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Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web
With this update, users can start a task from their desk, get status updates on their phone, and pick up the finished output later — even if their laptop is closed.
techcrunch.com
iRobot Debuts Five Self-Emptying Roombas, Most Under $1,000
Most of them can mop—and clean their own mops—too.
gizmodo.com
The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six m…
MIT Technology Review
Allen Pike, Back in November: ‘Why Is ChatGPT for Mac So Good?’
Allen Pike, back in November (and corresponding Hacker News thread): Still, I wouldn’t count out the possibility of a change in course here. While mobile is king, desktop is still where work happens. While OpenAI has acquired Sky to double down on desktop, Google has long been al…
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Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution
Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake through a bed of dark, wet wood chips on his family’s land in Hickman, a tiny town in the state’s agricultural heartland. He reaches down with both hands and pulls up a clump of muck, turning it over to reve…
MIT Technology Review
Backblaze Versus Dropbox
There’s a been a lot of (justified) concern and consternation over the last year regarding Backblaze — an online backup service whose simple pitch is that it backs up your entire computer, including the startup drive and external drives — and online file storage services like iCl…
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International tech
Psychology says boomers who feel invisible in their 60s and 70s aren’t imagining it — research consistently finds that Western cultures systematically withdraw social attention from older adults in ways that measurably alter how those adults see themselves
I first watched my mother disappear at a dinner party about three years ago. Nobody was rude. That is the strange part. She was sitting right there, glass in hand, and the conversation simply flowed around her, the way a river goes around a rock. Someone asked me about a restaura…
siliconcanals.com
ideaForge Opens QIP, Sets Floor Price At ₹835.86
Listed dronetech company ideaForge has opened its qualified institutional placement (QIP) today (July 7) to raise fresh capital. The fundraising…
inc42.com
CCI Clears upGrad’s Unacademy Acquisition
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved edtech major upGrad’s proposed acquisition of Unacademy. The competition watchdog approved the…
inc42.com
China’s AI boom is creating a different kind of entrepreneur
Backed by the state, Chinese workers are using AI to deal with limited resources and drive innovation to compete with Silicon Valley.
restofworld.org
Kuaishou shares tumble as Tencent slashes stake after US$3b Kling AI deal
Shares of Kuaishou Technology plunged 12 per cent on Tuesday after Tencent Holdings slashed its stake in the short-video platform by selling 273 million Class B shares, just days after leading a US$3 billion financing round for Kuaishou’s artificial intelligence video unit, Kling…
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Amazon could raise $25Bn through bond sale to fund AI expansion
Amazon is preparing to raise at least $25 billion through a US… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament
Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Showdown-in-Strasbourg-The-unexpected-return-of-Chat-Control-1-0-11356680.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819008 Points: 201 # Comments: 88
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98% Isn't Much
Article URL: https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2026/07/03/98-isnt-very-much/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816959 Points: 323 # Comments: 241
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LAST CALL FOR ENROLLMENT: Become an AI Engineer - Cohort 7
Our 7th cohort of Becoming an AI Engineer starts in less than a week. This is a live, cohort-based course created in collaboration with best-selling author Ali Aminian and published by ByteByteGo.
bytebytego.com
ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: How They Differ
In this article, we will look at the various architectural forks the teams building these models encountered and the decisions they took.
bytebytego.com
An Interactive Tomato Farm Overseen by AI
Oh, the farming lifestyle…living off the land, fending for yourself. But who’s got time for all that? For the modern hacker, the best option in the garden space may be …read more
hackaday.com
When An Engineering Education Doesn’t Teach You How To Really Make Anything
In the sweltering temperatures of an unusually hot European heatwave, I found myself having a chat with  a friend of mine from my university days. After discussing the health of …read more
hackaday.com
Why the NES Put Out a Wobbly Picture
The NTSC television standard is a masterpiece of mid-century engineering, to pack a color image into the transmission bandwidth of a monochrome one, and to do so while maintaining backward …read more
hackaday.com
Good Judgment Beats Good Prompts
2026.04 - "Judgement is the last human skill AI can't replace". Everyone is saying it. I am trying to understand it. I want you to get good at it. Let's get philosophical and practical.
artoftpm on Substack
Is Now the Time for Volumetric 3D Printing?
Of all innovations adopted by the maker community within the past couple of decades, one stands among the rest on top for anything regarding manufacturing. It goes without saying here …read more
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