designs got independently confirmed by Merck (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: agent, agents, single

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Facing AI ‘Apocalypse,’ Once-Hot Software Companies Race to Reinvent Themselves (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: ai steamrollering, booming, booming industry

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What 30 Years of Building Has Taught Me About Leading Through Transformation (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | by Brad Birnbaum | tags: actually, decisions, right

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Ted Lasso returns at an important time for Apple TV (theverge.com)

2026-08-05 | by Andrew Webster | tags: apple tv, ted lasso, afc richmond

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AMD’s data center business is booming while gaming takes a backseat (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: amd, data center, ryzen

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AMD’s datacenter business is booming while gaming takes a backseat (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: amd, ryzen, data center

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Why R&D Waste Persists Despite Widespread AI Adoption (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: ai adoption, patsnap, ieee spectrum

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Agent skills that bring team coding standards to Claude Code and Codex (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: claude code, codex, openai

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You can now bug your WhatsApp group chats with an @all ping (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: whatsapp, @all, discord

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Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS is down to its lowest price ever (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Brad Bourque | tags: lenovo, legion go s, steam os

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Safe Lock-free Primitives with iceoryx2's ByteAtomic (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Marika Lehmann | tags: iceoryx2, byteatomic, rust

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16GB GPUs and 8-core CPUs officially become the most popular configs on Steam — Latest hardware survey shows modern gaming's growing hunger for more resources (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: gpu vram, steam hardware, amd resurgence

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These are the 3 things that are actually burning you out (and only one is your boss) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: burnout, mental exhaustion, leadership

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Valve publicly releases Lepton and FEX compatibility tools to power Steam Frame gaming (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: steam deck, lepton, fex

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The Red Strings Club (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: devolver digital, the red strings club, steam

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Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: steam, linux, steamdeck

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Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his in-game case arsenal for an estimated $100,000 — 1.7 million items collected over 10 years are enough to fund a house purchase (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: team fortress 2, valve, steam marketplace

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A Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32% (techspot.com)

2026-08-02 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: meta, steam deck, amd apu

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ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: asrock, bc-250, steam machine

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GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Lalit Maganti | tags: github, codeberg, gitea

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Truck chaos, climbing with dual-mouse controls and other new indie games worth checking out (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Kris Holt | tags: truck-kun, strange scaffold, steam deck

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Dreo Summer Flash Sale 2026: Lowest Price Ever on Chefmaker, Fan (wired.com)

2026-08-01 | by Matthew Korfhage | tags: dreo, chefmaker, air fryer

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Most Performance Problems Are Communication Problems in Disguise — Here Are the 3 Habits That Fix Them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ruthann Peace Brown | tags: communication, leadership, performance

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Google Keep is working on new UI that may screw up your muscle memory (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google keep, android authority, apk teardown

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This new drone spins so fast the human eye can barely see it (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Alec Hively | tags: northwestern, phantom twist, drone invisibility

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The Morning After We Pull a Root of Trust, Nobody Owns It (darkreading.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: root of trust, certificate, key inventory

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Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: aberrant labs, pathogenic game, steam

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USA Fencing Lunges Into the Hidden Identity Challenge in Amateur Sports (darkreading.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: usa fencing, identity verification, olympic fencing

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Absurd GPU Pricing Update: Mid-2026 Edition (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 5050, geforce rtx 5060