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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, July 16, 2026?

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Something Important to Always Remember: You Are Not the Player

By @gamedesignbites [ 6 Min read ] The discipline of designing for people who dont share your taste... Read More.

The Power of Primes and How to Harness It

By @mrpowershell [ 5 Min read ] The Power of Prime Numbers in animation and automation. Read More.

Apple v. OpenAI Trade Secrets Lawsuit: The 42 Most Explosive Allegations The Internets Reactions

By @exfiltration [ 18 Min read ] 42 verbatim quotes from Apples trade secret complaint against OpenAI — stolen laptops, LOL texts, show-and-tell interviews — plus the internets reactions. Read More.

How I Manage My VPS With Pi’s SSH Extension

By @ekkyarmandi [ 7 Min read ] Using Pi’s SSH agent to turn plain‑English prompts into safe, reproducible VPS setups. Read More.

The Cognitive Skills We May Be Quietly Losing to AI

By @rockyessel [ 13 Min read ] AI shifts our focus from how to build skills to whether to learn them. By eliminating cognitive friction, it silently erodes human thinking habits. Read More.

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