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Cover illustration for Open RC Spotter Logs RC Car Telemetry at 100 Hz on ESP32
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Mini Computers

Open RC Spotter Logs RC Car Telemetry at 100 Hz on ESP32

An open-source ESP32 data logger fuses GPS and IMU with a 10-state Kalman filter, logging RC car telemetry at 100 Hz to microSD. $169 assembled.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Orange Pi 5B Ubuntu Images Fix an 8-Year Bluetooth Bug
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Orange Pi 5B Ubuntu Images Fix an 8-Year Bluetooth Bug

New Pi Desktop and Pi Studio images for the Orange Pi 5B finally land the AP6275P Bluetooth fix Cypress published back in 2018, plus 4K 120Hz.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Jetway SMC-ARK1 Module Puts 6 TOPS RK3588 on SMARC 2.1
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Jetway SMC-ARK1 Module Puts 6 TOPS RK3588 on SMARC 2.1

Jetway's SMC-ARK1 packs an octa-core RK3588, a 6 TOPS NPU, and up to 16GB LPDDR4x into an 82x50mm SMARC 2.1 module built for edge AI vision.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Newsroom AI Workflows That Give Reporters Time Back
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Newsroom AI Workflows That Give Reporters Time Back

OpenAI detailed on July 27 how Business Insider, WELT, and Le Monde use AI for one-tap listening, fact-checking layers, and faster translation.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Cognizant Claude Rollout Trains 40,000 Enterprise Staff
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Cognizant Claude Rollout Trains 40,000 Enterprise Staff

Cognizant became an Anthropic Global Premier Partner on July 27, embedding Claude across its enterprise platforms after training 30,000 associates.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 27, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for Snowpick Open-Source Scanner Checks ServiceNow Exposure
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AI Security

Snowpick Open-Source Scanner Checks ServiceNow Exposure

Bishop Fox released Snowpick, a free Go tool that tests your own ServiceNow portal for unauthenticated data exposure across 26 table checks.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Tokenized Stocks Clear FINRA Hurdle for US Investors
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Stock Trading

Tokenized Stocks Clear FINRA Hurdle for US Investors

Ondo's Oasis Pro Markets won SEC and FINRA authorization to offer tokenized stocks, ETFs, and funds to US retail and institutional investors.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Uniswap Permissioned Pools Move Compliance On-Chain
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Crypto

Uniswap Permissioned Pools Move Compliance On-Chain

Uniswap v4's Permissioned Pools check issuer allowlists inside the pool, letting tokenized funds and equities trade on an AMM within the rules.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for God of War Laufey Gets a February 16, 2027 PS5 Date
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Gaming

God of War Laufey Gets a February 16, 2027 PS5 Date

Sony Santa Monica dated God of War Laufey for February 16, 2027 on PS5 at San Diego Comic-Con, and confirmed the next game brings Kratos back.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonJul 27, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Low-Power Wireless MCU Guide: nRF54L, ESP32, RP2350
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Low-Power Wireless MCU Guide: nRF54L, ESP32, RP2350

Compare nRF54L15, ESP32-C6, and RP2350 for battery-powered projects: radios, sleep current, memory, price, and which to pick for each build.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 27, 20269 min read
Cover illustration for nRF54L15 Discovery Board Snaps Into Two Usable Boards
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nRF54L15 Discovery Board Snaps Into Two Usable Boards

Icy Electronics' $27.19 nRF54L15 Discovery packs a Cortex-M33, a RISC-V coprocessor, and a snap-off CMSIS-DAP debugger you can reuse separately.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Beelink ME Pro 2 Hybrid NAS Adds 10GbE and Thunderbolt
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Beelink ME Pro 2 Hybrid NAS Adds 10GbE and Thunderbolt

Beelink's $619 ME Pro 2 pairs Intel's Wildcat Lake Core 3 304 with 10GbE, dual Thunderbolt 4, and 24 TOPS of on-board AI compute, shipping in August.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 27, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Rare Disease Research Grants Offer $50K in Claude Credits
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Rare Disease Research Grants Offer $50K in Claude Credits

Anthropic's AI for Science program offers rare disease researchers up to $50,000 in Claude credits over six months, with applications closing August 2.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 27, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Anthropic Economic Index Connector Answers AI Job Questions
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Anthropic Economic Index Connector Answers AI Job Questions

Anthropic's free Economic Index connector lets Claude answer plain-English questions about how AI is used across occupations, states, and tasks.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 27, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Laguna S 2.1 Open-Weight Coding Model Fits One Desktop
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Laguna S 2.1 Open-Weight Coding Model Fits One Desktop

Poolside's Laguna S 2.1 packs 118B parameters, activates just 8B per token, scores 70.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.1, and runs on a single desktop.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 27, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for Microsoft and Mistral Expand Their Sovereign AI Deal
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Microsoft and Mistral Expand Their Sovereign AI Deal

Microsoft and Mistral expanded their partnership July 21, adding thousands of NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs to bring sovereign frontier AI to Europe.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 26, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Cursor Router Auto-Picks the Cheapest Capable Model
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Cursor Router Auto-Picks the Cheapest Capable Model

Cursor Router, launched July 22, routes each coding request to the cheapest capable model, delivering frontier quality at up to 60% lower cost.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 26, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Inflection Pi Journeys Personalizes AI to Life Stages
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Inflection Pi Journeys Personalizes AI to Life Stages

Inflection AI launched Pi Journeys on July 21, an assistant that reshapes itself around life stages like new parenthood, caregiving, or a career change.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 26, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for CirkitScape Top HAT Combines Four Pi Add-Ons in One
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Mini Computers

CirkitScape Top HAT Combines Four Pi Add-Ons in One

The $45 CirkitScape Top HAT adds 16 GPIOs, a 3-channel ADC, RS-485, and four USB ports to a Raspberry Pi using only standard Python libraries.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 26, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Globalscale Case8 Cyberdeck Snaps Into Four Editions
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Globalscale Case8 Cyberdeck Snaps Into Four Editions

The Globalscale Case8 is a modular MediaTek Genio cyberdeck with up to a 10 TOPS NPU, sold in gaming, home, education, and hacker editions from $299.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 26, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Moonshine Puts Offline Voice AI on a Pico 2 Chip
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Moonshine Puts Offline Voice AI on a Pico 2 Chip

Moonshine AI fit a full offline voice pipeline — detection, speech-to-text, and neural TTS — onto a Raspberry Pi Pico 2, using just 3.6 MiB of flash.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 26, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for The Sims 4 Update Finally Adds Autosave for Free
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The Sims 4 Update Finally Adds Autosave for Free

The Sims 4's free July 21 update finally adds Autosave, a Memory Boost for fewer crashes, and 8 new Starter Sims across PC, Mac, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonJul 26, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Circle Brings USDC Payment Rails to South Korea
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Crypto

Circle Brings USDC Payment Rails to South Korea

Circle signed MOUs with Kakao and Toss Bank on July 23 to build USDC payment rails in South Korea, extending regulated stablecoin infrastructure.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensJul 26, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for London Stock Exchange Unveils LSE 24 Trading Venue
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London Stock Exchange Unveils LSE 24 Trading Venue

The London Stock Exchange unveiled LSE 24 on July 21, a near-24-hour venue built for algorithmic and agentic trading, testing by end of 2026.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderJul 26, 20264 min read