{
  "AI & Machine Learning": [
    {
      "title": "China\u2019s AI companion rules: what Beijing is really going after",
      "link": "https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/china-ai-companion-rules/",
      "summary": "An AI companion sounds dystopian, but it has become a common thread in the wider conversation about the perils of generative AI. What it refers to is essentially a conversational agent built to sustain an ongoing, personal relationship with a user, with the memory and steady persona that keep it consistent from one session to [\u2026] The post China\u2019s AI companion rules: what Beijing is really going after appeared first on AI News.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 11:00",
      "source": "AI News"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Complete Guide to Tool Selection in AI Agents",
      "link": "https://machinelearningmastery.com/the-complete-guide-to-tool-selection-in-ai-agents/",
      "summary": "You build an agent with five tools.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 11:33",
      "source": "MachineLearningMastery.com"
    }
  ],
  "Software Development": [
    {
      "title": "Getting Claude Code to grunt in Caveman-speak might not save as many tokens as you think",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/caveman-mode-token-savings/",
      "summary": "Developers are paying closer attention to how much their AI coding tools cost them to run, and for good reason. The post Getting Claude Code to grunt in Caveman-speak might not save as many tokens as you think appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 18:28",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why most AI projects fail: It\u2019s infrastructure and people",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/why-most-ai-projects-fail-its-infrastructure-and-people/",
      "summary": "AI trash-talkers love to rip on the technology for failing to produce meaningful business results, often pointing to studies like The post Why most AI projects fail: It\u2019s infrastructure and people appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 18:19",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Palantir\u2019s Alex Karp and Mistral\u2019s Arthur Mensch agree: AI lock-in is coming for enterprises",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/karp-mensch-ai-lockin/",
      "summary": "Palantir CEO Alex Karp went on CNBC\u2019s Squawk Box last week to discuss a new partnership with Nvidia to deploy The post Palantir\u2019s Alex Karp and Mistral\u2019s Arthur Mensch agree: AI lock-in is coming for enterprises appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:17",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Andrej Karpathy, Google and Garry Tan agree Markdown is the answer, but they\u2019re not solving the same problem",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/markdown-agent-memory-moat/",
      "summary": "In April, Andrej Karpathy published a GitHub gist file called \u201cLLM Wiki,\u201d a brief text document designed to help one The post Andrej Karpathy, Google and Garry Tan agree Markdown is the answer, but they\u2019re not solving the same problem appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:13",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "The code review bug hunt is dead. Here\u2019s what developers get wrong.",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/code-review-catches-maintainability-bugs/",
      "summary": "The software code review process is a systematic, peer-driven quality assurance procedure that scrutinizes code when a developer submits a The post The code review bug hunt is dead. Here\u2019s what developers get wrong. appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 12:00",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft, AWS and Anthropic are spending billions \u2014 and not on better models",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-frontier-forward-deployed/",
      "summary": "On July 2, Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft\u2019s commercial business, announced the formation of the Microsoft Frontier Company. The new The post Microsoft, AWS and Anthropic are spending billions \u2014 and not on better models appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-05 15:00",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "10 moments that defined AI\u2019s turbulent first half of 2026",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/biggest-ai-moments-2026/",
      "summary": "Halfway through 2026, artificial intelligence has been at the center of every major story inside the world of software development The post 10 moments that defined AI\u2019s turbulent first half of 2026 appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-05 14:00",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "The AI revolution will not be televised \u2014 it\u2019ll be quantized",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/chinese-frontier-models-quantization/",
      "summary": "With apologies to Gil Scott-Heron and his timeless 1971 protest song, if anyone thought the AI revolution would not be The post The AI revolution will not be televised \u2014 it\u2019ll be quantized appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-07-05 13:00",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "When the sensor starts thinking: SnortML, agentic AI, and the evolving architecture of intrusion 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      "link": "https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/06/when-the-sensor-starts-thinking-snortml-agentic-ai-and-the-evolving-architecture-of-intrusion-detection/",
      "summary": "Signature-based detection has always known what it was looking for. Machine learning and autonomous agents are changing the question entirely, shifting from \"does this match a known pattern?\" to \"does this actually make sense in context?\"\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200c\ufeff\u200d\ufeff\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200c\ufeff\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200d\u200c\u200c\u200d\u200c\ufeff\u200c\u200d\u200d\u200c\u200c\u200d\ufeff\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200b\ufeff\u200d\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c\ufeff\u200b\ufeff\u200c\u200d\u200b\u200c\u200c\u200d\ufeff\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200d\u200c\u200c\ufeff\u200c\u200b\u200c\ufeff\u200d\u200c\u200b\u200d\ufeff\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200d\u200c\u200c\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\ufeff\u200b\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200d\u200b\u200c\ufeff\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200b\ufeff\u200d\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200d\u200b\u200c\ufeff\u200c\u200b\u200c\ufeff\u200c\u200b\u200c\ufeff\u200b\u200b\u200c\ufeff\u200b\ufeff\u200b\ufeff\u200d\u200d\u200b\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200b\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200c\u200d\u200b\ufeff\u200c\u200d\ufeff\u200c\u200c\ufeff\u200b\ufeff\u200b\u200d\ufeff\u200d\u200c\ufeff\u200b\ufeff\u200c\ufeff\u200c\u200b\u200c\u200d\u200b\u200c\u200c\u200d\u200b\ufeff\u200c\u200d\u200d\ufeff\u200c\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200c\ufeff\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200c\u200c\ufeff\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200d\ufeff\u200b\u200c\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200c\ufeff\u200c\ufeff\u200b\u200d\ufeff\u200d\u200c\u200d\u200b\ufeff\u200c\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200b\u200d\ufeff\ufeff\u200c\u200d\u200d\u200c\u200c\u200d\ufeff\u200d\u200c\ufeff\u200c\u200b\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200d\ufeff\u200d\u200c\ufeff...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:23",
      "source": "Stack Overflow Blog"
    },
    {
      "title": "Big Tech is spending $725 billion on AI this year. Who actually pays for it?",
      "link": "https://dev.to/anishbasnetab/big-tech-is-spending-725-billion-on-ai-this-year-who-actually-pays-for-it-4b46",
      "summary": "There is a number going around tech right now that I genuinely cannot fit in my head. Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta plan to spend somewhere around $725 billion on capital expenditure in 2026. Most of that is data centers, chips, and the power to run them. That figure is up roughly 77 percent from about $410 billion the year before, based on earnings figures compiled by the Financial Times. Read that again. It is not a plan for the decade. It is one year. I want to walk through where this mo...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:54",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "My Polymarket Trading Bot Strategy Across 11,717 Trades - 5m/15m/1h Framework Explained",
      "link": "https://dev.to/lkto1m/my-polymarket-trading-bot-strategy-across-11717-trades-5m15m1h-framework-explained-3gbl",
      "summary": "I didn't design this strategy on paper. I found it by trading, losing, adjusting, and trading again until the win rate stabilized and stopped moving around. 11,717 trades later, here's what actually works and why. The core idea The bot trades BTC Up/Down markets on Polymarket across three timeframes - 5-minute, 15-minute, and 1-hour. Each timeframe has a different job. They're not three separate strategies running in parallel. They're one framework where each layer filters the one below it. The ...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:50",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "How Applicant Tracking Systems Actually Parse Your Resume (and How to Stop Getting Auto-Filtered)",
      "link": "https://dev.to/gerardo_barrera_538fc60b7/how-applicant-tracking-systems-actually-parse-your-resume-and-how-to-stop-getting-auto-filtered-2700",
      "summary": "If you've applied for a job in the last few years, a piece of software probably read your resume before a human did. Most mid-size and large companies run applications through an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) \u2014 Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, Taleo, and friends \u2014 that ingests your file, turns it into structured data, and stores it in a database recruiters search. As developers, we tend to imagine the ATS as some mysterious gatekeeper with a secret scoring model. It's less magic than that. It's mos...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:49",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Meteor 3.5 is out!",
      "link": "https://dev.to/meteor/meteor-35-is-out-j13",
      "summary": "Meteor 3.5 is a broad release, and it earns the word. Its center of gravity is the reactive data layer (the part of your app that runs in production around the clock), but the work reaches from the database driver out to your auth middleware and the Node runtime underneath. Here is the map, and everything below is covered in detail further down. For the complete, line-by-line list of what shipped, see the full changelog. The headline is change streams by default: reactivity now works on managed ...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:42",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "No pipeline, no oil spills",
      "link": "https://dev.to/smeldr/no-pipeline-no-oil-spills-23oh",
      "summary": "At some point in the last decade, shipping a web application started requiring a build step. Then a second one. Then a config file for the bundler, a config file for the CSS processor, a config file for the linter that runs before the bundler, and a CI definition that orchestrates all of them in the right order. Every one of those steps is a dependency. Every dependency has a version. Every version will, eventually, break something. When I started building Smeldr, I made a deliberate choice: no ...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:32",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "GitHub Managed Settings vs Ota: Platform Governance vs Execution Governance",
      "link": "https://dev.to/otaready/github-managed-settings-vs-ota-platform-governance-vs-execution-governance-26co",
      "summary": "GitHub Managed Settings and Ota are not competing products. They govern different layers of software. GitHub Managed Settings governs repository configuration on GitHub. Ota governs how a repository is prepared, verified, and run. That distinction matters because modern repositories do not just need policy around branch protection, rulesets, and defaults. They also need a clear execution contract for developers, CI systems, automation, and AI agents. GitHub Managed Settings is platform governanc...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:27",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Automating Flutter Android Releases to Google Play using GitHub Actions",
      "link": "https://dev.to/madhan_gannarapu/automating-flutter-android-releases-to-google-play-using-github-actions-9lj",
      "summary": "Publishing a Flutter app manually is fine once. Doing it every time by downloading an .aab, opening Play Console, uploading it, checking versions, and creating releases manually is trash. It is slow, error-prone, and sooner or later you will upload the wrong build. In this article, I\u2019ll document the complete end-to-end flow to publish a Flutter Android app to Google Play using GitHub Actions. Final Release Flow feature/* \u2502 \u25bc develop \u2502 \u25bc Flutter CI \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 main \u2502 \u25bc Flutter CI...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:27",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Your Postgres already knows why it's slow \u2014 you just have to ask it",
      "link": "https://dev.to/kalpesh_parihar/your-postgres-already-knows-why-its-slow-you-just-have-to-ask-it-2d06",
      "summary": "Keeping our database fast at Atlas was part of my job \u2014 alongside writing code and shipping features. And a big chunk of that job was unglamorous: chasing slow queries, figuring out why the system dragged, asking the same handful of questions over and over. Which indexes are we actually using? How many are just bloat? Are we vacuuming the tables that need it? Which table is quietly making every write more expensive? I'd written SQL to answer all of it. The queries worked fine. But running them o...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:26",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "What Is an MCP Server? A Plain-English Guide for Builders (2026)",
      "link": "https://dev.to/buywhere/what-is-an-mcp-server-a-plain-english-guide-for-builders-2026-2jm6",
      "summary": "If you've heard the term \"MCP server\" floating around AI Twitter, GitHub, or Discord and quietly googled it \u2014 you're not alone. As of mid-2026, even some frontier models don't fully recognize the term yet. Let's fix that. This is a plain-English explainer: what MCP is, what an MCP server does, and why it matters if you're building anything with AI agents. The 30-Second Version MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's an open standard (introduced by Anthropic in late 2024) that lets AI models ...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:20",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Engineering of Resilience: How \"Desirable Difficulties\" and Neurobiological Adaptation Build High-Velocity Founders",
      "link": "https://dev.to/khalisollis/the-engineering-of-resilience-how-desirable-difficulties-and-neurobiological-adaptation-build-2pm",
      "summary": "The research behind \"desirable difficulties,\" stress inoculation, and why chronic adversity is not the founder advantage many people think it is. There is a story the startup world likes to tell about itself: the founders who succeed are the ones who had it hardest\u2014that an early lack of money, connections, or a safety net forged something their more comfortable competitors simply don't have. Pieces of that story are genuinely supported by research on learning and stress. But it bundles together ...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:19",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    }
  ],
  "Programming Languages": [
    {
      "title": "How Oracle's Secret Algorithm Came into the Public Domain After Patent Expiration, Making Sorting 5x Faster for Open-Source Databases and Boosting Performance for AWS and Other Cloud Companies",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1up1fry/how_oracles_secret_algorithm_came_into_the_public/",
      "summary": "Orasort, a sorting algorithm from Oracle, came into the public domain in 2024 after its patent expired, providing massive benefits to open-source software. submitted by /u/Ok_Stomach6651 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:57",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Faster Builds with Elm 0.19.2",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1uoumse/faster_builds_with_elm_0192/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/wheatBread [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 11:28",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1uo1w91/what_orms_have_taught_me_just_learn_sql/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/Either_Collection349 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-05 13:12",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "When privacy is a feature, not a compliance checkbox",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1up4jgx/when_privacy_is_a_feature_not_a_compliance/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/gcampos [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:44",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "I miss when programming felt like an adventure, not a productivity hack",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1up88sh/i_miss_when_programming_felt_like_an_adventure/",
      "summary": "Late teens, I used to write code purely for fun. Nobody was paying me. Definitely wasn't trying to \"10x\" anything. I just liked figuring stuff out. I'd blow entire weekends on things that felt kind of magical at the time \u2014 WebSockets, WebRTC, real-time stuff, rolling my own auth, building tiny APIs from scratch just to see if I could. Half the time the \"bug\" was one missing semicolon I'd been staring past for three hours like an idiot. It was infuriating. And then it finally worked and I felt li...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:53",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Girls Just Wanna Have Fast Wait-free MPMC Queues \u00b7 Nahla",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1up1c4a/girls_just_wanna_have_fast_waitfree_mpmc_queues/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/nee_- [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:53",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Addition by subtraction in software design",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1uozd0o/addition_by_subtraction_in_software_design/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/Adventurous-Salt8514 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:43",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "eBPF Looks Illegal: running your code inside the Linux kernel",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1up3rjj/ebpf_looks_illegal_running_your_code_inside_the/",
      "summary": "A visual walkthrough of Linux eBPF. It goes through the basic pipeline: write a small C program, compile it with clang, load it with bpf(), get it past the verifier, JIT it, attach it to a kernel event, and read data back through maps/ring buffers. The second half gets into why people use it for tracing, XDP packet filtering, security hooks, and sched_ext, then ends with the less fun part: the verifier is the safety boundary, and eBPF gets a lot scarier when the person loading the program alread...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:17",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Execution Truth vs Execution Authority",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1uoup9h/execution_truth_vs_execution_authority/",
      "summary": "Ran into this while working on a coordination primitive for a payments system: locks and consensus (Redis, Raft, etcd) all answer \"who can act right now\" none answer \"did the action actually complete\" once a crash happens. That's a harder, separate problem most systems just inherit Temporal's answer to (determinism + replay). Blog submitted by /u/munch_muffin_solas [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 11:32",
      "source": "programming"
    }
  ],
  "Game Development": [
    {
      "title": "Nintendo is winding down original Switch sales in Europe",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/nintendo-is-winding-down-switch-1-sales-in-europe",
      "summary": "Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch console to retailers in February 2027.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:06",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Xbox cutting 3,200 jobs and parting ways with Double Fine, Compulsion, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/xbox-cutting-3-200-jobs-and-parting-ways-with-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory-and-undead-labs",
      "summary": "'It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio.'",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:01",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ingress developer Niantic Spatial shuttering New Zealand office",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ingress-developer-niantic-spatial-shuttering-new-zealand-office",
      "summary": "The move comes with the company pivoting away from video games and entertainment.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 13:28",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "EVE Online's cross-platform game engine framework is now fully open source",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/eve-online-s-cross-platform-game-engine-framework-is-now-fully-open-source",
      "summary": "Carbon is the technology behind the sci-fi MMO's sprawling persistent universe.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 11:49",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    }
  ],
  "Gaming News": [
    {
      "title": "If Persona 3 Gave Me The Ick, What Does That Mean For Persona 6?",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/if-persona-3-gave-me-the-ick-what-does-that-mean-for-persona-6/",
      "summary": "Recently, I bowed to pressure and finally booted up Persona 3 Reload. Given the announcement of Persona 6 at Summer Game Fest 2026, and the vast amount of time between that game's inevitable release and the time I played Persona 5--nine years and counting--I thought I'd dip my toes back in the series. Unfortunately, I could only make it so far, because Persona 3 Reload, I'm sorry to say, gave me the ick. All of the charming -isms I once loved about the Persona games seemed to dissipate upon boot...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:43",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Xbox CEO Reflects On Massive Cuts: \u201cWe Simply Spread Ourselves Too Thin\u201d",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-ceo-reflects-on-massive-cuts-we-simply-spread-ourselves-too-thin/",
      "summary": "Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has shared new details on the significant changes at Xbox, including mass layoffs, studio spinoffs, and more. In an interview with Fortune, Sharma said Microsoft undertook \"a bunch of bets\" years ago to help grow the business, including Game Pass, going multiplatform, and beefing up its studio base. These bets did not pay off, and in the process of pursuing these new ventures, \"We inherently didn't focus on the core business,\" Sharma said. \"The number one measure of your str...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:24",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Steam Machine\u2019s Red Line Of Death Is Less Scary, And More Useful, Than You Might Think",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-steam-machines-red-line-of-death-is-less-scary-and-more-useful-than-you-might-think/",
      "summary": "With the Steam Machine starting to land in some lucky buyers hands, a few of the gremlins in Valve's compact living-room PC have started to surface. But while some might remind you of infamous hardware failures of old, many of them are smartly designed errors that you can, for the most part, resolve yourself. Last week, the Steam Machine subreddit was rocked with what the community described as the \"Red Line of Death,\" a reference to the catastrophic Red Ring of Death that plagued early Xbox 360...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:01",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Get Games For Less Than $10 During Green Man Gaming\u2019s Summer Sale",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/green-man-gaming-summer-sale/",
      "summary": "The Summer Sale is still live at Green Man Gaming, offering steep discounts on thousands of PC games. It's a pretty impressive sale by all accounts, covering everything from classic indies like Balatro to blockbusters like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--and you'll even find tons of games available for less than $10. The sale ends on July 13, with the vast majority of titles offered as Steam keys. See all deals at GMG If your gaming budget is locked up with your Grand Theft Auto VI preorder, consid...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:01",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Criterion Collection 40-Film Set Is Down To 50% Off",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-criterion-collection-40-film-set-is-down-to-50-off/",
      "summary": "CC40: The Criterion Collection 40-Film Box Set (Blu-ray) $400 (was $800) See at Amazon The Criterion Collection has built its reputation on preserving the best of cinema, and for over 40 years, it has restored and re-released some of the greatest films ever made. Criterion celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024, releasing a massive 49-disc box set collection of 40 films. You can pick up the full collection from Amazon for 50% off its sticker price; it's down to $400 (was $800), a price we haven...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 18:22",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls \u2013 Official Doctor Doom Character Gameplay Guide",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/videos/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-official-doctor-doom-character-gameplay-guide/",
      "summary": "Claim your throne as the Ruler of Latveria! Master Nullify Shield to block enemy projectiles and turn their own firepower against them. Conquer the arena with our ultimate Doctor Doom\u2019s Character Guide! Assemble your team of legendary Marvel characters in the ultimate 4v4 tag team fighter. MARVEL T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls is coming to PS5 and PC on August 6th, 2026 PT!",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:57",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "The $69 Billion Hangover: Every Xbox Layoff Since The Activision Blizzard Merger",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-69-billion-hangover-every-xbox-layoff-since-the-activision-blizzard-merger/",
      "summary": "Microsoft spent a large chunk of time--and cash--acquiring new studios throughout the 2010s and 2020s, but its biggest move was the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023. Trumpeted as a deal that would greatly bolster its portfolio of first-party studios and further enhance the appeal of its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, the acquisition has been followed by several waves of restructuring since then. Thousands of roles at the company have been cut, the plug has b...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:50",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "World Of Warcraft Just Got A Sequel To Its Most Literally Viral Moment",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/world-of-warcraft-just-got-a-sequel-to-its-most-literally-viral-moment/",
      "summary": "A deadly plague spread through World of Warcraft's Moonguard server over the weekend, making it the second time in WoW history a horrific virus has run uncontrolled through the game's populace. As broken down by Wowhead, the origin of the plague in question comes from a Dragonflight dungeon, Brackenhide Hollow. Within the dungeon, some enemies cast a spell called Withering Contagion, a disease that inflicts heavy nature- damage-over-time and spreads to all players within five yards. Whether by a...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:47",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Save Up To 80% Off Digital Games In Fanatical\u2019s Red Hot Sale",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fanatical-red-hot-sale/",
      "summary": "Fanatical's Red Hot Sale, features more than 10,000 digital games with discounts of up to 80%. Shoppers who spend more than $15 also get a free game or coupon with purchase (these are limited to a maximum of three per customer). The sale runs through July 10, so you won't want to delay digging through and filling your cart. If it's your first time shopping at Fanatical, be aware that any purchases you make come as digital download codes that are redeemable via Steam. See all deals at Fanatical I...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:26",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going On With Marvel\u2019s Blade And Its Developer Amid Xbox \u201cReset\u201d",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/heres-whats-going-on-with-marvels-blade-and-its-developer-amid-xbox-reset/",
      "summary": "Microsoft is undergoing a major shakeup that involves mass layoffs, studio sell-offs, and other significant changes as part of a \"reset\" of the business. While we have learned that Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are being sold off and Double Fine and Compulsion are going independent, we don't yet know what the future holds for Arkane Lyon and its long-in-development Blade game. The French studio is undergoing \"consultation,\" but its fate has yet to be determined. There is a lot we still don't know...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:23",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Even Obsidian couldn't escape the Xbox cuts, with losses ranging from a 21-year veteran artist to an engineer who'd only been there 2 months",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/even-obsidian-couldnt-escape-the-xbox-cuts-with-losses-ranging-from-a-21-year-veteran-artist-to-an-engineer-whod-only-been-there-2-months/",
      "summary": "No news was not, in fact, good news.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:44",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "French left-wing leader Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon declares 'Players have rights too!' over the death of physical discs",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/french-left-wing-leader-jean-luc-melenchon-declares-players-have-rights-too-over-the-death-of-physical-discs/",
      "summary": "\"Videogames are not mere merchandise\u2014they are cultural assets.\"",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:58",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging 'unreasonable and excessive noise' from data center",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/wisconsin-residents-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-microsoft-alleging-unreasonable-and-excessive-noise-from-data-center/",
      "summary": "'Microsoft prides itself on being a good neighbor in the communities where we operate.'",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:45",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Elder Scrolls Online developer left reeling by Xbox layoffs\u2014with teams gutted, senior talent gone, and roadmaps 'shifting' as a result",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/elder-scrolls-online-developer-left-reeling-by-xbox-layoffs-with-teams-gutted-senior-talent-gone-and-roadmaps-shifting-as-a-result/",
      "summary": "A grim outcome from Xbox's latest round of reaping.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:33",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bethesda Game Studios and ZeniMax hit hard by Xbox layoffs, says union",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/bethesda-game-studios-and-zenimax-hit-hard-by-xbox-layoffs-says-union/",
      "summary": "ZeniMax Online Studios and id Software have survived the latest bloodbath at Microsoft, but it sounds like they've been cut deeply.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:30",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Arkane temporarily spared in Xbox bloodbath thanks to French law, but its future is up in the air",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/arkane-temporarily-spared-in-xbox-bloodbath-thanks-to-french-law-but-its-future-is-up-in-the-air/",
      "summary": "Putting all my hopes and dreams on an independent Arkane.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:03",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft says 'cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected' as it bumps its QSP timeline to 2029",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/microsoft-says-cryptographically-relevant-quantum-computers-could-arrive-sooner-than-previously-expected-as-it-bumps-its-qsp-timeline-to-2029/",
      "summary": "As attacks get more advanced, security must follow.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:48",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Xbox's CEO wants its games to cater to 'more than a billion people each day', or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/xboxs-ceo-wants-its-games-to-cater-to-more-than-a-billion-people-each-day-or-24-times-more-than-the-peak-population-of-steam-which-is-delusional/",
      "summary": "Alternate title: Does Xbox CEO Asha Sharma know what a billion is?",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:03",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Compulsion Games is returning to independent management amid sweeping Xbox reorganization: 'Our immediate priority is to support our team'",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/compulsion-games-is-returning-to-independent-management-amid-sweeping-xbox-reorganization-our-immediate-priority-is-to-support-our-team/",
      "summary": "Evading its previously-reported closure, Compulsion will retain its IP rights as it transitions to independent ownership.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:59",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hardware creator makes hat that is both a 'functioning art piece' and also uses a Noctua fan to deliver six-hours of personal cooling",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/cooling/hardware-creator-makes-hat-that-is-both-a-functioning-art-piece-and-also-uses-a-noctua-fan-to-deliver-six-hours-of-personal-cooling/",
      "summary": "Still cooler than me.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:50",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    }
  ],
  "Robotics": [
    {
      "title": "Quantum Systems raises $1.2B to expand drone production and deployments",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/quantum-systems-raises-1-2b-expand-drone-production-deployments/",
      "summary": "Quantum plans to use the proceeds to expand production capacity, strengthen supply chain resilience, and more. The post Quantum Systems raises $1.2B to expand drone production and deployments appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 18:29",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "RoboBusiness 2026 call for speakers closes soon",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/robobusiness-2026-opens-call-for-speakers/",
      "summary": "RoboBusiness 2026, the premier event for developers of commercial robotics and those building robotics businesses, is seeking expert speakers. The post RoboBusiness 2026 call for speakers closes soon appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 13:26",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Humanoid says KinetIQ Ascend reinforcement learning approaches human-level dexterity",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/humanoid-announces-kinetiq-ascend-reinforcement-learning-approach/",
      "summary": "Humanoid says its KinetIQ Ascend approach can reach 99.9% manipulation reliability at human speed and beyond for industrial tasks. The post Humanoid says KinetIQ Ascend reinforcement learning approaches human-level dexterity appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-07-05 12:30",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    }
  ],
  "Tech General": [
    {
      "title": "Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/vercel-ceo-guillermo-rauch-on-the-fight-to-split-off-models-from-agents/",
      "summary": "\"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance,\" Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:49",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "You can now customize Siri\u2019s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/you-can-now-customize-siris-pace-and-expressivity-in-the-latest-ios-27-beta/",
      "summary": "The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:01",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/the-running-list-major-tech-layoffs-in-2026-where-employers-cited-ai/",
      "summary": "A running look \u2014 in reverse chronological order \u2014 at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 18:35",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Amazon competitor Bookshop.org says Kobo eReader support will happen this year after all",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/amazon-competitor-bookshop-org-says-kobo-e-reader-support-will-happen-this-year-after-all/",
      "summary": "Bookship.org seemed to delay this anticipated partnership again, but tells TechCrunch that it has settled business terms and is working on integration.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 18:12",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "If you use Google, you\u2019re training its AI. Here\u2019s how to opt out.",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/if-you-use-google-youre-training-its-ai-heres-how-to-opt-out/",
      "summary": "PSA: A change to Google's privacy settings let it train its AI on more of your data. Here's how to opt out.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:04",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Apple brings back card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after a four-year hiatus",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/apple-brings-back-card-payments-for-apple-account-purchases-in-india-after-a-four-year-hiatus/",
      "summary": "Apple has started a phased rollout of card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after adapting to the country's payments framework.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:21",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/microsoft-lays-off-nearly-5000-employees-across-xbox-commercial-sales/",
      "summary": "Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday \u2014 the latest in a series of layoffs that\u2019s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:32",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/reddit-is-using-llms-to-solve-a-problem-llms-largely-created/",
      "summary": "In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:22",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists, and a ransomware gang last year",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/canadian-spy-agency-says-it-hacked-drug-traffickers-extremists-and-a-ransomware-gang-last-year/",
      "summary": "The hacking operations disclosed in a Canadian spy agency's annual report underscores some pressing national security threats facing the country and its top allies.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:43",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "How to reserve and change your WhatsApp username",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/how-to-reserve-and-change-your-whatsapp-username/",
      "summary": "WhatsApp now lets users reserve usernames ahead of the feature\u2019s full rollout, making it possible to connect without sharing a phone number once usernames go live.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:15",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "America\u2019s greatest idea is still under threat",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/policy/961802/america-250-free-speech",
      "summary": "The United States of America recently turned 250 years old. What a spectacle! The fireworks were amazing, and millions of proud people celebrated across the nation - even around the world. France lit up the Eiffel Tower; Japan had fireworks. French fighter jets flew above New York City with trails of red, white, and blue [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 18:36",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Five questions for Dr. Rubin, who\u2019s armed with a mic and a bowtie",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/science/961483/doctor-zachary-rubin-md-interview",
      "summary": "Bullshit is cheap but truth is expensive. Anyone with half a brain cell can post wild misinformation that goes mega viral, which wastes the time and expertise of highly trained people who feel an obligation to inform others of the truth. Today I want you to meet one of those highly-trained people, Dr. Zachary Rubin, [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:15",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion will keep games after going indie",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/games/961749/xbox-layoffs-compulsion-double-fine-indie",
      "summary": "Microsoft is spinning off four of its Xbox game studios - Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs - as part of the restructuring announced today. However, two that are going independent, Double Fine and Compulsion, will get to keep their franchises and games catalogs, according to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. \"Compulsion [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:22",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "I spy",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/column/961707/smart-glasses-ai-wearables-meta-surveillance-privacy",
      "summary": "I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart glasses. But after binge-watching two seasons of Netflix's A Man on the Inside, this is perhaps the first time I've seen Hollywood, perhaps inadvertently, illustrate the biggest cultural problem with smart glasses as they stand today. In a nutshell, Ted Danson [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 lookalike is down to $329",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/961612/xtra-muse-dji-osmo-pocket-3-ipad-air-magic-mouse-deal-sale",
      "summary": "Initially, I was going to tell you about a good deal happening on the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, which is down from the $500 it\u2019s sold at most of the year to $378 at multiple retailers. But there\u2019s a better deal happening on a nearly identical portable camera, the Xtra Muse, which is $329 (roughly [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:09",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Inside the big business of the creator economy, with the agents making it happen",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/podcast/961603/raina-penchansky-ali-berman-dba-uta-influencer-cliff-marketing",
      "summary": "We\u2019ve got another special episode of Decoder today, recorded at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in the South of France. I\u2019m talking with Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky, who run the Creators division at United Talent Agency. UTA is an enormous talent agency. Half the people you\u2019ve ever heard speak or perform or who show [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:30",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/games/961632/nintendo-switch-europe-discontinued",
      "summary": "Nintendo is making a new version of the Switch 2 with a replaceable battery in Europe - but its predecessor has a very different future. As part of an updated FAQ about revisions to Nintendo hardware in Europe, the company confirmed that it will stop selling all iterations of the original Switch on the continent [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:15",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Can Partiful keep the party going?",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/report/960635/partiful-app-event-planning-data-palantir",
      "summary": "One hundred dollars will buy you 8 pounds of glitter; 10 Domino's pizzas; 406 miniature disco balls from Temu; or 100 cans of Coors Light. For a friend's birthday party one year, Ayla D'Silva spent $100 on sour candy and made a \"sour candy salad.\" Even sweeter was that she didn't have to foot the [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/news/961546/xbox-layoffs-studio-sales-2026",
      "summary": "Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees today, and more than 30 percent of the job losses are in the company's Xbox division. The significant gaming cuts will affect nearly every part of Xbox and also involve four game studios being spun off to be run independently from Microsoft. Today's layoffs, which are being described as [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 13:31",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/news/961528/microsoft-layoffs-july-2026-sales-xbox",
      "summary": "A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce. Most of the employees affected by today's cuts are in Microsoft's commercial sales business or the company's Xbox division. [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-07-06 13:30",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "What's the oldest Americana flown in space?",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/whats-the-oldest-americana-flown-in-space/",
      "summary": "From a Revolutionary War flag to the Statue of Liberty...",
      "published": "2026-07-06 19:57",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "NRC is (sort of) getting rid of \"as low as reasonably achievable\" standard",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/nuclear-regulatory-commission-plans-really-minor-changes-to-safety-regs/",
      "summary": "Its issues with current nuclear safety standards are termed semantic, not physical.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:48",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/katalysts-satellite-rescue-mission-is-now-in-pursuit-of-nasas-swift/",
      "summary": "It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA's Swift observatory.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 17:14",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic\u2019s anti-surveillance stance",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/anthropic-outed-for-claude-tracker-that-secretly-monitored-chinese-users/",
      "summary": "Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says \u201cexperiment\u201d is over.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:44",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "The incredible shrinking Xbox: Five studios, 3,200 employees let go",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/the-incredible-shrinking-xbox-five-studios-3200-employees-let-go/",
      "summary": "Move affects ~20% of the gaming division, which will refocus on its biggest franchises.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 16:01",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "F1 in Britain: Automated software to blame for crushing expectations",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/f1-in-britain-automated-software-to-blame-for-crushing-expectations/",
      "summary": "Sometimes races finish behind a safety car, but it's not always satisfying.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:45",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/there-were-not-one-but-two-asteroid-encounters-this-weekend/",
      "summary": "The Torifune asteroid turns out to be shaped like a peanut.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 15:15",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "UK regulator warns of \"arms race\" to keep up with AI use in financial services",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/uk-regulator-warns-of-arms-race-to-keep-up-with-ai-use-in-financial-services/",
      "summary": "FCA official makes case for greater powers for watchdog as millions use technology for personal finance decisions.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 14:17",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bentley teases its first EV, the Torcal",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/bentley-teases-its-first-ev-the-torcal/",
      "summary": "The new model will be officially unveiled in late September.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 11:30",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Czinger 21C might be the wildest car we drive all year",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/the-czinger-21c-might-be-the-wildest-car-we-drive-all-year/",
      "summary": "This hybrid V8 has organic-looking 3D-printed components and shatters lap records.",
      "published": "2026-07-06 11:00",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    }
  ]
}