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[?]heise online English » 🤖 🌐
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Good things take time: NetBSD 11 is here

NetBSD 11 arrived later than announced, but now runs on RISC-V and offers ultra-fast MICROVM kernels for i386/amd64.

heise.de/en/news/Good-things-t

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    People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It

    The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his partner of four years tells WIRED.

    wired.com/story/people-are-gho

    [Wired]

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      The Best Audio Players for Kids: Yoto, Toniebox, and More

      Whether you want an audio player that’ll grow with your kid or one that your toddler can operate independently, I have a recommendation for you.

      wired.com/story/the-best-kids-

      [Wired]

        [?]TechWire ⚡ » 🤖 🌐
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        Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft

        LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers by putting them in copyright peril

        theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026

        [The Register]

          [?]The Think Pool » 🌐
          @thethinkpool@hostux.social

          If you're developing software for a global audience, you can no longer afford to ignore Linux.

          Linux now holds a 10.6% desktop market share in North America and 7.1% in Asia. In the US, it has reached 11.87%, while in India it's up to 14.73%.

          Supporting Linux is no longer a niche consideration. It's a requirement for reaching a growing share of users.

          👉️ linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08

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            This iPhone just survived something almost nobody would believe

            The iPhone survived a 3,600-foot fall from an airplane, making Apple's best ad ever.

            androidauthority.com/iphone-su

            [Android Authority]

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              [?]iX Magazin » 🌐
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              Gut Ding will Weile haben: NetBSD 11 ist da

              NetBSD 11 kam später als angekündigt, läuft jetzt aber auf RISC-V und bietet ultraschnelle MICROVM-Kernel für i386/amd64.

              heise.de/news/Gut-Ding-will-We

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                A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

                June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.

                techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/a-ma

                [TechCrunch]

                  [?]heise online » 🌐
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                  Qwen3.8-Max: Alibaba legt mit neuem KI-Modell nach

                  Im globalen KI-Wettlauf legt China nach. Alibaba stellt mit Qwen3.8-Max ein neues Modell vor, das mit führenden US-Systemen mithalten soll.

                  heise.de/news/Qwen3-8-Max-Alib

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                  The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them

                  Steve Elmers, also known as the “Guardrail Guy,” is done calling out license plate readers after two that appeared in his videos were vandalized.

                  wired.com/story/flock-cameras-

                  [Wired]

                    [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                    @Arint@arint.info

                    RT @0xSero: Inference Engineer, eine fantastische grundlegende Ressource zum Erlernen des Betriebs von Large Language Models. Baseten hat hervorragende Beiträge zur Open-Source-Community geleistet, ich habe diesen Beitrag wirklich geliebt. 10 Personen, die diesen Beitrag liken, erhalten das Buch kostenlos zugesandt. Die Gewinner werden am Montag bekanntgegeben. 0xSero (@0xSero) Ich bin so stolz auf diesen Podcast, ich habe dabei so viel gelernt. Hier ist eine großartige Einführung in die Inference Engineering. 1 Person, die diesen Beitrag likt, erhält eine physische Kopie des Buches, es ist wirklich unglaublich. — nitter.net/0xSero/status/20833

                    mehr auf Arint.info

                    https://x.com/0xSero/status/2083310779449897199#m

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                      As Larry Ellison bets the farm, Oracle says it loves AI-written code, just not in OpenJDK

                      Use it to debug and review, says Big Red, but don't submit its output

                      theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026

                      [The Register]

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                        Apple’s Glasses Are Reportedly Being Developed as Fitness Devices Like the Apple Watch

                        You have to admit it does help the whole idea of Apple glasses make sense.

                        gizmodo.com/apples-glasses-are

                        [Gizmodo]

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                          Retroid Pocket Nova gets official Android 16-based LineageOS 23.2

                          It could offer better performance and battery life.

                          androidauthority.com/retroid-p

                          [Android Authority]

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                            Chrome and Edge are getting smarter screen sharing on bad Wi-Fi

                            The update keeps text readable on slow Wi-Fi by sacrificing frame rate instead of image quality.

                            androidauthority.com/google-ch

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                              Octane – React's programming model, compiled

                              Article URL: octanejs.dev Comments URL: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

                              octanejs.dev/

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                                [?]Seb » 🌐
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                                We (@aronschaub and me) finally started with the work on and have our first three blog posts of it at out new blog: tinkerflow.eu/#blog.

                                We can't really show much at the moment because it's a lot in background and refactoring but we're making progress!

                                Thanks again @nlnet for making this possible!

                                Btw: is there a good plugin/tool for connecting hugo-blog system with Mastodon and sync the posts?

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                                  [?]Farooq [Master Patata] » 🌐
                                  @farooqkz@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                  Alright. I am using spare bandwidth on me VPS to seed torrents!

                                  I have ordered 30GB of HDD space to move the files completely to it. Then I will be able to seed more.

                                  I am interested in seeding various underrated softwares and games. This includes derivatives, other independent operating systems like . As well as many open source games like SuperTuxKart, Wesnoth and Xonotic.

                                  I also seed offline versions of Persian Wikipedia.

                                  If you also have got some spare bandwidth and disk space, you can help other people.

                                  fosstorrents.com/ They create Unofficial torrents for many open source projects. I am seeding some of their torrents. They also include many BSD derivatives and independent operating systems.

                                  From library you can download offline versions of many popular websites such as , and so on. You can seed Wikipedia on your own language.

                                  Also many distros and BSD derivatives have official torrents.

                                  A screenshot from Transmission showing multiple files being seeded. This includes LibreOffice, Inkscape, SuperTuxKart, Warzone2100, Persian Wikipedia, HaikuOS and some other softwares.

                                  Alt...A screenshot from Transmission showing multiple files being seeded. This includes LibreOffice, Inkscape, SuperTuxKart, Warzone2100, Persian Wikipedia, HaikuOS and some other softwares.

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                                    [?]Digital-Zebra » 🌐
                                    @digitalzebra@openbiblio.social

                                    Danke an alle, die heute beim dabei waren!
                                    Es hat Spaß gemacht, gemeinsam über Linux, freie Software und digitale Selbstbestimmung zu sprechen – ob bei den Vorträgen, im Gespräch oder beim Ausprobieren.
                                    Wir freuen uns schon auf den nächsten – bis bald!

                                    [?]🐈‍⬛David Sommerseth » 🌐
                                    @dazo@infosec.exchange

                                    Sign the petition ... Hopefully it can help keep Android open

                                    c.org/8J5j5mmmZb

                                    More details: keepandroidopen.org/

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                                      Google could take another page from Apple’s AirDrop for Android’s Tap to Share

                                      New code reveals Android may let users trigger transfers by bringing phones together right from the share sheet.

                                      androidauthority.com/google-ai

                                      [Android Authority]

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                                        One UI 9.5 surfaces again, this time with the Galaxy S27 Ultra

                                        Samsung's naming math for One UI 9 checks out, but there's nothing we didn't already expect.

                                        androidauthority.com/one-ui-9-

                                        [Android Authority]

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                                          AI is 'both the weapon and the target' in latest wave of cyberattacks

                                          CrowdStrike tracks 89% surge in machine-assisted activity as patch windows shrink to 48 hours

                                          theregister.com/cyber-crime/20

                                          [The Register]

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                                            [?]Open Source Business Alliance » 🌐
                                            @OSBA@social.osb-alliance.de

                                            💡 Der Wissenschaftliche Dienst des Bundestags klärt auf: Die gezielte Beschaffung von Open Source ist vergaberechtlich zulässig und oft sogar finanziell geboten.

                                            🔎 @heiseonline hat sich das aktuelle Gutachten aus dem Bundestag genauer angeschaut: heise.de/news/Bundestag-Gutach

                                            Sharepic mit einem Zitat in schwarzer Schrift vor hellgrauem Hintergrund: „In deutschen Behörden hält sich hartnäckig ein Mythos: Die gezielte Ausschreibung von Open-Source-Software (OSS) sei vergaberechtlich verboten, weil sie proprietäre Anbieter diskriminiere. Ein Gutachten des Wissenschaftlichen Diensts des Bundestags räumt damit auf.“

Zitat aus heise online „Bundestag-Gutachten: Behörden dürfen Open Source in Ausschreibungen fordern“

Darunter ein Bild mit der frontalen Ansicht der Reichstages mit der Glaskuppel und wehenden Deutschlandfahnen , über dem Eingangsportal steht „Dem Deutschen Volke“

                                            Alt...Sharepic mit einem Zitat in schwarzer Schrift vor hellgrauem Hintergrund: „In deutschen Behörden hält sich hartnäckig ein Mythos: Die gezielte Ausschreibung von Open-Source-Software (OSS) sei vergaberechtlich verboten, weil sie proprietäre Anbieter diskriminiere. Ein Gutachten des Wissenschaftlichen Diensts des Bundestags räumt damit auf.“ Zitat aus heise online „Bundestag-Gutachten: Behörden dürfen Open Source in Ausschreibungen fordern“ Darunter ein Bild mit der frontalen Ansicht der Reichstages mit der Glaskuppel und wehenden Deutschlandfahnen , über dem Eingangsportal steht „Dem Deutschen Volke“

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                                              [?]VSX.is | Digital sovereignty » 🌐
                                              @vsx@infosec.exchange

                                              OpenAI's and Anthropic's models escaped their tests and attacked other companies. Both cases only came to light after the fact

                                              When the Hugging Face team was investigating the July breach of its infrastructure, it needed to feed actual malicious code to its AI models. Commercial…

                                              vsx.global/models-from-both-op

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                                                Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 is randomly sending Pixels to a date that doesn’t exist

                                                You turn out fine. It's your Pixel, Marty! Something's gotta be done about your Pixel!

                                                androidauthority.com/android-1

                                                [Android Authority]

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                                                  Show HN: Shitty – fast terminal. Memory-unsafe and faster than yours

                                                  Article URL: github.com/pg83/shitty Comments URL: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 Points: 20 # Comments: 1

                                                  github.com/pg83/shitty

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                                                    Flock – Chilling Effects: Long Island's Emerging Open-Air Prison

                                                    Article URL: 11971.com/ Comments URL: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 Points: 7 # Comments: 1

                                                    11971.com/

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                                                      Show HN: Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door

                                                      I was poking through the iio devices on my Framework the other day and turns out Framework 12s have a pretty accurate hinge angle sensor! So I made a version of LidAngleSensor (github.com/samhenrigold/LidAng

                                                      github.com/ArcaEge/creakwork12

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                                                        [?]Jonathan Emmesedi » 🌐
                                                        @jemmesedi@c.im

                                                        makeuseof.com/freefilesync-ope

                                                        I don't know much about technology, so perhaps those better informed than I am could tell me whether this open-source file synchronization tool is any good or not.

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                                                          [?]開放文化基金會Open Culture Foundation » 🌐
                                                          @ocftw@g0v.social

                                                          🎉【COSCUP 開源政策軌 議程集錦!】🎉

                                                          🏛️【政府花人民的錢開發軟體,為什麼不預設開源?】🏛️

                                                          開源進入政府體系,從來就不是一件容易的事。從招標文件的規格寫法、採購制度的慣性,到內部文化的阻力——每一關都是障礙。但改變正在發生。💪

                                                          分佈在兩日的議程中,開源政策軌將討論「政府 × 開源」專題,從國際視野到在地實戰,讓你看清楚政府導入開源的真實樣貌:

                                                          ▸ 《公部門開源軟體應用參考手冊》怎麼誕生?能帶來什麼改變?讓我們一起聊聊這份手冊的誕生與期許
                                                          👤 數位發展部 + Denny Huang + 湯家碩 + Carol
                                                          ▸ 從歐盟到聯合國,開源政策如何從技術社群走進國際決策場域?
                                                          👤 RR + 雁子
                                                          ▸ 政府採購如何使用開源?為何開源?
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                                                          ▸ 為什麼開源方案很難進標案體系?制度性阻力在哪裡?
                                                          👤 Ronny Wang + Sandra Lin
                                                          ▸ 開盒資訊公務員——真正在政府裡做 IT 的人,面對的是什麼日常?
                                                          👤 阿面(主持:黃豆泥)

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                                                            Show HN: Draco – A single-binary, self-hostable Firecrawl alternative in Rust

                                                            Scraping modern websites has become a massive headache. You basically have two choices: pay for an expensive API like Firecrawl/Browserbase, or run a fleet of headless Chrome instances that eat 1GB of RAM per page and s…

                                                            github.com/0xchasercat/draco/

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                                                              My personal AI benchmark: "Generate an SVG of a frog with a Habsburg jaw."

                                                              Article URL: frogs.vaguespac.es/ Comments URL: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

                                                              frogs.vaguespac.es/

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                                                                Google voice redesign merges AI Mode, Search Live, & Song lookup on Android

                                                                The voice search button accessible from the Google bar found on most Android homescreens is getting a big redesign.

                                                                9to5google.com/2026/08/02/goog

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                                                                  If You’re Struggling to Find a MacBook Air Right Now, This Is Probably Why

                                                                  You'll never guess what's reportedly causing the shortage.

                                                                  gizmodo.com/if-youre-strugglin

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                                                                    ‘Wonder Man’ Showrunner Discusses Show’s Sudden Cancellation

                                                                    Thankful for the fans and the show's success, Andrew Guest sheds a little bit of light on why 'Wonder Man' won't return.

                                                                    gizmodo.com/wonder-man-showrun

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                                                                      Here's where you want to be to see the 2026 solar eclipse

                                                                      If you want the best view of the 2026 solar eclipse, you'll need to travel to Spain or Iceland.

                                                                      engadget.com/2226181/2026-sola

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                                                                        Show HN: NixOS-DGX-Spark – Nix and NixOS on the DGX Spark

                                                                        Try DGX Spark playbooks using Nix on DGX OS, or install NixOS on your DGX Spark for the full Nix experience. The repository provides USB images and a NixOS module with settings for DGX Spark systems. This works on the N…

                                                                        github.com/graham33/nixos-dgx-

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                                                                          Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM

                                                                          Article URL: github.com/wie-project/kakehas Comments URL: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 Points: 11 # Comments: 1

                                                                          github.com/wie-project/kakehas

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                                                                            Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School

                                                                            Let's see how this "frontier community for techno-optimists" is doing ...

                                                                            techcrunch.com/2026/08/02/mala

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                                                                              How to sideload Android APKs on your Chromebook

                                                                              Chromebooks aren't limited to only apps you can get on the Play Store.

                                                                              engadget.com/2226177/how-to-si

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                                                                                Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170

                                                                                When Microsoft announced its latest round of Xbox price bumps in June, it only gave US pricing. Now we know the pricing increases for the EU and UK, and they're dramatic. Depending on the model, Xbox prices are increasi…

                                                                                theverge.com/games/974253/xbox

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                                                                                  Open Channel: What’d You Think of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day?’

                                                                                  Stay a while and share with us your thoughts of 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day,' won't you?

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                                                                                    15 Best Office Chairs of 2026— We Tested 70 to Pick Them

                                                                                    Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy, WIRED-tested seats.

                                                                                    wired.com/gallery/best-office-

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                                                                                      TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged —…

                                                                                      Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

                                                                                      techcrunch.com/2026/08/02/tech

                                                                                      -- Apple (if the article explicitly addresses cybersecurity vulnerabilities or OpenSource tech insights alongside its general AI focus on transportation solutions) [TechCrunch]

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                                                                                        Write your wiki pages in Markdown!

                                                                                        We've released Native Markdown, a new extension. The entire page is stored as Markdown rather than embedded within wikitext via a tag.

                                                                                        You get functioning links, categories, search, table of contents, and even templates and parser functions.

                                                                                        Add it to existing wikis without breaking anything: existing pages stay wikitext, and new pages default to .

                                                                                        Learn more at professional.wiki/en/news/nati

                                                                                        @mediawiki

                                                                                        Alt...Demo video for the NativeMarkdown extension showing a rendered MediaWiki page and then editing the page via Markdown source

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                                                                                          Which USB adapters should you actually keep in 2026?

                                                                                          As USB-C becomes the standard across most devices, it's time to go through that drawer full of USB adapters and toss those you no longer need.

                                                                                          engadget.com/2225779/which-usb

                                                                                          [Engadget]

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                                                                                            MacBook Air reportedly facing major supply shortages due to AI-driven memory crisis

                                                                                            The AI datacenter buildout around the US has wreaked havoc across the entire consumer electronics industry. All of this newly found high volume purchasing of high end HBM2 DRAM has shifted entire supply chains, making i…

                                                                                            9to5mac.com/2026/08/02/macbook

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                                                                                              These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era

                                                                                              Despite predictions that AI agents could make traditional apps obsolete, developers are shipping new software faster than ever. From smarter bookmarking tools and neighborhood marketplaces to digital pen pals and nature…

                                                                                              techcrunch.com/2026/08/02/thes

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                                                                                                The Pixel 11 will be a perfect storm of bad timing

                                                                                                It’s all leaked at this point. We know just about everything the Pixel 11 is bringing to the table, and, well, it feels a bit underwhelming, doesn’t it? This issue of 9to5Google Weekender is a part of our newsletter tha…

                                                                                                9to5google.com/2026/08/02/the-

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                                                                                                  Show HN: Fuse – statically typed functional programming language

                                                                                                  Hi HN! I've been working on the fuse programming language, it's a statically typed purely functional language with higher-kinder types and ad-hoc polymorphism. It compiles to the GRIN whole-program optimizer, producing …

                                                                                                  fuselang.org/

                                                                                                  [Hacker News]

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                                                                                                    Every household management app I tried came up short, so I built my own with Claude

                                                                                                    The app isn't perfect, but it fits our family's needs well.

                                                                                                    androidauthority.com/custom-ho

                                                                                                    [Android Authority]

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                                                                                                      First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850

                                                                                                      3mdeb has introduced a new open-source firmware for the MSI B850-P WiFi, marking the first time open-source firmware has been introduced to the AM5 platform.

                                                                                                      tomshardware.com/pc-components

                                                                                                      [Tom's Hardware]

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                                                                                                        Meshdiff – visually compare two STL versions in the browser, client-side

                                                                                                        Article URL: meshdiff.com/ Comments URL: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 Points: 10 # Comments: 0

                                                                                                        meshdiff.com/

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                                                                                                          Foldables are sort of boring now — and that’s great news for Apple

                                                                                                          This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on smartphones and Android, follow Dominic Preston. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at…

                                                                                                          theverge.com/column/972937/fol

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                                                                                                            RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performa…

                                                                                                            What happens when a graphics card gets in a car crash? If you're lucky, the damage is limited to just cosmetic scars that can go away over time with no serious damage under-the-hood.

                                                                                                            tomshardware.com/pc-components

                                                                                                            [Tom's Hardware]

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                                                                                                              8 Best Password Managers (2026), Tested and Reviewed

                                                                                                              Keep your logins locked down with our favorite password management apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, and web browsers.

                                                                                                              wired.com/story/best-password-

                                                                                                              [Wired]

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                                                                                                                90% of my searches don’t touch Google anymore — here’s what I use instead

                                                                                                                If you haven't tried Brave yet, you should.

                                                                                                                androidauthority.com/leaving-g

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                                                                                                                  I’ve reviewed smartphones for 10 years. Don’t waste your money upgrading in 2026

                                                                                                                  The word “new” has lost all meaning.

                                                                                                                  androidauthority.com/dont-wast

                                                                                                                  [Android Authority]

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                                                                                                                    Degoogling Phone [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                                    Those with experience degoogling their phone:

                                                                                                                    Should I choose GrapheneOS or CalyxOS?

                                                                                                                    Assuming I have a device which could run either and can flash it myself.

                                                                                                                    Have run Calyx before the security hiatus without issue, but not afraid to try something different. Want to know your recommendation and why! (security and privacy features, stability, Android app compatibility, Google containment, etc)

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                                                                                                                      There Are 2 Eclipses This August. Here’s How to See Them

                                                                                                                      Everything you need to know about the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse that will occur in August 2026.

                                                                                                                      wired.com/story/two-eclipses-a

                                                                                                                      [Wired]

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                                                                                                                        Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops

                                                                                                                        Hi HN! I've been working on Bor, an open-source system for centralized Linux desktop management. Bor consists of a lightweight Go agent and a central server. Policies are streamed to clients over mTLS/gRPC in real time—…

                                                                                                                        getbor.dev/blog/2026-08-02-bor

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                                                                                                                          Your Samsung phone already has something better than Android 17 App Bubbles — here’s how to use it

                                                                                                                          It's so useful you'll regret not using it sooner.

                                                                                                                          androidauthority.com/samsung-p

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                                                                                                                            Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?

                                                                                                                            As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder.

                                                                                                                            wired.com/story/is-it-possible

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                                                                                                                              5 fun things you can do with sensors on your Android phone

                                                                                                                              You'll be surprised how much your phone can do.

                                                                                                                              androidauthority.com/use-andro

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                                                                                                                                OpenAI Smuggled the Announcement of Astra, Its Next AI Model, Into a Blog Post About Math

                                                                                                                                Wanna hear about Connes’s rigidity conjecture? No? Okay, what about a major new AI model?

                                                                                                                                gizmodo.com/openai-smuggled-th

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                                                                                                                                  YouTube Star AboFlah Made Streaming His Life. He Wants His Kids to Live Offline

                                                                                                                                  AboFlah talks about his new goals, streaming for charity, and when it’s time to log off.

                                                                                                                                  wired.com/story/youtube-star-a

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