ASUS Prime AP304: Panoramic ATX Case Unveiled
ASUS unveiled the Prime AP304 ATX case on July 31, 2024, featuring panoramic curved glass and patented cooling solutions for graphics cards.
CLIPRAPTOR.INFO · CRAWLABLE ARCHIVE
Gadgets archive · page 24
Consumer technology, gaming hardware and connected devices from the original publisher announcements. This permanent archive page contains source-linked briefings that do not require JavaScript to be discovered.
NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia
NASA inaugurated the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley Research Center, Virginia, marking its first new wind tunnel in over 40 years to advance aircraft, rocket, and spacecraft testing.
Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents
Microsoft Research introduced twelve synthetic training environments for computer-use agents, designed to replicate real application behavior with coherent state changes, improving a 9B model's performance from 36.5% to...
How Atlassian improved Jira and Confluence performance on Arm Neoverse-based AWS Graviton
Atlassian migrated over 3,000 Jira and Confluence EC2 instances to AWS Graviton processors, then optimized performance through JVM tuning, cache analysis, and workload-specific strategies, achieving up to 30% throughput...
Amazon RDS for Oracle now offers Reserved Instances for R8i and M8i instances
AWS now offers Reserved Instances for Amazon RDS for Oracle on R8i and M8i instances, delivering up to 53% cost savings compared to On-Demand pricing.
NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will carry a memory card with 1.35 million names submitted globally to a point one million miles from Earth, launching no earlier than August 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
Next Week on XBOX: New Games for August 3 to 7
Xbox announced new games arriving August 3–7 across Xbox platforms, including post-apocalyptic RPGs, life sims, hidden-object mysteries, and physics-based multiplayer titles.
Amazon CloudWatch announces managed Prometheus collectors
Amazon CloudWatch now offers managed Prometheus collectors to gather metrics from AWS services like EKS, EC2, and ECS without self-managed agents, simplifying monitoring and reducing operational overhead.
AWS CodeDeploy now available in five additional AWS regions
AWS CodeDeploy expands to five new regions, including Malaysia and Mexico, enabling faster, localized deployments for customers while supporting data residency needs.
Experience the magic of Kosovo from anywhere with Street View
Google Street View now includes Kosovo, offering virtual exploration of its cities, historic sites, and landscapes through Google Maps.
Nikon Supports Relief Efforts for the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan
Nikon pledged ¥10 million to the Japanese Red Cross Society to aid recovery from the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake, expressing solidarity with victims.
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
NASA features a deep-space image of the Dark Doodad Nebula near the Southern Cross, paired with NGC 4372, a globular cluster 20,000 light-years away.
Destructive Fires Char Western Europe
Destructive wildfires in Spain and France during July 2026 forced mass evacuations and destroyed hundreds of homes, becoming among the largest in decades due to extreme heat, drought, and strong winds.
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances now available in Europe (Milan) region
AWS has launched Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances in Europe (Milan) region, featuring custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors with up to 15% better performance than comparable x86-based Intel processors in other clouds.
Amazon EC2 C7i instances now available in additional regions
AWS has expanded availability of EC2 C7i instances, powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors, to Europe (Milan) and Canada West (Calgary) regions, offering up to 15% better price-performance for compute-intensive...
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio brings richer Git version control to all project tools
AWS announced Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now offers Git version control across Query Editor, Visual ETL, Workflows, and Notebooks, replacing prior automatic sync with file-level control.
New Report Finds Bay Area Residents Who Leave Are More Likely to Become Homeowners
A UC Berkeley-affiliated report finds Bay Area residents who relocate often achieve homeownership but face trade-offs such as lower incomes, weaker schools, and greater climate risks.
Apple reports third quarter results
Apple reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter revenue of $109.4 billion, a 16% year-over-year increase, with diluted earnings per share rising 29% to $2.02.
Agentic media buying cannot scale without the right foundation. See how buyers and sellers get there on Databricks.
Databricks demonstrates autonomous media buying and selling agents running on its platform, using IAB Tech Lab’s open standards to automate discovery, pricing, and transactions while maintaining governance and...
Observe on Apache Iceberg: Unlocking Open Observability
Snowflake’s Observe platform now supports Apache Iceberg tables in private preview, allowing users to store observability data in open formats within their own Amazon S3 buckets while maintaining full functionality.
A Microsoft Flight Simulator Cinderella Story: Building the A220 Airliner
Synaptic Simulations, a small team of young developers, released the A220 Airliner for Microsoft Flight Simulator through iniBuilds, marking their first professional product. The add-on, priced at $64.99, offers a...
Microsoft Reports Record Fiscal Year with 18% Revenue Growth
Microsoft reported record revenue growth of 18% for its fiscal year, driven by AI services, despite announcing layoffs totaling roughly 14% of its 2023 workforce over the past two years.
New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors
Researchers at UC Berkeley identified DNA from two previously unknown human ancestors in modern genomes, revealing new interbreeding events predating Neanderthal and Denisovan contributions.
North and South America weren’t always connected, but their mammals still found a way to intermingle
New fossil evidence from Mexico shows mammals began migrating between North and South America up to 10 million years ago, long before the Panamanian land bridge formed, challenging the traditional timeline of the Great...
Optimizing the frontier performance curve
Microsoft introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a model optimized for efficiency, achieving top performance on CyberGym at half the cost while running on H100s and reserving premium models for complex tasks.
How Is Satellite Imagery Used for Decision-Making Across Industries?
Satellite imagery provides near-daily Earth observation data to support decision-making across agriculture, insurance, energy, infrastructure, and government sectors by enabling real-time monitoring of change.
XBOX App Available on Hisense and VIDAA OS-powered TVs
Microsoft announced the Xbox app is now available on Hisense and other VIDAA OS-powered smart TVs from 2024 to 2026 models, expanding game streaming options for users without dedicated gaming hardware.
ASUS Wins Two Red Dot Awards for Packaging Design
ASUS received two Red Dot Awards 2026 for packaging design, honoring the ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition and ExpertBook Ultra for sustainability and functionality.
Amazon Bedrock announces up to 80% lower prices for OpenAI GPT‑5.6 models
Amazon Bedrock will reduce prices for OpenAI’s GPT‑5.6 Luna and Terra models by up to 80% starting July 30, 2026, aligning with OpenAI’s pricing changes.
NASA Assigns Astronaut Deniz Burnham to First Space Station Mission
NASA has assigned astronaut Deniz Burnham to her first International Space Station mission, launching aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in March 2027 for a seven-month expedition focused on scientific research and future...