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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
US Police Now Armed With Israeli Spy Vans Simulating Mobile Phone Towers
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US Police Now Armed With Israeli Spy Vans Simulating Mobile Phone Towers - TechWorldX
Cognyte sells the technology directly to U.S. agencies, as shown by the Texas Department of Public Safety purchase of four Tahoes where over three point eight
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
US Police Now Armed With Israeli Spy Vans Simulating Mobile Phone Towers
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US Police Now Armed With Israeli Spy Vans Simulating Mobile Phone Towers - TechWorldX
Cognyte sells the technology directly to U.S. agencies, as shown by the Texas Department of Public Safety purchase of four Tahoes where over three point eight
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Drinking 5 Cups of Coffee a Day Could Reduce Heart Risk
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Drinking 5 Cups of Coffee a Day Could Reduce Heart Risk - TechWorldX
The statement focused on caffeine's relationship with cardiovascular risk factors, such as blood pressure and diabetes, as well as types of cardiovascular
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hackers Are Exploiting Recently Patched WordPress Bugs, Putting Millions of Websites at Risk
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Hackers Are Exploiting Recently Patched WordPress Bugs, Putting Millions of Websites at Risk - TechWorldX
It's unclear how many WordPress-powered websites on the internet are at risk, but it's possible to make some educated guesses. The vulnerable versions of
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones
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New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones - TechWorldX
NOPD didn't answer follow-up questions about how or why the draft version of the manual was published. But the publication of a police drone manual that opens
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Longtime Web-Weirdness Site Fark Faces Ad Pinch
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Longtime Web-Weirdness Site Fark Faces Ad Pinch - TechWorldX
sandbagger writes: Fark.com is ancient in internet terms. It's not social media. It's not quite a news site. It's a holdover from the dot-com era and is
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
China's New AI Model Halts New Subscriptions As Demand Swamps Capacity
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China's New AI Model Halts New Subscriptions As Demand Swamps Capacity - TechWorldX
"New model releases generally trigger massive interest, which can strain existing compute infrastructure," said Lian Jye Su, a chief analyst at the technology
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Head of US Safety Agency Resigns
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Head of US Safety Agency Resigns - TechWorldX
The institute is responsible for working with leading AI labs such as Anthropic, Google's DeepMind and OpenAI to test their unreleased models for
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
AliExpress Hit With Record $625 Million Fine After Failing To Make EU-Ordered Fixes
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AliExpress Hit With Record $625 Million Fine After Failing To Make EU-Ordered Fixes - TechWorldX
AliExpress told Ars it was "surprised" by the "disproportionate" fine. AliExpress said it plans to appeal the decision, claiming the EC ignored its "sound
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
LG Monitors Silently Install Adware-Like App On Windows PCs
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LG Monitors Silently Install Adware-Like App On Windows PCs - TechWorldX
Gamers Nexus tested the application across 32 consecutive system boots. It displayed a McAfee promotion during 31 of them. On the remaining boot, it promoted
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hacker Wipes Romania's Entire Land Registry Database
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Hacker Wipes Romania's Entire Land Registry Database - TechWorldX
"The official government website announced a shutdown of IT systems due to 'technical problems,' but this is a bit of an understatement. An offer of
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
LSU Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material
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LSU Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material - TechWorldX
"By engineering the distribution of meta-atoms in the plasmonic metacrystal, we can systematically dictate which quantum statistics are allowed to pass
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
LibreOffice Once Again Slams Microsoft For Using 'Lock-In' With Office Files
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LibreOffice Once Again Slams Microsoft For Using 'Lock-In' With Office Files - TechWorldX
Vignoli explains his point by stating that open document formats don't hide anything. People developing their own apps can use the format to both read and
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hollywood Sci-fi Studio Lot Now Pitched As Site To Make Real Space-age Weapons
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Hollywood Sci-fi Studio Lot Now Pitched As Site To Make Real Space-age Weapons - TechWorldX
James Cameron filmed his Avatar sequels there. Marvel filmed Thor, Iron Man 2, and The Avengers. Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles even handled Star
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New Free Speech Concern: When AI Chatbots Won't Criticize Leaders from Repressive Regimes
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New Free Speech Concern: When AI Chatbots Won't Criticize Leaders from Repressive Regimes - TechWorldX
Ask Claude to make a pamphlet critical of China's leader, Thailand's king, or Saudi Arabia's crown prince — and it will decline, reports the Associated Press.
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Rust Will Help Linux Succeed and Makes Coding Fun, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman
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Rust Will Help Linux Succeed and Makes Coding Fun, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman - TechWorldX
ZDNet reports on June's Open Source Summit India 2026 in Mumbai, where Linux stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman gave a talk titled "Rust and Linux:
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security
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As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security - TechWorldX
The Washington Post describes a mid-tier executive at Meta as one of Silicon Valley's "winners" whose financial security suddenly "evaporated" as their
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security
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AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security - TechWorldX
The Washington Post describes a mid-tier executive at Meta as one of Silicon Valley's "winners" whose financial security suddenly "evaporated" as their
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon
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Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon - TechWorldX
An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom's Hardware:
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services
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Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services - TechWorldX
"If tired or wasted passengers fall asleep in a traditional taxi or rideshare, the driver can shout or shake them awake," reports Bloomberg. "Not so in a
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge
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California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge - TechWorldX
A coalition of farming, forestry, restaurant and packaging organizations sued the state in March, arguing the law violates their right to free speech. They
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves
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James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves - TechWorldX
"Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have been given a glimpse of the mechanisms that supermassive black holes use to feed themselves,"
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Aptera Announces US-Wide Repair Network for Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
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Aptera Announces US-Wide Repair Network for Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car - TechWorldX
Solar car maker Aptera has "officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Robot 'Decapitated' in World's First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight
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Robot 'Decapitated' in World's First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight - TechWorldX
"A humanoid robot lost its head," reports Newsweek, "during the world's first free-combat tournament for full-sized humanoid robots."
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Windows 10 Still Being Used, Often Unpatched and Insecure
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Windows 10 Still Being Used, Often Unpatched and Insecure - TechWorldX
Windows 10 still runs on 16.9% of the Windows devices monitored by asset-tracking service Lansweeper. That's more than one in six, The Register points out.
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Aptera Announces Nationwide Repair Network For Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
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Aptera Announces Nationwide Repair Network For Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car - TechWorldX
Solar car maker Aptera has "officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too
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Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too - TechWorldX
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos?
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Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos? - TechWorldX
CNBC reports:
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This iPhone Trick Can Eliminate Spam Calls for Good
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This iPhone Trick Can Eliminate Spam Calls for Good - TechBench
Spam calls are annoying. I always have my phone ringer on in case there is an emergency but that means my iPhone receives spam calls at least a handful of
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Review: Lenovo's Flagship Ultraportable Is Now More Repairable
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ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Review: Lenovo's Flagship Ultraportable Is Now More Repairable - TechBench
The 14th generation of Lenovo's flagship business ultraportable, the X1 Carbon, looks no different than the previous iteration. But don't let its comfortingly
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use
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New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use - TechWorldX
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco "adds to growing research linking increased social media use to detrimental
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention
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'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention - TechWorldX
Elon Musk confirmed SpaceX has open sourced the Grok Build CLI this week, reports The Register, "just days after researchers caught the AI tool scooping up
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake'
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OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake' - TechWorldX
"OpenAI has finally confirmed reports that its latest family of large language models can accidentally delete files," reports InfoWorld, "while stressing that
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket
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France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket - TechWorldX
France's regulatory authority for licensed gambling/betting games "announced this week that it ordered ISPs to block access to Polymarket," reports Engadget.
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department
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How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department - TechWorldX
This week Slashdot reader joshuark found the story of exactly how in 2025 ProPublica reporter Renee Dudley confirmed Microsoft was running tech support for
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme
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Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme - TechWorldX
Reuters reports:
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for July 19 #868- CNET
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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for July 19 #868- CNET - TechBench
Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today's NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 19 #1856
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Today's NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 19 #1856 - TechBench
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword,
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers for July 19 #1134
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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers for July 19 #1134 - TechBench
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players
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Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players - TechWorldX
"Approximately half of Gen Z and millennials who have purchased a CD do not own a CD player," according to midyear sales statistics from entertainment data
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD
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NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD - TechWorldX
"One of the most interesting BSD variants of the 2010s, NextBSD, has come back to life under new management," reports The Register:
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor
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Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor - Tech Insight
Mystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. Rather than the Tensor G5 found in the Pixel
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
CNBC's Jim Cramer Says He Needs 'Cold Hard' Proof AI Is Paying Off
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CNBC's Jim Cramer Says He Needs 'Cold Hard' Proof AI Is Paying Off - TechWorldX
In a sign of our times, CNBC's Jim Cramer "said Wednesday that it's time for companies to prove artificial intelligence is paying off," reports CNBC:
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji
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Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji - Tech Insight
Now, if you want to, you can use Google’s 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science
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Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science - TechWorldX
Launched in 2006, NASA's New Horizons probe flew by the planet Pluto in 2015. But this week it "awakened from its longest sleep ever," reports CNN.
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Union Fights Microsoft Over Layoffs at Game Studios
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Union Fights Microsoft Over Layoffs at Game Studios - TechWorldX
Thursday the union that helped organize thousands of workers across numerous Microsoft-owned video game studios filed unfair labor complaints against
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The 'Death of the Stick Shift' is Almost Here for Americans
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The 'Death of the Stick Shift' is Almost Here for Americans - TechWorldX
Last year just 0.6% of new vehicles made for U.S. customers were stick shifts, reports the Washington Post, citing preliminary government data.
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Best facial recognition smart locks 2026
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Best facial recognition smart locks 2026 - Tech Insight
Hands-free unlocking is the future of smart locks. The best smart home tech removes friction, and having your door unlock for you as you walk up is as
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This Adorable BlackBerry-Inspired Phone Keeps Me Focused in Ways I Didn't Expect
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This Adorable BlackBerry-Inspired Phone Keeps Me Focused in Ways I Didn't Expect - TechBench
Back in the 2000's -- pre-iPhone -- the BlackBerry was a productivity powerhouse that constantly demanded your attention, whether to punch through your email
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Tech Insight @techinsight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Same 5G Network Your Phone Uses Can Identify and Track Rogue Drones
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The Same 5G Network Your Phone Uses Can Identify and Track Rogue Drones - TechBench
On a balcony not far from World Cup venue AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, a dot suddenly popped up on a large screen, representing an unwelcome drone
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