Thursday · July 9, 2026 Vol. I · No. 189
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Seahawks’ Leonard Williams ranked as NFL’s best defensive tackle in ESPN survey Vientos suffers hand fracture after hit-by-pitch With 5th All-Star nod, Soto proves ASG is 'the place he deserves to be' White Sox get boost as Munetaka Murakami expected to return Friday All-Star Game Selection Show draws best ratings since 2007 'I'm A Nico Fan For Life': Devils Captain Hischier Praised For Helping Save Family In Switzerland Love, legacy at the heart of Tree House books expansion in Philadelphia Senators, Xavier Bourgault Avoid Arbitration Seahawks’ Leonard Williams ranked as NFL’s best defensive tackle in ESPN survey Vientos suffers hand fracture after hit-by-pitch With 5th All-Star nod, Soto proves ASG is 'the place he deserves to be' White Sox get boost as Munetaka Murakami expected to return Friday All-Star Game Selection Show draws best ratings since 2007 'I'm A Nico Fan For Life': Devils Captain Hischier Praised For Helping Save Family In Switzerland Love, legacy at the heart of Tree House books expansion in Philadelphia Senators, Xavier Bourgault Avoid Arbitration

Hardware & Devices

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Plex vs Jellyfin vs Emby: Here's how the three media servers really compare

Convenience costs you with Plex, but the alternatives require more work.

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UN report says policymakers are struggling to keep up with pace of AI development

UN panel says 'AI is neither inherently good nor bad,' but better safeguards around it are needed.

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Getty Images is canceling its $3.7 billion Shutterstock merger due to UK restrictions

Getty Images has moved to terminate a $3.7 billion merger with rival Shutterstock due to restrictions imposed by UK regulators.

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BMW's X5 finally goes electric with an impressive 435 miles of range

BMW's X5 lineup finally has an electric option with impressive range.

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Meta puts rate limits on its smart glasses' Conversation Focus feature

Meta's Conversation Focus feature for smart glasses is now only free for three hours a month.

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Gemini Spark comes to Google's Gemini app for macOS

The Gemini macOS app now has access to Google's Spark agentic AI assistant.

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US government allows Anthropic to redeploy its Mythos and Fable AI models

Anthropic will start its users' access to Mythos and Fable tomorrow, July 1.

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Samsung teases wide-as-hell new foldable

Samsung teases wide-as-hell new foldable.

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Discord now runs natively on Meta Quest headsets

The app's arrival follows an announcement at last year's Meta Connect conference.

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Amazon will pay $2.25 million to settle FTC identity theft case

The retailer allegedly failed to meet requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Anthropic's new Sonnet 5 model is better at the tasks that are running up enterprise bills

Anthropic trained its newest Sonnet model to excel at agentic tasks, which have been causing a headache for the company's enterprise customers and power users.

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Xbox layoff plans reportedly include closing Arkane, canceling Blade

The cuts will apparently start next week.

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Netflix used AI to put Gene Wilder's voice into a new reality show

So much for magic.

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The Supreme Court will hear an appeal in the long-running case between Apple and Epic Games

Apple filed an appeal after being found in contempt of an order related to App Store fees.

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How to set a custom alarm sound on your iPhone

You can use any sound you want for an iPhone alarm, and here's how to set it up.

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California bill to preserve online games fails committee vote

At least for this session, the Stop Killing Games campaign has hit a wall in the California Senate.

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie launches onto Peacock on July 30

The second animated Mario movie made over a billion dollars.

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All the Apple products avoiding the price hike (for now)

All the Apple products avoiding the price hike (for now)

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Google's Gmail Live AI feature is now available in beta

You can use Gemini to quickly search your Gmail inbox with natural language.

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Clicks shows off its Communicator smartphone with a Blackberry-like keyboard

Clicks has released the first hands-on video of its Blackberry like Communicator Android phone.

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You might be paying more for YouTube Premium if you subscribed through Apple

Don't get hit with the Apple tax.

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Shark's new PowerDetect Transformer turns into three different types of vacuum

Shark has launched a new vacuum with three form factors.

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Samsung Music Studio 7 review: A great speaker on its own, and even better in a pair

The Music Studio 7 is an excellent Sonos alternative that can pull double duty in the living room.

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Proton's privacy-focused Lumo chatbot gets image generation

Proton has launched a major upgrade for its Lumo chatbot, giving it image generation and editing capabilities.