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• I conducted a blindfolded Bluetooth speaker test with 4 colleagues and no, JBL didn’t win — here’s which portable speaker got the most votes based on their ears only [24d]
• China outs Nvidia-powered AS2-W quad-wheel 'robot wolf', just weeks after its armed version surfaced in joint military drills in Mongolia [24d]
• 'They’re closer to architecture than landscaping': inside Walt Disney World’s eight-month process to build EPCOT’s Flower & Garden Festival topiaries [24d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 2 (game #882) [24d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, August 2 (game #1651) [24d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 2 (game #1148) [24d]
• $10 billion startup gets SK Hynix backing to build a transformer that does just one thing but exceedingly well [24d]
• Quote of the day by investor Warren Buffett on AI capex: "That's real money... That kind of money wasn't even put in the railroad business" — outlining his bullish long-term thesis on AI [25d]
• Back to the '90s: I turned my Frankenstein’s monster of a gaming PC into a retro beige beauty in honor of a time when computers used to be fun [25d]
• Ukraine will mass-produce Stone Cloak EW tech after the UK allows Kyiv to build a tablet-sized device [25d]
• I replaced Ford BlueCruise with an open-source driver-assistance system — after 1,000 miles, I'm not going back [25d]