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British-built Hawk-Eye software goes dark during Wimbledon match


Wimbledon’s new automated line-calling system glitched during a tennis match Sunday, just days after it replaced the tournament’s human line judges for the first time.  The system, called Hawk-Eye, uses a network of cameras equipped with computer vision to tr

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Exclusive: Finnish startup raises €25M to put a ‘Donut’ motor in EV wheels


Finnish startup Donut Lab has secured €25mn in seed funding to scale up its in-wheel hub motors for electric land, sea, and air vehicles.  Alongside the investment, Donut Lab is opening an R&D hub in Chippenham, UK. Risto Siilasmaa, serial tech investor and

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Krutost ve jménu ochrany životů a zdraví !/?

V důsledku protipožárních přijatých po velkém požáru Londýna v roce 1666 a daňových předpisů staršího data byly komíny krbů v londýnských domech konstruovány tak, že bylo k jejich čištění třeba využívat malých dětí. Tyto děti umíraly na popáleniny, otravu kouřovými zplodinami a v pozdějším věku na nádorová onemocnění. Zákony na jejich ochranu byly buď ignorovány, nebo vedly k úmrtím z jiných příčin. Ale technický pokrok se naštěstí nezastavil…..
http://www.osel.cz/14147-krutost-ve-jmenu-ochran

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This Small Soundbar Punches Above Its Weight, and It's 21% Off for Prime Day

I always recommend the Roku Streambar SE because it packs impressive sound in a small package. And you can get it for $79 during Amazon's Prime Day sale. https://www.cnet.com/deals/this-small-soundbar-punches-above-its-weight-and-its-21-off-for-prime-day/#ftag=CADf328eec

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The Car Battery Jump Starter I Recommend to Everyone Is 40% Off for Prime Day

The Powrun P-One jump starter helps me stay one step ahead of car troubles. It's also surprisingly affordable, especially with this Amazon Prime Day deal bringing the price down to $60. https://www.cnet.com/deals/the-car-battery-jump-starter-i-recommend-to-everyone-is-40-percent-off-for-prime-day/#ftag=CADf328eec

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How Much Water Do You Actually Need to Drink Each Day? We Asked an Expert

Summer heat can easily dehydrate you. We spoke to a dietitian who explained how much water you really need, and how to drink enough each day. https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/how-much-water-do-you-actually-need-to-drink-each-day-we-asked-an-expert/#ftag=CADf328eec

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The Best-Sounding Sony Bluetooth Speaker I've Tested Is at an All-Time Low Price for Prime Day

I gave high marks to Sony's new ULT Field 5 Bluetooth speaker when it launched. It normally lists for $330 but is currently on sale for $198 -- the lowest price we've seen yet. https://www.cnet.com/deals/the-best-sounding-sony-bluetooth-speaker-ive-tested-is-at-an-all-time-low-price-for-prime-day/#ftag=CADf328eec

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EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Complaint Over AI Overviews

Independent publishers are worried about Google AI Overviews, trained on fresh journalistic content, filling up search results. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/eu-slaps-google-with-antitrust-complaint-over-ai-overviews/#ftag=CADf328eec

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Prime Day 2025: The Deals Are Here, but Beware of Looming Tariffs

Amazon's big annual sale officially kicks off Tuesday, but Prime members can find great deals now before any potential price hikes. https://www.cnet.com/tech/prime-day-2025-the-deals-are-here-but-beware-of-looming-tariffs/#ftag=CADf328eec

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 Wi-Fi signals could soon be used by AI-driven robots to identify objects inside boxes - or even tools hidden in a drawer

MIT researchers have developed mmNorm, a Wi-Fi-based system that reconstructs 3D shapes of hidden objects using reflected signals, achieving 96% accuracy across various materials and settings.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/wi-fi-signals-could-be-used-by-ai-driven-robots-to-identify-objects-inside-boxes-or-even-tools-hidden-in-a-drawer

 Final Fantasy IX Remake possibly cancelled according to latest rumors — Which may be the saddest way to celebrate this legendary game's 25th anniversary

Over the last few months, there have been rumors that Final Fantasy IX is getting a remake. Sadly, on the day of its 25th anniversary, there's been a new rumor suggesting that this supposed remake is in trouble and may even be cancelled.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/final-fantasy-ix-remake-possibly-cancelled-according-to-latest-rumors-which-may-be-t

Prime Day Live Blog: Real-time deal picks by the PC experts
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 AI hyperscaler buys its cryptomining partner for its AI GPUs and data center infrastructure — CoreWeave acquires Core Scientific in long-awaited move

CoreWeave, a minor AI hyperscaler, has bought out its longtime partner, Core Scientific, to take control of its data center infrastructure. The companies have worked together for a long time, both emerging from the cryptomining era into AI hyperscaling.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-hyperscaler-buys-its-cryptomining-pa

Bluesky is finally adding more ways to filter notifications

Bluesky has updated its notification settings so that users have more control over when and why the social media app sends them a ping. Besides more granular controls over which things will trigger a notification, you can now receive alerts for any activity from a chosen account.

As a fledgling app, Bluesky has lacked

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Apple is still trying to overturn the ban on the Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor

Apple is making another attempt to appeal the trade ban that forced it to remove the blood oxygen sensor from its smartwatches, Reuters reports. The company was forced to remove the feature in 2024, following

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Audible Prime Day deal: Get three months of access for only $3

Prime Day deals have arrived, and unsurprisingly, a discount on Audible is among them. We've seen similar offers pop up in the past, but considering Audible is one of the top audiobook streaming services out there, it's worth highlighting again.

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Racist AI-generated videos are all over TikTok, thanks in part to Google’s Veo 3 tool

Racist AI-generated videos are going viral on TikTok, according to a new report from Media Matters for America, a progressive watch

This planet is drawing huge flares from its young star

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star – a predicament never previously observed.

This exoplanet, as planets beyond our solar system are called, orbits its star so tightly that it appears to trigger flares from the stellar surface – larger than any observed from the sun – reaching several million miles (km) into space that over time may strip much of this unlucky world’s atmospher

Amazon Prime Can Help You Save on Prescriptions, Plus These 17 Perks

A Prime subscription is good for more than free shipping. Perks like cheaper gas, exclusive deals and discounts on groceries are waiting. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/amazon-prime-can-help-you-save-on-prescriptions-plus-these-17-perks/#ftag=CADf328eec

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Neuralink's Telepathy Wants to Transform How We Communicate. Here's the Latest Update video

Elon Musk's neurotech company Neuralink reveals more about two of its products: Telepathy and Blindisght. Today, we look at the most important updates about Telepathy. https://www.cnet.com/videos/neuralinks-telepathy-wants-to-transform-how-we-communicate-heres-the-latest-update/#ftag=CADf328eec

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 NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 7 (game #491)

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-7-july-2025-v2

Amazon's Echo Spot is on sale for only $45 for Prime Day

Prime Day 2025 is basically here, and the sales are abundant. There's deals on some of our favorite products, like the TP-Link Deco AXE5400 WI-Fi mesh router system and the

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Prime Day deal: Get $100 off the Apple Watch Series 10

Amazon Prime Day is around the corner, but there are plenty of great deals to be found right now before the event kicks off in earnest on July 8. Right now you can pick up the

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Amazon Prime Day deals on kitchen essentials include up to 50 percent off on air fryers, Instant Pots and sous vide machine

There are already thousands of early Prime Day deals out there (the sale doesn't officially start until tomorrow), but this list is all about the best Prime Day kitchen deals are on gadgets and kitchen accessories that we've tested and recommend. We’ve tested a slew of kitchen tech in our own apartments and houses and h

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Arkane founder calls Game Pass an 'unsustainable model' that's wrecking the industry

Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio had some harsh words for Game Pass in a thread on X, calling it an "unstainable model" that's "damaging the industry." He also said that Microsoft's ability to throw "infinite money" at the platform will eventually wane because "reality has to hit."

Colantonio continued by saying Microsoft will "kill everyone else, or give up" and that gamers only like

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Show HN: Unlearning Comparator, a visual tool to compare machine unlearning

I built Unlearning Comparator, a visual analytics toolkit to help researchers and developers compare how different machine unlearning methods work. It provides a unified workflow to test for accuracy, efficiency, and privacy. You can check out the live demo linked in the post, and the source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/gnueaj/Machine-Unlearning-Comparator Our accompanying paper is currently under review at IEEE T

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5 lesser-known Google Pixel phone tricks to make your life a little easier

Journey with me back to the good old days, if you will. There was a time that, when you’d buy a gadget, it’d come with a sometimes verbose but often helpful “instruction manual.”

Not a quick start guide: an honest-to-goodness manual that you could pore through. Your patience and attention to detail would be rewarded, as you’d learn tons of helpful tips and tricks that you’d almost certainly never stumble upon on your own.

Those days are gone. I’m not entirely sure when th

Everything you need to know about Elon Musk’s ‘America Party’

After more than a week of threats, Elon Musk formally launched the America Party over the July Fourth weekend, a third political party that he says will represent the silent majority of Americans and officially marks his break from the Trump administrat

Loewe’s latest luxury OLED TV comes in a huge size and with a huge price tag

German luxury AV brand Loewe has taken the covers off its latest TV, and the covers are rather large considering the size of this TV. Joining the brand’s Stellar range of TVs is a new 97-inch OLED monster, and as you can imagine, the asking price is just as big at €29,999 / $29,999. Luxury [...]

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Get $415 off  an Alienware 4K OLED gaming monitor
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Google Chrome now checks if your PC can upgrade to Windows 11
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Microsoft adds Markdown formatting to Notepad
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Windows’ iconic Blue Screen of Death gets a bold new look
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GPUs are too expensive and too hard to find — here’s the proof
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 Just in time for Prime Day, Steam's hardware survey reveals PC gamers have less free storage than ever — most users have only 100-250GB of space, barely enough for a couple of AAA titles

Steam's hardware survey for June 2025 reveals that gamers have less free storage space available compared to last month. The largest group of Steam gamers has only 100 -249 GB of free storage space available to install new games.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/just-in-time-for-prime-day-steams-hardware-survey-reveals-pc-gamers-have-less-f

Amazon Prime Day deals are already live through July 11: Here are our top picks so far

Amazon Prime Day has been a summer mainstay for years at this point and 2025 is no exception. Prime Day will return on July 8 to July 11 this year, marking the first time the shopping event has been more than 48-hours long. That just means you’ll have more time to shop the deals, but really, you don't even have to wait until the official start date to save. Amazon typically always has early Prime Day deals in th

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The latest Roku Ultra drops to $69 for Prime Day

The newest Roku Ultra streaming device

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The best Amazon Prime Day deals under $50: Save on gear from Samsung, Blink, Anker, and others

You don’t have to spend a ton to snag discounts from Amazon’s latest sale. Though Prime Day doesn't officially start until Tuesday, we've already gathered up some of the best prime Prime Day deals on tech that costs less than $50. Of course, it’ll help if you’re a Prime member to access the most savings, but a few deals

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Galaxy Z Fold 7 will reportedly be the thinnest one yet

Thanks to new reporting from WinFuture's Roland Quandt, we have a slew of presumptive details and specs for the next generation of Samsung's foldable phones. Reportedly lifted from official Samsung promotional materials, Quandt is reporting that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will be the thinnest iteration yet, measuring just 8.9mm when folded and 4.2mm unfolded. He also claims it will be the

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The Dyson V15 Detect Plus cordless vacuum is $180 off for Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day has returned for the summer, making it a good time to check to see if any big-ticket gadgets on your wishlist are on sale. A lot of our favorite tech is on sale at the moment, and that includes a number of Prime Day vacuum deals. One of the be

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Prime Day deals include $450 off Apple's 15-inch M3 MacBook Air

Picking up a new MacBook can be pricey, so we always like sharing when a great model is having a steep sale. Prime Day deals have brought a high-end configuration of the

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The best Prime Day laptop deals: MacBooks, Windows 11 machines, Chromebooks and others already on sale

If your laptop simply isn’t cutting it anymore, Amazon Prime Day 2025 might have arrived just in time. As has been the case for the past few years, laptop deals are abundant this Prime Day, bringing discounts to MacBooks, Windows laptops, Chromebooks and more. But we wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t know how to figure ou

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