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How Sega’s surprise Saturn launch backfired—and changed gaming forever

In May of 1995, the video game industry hosted its first major trade show. Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was designed to shine a spotlight on games, and every major player wanted to stand in it.

Sega believed it had figured out how to command that spotlight. Riding high on the success of the Sega Genesis, the company unveiled the Sega Saturn at its press con

What are ‘tokenized’ stocks, and why are trading platforms like Robinhood offering them?

Robinhood cofounder and CEO Vlad Tenev channeled Hollywood glamour last month in Cannes at an extravagantly produced event unveiling of the trading platform’s newest products, including a tokenized shares offering designed to give investors exposure to private companies like SpaceX and OpenAI, as well as public companies like Microsoft and Nvidia. For crypto enthusiasts, it was a watershed moment: A major

‘Johnny Mnemonic’ predicted our addictive digital future

In the mid-1990s, Hollywood began trying to envision the internet (sometimes called the “information superhighway”) and its implications for life and culture. Some of its attempts have aged better than others. Perhaps the most thoughtful is the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic, the screenplay for which was written by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson, based on his 1981 short story.

The film tells the story of Johnny (played by Ke

The AI Desktop/Mobile Divide: 90% Of AI Search Traffic Ignores Mobile Strategy

New data shows desktop dominates AI referral traffic despite mobile’s broader usage. Here's a closer look at what this means for marketers.

The post The AI Desktop/Mobile Divide: 90% Of AI Search Traffic Ignores Mobile Strategy appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-de

Can You Lose Weight and Gain Strength on a Vibration Plate? We Consulted Fitness Experts

Vibration plates are becoming a fitness trend that's said to help people lose weight, but these are the actual benefits and risks you should know about. https://www.cnet.com/health/fitness/can-lose-weight-gain-strength-vibration-plate-consulted-fitness-experts/#ftag=CADf328eec

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AI Has Made My Trip Planning Easier. What to Know if You're Headed on a Summer Road Trip

You can get directions and contextual travel tips by using Curioso's AI tools, as well as being able to export your travel plans to Google Maps for the latest traffic alerts. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ai-has-made-my-trip-planning-easier-what-to-know-if-youre-headed-on-a-summer-road-trip/#ftag=CADf328eec

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The Ridiculously Thin Galaxy Z Flip 7 Is Sturdy AF. Ask Me How I Know

Commentary: Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 7 comes with a welcome overhaul to its design. And I can definitely vouch for the new phone's sturdiness. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/the-ridiculously-thin-galaxy-z-flip-7-is-sturdy-af-ask-me-how-i-know/#ftag=CADf328eec

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 Many top data center locations could be at risk of climate change

Our growing need for data centers is causing them to use more electricity and water, which is increasing climate change concerns.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/many-top-data-center-locations-could-be-at-risk-of-climate-change

It’s hot, but does a fan’s running cost really matter?

We’re back to the hot weather again this weekend in the UK, which means it’s that time once again for various outlets to ‘reveal’ the true running costs of a fan, often comparing them to air conditioning. Electricity prices may still be relatively high, but fan running costs are often a misleading and irrelevant metric. [...]

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The Galaxy Z Fold 7 has blown me away after just 48 hours

Since the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 on Wednesday, I’ve had it in my pocket as my main phone. And, let me tell you, it's an absolute treat.

The post The Galaxy Z Fold 7 has blown me away after just 48 hours appeared first on Trusted Reviews.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/opinion/48-hours-with-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7

Samsung killing key Galaxy S26 model makes complete sense

Samsung has been busy launching its latest slew of foldable phones this past week, but even though the latest Flip and Fold haven’t even officially hit shelves yet, talk has already turned to what’s coming next. Specifically, there has started to be some chatter about the upcoming Galaxy S26 series. The most significant of these [...]

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The most believable iPhone 17 release date prediction has arrived

iPhone 17 keynote likely set for week of September 8, claims a typically reliable industry analyst. In his latest Power On newsletter, Apple analyst and reporter Mark Gurman from Bloomberg has offered insight into the anticipated launch of the iPhone 17, aligning with previous assessments regarding its timing. Gurman reckons Apple will hold the inevitable [...]

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 The Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X prices may have leaked — and if true, it's not as bad as I thought

Microsoft and ASUS are gearing up to launch the Xbox Ally PC gaming handheld later this year, and the biggest questions remain fixed on price. Do we have our first answer?

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-xbox-ally-and-xbox-ally-x-prices-may-have-leaked

How I convinced a Windows fan to buy a Chromebook
 TensorWave just deployed the largest AMD GPU training cluster in North America — features 8,192 MI325X AI accelerators tamed by direct liquid-cooling

TensorWave has built North America's largest AMD AI cluster with 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325X GPUs, delivering 21 exaFLOPS of FP8 throughput. It’s a bold move against NVIDIA’s dominance and marks ROCm’s first major public cloud-scale deployment for general-purpose AI training.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/tensorwave-just-deployed-the-largest

 Enthusiast builds a fully functional CPU from old memory chips — hand-solders every wire, writes 1800 lines of assembler code, and makes it play The Matrix on a VFD display

Someone just built a fully functional CPU from scratch using old memory chips and logic parts from the 8-bit era. Spanning four perfboards and over a kilometer of wire, it runs real code, handles interrupts, and even plays The Matrix—all using logic simulated entirely through EPROMs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/passionate-enthusiast-build

Portfolios look nice, but battle scars tell the real story

How revealing your friction and lessons learned shows your hidden potential — and gets you noticed.

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Show HN: ArchGW – An intelligent edge and service proxy for agents

Hey HN!

This is Adil, Salman and Jose and and we’re behind archgw [1]. An intelligent proxy server designed as an edge and AI gateway for agents - one that natively know how to handle prompts, not just network traffic. We’ve made several sweeping changes so sharing the project again.

A bit of background on why we’ve built this project. Building AI agent demos is easy, but to create something production-ready there is a lot of repeat low-level plumbing work that everyone is doing. You’re

The era of free AI scraping may be coming to an end

Ever since AI chatbots arrived, it feels as if the media has been on the losing end of a war of attrition. Chatbots are surging in popularity, and the more people

Elektřina z Měsíce: Přílivové turbíny dosáhly rekordu ve spolehlivosti

Příliv znamená energii bez fosilních paliv. Je to ale divoká přírodní síla, k jejímuž zkrocení jsou nutné kvalitní technologie. Přílivové turbíny série Proteus AR s komponentami SKF vydržely pracovat šest let v přílivech na pobřeží Skotska bez neplánované údržby. Odolnost je klíčová pro ekonomickou životaschopnost přílivové energetiky. http://www.osel.cz/14157-elektrina-z-mesice-prilivove-turbiny-dosahly-rekordu-ve-spolehlivosti.html

2d | osel.cz
Monitor Audio Studio 89 Review

Monitor Audio is not the only loudspeaker company that’s revisiting its back catalogue (or playing the greatest hits) when it comes to new models – and given that the Studio range was the company’s most aspirational (and most expensive) range back in the day, it is at least dealing from a position of strength. [...]

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5 work-from-home purchases worth splurging for

Aside from the obvious, one of the best parts of the work-from-home revolution is being able to outfit your workspace as you see fit.

And if you spend your days squinting at a tiny laptop screen, yelling into a tin-can microphone, and wondering if your spine is going to make it into the next decade, you’re doing it wrong.

So take some of that money you’re saving on your commute, coffee, lunch out, and post-work happy hours and redirect it toward some items that’ll let you

Dyson Reveals Futuristic Farming Vision video

Dyson, a company best known for its vacuums and hair dryers, has unveiled a new rotating farm design that aims to make food production more local, sustainable and dependable. https://www.cnet.com/videos/dyson-reveals-futuristic-farming-vision/#ftag=CADf328eec

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Dyson Reveals Futuristic Farming Vision

Dyson, a company best known for its vacuums and hair dryers, has unveiled a new rotating farm design that aims to make food production more local, sustainable and dependable. https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/dyson-reveals-futuristic-farming-vision/#ftag=CADf328eec

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Ask HN: How much of OpenAI code is written by AI?

Amidst the nascent concerns of AI replacing software engineers, it seems a proxy for that might be the amount of code written at OpenAI by the various models they have.

If AI is a threat to software engineering, I wouldn't expect many software engineers to actively accelerate that trend. I personally don't view it as a threat, but some people (non engineers?) obviously do.

I'd be curious if any OpenAI engineers can share a rough estimate of their day to day composition of human generated

Rhino Linux spolupracuje s UBports, Alpine se snaží zlepšit údržbu X11

Tým Rhino Linux oznámil partnerství s UBports. Alpine se snaží zjednodušit nároky na údržbu X11. Kancelářský balík LibreOffice pracuje na podpoře jazyka Markdown. Společnost System76 představila novou verzi notebooku Adder WS. https://www.root.cz/clanky/rhino-linux-spolupracuje-s-ubports-alpine-se-snazi-zlepsit-udrzbu-x11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

2d | root.cz
Postřehy z bezpečnosti: phishing s VZP a útok na Ministerstvo vnitra

Podíváme se do našich luhů a hájů, zaměříme se na phishing parazitující na VZP, na zajímavosti z výroční zprávy BIS, na útok na systémy ministerstva vnitra či Varování NUKIBu před AI DeepSeek. https://www.root.cz/clanky/postrehy-z-bezpecnosti-phishing-s-vzp-a-utok-na-ministerstvo-vnitra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

2d | root.cz
These are the closest-ever images of the sun from Parker Solar Probe's historic flyby

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we're finally getting a look at some of the images it captured. The

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Jak je to s cenou různých energetických mixů?

Velice často se při diskuzích o tom, jaké zdroje energie bychom měli využívat, šermuje s jejich cenou. Hlavně v případě využití fluktuujících na počasí závislých zdrojů je však třeba posuzovat fungování a náklady celého energetického mixu. Podívejme se z tohoto hlediska na možnosti, které v této oblasti Česká republika má. http://www.osel.cz/14156-jak-je-to-s-cenou-ruznych-energetickych-mixu.html

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Great, Grok is in cars now too

Just a day after the xAI team issued a comprehensive apology and explanation about why its chatbot was spreading

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