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// Tech news at terminal velocity

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The Folding Mouse, The AI Subpoena, & Windows 11's Secret Speed Boost

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• Microsoft is testing a 'Low Latency Profile' that temporarily redlines your CPU to make Windows 11 feel as snappy as macOS.

• Corporate lawyers are panicking as AI meeting notetakers threaten to make every offhand joke discoverable in court.

• Logitech's upcoming travel mouse folds completely flat, ditching the scroll wheel for a touch panel.

Headlines & Launches

🖱️ Logitech's Origami Mouse

Leaked renders reveal Logitech is building a travel mouse that folds completely flat for your pocket. It ditches the traditional scroll wheel for an adaptive touch panel and one-ups the Microsoft Surface Arc by actually folding in half.

Source: The Verge

🤖 Config Wants to be the TSMC of Robot Data

Robotics startup Config just bagged $27M from the venture arms of Samsung, Hyundai, and LG. They're building a massive data layer for robotic foundation models, boasting over 100,000 hours of human motion data to train the next generation of bots.

Source: TechCrunch

📈 Google Finance Gets an AI Glow-Up in Europe

Google is rolling out its AI-powered Finance experience across Europe with full local language support. It's designed to synthesize market trends and earnings reports so you can lose money with unprecedented efficiency.

Source: Google Blog

Deep Dives

⚖️ The Legal Nightmare of AI Notetakers

That trendy AI bot joining your Zoom calls to take notes might be a ticking legal time bomb. Corporate lawyers are warning that AI-transcribed meeting notes could pierce attorney-client privilege, making every sarcastic offhand comment fully discoverable in future lawsuits. Sometimes, forgetting what was said in a meeting is actually a feature, not a bug.

Source: New York Times

Windows 11's 'Lazy' Speed Boost

Microsoft is testing a 'Low Latency Profile' that spikes CPU frequency for 1-3 seconds when opening apps, dramatically reducing launch times. While critics called it a lazy brute-force fix, Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman pointed out that Apple does the exact same thing to make macOS feel snappy. If it works, it works.

Source: Windows Latest

Engineering & Research

💻 Ghostty: The New King of Terminals

HashiCorp founder Mitchell Hashimoto's new terminal emulator, Ghostty, is taking the dev world by storm. Written in Zig with GPU acceleration and native split-screen, it finally solves the dilemma of having to choose between blazing speed and modern features.

Source: Medium

🐀 Ratty: A Terminal with Inline 3D

If Ghostty isn't your speed, check out Ratty. It's a new terminal emulator that supports inline 3D graphics, pushing the boundaries of what a command-line interface can actually render.

Source: Hacker News

🔐 Gmail's New Anti-Bot Friction

Google is quietly overhauling its account registration process to fight SIM-swap attacks and bot farms. Instead of receiving an SMS code, new users must now scan a QR code and actively send a text message from their device to prove they're human.

Source: Privacy Guides

Odds & Ends

🎹 The Synthesizer That Thinks It's a Thumb Piano

The Bastl Kalimba has raised over $700k on Kickstarter by combining a traditional thumb piano with a wild synthesizer engine. The tines don't make much acoustic sound, but they drive a chaotic electronic soundscape.

Source: The Verge

🏎️ Forza Horizon 6 Leaks Early

A full, unencrypted preload version of Playground Games' Forza Horizon 6 leaked online and was cracked a full week before its official release. Oops.

Source: The Verge

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