Clay And Stone Edition
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<h2>Top Story</h2>
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<li>[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/live/news/amazon-prime-day-2026]It was Prime Day again. Here are the deals you missed.[/url] (Tom's Hardware)<br />
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There was a reasonable price for the 4TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD, but not on Amazon and the deal is over and they're out of stock.<br />
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<li>For me, the deal of the day was on the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3, cut from A$1000 to A$500. Also not on Amazon, but I scooped one up from local electronics chain JB Hifi.*<br />
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They also had the new Gen 5 model (the Gen 4 was a China exclusive), listed at A$1500. It's about 20% faster than the Gen 3 and has a 20% higher resolution screen, which is not enough to convince me to spend 200% more. Particularly since neither of those are issues with the Gen 3 anyway.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">* Long time readers may recall that I bought one of these on sale last year. Yes. And now I will have two.</span></li>
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<h2>Tech News</h2>
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<li>[url=https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/6/23/the-coming-loop/]The coming loop.[/url] (Pocoo)<br />
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This is a reaction to yesterday's article on AI becoming loopy, and points out that just because something may be inevitable doesn't necessarily make it a good idea.<br />
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<li>[url=https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/ffs]F3 is a file format for the future.[/url] (GitHub)<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">For the future of what?<br />
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Shut up.<br />
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<li>[url=https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/23/mythos-discovers-squidbleed-a-memory-leak-thats-gone-undetected-since-clinton-era/5260367]Anthropic's Mythos AI tool has discovered a memory leak in Squid.[/url] (The Register)<br />
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First, who still uses Squid? Second, who still uses Mythos? Anthropic blocked all access to it.<br />
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<li>[url=https://www.theverge.com/policy/953944/bead-broadband-funding-trump-musk-bezos]Elon Musk's nefarious plan to deliver fast, affordable internet access to literally the entire planet.[/url] (The Verge)<br />
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The Verge seems to be Big Mad that Starlink is delivering on its promises rather than stealing tens of billions in taxpayer funds.<br />
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<li>[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Tesla-debunks-deadly-FSD-incident-story-as-driver-hit-the-gas-instead-of-brakes.1327353.0.html]Not FSD but CDH.[/url] (Notebook Check)<br />
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The latest Tesla crash claimed to be an issue with automated self-driving mode again turns out to be driver error - FSD was disengaged and the accelerator was at 100% when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a house at 73 mph.<br />
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<li>[url=https://www.theverge.com/tech/954052/meta-glasses-hands-on-kylie-jenner-smart-glasses-price-battery-privacy]Meta has launched a line of ugly clunky smart glasses that are $80 cheaper and don't carry the Ray-Ban log.[/url] (The Verge)<br />
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Okay. Honestly I think these are pretty useful, even if jerks are determined to spoil everything for the rest of us.<br />
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<div><span style="font-style: italic;">Disclaimer: Yes, that one.</span></div>