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★ Claude’s Criminally Bad Electron Mac App Is an Inside Job
Anthropic released the first version of the Claude “desktop” app for MacOS in October 2024 — an Electron clunker that did not impress UI designers. When it came out, I wrote: ChatGPT’s native Mac app, on the other hand, is a truly native Mac app. It looks like a Mac app and feels…
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The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and more
The gadget has three buttons, and it changes context based on what app you are looking at. For instance, in meeting apps and sites, it could be toggle mic, toggle video, and bring window to the front.
techcrunch.com
The Download: a smoking “endgame” and a new Elizabeth Bear story
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway. —Jessica Hamzelou As the parent of two little girls, I often think…
MIT Technology Review
Chevy built an all-American EV truck — why is nobody buying it?
The Chevy Silverado EV is a solid first draft of an EV pickup truck. Here's what could make it better.
techcrunch.com
Trunk Tools' stack cut document review from 60 days to 10 by ditching general-purpose models
Most verticals aren’t clean, well-oiled SaaS databases; the reality is ugly documents, proprietary schemas, implicit workflows, and long‑running tasks that most general-purpose models struggle with. This prompted construction project management company Trunk Tools to build a spe…
venturebeat.com
‘Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ Will Finally Continue in September
Netflix will release stages two and three consecutively.
gizmodo.com
International tech
We tend to think using AI well is a technical skill, but the evidence from early adopters suggests it is almost entirely a clarity skill — the people getting extraordinary results are simply unusually clear about what outcome they are actually after
We tend to treat being good at AI as a technical skill, something to do with clever prompts, the right settings and a stock of secret phrases. Watch the people who actually get extraordinary results from these tools, though, and a different pattern shows up. They are rarely the m…
siliconcanals.com
From The Indus Valley To Incuspaze — Indian Startups Raised $105 Mn This Week
Indian startup funding plummeted in the final week of June after a sizable uptick last week. Between June 28 and…
inc42.com
Chongqing Inaugurates Three Gorges Laboratory, Completing Four-Lab Technology Innovation Framework
Chongqing officially inaugurates the Three Gorges Laboratory, completing its four-laboratory framework targeting digital intelligence, life health, new materials, and green low-carbon technologies.
pandaily.com
5 digital minimalism hacks that have made me calmer and less stressed
I did not get calmer by reading grand books about attention or by taking a week-long digital detox in the woods. I got calmer by doing five small, mildly annoying things every day that quietly changed the texture of my working hours. They are not clever. They do not require an ap…
siliconcanals.com
ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen to Sunset AI Agent Features on July 15
ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen (Qwen) simultaneously announce the removal of AI agent features, effective July 15.
pandaily.com
[Update] Temasek Offloads PB Fintech Shares Worth ₹1,633.6 Cr
Update | July 03, 2026, 21:40 IST Temasek, via its holding entity Macritchie Investments Pte Ltd, sold 1.02 Cr shares…
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Leanstral 1.5: Proof abundance for all
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Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches: new research
Article URL: https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/giant-trees-have-no-trouble-pumping-water-to-top-branches/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780870 Points: 211 # Comments: 97
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Five Solar Air Heating Methods Tested
For as good as solar panels are at converting sunlight directly into usable electricity, especially for how cheap they’re becoming, they can still only gather around 20-30% of the energy …read more
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How OpenAI Delivers Low-Latency Voice AI for 900M Users
In this article, we will look at the entire journey in detail and challenges the OpenAI engineering team faced.
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Espionage Against the European Parliament
Article URL: https://citizenlab.ca/research/member-of-committee-investigating-spyware-hacked-with-pegasus/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779683 Points: 389 # Comments: 98
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A New Twist on the To Do List
Humans are odd creatures, and no two are exactly alike, which is likely why so many different methods exist for tracking the progress of tasks that must be accomplished. [Simone …read more
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Performance per dollar is getting faster and cheaper
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Building A Wireless Fingerprint Authorization Device
Once upon a time, there was a bit of a fad for fingerprint authentication in laptops and desktop computers. It has long since faded, but [superdog] wanted just such a …read more
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Warp Point: a Web Ring for Gaming Sites Built for 2026
At one point in time web rings were one of the best ways to find content on the World Wide Web — involving not just a directory of participating sites, …read more
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