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Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-quality audio
The Verge

Today, I’m talking with Lila Snyder, who is the CEO of Bose. You certainly know Bose — it’s one of the most famous brands in all of consumer tech. The company started 60 years ago selling speakers to consumers, and its focus on research and development has le… more…

Back to school already? I've been testing ePaper notebooks all week so you can start the year off right
Android Central

I've been using the TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER and Boox Go 10.3 Gen II for weeks to find out which note-taking tablet is best, and just in time for back-to-school season. more…

The Truth About AI That Every Business Leader Needs to Hear Right Now
Entrepreneur

Cut through the AI hype and fear — and learn the truth about what the technology can (and can't) do. more…

AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes
Slashdot.org

Linux Torvalds expects Linux 7.2 should be released next weekend "unless something really bad pops up," Torvalds said while announcing today's release candidate. But there's something interesting about Linux 7.2-rc7, writes Phoronix. "By the time the Linux … more…

This YC startup raised $5 million for a personal assistant to help you stay on top of your text messages
Business Insider

Pally, an AI assistant startup, wants to help you be a better reply guy. It's raised millions to grow it product. more…

What smart people are saying about OpenAI's 'Apple is getting this wrong' rebuttal
Business Insider

In a blog post, OpenAI wrote that Apple's recent lawsuit was "careless, aggressive and oddly personal." Here's what smart people are saying about it. more…

OpenAI just bought a slide deck startup. It is assembling an office suite one acqui-hire at a time.
The Next Web

OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a startup that turned prompts, notes, documents, and research into finished editable presentations. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the team has moved onto ChatGPT. Founder Ahmed Beshry announced the deal in a note on th… more…

Hacking a Tenda AC1200 Wi-Fi Router with a CVE Combo
Hackaday

It’s rather awkward when you buy a piece of hardware like a sketchy router to make a video about its hidden admin password backdoor – known as CVE-2026-11405 – only to discover th… more…

This Week in Security: Claude Gets Hacking, Hotel WiFi, and NPM Compromised Again
Hackaday

kMaybe feeling left out from the questionable hype train of “Our AI models can’t be trusted”, Anthropic has released reports that their Claude model has “reached the Internet” and accessed …read more more…

Show HN: cMCP, deny an AI agent's tool call and get a signed receipt
Github.com

cMCP: Confidential MCP Gateway. Hardware-attested policy enforcement for MCP tool calls. - agentrust-io/cmcp more…

Meta Muse Glimmer – open weights 30B local coding model
Meta.ai

Muse Glimmer is a 30-billion-parameter open agentic model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, optimized for always-on local workflows on consumer hardware. more…

Can you reverse engineer an ASIC?
Janestreet.com

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Show HN: Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2
Github.com

Pokémon Emerald ported to the RP2350. No emulator, 60 fps HDMI output. Recompiled for Cortex-M33. - mattdeeds/pokeemerald-rp2350 more…

Resurrecting the SuperH Architecture (2015)
Lwn.net

Processor architectures are far from trivial; untold millions of dollars and many thousands of [...] more…

LFM2.5 2.6B model competitive with 4x larger models
Huggingface.co

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science. more…

Building a Rust Inference Engine That Matches Llama.cpp
Fratepietro.com

Why I built Ferrox, a pure-Rust GGUF inference engine, and what it took to match llama.cpp’s performance on real models — with receipts, not vibes. more…

Findphone: Locate a nearby Bluetooth device by signal strength
Github.com

Locate a nearby Bluetooth device by signal strength, from the macOS command line — for when Find My isn't available - ben-z/findphone more…

The Hacker's Renaissance
Phrack.org

Click to read the article on phrack more…

Homebench – Benchmark local LLMs for speed, memory, and quality
Github.com

Benchmark your local LLMs: speed, memory, and quality, in one command. TUI leaderboard for Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and vLLM. - david-g-3654/homebench more…

Something is changing in the unit economics of software
Nicolo.xyz

Why AI is compressing software margins, and what that does to the SaaS playbook more…

Fastmail offers EU data region
Fastmail.com

Choose if you want to make the European Union the primary home for your Fastmail data, on our own secure servers in Amsterdam. more…

Pass the Passkey: A Novel Attack Surface in Passwordless Authentication
Paloaltonetworks.com

Explore how passkey implementation gaps undermine security when relying parties fail to validate the User Verified flag, reducing MFA to a single factor. more…

Nvidia's Vera Whitepaper Has a Thread Loose
Chipsandcheese.com

Hello you fine Internet folks, more…

An SLM trained on $8 ESP32-S3
Github.com

A char-level transformer trained from scratch on an $8 ESP32-S3. Not inference: the chip runs the full training loop, with backprop written by hand in C. - Carloscodix/qapla more…

Publishing Schematics Before "Open Source" Was a Word
Medium

The Akihabara institution that every Japanese maker knows — run on cash, instinct, and one founder’s restless curiosity more…

Show HN: Lumabri – What if LLMs worked like Napster?
Github.com

Run huge MoE models from a swarm of peers, with the colibri engine. Pure C. - JustVugg/lumabri more…

BYOC Is Not Just 'Deploy into Their Cloud'
Omnistrate.com

Delivering software directly to customer clouds solves data gravity, yet operating across diverse environments requires a robust product architecture. more…

An Honest Review of AI Programming
Github.io

They gave me a Claude subscription and told me to get tokenmaxxing, so I tried to give it a fair shot. more…

The Judgment Reservoir
Shannph.com

Your teams are shipping faster than ever and learning less than they have in years. That is not a training problem. It is a structural one. more…

heise+ | KI-Agenten verstehen: OpenClaw selbst gebaut
heise online

Der KI-Assistent OpenClaw zeigt schnell, was er kann. Ein Weg, die ausgefeilte Architektur zu begreifen, ist die Nachbildung der Kernkonzepte in Python. more…

These brilliant Samsung Gallery features finally made me ditch Google Photos
Android Police

If you care about speed and local features, Samsung Gallery is a better gallery app more…

I discovered why Notability on Android is not worth the hype
Android Police

Only specific people should use this app more…

I tried dozens of apps; these 6 made my Google Pixel feel complete
Android Police

My Pixel productivity starter pack for getting work done on my phone more…

I was excited about the Pixel 11 Pro Fold until Google showed me what it's offering
Android Police

Cue disappointment more…

Google's obsession with AI is killing what made Pixel phones special
Android Police

I miss when the Pixel solved problems instead of chasing AI trends more…

I tested the MacBook Neo; now I know why the Googlebook will disappoint
Android Police

Google is playing hardball more…

This free open source app finally made my phone's physical buttons actually useful
Android Police

I found a better use for my phone's volume buttons more…

POCO Carnival 2026 marks 8 years with big discounts across its phone lineup
Android Police

This article is sponsored by POCO more…

iPhone vs. Pixel: There’s a Clear Winner for AI Photo Editing Tools
CNET

I used the built-in AI photo editing tools on an iPhone and a Google Pixel. There are big differences between the two smartphones. more…

Best Standing Desks of 2026
CNET

Start a healthy habit by using a standing desk to get on your feet during the workday. more…

Modular Truck Cap Comes Off in Under 15 Minutes and Hangs on a Wall in your Garage
Yanko Design

Modular Truck Cap Comes Off in Under 15 Minutes and Hangs on a Wall in your GaragePickup trucks are one of the few vehicles people buy specifically to keep their options open. The whole point is hauling, versatility, doing whatever comes... more…

A Coin-Sized Disc Just Reinvented the Multi-Tool Nobody Could Fix
Yanko Design

A Coin-Sized Disc Just Reinvented the Multi-Tool Nobody Could FixThe multi-tool has been around long enough that most people have developed a frustrated relationship with it. You carry one because having a blade, a... more…

Most Laptops Seal the Battery In, Dynabook’s New One Lets You Swap It
Yanko Design

Most Laptops Seal the Battery In, Dynabook’s New One Lets You Swap ItAI on laptops has created a new kind of battery problem. The promise of on-device AI processing, where the work stays local rather than routing... more…

A Portable Cork Brainstorming Stool For Literal Lightbulb Moments
Yanko Design

A Portable Cork Brainstorming Stool For Literal Lightbulb MomentsProductive brainstorming rarely stays in one room. Teams move between floors, commandeer empty meeting rooms, or pull chairs into an open corner when a whiteboard... more…

Nobody Designed a Drum Kit for Beginners. Until Boxboom.
Yanko Design

Nobody Designed a Drum Kit for Beginners. Until Boxboom.Picking up the drums has always come with a quiet, frustrating tax. Before you’ve played a single beat, you’re already being asked to make a... more…

These 3 Camping Picks Each Replace 3 Things You’re Packing Right Now
Yanko Design

These 3 Camping Picks Each Replace 3 Things You’re Packing Right NowMost packing lists grow the same way. One item leads to a backup, the backup leads to an accessory, and the accessory leads to a... more…

The Windows Central Podcast sits down with Microsoft CVP Marcus Ash to discuss all things Windows 11
Windows Central

Windows design and Insider lead Marcus Ash chats with the Windows Central Podcast about the current state of Windows 11 more…

Samsung hides its best audio tools inside this overlooked app
MakeUseOf

The best Galaxy audio features aren't in your settings menu. more…

I stopped paying for photo editing after Samsung Galaxy showed me what it could do for free
MakeUseOf

Samsung's generative editing tools have gotten shockingly good at editing photos. more…

Your phone replaces 5 tools you probably still have in a drawer
MakeUseOf

You no longer need to buy a document scanner, level, magnifier and more, if you have your phone with you. more…

Adding an API to networking hardware doesn’t solve management challenges
Theregister.com

This is why cloud-inspired networks win: virtual switches are all consistent more…

5 tools that turned my self-hosted media server into something better than any streaming service
XDA Developers

These five self-hosted tools handle playback, requests, organization, subtitles, and scheduled channels across my entire living room. more…

I gave a local LLM control of my entire homelab, and nothing ever touched the cloud
XDA Developers

And everything still worked fine. more…

Kimi K3's open weights just dropped, and it's another reason local AI is getting scary good
XDA Developers

You just can't self-host it yet. more…

GrapheneOS isn’t pulling any punches in its beef with Revolut
Android Authority

Revolut is reportedly making life difficult for GrapheneOS users again, and the project is loudly disputing the company’s justifications. more…

Google One has quietly turned your Android phone into another subscription
Android Authority

Google didn’t just build a better subscription with Google One. It made free Android storage basically impossible to live with. more…

5 Laptop Brands With The Longest Hardware Support Guarantees
BGR

Laptop brands like Lenovo, Dell, HP, Apple, and even Razer excel when it comes to factory and extended warranty programs, offering up to 6 years of coverage. more…

ClickFix Attacks Deliver macOS Stealer That Can Drain Crypto Wallets
Internet

ClickFix-style attacks are being used to deliver a Go-based malware capable of stealing cryptocurrency assets, as well as browser-stored passwords, Apple iCloud Keychain data, and cached credentials. The macOS-focused infection chain is designed to deliver a… more…

June: la startup de $20M que usa IA para resolver el problema de implementación de la IA, con respaldo de Benioff, Dell y Kurtz
Wwwhatsnew.com

El 3 de agosto de 2026, June salió del stealth con una ronda de $20 millones en pre-seed liderada por Time Ventures de Marc Benioff y con participación de Michael Dell, Aaron Levie (CEO de Box) y George Kurtz (CEO de CrowdStrike). La empresa fue fundada por E… more…

Before you buy another pack of LED bulbs, check one detail almost no one checks
Trendir.com

You bought the “lasts 22 years” LED bulbs. You screwed them in. And now, somehow, you’re back on the ladder again. Same bulb, same spot, dead in under a year. If this keeps happening to you in the same places (the hallway ceiling light, the bathroom vanity, t… more…

AI on the Pi: Build Your Own Local Voice Agent
Oreilly.com

As soon as I received my first Raspberry Pi, I knew that it would be a wonderful platform to bring AI into the physical world. Since the initial hardware didn’t have good CPU support for fast arithmetic, I ended up writing code that ran on the GPU so I could … more…

Radar Trends to Watch: August 2026
Oreilly.com

Coauthored with Claude Unrestricted global access to frontier AI technology is ending. The US government has taken steps to control who can use the most advanced models developed by American companies. While Claude Fable and the GPT-5.6 models are now open to… more…

Introduction to Post-training
Oreilly.com

This is the first article in a series about post-training. Follow along on Radar. Before post-training, there was a major problem with LLMs: Almost nobody could use them. The story of post-training is also the story of how AI went from a research curiosity to… more…

Why Open Source Matters for AI
Oreilly.com

In 1995, the question in the media was whether Netscape or Microsoft would control the web. The answer, it turned out, was neither. Both Netscape and Microsoft aimed to dominate the web server and browser market, reasoning that whoever controlled both ends of… more…

Summer heat is coming for your PC’s performance. Here’s what actually helps
PCWorld

When heatwaves strike in summer, any chance to cool down is welcome — whether at the lake, in an ice-cream parlor, or at home in front of a fan. What’s a relief for us is also something your computer desperately needs as soon as the thermometer hits the 30-de… more…

Ascentiz H Series Wearable Exoskeletons Go on Sale Ahead of IFA 2026
AndroidGuys

Ascentiz has released its H Series wearable exoskeletons for direct purchase, bringing hip-assisted mobility technology to hikers, runners, cyclists, travelers, and people who want extra support during everyday movement. The lineup includes the Ascentiz H Pro… more…

Marantz Unveils Next-Generation CINEMA Series 2 Home Theater Lineup
AndroidGuys

Marantz has officially unveiled the CINEMA Series 2, marking the next step for its celebrated home theater receiver family. Building on over seven decades of audio innovation, the updated collection features four new models: the flag-bearer CINEMA 50 Series 2… more…

Brighten Up Your Training with New COROS PACE 4 Colors
AndroidGuys

If you’ve been looking for a reason to refresh your running gear, COROS just gave you two very bright ones. The company is expanding its popular PACE 4 lineup with two bold and electric new additions: Ultraviolet and Neon Yellow. These aren’t your standard, m… more…

What another Texas flood revealed about the state’s warning system
Grist

Texas revamped its early warning system after a Hill Country flood killed 139 people last year. July's historic flood revealed what it accomplished — and what’s left to do. more…

Anthropic Builds a Chip Team as AI Demand Surges
Fstoppers

Anthropic officially confirms it's building a custom chip team to develop bespoke silicon for Claude AI models. The company is hiring experienced semiconductor engineers as it joins competitors like Google, OpenAI, and Meta in the race for cost-efficient AI i… more…

What to Look for in a Desktop Computer for Photography in 2026
Fstoppers

Your camera gets the glory, but your desk is where the hours actually go. Culling a 2,000-frame wedding, stacking a 40-shot Milky Way panorama, running AI masks across a folder of 61-megapixel raw files: none of that happens in the field. It happens on the ma… more…

What to Look for in a Laptop for Photography in 2026
Fstoppers

The right laptop edits a wedding on a hotel bed as happily as it does at your desk; the wrong one turns every export into a fan-screaming, battery-draining compromise. Here's how to tell them apart in 2026, and which machines are actually worth carrying.  [R… more…

Phones are getting fun (and weird) again
9to5google.com

Hey, how’s it going? I hope you had a lovely weekend. I was off last week, relaxing by the water, trying to finish a harrowing Booker Prize-winning novel about Australian POWs during WWII, rekindling my love for Love & Basketball, and playing far too much Lum… more…

Russia is kickstarting its plans to dominate the space race once again — but it will have to depend on Chinese hardware to do so
TechRadar

Russia's Angara expansion combines domestic machinery with strategically important Chinese equipment supporting critical manufacturing processes. more…

Chinese military reportedly uses American AI models to train its defense systems - tools from OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly among those affected
TechRadar

Chinese military researchers are distilling US AI models into systems they can run locally. more…

I went down a privacy rabbit hole and came out with a whole new digital setup — here's which security tools I recommend so you can do the same
TechRadar

Staying private and secure on your phone and online is becoming increasingly challenging, but there are plenty of tools to help. more…

Asus ROG now has 20 years of innovation under its belt — and its current range has a wealth of options for gamers and creators
TechRadar

Asus ROG now has 20 years of innovation under its belt — and its current range has a wealth of options for gamers and creators more…

Quantum's greatest breakthrough may be trust
TechRadar

Quantum's first public good may be protecting the digital world it is about to transform. more…

The democratization of AI stopped at the wrong layer
TechRadar

It has become easy to consume an AI model but almost impossible to make one. more…

The vSphere 9 decision: migrate, modernize or maximize with purpose
TechRadar

Virtualization decisions should align with business strategy more…

I spent two weeks with the Samsung Galaxy S26, and it's a stellar phone with a few annoying compromises
TechRadar

I tested the Samsung Galaxy S26, and it checks all of the flagship boxes — but its price hike is hard to justify. more…

The great privacy revolt: people are pushing back against the glasses that record, the earbuds that eavesdrop and the TVs watching our lives — here’s what we can do about it, according to an AI research CEO and a digital rights advocate
TechRadar

‘This technology doesn’t need the cloud whatsoever, it’s simply cheaper and easier for manufacturers’ — why one expert thinks we’re overlooking the biggest privacy issue in the AI boom, and what a prolific digital rights advocate thinks needs to change more…

This 144-piece toolkit is a must-buy for hobbyists and PC builders for under $40 — pocket a 20% saving on this screwdriver set with two drivers, 120 magnetic bits, and 22 repair tools for your projects
Tom's Hardware UK

Pick up this 144-in-1 repair toolkit from Strebito, with 120 bits and a number of other tools, for less than $40 right now, saving you 20%. more…

This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 7, 2026 — Inside China's lithography efforts, co-packaged optics get a spotlight, and Samsung debuts next-gen memory tech
Tom's Hardware UK

A redesigned Bench tool, inside China's domestic Chipmaking efforts, breaking, and we offer a free technical breakdown of Samsung's latest memory-related announcements. more…

Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive — 'Phantom Drive' appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data
Tom's Hardware UK

This USB looks like a standard 8GB drive, but it unlocks a hidden partition when you create a text file with the password inside. The password is never actually written to storage; it's instead intercepted by the custom firmware and copied into the microcontr… more…

Claude Opus 5 mistakenly deletes dev’s entire profile directory during routine backup, responds with 'Sorry, typo' — AI tool mistakes user's home directory as temporary backup, proceeds to wipe everything to undo the error
Tom's Hardware UK

An AI agent got confused with file path conventions and mistakenly deleted its user's entire profile folder. Claude Opus 5 apologized to the user, who called it "the funniest and most painful AI moment I've had." more…

Glorious Wireless InfinitePlay Gaming Headset Review
Tom's Hardware UK

The Glorious Wireless InfinitePlay offers solid sound, quality comms, and never-ending uptime at a reduced price. There’s a handful of trade-offs, but this headset has more wins than losses and is definitely worth considering. more…

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D faceoff — battle of the upper mid-range CPUs
Tom's Hardware UK

AMD's 3D V-Cache takes on Intel's latest Core Ultra architecture as we compare the two across various metrics including gaming, productivity, power consumption, and value. more…

Linux-Distribution: CachyOS August 2026 mit großem Update für den Paketmanager
ComputerBase

CachyOS erhält mit dem August-2026-Update das fünfte Installations-Image in diesem Jahr. Die größten Neuerungen sind der komplett neu geschriebene Paketmanager Shelly 3.0 und der Wechsel von Cachy-Update zu Arch-Update 4 als neue Basis. more…

Lexar Play X 1 TB im Test: Ist das die Zukunft für kompakte M.2-SSDs?
ComputerBase

Nur auf den ersten Blick wirkt die Lexar Play X wie eine herkömmliche M.2-SSD mit PCIe 4.0. Doch steckt dahinter ein ganz neues Design, das sich „mSSD“ nennt und vom Mutterkonzern Longsys erdacht wurde. Hierbei stecken sämtliche Komponenten in einem Package. … more…

Microsoft Plans Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Expansion To PC
Ubergizmo

Microsoft is preparing to expand its backward compatibility ecosystem by bringing Xbox 360 games to Windows PCs. According to internal developer documentation obtained by The Verge, the strategic initiative will allow classic console titles to run on PCs, han… more…

Smart Glasses Need Invisible Cooling Before All-Day Wear
The Gadgeteer

Smart glasses have spent years promising a computer you can wear all day. Heat is the part of that promise that keeps getting left out. Put a processor, cameras, wireless radios, translation tools, and a display inside a frame that sits against skin, and the … more…

Apple Hid a Trackpad in Plain Sight on Every iPhone
The Gadgeteer

I don’t need another list of 20 iPhone tricks. I want one small tool that changes a daily task without asking me to learn a new app, buy an accessory, or rebuild a workflow. The onscreen keyboard’s hidden trackpad fits that test. Apple documents the feature i… more…

5 Best Phones for Kids for Back to School
The Gadgeteer

Back-to-school is when the first-phone question stops being theoretical. A kid has practice pickup, bus changes, sleepovers, after-school clubs, and more time away from the adults who usually coordinate everything. If you are weighing a wearable before a phon… more…

5 Best Phones for Kids for Back to School
The Gadgeteer

Back-to-school is when the first-phone question stops being theoretical. A kid has practice pickup, bus changes, sleepovers, after-school clubs, and more time away from the adults who usually coordinate everything. If you are weighing a wearable before a phon… more…

Can a Tiny E Ink Screen Replace Your Family Group Chat?
The Gadgeteer

I keep coming back to the same family communication failure: the message exists, but it lives in a place nobody checks. A group chat can hold the grocery reminder, the school pickup change, and the note about the broken cabinet, yet each person still has to o… more…

Xteink X4 Versus a Full Size E-Reader: Is Pocketability Worth the Compromises?
The Gadgeteer

The Xteink X4 makes a sharp promise: carry a real E Ink reader in the space where your phone usually goes. At $69 from Xteink, its 4.3-inch screen and 77-gram body solve the size problem that makes a full-size reader annoying to pack. The catch is equally cle… more…

What You’re Actually Paying For When a Multitool Says 25 Functions
The Gadgeteer

A function count is the first thing you read on a multitool listing and the least useful thing on it. Twenty five sounds like more tool than fifteen, and fifteen sounds like more than five, so the number closes the sale before anything else gets a turn. What … more…

Olive Gray Lands on the WH-1000XM6 and Sony’s Color Playbook Gets Obvious
The Gadgeteer

A flagship headphone doesn’t get a new paint job because the design team ran out of things to do. It gets one because the product still has selling left in it and the spec sheet can’t carry that alone. Sony’s WH-1000XM6 is now available in Olive Gray, and tha… more…

Rethinking Pain: Regenerative Medicine In Spine And Joint Care
Forbes

Spine and joint pain doesn't always have to end in surgery. Discover how regenerative medicine helps high performers repair joint and spinal tissues, restore function, and avoid invasive procedures. more…