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This remote-controlled wagon is silly but so very useful

Confession: When BougeRV told me about its remote-controlled wagon with animated lighting, I called it in for a laugh, expecting to eviscerate it in a review. It's ridiculous, to be sure. But the DuneRover also proved very capable, with enough torque to flatten hills even when carrying over 200 pounds of gear. It can also […]
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Amazon Alexa Plus keeps creepily singing ‘lalala’ for minutes on end

An unsettling Alexa Plus bug has seen some Amazon Echo smart home speakers reduced to saying - and sometimes singing - nothing but "lalala" on repeat for minutes at a time, often in the middle of conversations with users. When quizzed about the behavior, Alexa is apparently entirely unaware of what it's been doing. The […]
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The best October Prime Day tech deals we found

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event has begun, and it lasts through 3AM ET on Thursday, October 8th. We’ve spun through the company’s huge list of deals to find products that Verge readers will like (and that we personally like, too). There are plenty of headphone deals, plus some great products in the home entertainment […]
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The Verge’s guide to the best October Prime Day deals

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days (also known as October Prime Day) is here, serving as a precursor to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There are a ton of good deals, and bundling them all into this package is the easiest way to keep the blast of upcoming coverage under control. Below, you’ll find every deal […]
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The Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL phones are $250 off

During Amazon’s October sale, the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL are discounted by $250 or more. The base model Pixel 11 Pro with 256GB of storage is only $849 (originally $1,099), $50 lower than the usual price for the base Pixel 11, while the 256GB 11 Pro XL is $999, a $300 […]
Hand-drawn icons that draw the same every time
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Hand-drawn icons that draw the same every time

I wanted icons that look drawn with a pencil: lines that run a little past their ends, box corners that cross, circles that don't quite close where they started. But I also wanted them to behave like a normal icon set: same grid, same stroke, currentColor , tree-shakable, and the exact same drawing on the server and in the browser. The result is Matita (Italian for pencil): 173 icons, MIT, on npm as @matita/icons . This post is about the small engine that draws them. Gl...
Building a 3D contribution graph in pure SVG
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Building a 3D contribution graph in pure SVG

GitHub profile READMEs are a strange place to draw anything. Your image is served through GitHub's image proxy and embedded with an <img> tag. That means no JavaScript, no web fonts, no external stylesheets, and no idea whether the viewer uses the light or the dark theme. On top of that, I wanted the image regenerated every day by a GitHub Action without changing a single byte when the data hadn't changed. Within those limits, I wanted a 3D contribution graph: every day of the last ye...
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Gas Optimization Audit: Bitstamp

Gas Optimization Audit: Bitstamp Target Protocol : Bitstamp (TVL: $3772.6M) Gas‑Optimization Audit Report – Bitstamp Protocol: Bitstamp (DeFi bridge & custodial‑exchange contracts) Scope: All publicly‑deployed Solidity contracts on Ethereum Mainnet and L2 roll‑ups (Optimism, Arbitrum, zkSync) that handle user deposits, withdrawals, order‑matching, and fee distribution. TVL: ≈ $3.77 B (Ethereum + L2) Audit Period: 2024‑10‑01 → 2024‑10‑05 1...
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The Hidden Challenge of Physical AI: Turning Industrial Data Into Reliable Decisions

Industry companies have been logging hardware, assets, people, and buildings onto digital infrastructure for many years: sensors take readings, RFID technologies track assets, cameras monitor their surroundings, and enterprise software recording both. But more data isn't necessarily leading to better decisions. Harder still is tying that data to context, decisions, and ultimately physical action. That's where the evolution from Industrial IoT to AIoT and Physical AI really comes into pl...
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Scanned receipts to a spreadsheet: making OCR actually work in 2026

For anyone managing finances, whether personal, freelance, or small business, the task of turning physical receipts into structured data for accounting software or spreadsheets is a perennial chore. Historically, this has been a painful process, riddled with manual data entry, errors, and frustration. But as we look towards 2026, the landscape of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Vision AI has matured significantly, making this once-daunting task genuinely achievable and reliable. This ...