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Cover illustration for Mistral Robostral Navigate Runs Robots on One Camera
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AI

Mistral Robostral Navigate Runs Robots on One Camera

Mistral's Robostral Navigate, launched July 8, is an 8B model that steers robots with a single RGB camera, hitting 76.6% on the unseen R2R-CE benchmark.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 14, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Raspberry Pi Single Pair Ethernet HAT Adds T1S/T1L
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Mini Computers

Raspberry Pi Single Pair Ethernet HAT Adds T1S/T1L

Brechel Electronic's new Raspberry Pi HAT+ boards add 10BASE-T1S and 10BASE-T1L Single Pair Ethernet from €95, with a one-click Linux driver installer.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 14, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for M5Stack Stamp-C5 Puts Wi-Fi 6 in a $6.50 Module
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M5Stack Stamp-C5 Puts Wi-Fi 6 in a $6.50 Module

The tiny M5Stack Stamp-C5 packs dual-band Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5, and Thread into a 19mm ESP32-C5 module with up to 19 GPIO and USB-C — all for just $6.50.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 14, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Granblue Fantasy Relink Endless Ragnarok Review Is In
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Granblue Fantasy Relink Endless Ragnarok Review Is In

Granblue Fantasy: Relink's Endless Ragnarok expansion, out July 9, nearly doubles the base game's content and adds a roguelite endgame critics love.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonJul 14, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Ethereum Tokenized Assets Top $19B, Lead All Chains
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Ethereum Tokenized Assets Top $19B, Lead All Chains

Ethereum's L1 now hosts over $19.3B in tokenized real-world assets — about 65% of all public-chain value — as institutional adoption accelerates in 2026.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensJul 14, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Texas Stock Exchange Goes Live, First in a Generation
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Texas Stock Exchange Goes Live, First in a Generation

The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange began operations July 6 and live trading July 10 — the first new US national securities exchange in a generation.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderJul 14, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Microsoft Secure Future Initiative Hits New Milestones
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AI Security

Microsoft Secure Future Initiative Hits New Milestones

Microsoft's July 2026 Secure Future Initiative report: phishing-resistant MFA on 99.97% of accounts, 732K+ resources locked down, and AI-driven defense.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisJul 14, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for GPT-Live Gives ChatGPT Real-Time Full-Duplex Voice
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GPT-Live Gives ChatGPT Real-Time Full-Duplex Voice

OpenAI's GPT-Live brings full-duplex voice to ChatGPT, letting the AI listen and speak simultaneously for 150M+ weekly voice users worldwide.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 13, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for SWE-1.7 Brings Near-Frontier Coding Power to Devin
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SWE-1.7 Brings Near-Frontier Coding Power to Devin

Cognition's SWE-1.7 scored 42.3% on FrontierCode Main at about $1.97 per task, bringing near-frontier coding into Devin at ~1000 tokens/sec.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 13, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Beelink EQi Puts Intel 18A Wildcat Lake on Your Desk
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Mini Computers

Beelink EQi Puts Intel 18A Wildcat Lake on Your Desk

The Beelink EQi packs Intel's 18A Wildcat Lake Core 3 304, a 24 TOPS NPU, dual Thunderbolt 4, and 10 GbE into a compact mini PC from just $509.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 13, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for PocketMage Is a Fully Open-Source ESP32-S3 E-Ink PDA
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Mini Computers

PocketMage Is a Fully Open-Source ESP32-S3 E-Ink PDA

PocketMage is a $185 open-source ESP32-S3 PDA with dual E-Ink and OLED displays, a physical QWERTY keyboard, and a ~7-day battery per charge.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 13, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Calixto AM62L STAMP SOM Puts Linux on a Postage Stamp
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Calixto AM62L STAMP SOM Puts Linux on a Postage Stamp

The Calixto AM62L STAMP SOM fits dual Cortex-A53 cores at 1.25 GHz onto a 40x40 mm module for industrial automation, HMIs, and EV chargers alike.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 13, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Palworld 1.0 Rockets Into Steam's All-Time Top 15 List
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Gaming

Palworld 1.0 Rockets Into Steam's All-Time Top 15 List

Palworld 1.0 launched free on July 10, hitting roughly 725,000 concurrent players for #15 all-time on Steam after crossing 40M+ total players.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonJul 13, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for SWIFT's Blockchain Ledger Goes Live With 17 Global Banks
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Crypto

SWIFT's Blockchain Ledger Goes Live With 17 Global Banks

SWIFT's blockchain ledger is live: 17 of the world's largest banks on six continents will pilot always-on, 24/7 tokenized cross-border settlement.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensJul 13, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for EDX Markets Raises $76M Series C Led by SBI Holdings
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EDX Markets Raises $76M Series C Led by SBI Holdings

EDX Markets closed a $76M Series C led entirely by SBI Holdings, which took a ~20% stake, funding its pending US national trust bank charter push.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderJul 13, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for CodeQL 2.26 Adds Free AI Prompt-Injection Detection
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AI Security

CodeQL 2.26 Adds Free AI Prompt-Injection Detection

CodeQL 2.26.0 adds a free js/system-prompt-injection query in code scanning, with new sinks for the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google GenAI SDKs.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisJul 13, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Ollama Raises $65M to Power Local Open-Source AI
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Ollama Raises $65M to Power Local Open-Source AI

Ollama closed a $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures on July 9, growing to 8.9M monthly developers and a presence in 85% of the Fortune 500.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 11, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Claude Reflect Helps You Use AI More Mindfully
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Claude Reflect Helps You Use AI More Mindfully

Anthropic's new Reflect dashboard, launched July 9, shows your Claude usage over 1 to 12 months and adds quiet hours and break reminders.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenJul 11, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for ELM11-Feather Makes FPGAs Lua-Simple for $39
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Mini Computers

ELM11-Feather Makes FPGAs Lua-Simple for $39

The $39 ELM11-Feather puts a Gowin FPGA and a 75 MHz soft-core into a Feather board you program in Lua, with MIT-licensed firmware coming.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 11, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Norik Dongle Brings DECT NR+ 5G to a USB Port
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Mini Computers

Norik Dongle Brings DECT NR+ 5G to a USB Port

Norik Systems' nRF9151 USB dongle brings DECT NR+, the carrier-free 5G mesh standard, to developers with Zephyr samples and no debug probe.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 11, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for KKSB Rack Panels Tidy Your Raspberry Pi Cluster
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KKSB Rack Panels Tidy Your Raspberry Pi Cluster

KKSB's new 10-inch and 19-inch rack panels mount up to 10 Raspberry Pis per shelf, with room for HATs and active coolers in a homelab rack.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 11, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Team Fortress 2 Gets a Joyful Summer 2026 Update
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Gaming

Team Fortress 2 Gets a Joyful Summer 2026 Update

Valve surprised fans on July 8 with a community-made Team Fortress 2 Summer update: 6 new maps, 24 cosmetics, and events running to September 15.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonJul 11, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Digimon Story: Time Stranger Lands on Switch 2
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Gaming

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Lands on Switch 2

Digimon Story: Time Stranger reached Switch and Switch 2 on July 10 with a free update adding Terriermon, a photo mode, and a 60 FPS mode.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonJul 11, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for USDC Powers a Record $1.79T Stablecoin Month
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USDC Powers a Record $1.79T Stablecoin Month

Stablecoin transaction volume hit a record $1.79 trillion in June 2026, with regulated, fully reserved USDC leading roughly 70% of 2026 flows.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensJul 11, 20265 min read