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Seagate reports Q4 revenue up 49% YoY to $3.6B, vs. $3.5B est., adjusted earnings of $5.71 a share, above analysts' forecast of $5.10; STX jumps 6%+ after hours

July 28, 2026, 4:45 PM Top News More: International Business Times, The Verge, Pacing the Frontier, and Bloomberg Law X: @stevesi, @zeffmax, @micsolana, @logandobson, @hadas_gold, @milesaturpin, @shakeelhashim, @zeffmax, @gabrieldwu1, @theobearman, @dylhunn, @thezvi, @wholemars, @mark_k, @adamthierer, @brivael, @kiko_himself, @chadwahl, @tedlieu, @shiringhaffary, @stevesi, @woke8yearold, and @abhominedeus More: Washington

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MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea

Runlayer, a startup that offers a secure Model Context Protocol gateway — a standard for letting AI models and agents securely pull in outside data and tools — has filed a lawsuit against HR software startup Rippling, according to the complaint seen by TechCrunch. The lawsuit is a cautionary tale for anyone

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Run a Local LLM on Raspberry Pi’s Bare Metal — Linux Not Necessary

I’ll be the first to tell you LLMs deserve serious ethical consideration. But most ethical concerns disappear when you run the LLM locally on your own hardware. And you don’t need a crazy powerful rig to do that, because there are many lightweight LLMs that will run on

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Open RC Spotter Logs All of Your Data. No, Like, ALL of It

Have you watched any motorsports lately? They show you all kinds of data. MotoGP, for example, will show you throttle versus braking and it is fascinating to see those levels when a rider goes around a corner. Even more data — a lot more — is available behind the scenes to the

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 29, #674

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is a fun one, especially if you like poker and a certain Canadian city. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Yellow group hint: Going up against an opponent. Green

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for July 29, #1144

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a true red herring — or maybe a white herring. You’ll see a lot of pale or light-colored things, but they don’t end up in the same category. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers. Here are four hints for the

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 29 #878

Today’s Strands puzzle is a fun one. Once I recognized the theme, I could find some of the clues on my own just by looking for related words. If you need hints and answers, read on. Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Today’s Strands theme is: A made

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Want to See Spider-Man: Brand New Day Early? How to Buy Special Screening Tickets

You may already pay for an Amazon Prime membership for deals and delivery perks, but what about early access to buzzy superhero flicks? Amazon has announced that US Prime members will be able to swing by theaters a couple of days early to watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The Tom

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The US FCC bans the import of new Chinese humanoid robots and power inverters, seeking to protect the US AI buildout from national security threats

July 28, 2026, 4:40 PM Top News More: International Business Times, The Verge, Pacing the Frontier, and Bloomberg Law X: @zeffmax, @micsolana, @logandobson, @hadas_gold, @milesaturpin, @shakeelhashim, @zeffmax, @gabrieldwu1, @theobearman, @dylhunn, @thezvi, @wholemars, @mark_k, @adamthierer, @brivael, @kiko_himself, @chadwahl, @tedlieu, @shiringhaffary, @stevesi, @woke8yearold, and @abhominedeus More: Washington Examiner

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Microsoft Knows Windows 11 Apps Use Too Much RAM And Vows A Fix

Windows 11 has been plagued by many complaints of bloat and poor performance, but Microsoft seems to have been taking the recent clean-up and optimization effort seriously. Next on the agenda, the company will be converting more Windows components from the web-based React javascript framework to the native WinUI framework,

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Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign

A civil litigation case against eBay, filed by the founders of a Massachusetts-based news site that covers ecommerce, has just been settled. The gist of it: The company and former execs have to own up to—and pay up for—perhaps the most disturbing harassment campaign ever led by a

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Instacart's CTO says AI made the company stop worrying about tech debt

Instacart is posing the provocative question: What if most of the work your engineers do today should, in fact, be done by machines? At VB Transform 2026, CTO Anirban Kundu argued that dev teams continue to waste their time on draining, repetitive, high-volume work; this should be absorbed by AI