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Aug 10, 2026

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·propelmusic.co.nz

NZ Scene launches as Auckland venue closures expose the collapse of New Zealand’s dedicated music journalism

The article argues that New Zealand’s live-music crisis has been worsened by the earlier collapse of music media, with legacy magazines, entertainment sections, and full-time criti...

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·TechCrunch

Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness invested $400 million in Source Foundry, bringing its total backing of the Stanford-founded chip manufacturing startup to $500 million....

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·The Verge

No Dogs in Space is a music history podcast for true obsessives

No Dogs in Space, hosted by Marcus Parks and Carolina Hidalgo, has not released a new episode since July 2024 after ending an abbreviated third season on experimental rock. The Ver...

No Dogs in Space is a music history podcast for true obsessives
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·TechCrunch

Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Anthropic says Claude Code will default to auto mode for Pro, Max, and Team accounts, reducing approval prompts for routine coding actions. The company says the mode proceeds unles...

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·laurentiugabriel.github.io

Engineer turns LLM research into interactive simulations to learn chip manufacturing concepts more effectively

The author describes a workflow for using LLMs to build a reviewed knowledge base, then convert it into a low-poly interactive simulation instead of relying on generic explanations...

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·The Verge

Zuckerberg’s yacht was closer, but someone else saved a stranded boat

An Alaskan cruise ship, Wilderness Legacy, rescued a small skiff near Farragut Bay after it ran out of fuel. Tracking data reviewed by Alaska Beacon and Halifax Shipping News repor...

Zuckerberg’s yacht was closer, but someone else saved a stranded boat
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·TechCrunch

TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

TechCrunch Mobility frames its latest transportation coverage around the expanding role of AI, with focus areas including Zoox preparing for launch and Uber’s autonomous vehicle am...

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