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Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors

Fusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducting magnets.

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As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube

The deal means content will be integrated into the YouTube experience, allowing viewers to discover and watch Peacock content without leaving the platform.

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Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms

Microsoft says tools cost less than competing ones and outperform them, too.

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Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers

Starlink has a Texas factory but also makes routers in Vietnam.

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Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies

Kennedy has focused on nutrition but has neglected food safety, critics say.

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iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27

These are likely the last updates of note before Apple's bigger fall updates.

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A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.

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“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

Google's and Reddit's use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says.

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Bitcoin trail, Google cookies and Uber Eats orders help tie man to Steam malware

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/games/967174/steam-game-malware-cryptostealer-arrest Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49075386 Points: 8 # Comments: 3

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US DOT deleting bike lane references

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/nx-s1-5900901/bike-lanes-dot-websites Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49075350 Points: 23 # Comments: 8

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Forth

Article URL: https://xkcd.com/3277/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49074991 Points: 24 # Comments: 8

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My current strategy is to not read any of the code written by my agents

https://xcancel.com/unclebobmartin/status/2080257779395154409?s=20 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49074693 Points: 38 # Comments: 30

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PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google

An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and documents users can build inside Claude — were found publicly searchable on Google over the weekend, after Reddit users discovered that typing search operators like “site:

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Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system

Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform.

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Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M

Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they collectively lost more than $1.8 million after downloading a fraudulent crypto wallet from the App Store, challenging the company’s longstanding claims that its app review process keeps users sa