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Jul 16, 2026

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YESTERDAY

·TechCrunch

Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

Bloomberg reports Microsoft executives told sales staff to more directly criticize rival AI products from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic while emphasizing Microsoft’s own models as...

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·The Verge

HP’s OLED-equipped 2-in-1 laptop is a solid back-to-school deal

Best Buy is selling the HP OmniBook X Flip 2 in 1 for $999.99, down from $1,649.99, positioning it as a strong back-to-school laptop deal. The convertible includes an Intel Core Ul...

HP’s OLED-equipped 2-in-1 laptop is a solid back-to-school deal
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·mort.coffee

Developer argues SQLite needs Rust-style editions to modernize unsafe defaults without breaking existing applications

The post praises SQLite as an industry-standard embedded database but argues that some of its defaults are problematic. It highlights foreign key constraints being disabled by defa...

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·The Verge

Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads

Apple will reportedly raise AppleCare Plus subscription prices for new Mac and iPad customers by $0.50 per month or $5 per year, while existing subscribers keep current rates. Bloo...

Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads
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·VentureBeat

Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents

A VentureBeat Pulse survey of 101 enterprises finds agent orchestration consolidating around major model-provider platforms, with Anthropic’s Claude leading at 40%, ahead of Micros...

Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents
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·The Verge

Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all

Valve says iFixit plans to restock Steam Deck LCD batteries next week, reversing concerns that the key replacement part was being discontinued. The company says iFixit will keep re...

Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all
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