Month: July 2026
A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home (2026)
From countertop kits to a bathroom bucket full of straw and beyond, I spent a year testing popular mushroom-growing methods. Here’s what fruited—and what just grew mold. Source
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China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance
China’s leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The rapid-fire releases suggest America’s lead at the AI frontier is increasingly tight, just…
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An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big Problem
Several Chinese businesses associated with the ebike brand Aipas settled a lawsuit with Amazon and the safety certification company UL in July. Source
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How to watch World Cup final replay – it’s spoiler-free
Missed the World Cup final? BBC will show a spoiler-free full-match replay of the final as Spain took on Argentina in New York. So whether you were working, travelling, asleep, or simply couldn’t watch it live, you can experience every moment from kick-off to the final whistle without knowing the…
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The Kodak EC35 is a pocketable, beginner-friendly 35mm film camera
The $35 camera comes in seven colors and has a slide cover. Source
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This unpronounceable series of glyphs is an incredible side project from Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet)
ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎̟̯̂̓̌ ҉ ͡ ͞ ͞ ͞ ҉● ࿀ ● ࿀ ● ҉⃝ ⃝͢ ͞ ͘ ͞⃝̕ ͢ ̛ ⃝ ̸ ̡ ͢⃝̧ ͡ ͡ ̀ ̧ ̢⃝͜ ҉ ͞ ͞ ⃝͞ ͞ ͡⃝ ⃝҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉ :̶̢͙͙͕̠̩͆(̷̮͍͚̫͚͂̍)̵̳̗̊( ̟̞̝̜̙̘̗̖҉̵̴̨̧̢̡̼̻̺̹̳̲̱̰̯̮̭̬̫̪̩̦̥ What am I supposed to do with this? It’s un-Googleable. Unpronounceable. It doesn’t even render the same way on various platforms. It looks one way on YouTube Music. Another on Apple Music. And yet another on Bandcamp. Even the…
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