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Amazon Prime Day Deal 2026: A Tushy Bidet for Under $100

Amazon's Prime Day sale includes a Tushy bidet attachment for under $100.

Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning

An Extreme Heat conference in London was canceled due to an extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office, highlighting the immediate relevance of its topic.

Google Messages starts rolling out custom ‘Chat themes’ with wallpaper backgrounds

Google Messages introduces custom Chat themes with wallpaper backgrounds for Android users.

23 Jun2 min read

117 Prime Day Deals on Gear We’ve Tested and Would Spend Our Own Money On

Wired lists 117 Prime Day deals on gear that their team has tested and recommends.

23 Jun52 min read

My Favorite Art TV Is Half-off for Amazon Prime Day

Hisense's CanvasTV line is a better buy than Samsung's Frame, even at full price, and is currently half-off for Amazon Prime Day.

23 Jun2 min read

The Verge

The Nex Playground is down to its pre-RAMageddon price during Prime Day

Nex Playground is on sale for $239, down from its current $299 price during Prime Day.

Ars Technica

White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto

The White House has shortened the deadline for adopting quantum-resistant encryption systems to 2030 and 2031 for high-value assets and systems.

23 Jun5 min read

The Verge

Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you

Google Home's smart home AI will use clothing and sounds to better identify people and reduce misidentification.

Gemini Intelligence makes brief Pixel 10 series appearance on Android 17 QPR1 Beta

Gemini Intelligence logo appears on Pixel 10 Pro Fold's boot screen in Android 17 QPR1 Beta.

23 Jun2 min read

TechCrunch

Password manager maker LastPass says hackers stole customer support case data during Klue breach

LastPass customer support data, including names, phone numbers, and email addresses, was stolen during a recent breach at market research firm Klue, marking another data incident for the password manager.

TechCrunch

HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment

HaloBraid secured $7 million in seed funding to develop a robotic braiding assistant, aiming to reduce the hours-long process of creating braided hairstyles for Black women.

Samsung just took yet another step towards the death of the S Pen

Samsung stopped selling S Pens for its Galaxy Z Fold series and other last-generation devices, indicating a potential phase-out of the stylus for all but the latest S Ultra models.

The Verge

The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire

The Google Fitbit Air offers a more effective approach to AI-driven health tracking, providing comprehensive metrics and useful coaching despite some software kinks and the need for user input.

23 Jun13 min read

I Love This Anker Power Bank So Much I Own Two—There's a Big Sale Right Now

Anker's 737 power bank is on sale with a 24,000-mAh capacity and 140-watt charging.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra gets a couple of unique colors as more details leak

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra gets unique Green Shadow and Violet Shadow color options, along with common Cream and Graphite colors.

Stop Worrying About Storms with This Jackery Power Station—Half-off for Prime Day

Jackery's portable power station is half-off for Prime Day, offering a reliable home backup battery solution.

Lift4D: Harmonizing Single-View 3D Estimation for 4D Reconstruction In-the-Wild

Lift4D reconstructs dynamic objects in a scene from a single monocular video.

23 Jun15 min read

Nothing Phone (4b) will somehow be cheaper when it launches in July – this is what it might look like

Nothing Phone (4b) will launch in July as a more affordable option, sitting below Phone (4a) in the lineup.

Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX

A WYSIWYG TikZ editor allows users to create LaTeX figures interactively.

Show HN: Bun-sqlgen – Type-safe raw SQL for Bun, no ORM

Bun-sqlgen generates type-safe raw SQL for Bun without using an object-relational mapping system.

Elevated error rate across multiple models

Elevated error rates occur across multiple models currently.

1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

A resource compiles a list of 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, and Harvard, covering subjects from archaeology to art history.

23 Jun104 min read

TechCrunch

The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI

Major tech companies, including Oracle, GitLab, Google, Intuit, and Meta, are reducing thousands of jobs in 2026, frequently citing AI adoption and infrastructure investment as reasons for the workforce cuts.

In Praise of Memcached

Memcached offers a simpler, more operationally straightforward caching solution compared to Redis, particularly due to its inherent lack of persistence and client-side handling of downtime.