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Anker’s new charging station battles desktop clutter with two retractable USB-C cables

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Google's Veo 3 video generation model launches on the Gemini API, with an eight-second video costing $6, making it one of the most expensive AI video options (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)

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Peacock is raising its prices by $3

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Sources: Perplexity was valued at $18B in a reported $100M extension round; its annualized revenues jumped from $35M in August 2024 to $150M this month (Financial Times)

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Razer’s new Pokémon collab is not very effective

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Will Business and Mamdani Have a Meeting of the Minds?

THE CITY - All

Donkey Kong Bananza is already cheaper at Costco

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Bring on the trifolds

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Right-wing orgs put pro-Palestinian students on an ICE ‘hit list’

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Who wants to be treated like a princess?

Vox - All

Elderly Woman Keeps Mind Active Justifying Trump’s Actions

The Onion

Hadrian, which is building largely automated factories to produce space and defense parts, raised a $260M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~$500M (Aria Alamalhodaei/TechCrunch)

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A History of Mac Settings

Michael Tsai

Fixing “Optimize Storage”

Michael Tsai

Notarized Atomic Stealer (AMOS)

Michael Tsai

JSON Editor and PlistEdit Pro

Michael Tsai

Here are the best robot vacuum deals available right now

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Bananza is Nintendo’s latest attempt to show you Donkey Kong’s caked-up butt

Polygon - All

Here are the best streaming service deals available right now

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The News/Media Alliance says the webhost of 12ft.io, which helped users bypass paywalls, took down the site on July 14 following the trade association's efforts (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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