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Apple Upgrade is a really great deal for one reason
The program has garnered some skepticism, but there’s one key reason I think it’s a great deal for users. With Apple Upgrade, you’ll never pay more than a product’s list price Apple recently raised prices on most of…
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404 Media
Podcast: Flock Came to My Town. Here’s What I Did
Gizmodo
Ozlo’s Tiny New Sleep Earbuds Can Outlast the Biggest Oversleepers
Sleep earbuds aren’t for everyone, but when you need something to block out the world—or worse, snoring—without…
Techmeme
A look at OpenAI's open-source agent harness that now powers Codex and ChatGPT Work, as the company works to optimize the harness to cut runaway token usage (Jason Hiner/The Deep View)
Techmeme
Brookfield and NextEra partner to develop a $100B, 1.2GW+ AI data center campus at a former DOE uranium-enrichment site in Kentucky, set to open in 2032 (Robb M. Stewart/Wall Street Journal)
Boing Boing
Toast really does land butter-side down, and physics explains why
The common belief that dropped toast lands butter‑side down is not supported when the toast is tossed, as experiments…
PCMag
AMD May Be Reviving GPUs With 4GB RAM. Who's Going to Buy That?
A new RX 9050 graphics card appeared on AMD partner websites this week with 8GB of VRAM, but a since-deleted page also…
Boing Boing
New England needed candles at noon and nobody knew why
On May 19, 1780, a sudden darkness fell over New England, prompting residents to light candles at noon. The darkness…
PCMag
Need a New Laptop or Tablet for School? Skip the Sales Tax During Your State's Tax Holiday
It may be the most expensive time of the year for parents and college students, but back-to-school season can be made…
LWN.net (Linux Weekly News)
GCC steering committee announces AI policy
The GCC steering committee adopted an AI contributions policy proposed by its AI policy working group. The policy…
TechCrunch
Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls
Encore AI, a startup that studies companies’ customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents that can work…
Techmeme
Eliyan, which aims to license tech and make physical "chiplets" to ease AI chip data transfer bottlenecks, raised a $145M Series C at a $1B valuation (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
The Guardian — Tech
Can’t hear what’s playing on TV? It’s not your ears, its the flat screen. These affordable soundbars can help
Modern flat‑screen TVs often have tiny built‑in speakers that struggle to reproduce clear dialogue and full‑range…
CNET
This Seriously Stunning 85-Inch LG TV Is Down to Its Lowest Price Yet
Tech > Home Entertainment > TVs This Seriously Stunning 85-Inch LG TV Is Down to Its Lowest Price Yet The LG QNED73B…
Tom's Hardware
An inside tour of Lenovo’s North Carolina AI server manufacturing line expansion — Chinese firm expanding US-native production to meet exploding demand
Laptops An inside tour of Lenovo’s North Carolina AI server manufacturing line expansion — Chinese firm expanding…
The Register
NASA Swift rescue mission spins into trouble during commissioning
NASA reported some loss of functionality in its cold-gas thruster system as well.LINK remains in contact with its…
MacRumors
Apple Upgrade: Is Leasing Your Next iPhone Worth It?
Apple Upgrade: Is Leasing Your Next iPhone Worth It?Wednesday July 29, 2026 7:29 am PDT by Joe RossignolWith the new…
XDA Developers
I ditched Notion entirely after adding one file to my Claude Code setup
Their expertise lies at the crossroads of technology and creativity, covering areas like photography, video editing,…
MacRumors
Best Buy's Back to School Sale Brings Big Savings on AirPods, MacBooks, Headphones, and More
These sales are set to last for the rest of this week, and you don't need to be a My Best Buy Plus or Total member to…
TechRadar
'I’m paying for things I sincerely did not ask for': Squarespace users aren’t happy with recent price hikes
Pro 'I’m paying for things I sincerely did not ask for': Squarespace users aren’t happy with recent price hikes…
TechRadar
'Best processor on the market': The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D drops to its lowest-ever price
Techmeme
X settles a long-running legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers, ending a case that accused brands like Mars and Shell of illegally boycotting X (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
The Guardian — Tech
After 40 years, Aliens is still shaping the way video games are made
PCWorld
Firefox 153 brings HDR video, QR code sharing, and 63 security fixes
Mashable
DoorDash launches in-house drone unit — "cleared for takeoff"
Digital Trends
Free AI chatbots are disrupting China’s expensive college counseling industry
Every summer, roughly 10 million Chinese students face a brutal deadline. After taking the grueling Gaokao college…
PCWorld
TechCrunch Disrupt: Find the Startups Everyone Will Talk About Next
Mashable
Michael B. Jordans The Thomas Crown Affair trailer makes that getaway van Gogh
Mashable
Never worry about power outages again — the Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus is $1,550 off at Amazon
Gizmodo
France’s Wildfires Just Triggered Something the Country Has Never Seen Before
Boing Boing
Two teams quit competing mid-game, and FIFA rewrote the rules
Algeria finished its group games a day before West Germany played Austria, so both European teams took the field…
PCMag
Windows 11 Has a Dirty Little Secret, and LG Just Used It to Push Pop-Up Ads
The manufacturers of your keyboard, monitor, and mouse all have permission to install software on your Windows 11 PC…
PCWorld
NordLocker review: Obsessively secure, delightfully affordable cloud storage
Reviews NordLocker review: Obsessively secure, delightfully affordable cloud storage NordLocker is by far the most…
Tom's Guide
What to watch this weekend: Ask Tom’s Guide’s streaming experts in live Q&A
Entertainment Streaming What to watch this weekend: Ask Tom’s Guide’s streaming experts in live Q&A News By Kelly Woo…
XDA Developers
Mini PC NAS boxes are bottlenecked by a spec nobody talks about, and it kills your storage speed
Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for friends and family, fostering a passion that would…
Tom's Hardware
GPU repair service will upgrade the 11GB of VRAM on your RTX 2080 Ti to 22GB — mod involves physically adjusting the strap resistors on the PCB to support a new BIOS
PC Components GPUs GPU repair service will upgrade the 11GB of VRAM on your RTX 2080 Ti to 22GB — mod involves…
Hackaday
Thingino Teaches Cheap IP Cameras New Tricks
Thingino Teaches Cheap IP Cameras New Tricks No comments by: Tom Nardi July 29, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy I…
404 Media
Data Centers Are Easy to Build. Powering Them Is Complicated, Slow, and Expensive
On Wednesday the power flickered in homes from Washington DC to Chicago. The cause was a data center disconnecting…
TechRadar
‘We are the reason that data centers get built and expanded’: It’s not about whether we need them, but it’s about where we build them, IDCA founder and CEO says
You may like Many new AI data centers will be built on US drought-hit areas Are we going to let data centers take all…
9to5Mac
iOS 27 adds three new iPhone features you’ll use all the time
Siri didn’t just get an AI glow-up with a few upgrades. Apple says it “tore [Siri] to the ground” and “rebuilt it from…
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9to5Google
Pixel 11 in green probably inspired this unreleased Pixel Buds Pro 2 color [Gallery]
As we first reported earlier this month, Google’s Pixel 11 series briefly showed up on Amazon with images of every new…
WIRED
X Says Australia’s Under-16s Social Media Ban Risks Interfering With Foreign Law
Demanding data, documents, and compliance evidence from non-Australians in other countries could cause issues “for the…
Engadget
Are remote car starters still worth it in 2026?
Remote car starters are still a valuable feature in 2026, providing convenience and preventive maintenance benefits.…
Engadget
Netflix edges past the BBC in latest UK audience survey
Entertainment Streaming Netflix edges past the BBC in latest UK audience survey Ofcom’s latest data shows people are…
The Register
Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers suspected in attacks on Minnesota water systems
Security researchers suspect the Iran-linked group CyberAv3ngers was behind a coordinated cyberattack that disrupted…
9to5Mac
iPhone driver’s license looks set to roll out to a 15th US state
That future is likely still a long way off, but Apple made a start back in 2021 when the company announced plans to…
TechSpot
AI firms are quietly buying and destroying millions of printed books to train their models
AI companies are purchasing large quantities of older printed books to use as training data for their models. They…
9to5Google
Samsung has restocked Galaxy Z Fold 8’s popular ‘Pistachio’ color, shipping in August
Earlier this week, we noted a checkout error with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 in “Pistachio” green, as Samsung.com wouldn’t…
CNET
Walmart Deals of the Day: You’ve Got a Rare Chance to Save Over $100 on the AirPods Max 2
Tech Walmart Deals of the Day: You’ve Got a Rare Chance to Save Over $100 on the AirPods Max 2 Plus, nearly half off…
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