Argus Digest: test

Scored 174 articles from 150 feeds; 15 included in digest.

Run ID: run-1785008348524

Generated: July 25, 2026 at 03:41 PM ET

Summaries: gemini-flash-lite-latest; enrichment 15/15 succeeded

Source Contribution
Source contribution summary for this digest
SourceTypeIncludedScored28d Digest Rate28d Avg Score28d Hotlist Hit7d Article Age28d Confidence
Bogleheads forumnews1105%0.030%1.2hStable
Guardiannews1106%0.130%11.1hStable
Hacker Newscommentary1108%0.190%2.0dStable
Medium Artificial Intelligence (keyword)commentary1107%0.080%0.8hStable
NYT front page news1107%0.050%6.4hStable
Reddit AntiAInews1107%0.090%9.4hStable
Reddit R/Bitcoinnews1105%0.050%13.5hStable
Tom’s Hardwarenews11010%0.160%8.2hStable
Futurismnews199%0.090%7.7hStable
The Atlanticnews1711%0.090%8.7hStable
The Vergenews1713%0.140%9.9hStable
Daring Fireballcommentary15~19%~0.13~0%7.9hLow sample
TechCrunchnews138%0.080%9.6hStable
Ars Technical All Newsnews1212%0.100%9.0hStable
Silver Bulletin commentary11Collecting dataCollecting dataCollecting data6.1hCollecting
Zero Hedgecommentary082%0.020%10.1hStable
Bloomberg Marketsnews071%0.010%6.6hStable
Medium AI (keyword)commentary078%0.080%0.8hStable
Seeking Alpha Newscommentary072%0.010%1.3hStable
India Timesnews061%0.010%3.4hStable
MyFTnews055%0.040%3.9hStable
WSJ US Businessnews056%0.040%8.9hStable
Book Riotcommentary0315%0.230%9.9hStable
ZD Netnews0310%0.090%7.0hStable
AI Daily Brief YT podcastcommentary02Collecting dataCollecting dataCollecting data7.3hCollecting
WSJ Tech news027%0.050%7.5hStable
Ars Technica All Featuresnews01Collecting dataCollecting dataCollecting data6.4hCollecting
Economist: Asianews01Collecting dataCollecting dataCollecting data7.1hCollecting
Latent Spacecommentary01Collecting dataCollecting dataCollecting data3.6hCollecting
WSJ Social Economynews012%0.010%6.4hStable
Wired AI Newsnews01~16%~0.10~0%6.6hLow sample

Source: Bogleheads forum

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 5%

28d Avg Score: 0.03

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 1.2h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Guardian

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 6%

28d Avg Score: 0.13

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 11.1h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Hacker News

Type: commentary

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 8%

28d Avg Score: 0.19

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 2.0d

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Medium Artificial Intelligence (keyword)

Type: commentary

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 7%

28d Avg Score: 0.08

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 0.8h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: NYT front page

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 7%

28d Avg Score: 0.05

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 6.4h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Reddit AntiAI

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 7%

28d Avg Score: 0.09

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 9.4h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Reddit R/Bitcoin

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 5%

28d Avg Score: 0.05

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 13.5h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Tom’s Hardware

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 10

28d Digest Rate: 10%

28d Avg Score: 0.16

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 8.2h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Futurism

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 9

28d Digest Rate: 9%

28d Avg Score: 0.09

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 7.7h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: The Atlantic

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 7

28d Digest Rate: 11%

28d Avg Score: 0.09

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 8.7h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: The Verge

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 7

28d Digest Rate: 13%

28d Avg Score: 0.14

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 9.9h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Daring Fireball

Type: commentary

Included: 1

Scored: 5

28d Digest Rate: ~19%

28d Avg Score: ~0.13

28d Hotlist Hit: ~0%

7d Article Age: 7.9h

28d Confidence: Low sample

Source: TechCrunch

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 3

28d Digest Rate: 8%

28d Avg Score: 0.08

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 9.6h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Ars Technical All News

Type: news

Included: 1

Scored: 2

28d Digest Rate: 12%

28d Avg Score: 0.10

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 9.0h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Silver Bulletin

Type: commentary

Included: 1

Scored: 1

28d Digest Rate: Collecting data

28d Avg Score: Collecting data

28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data

7d Article Age: 6.1h

28d Confidence: Collecting

Source: Zero Hedge

Type: commentary

Included: 0

Scored: 8

28d Digest Rate: 2%

28d Avg Score: 0.02

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 10.1h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Bloomberg Markets

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 7

28d Digest Rate: 1%

28d Avg Score: 0.01

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 6.6h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Medium AI (keyword)

Type: commentary

Included: 0

Scored: 7

28d Digest Rate: 8%

28d Avg Score: 0.08

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 0.8h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Seeking Alpha News

Type: commentary

Included: 0

Scored: 7

28d Digest Rate: 2%

28d Avg Score: 0.01

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 1.3h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: India Times

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 6

28d Digest Rate: 1%

28d Avg Score: 0.01

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 3.4h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: MyFT

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 5

28d Digest Rate: 5%

28d Avg Score: 0.04

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 3.9h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: WSJ US Business

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 5

28d Digest Rate: 6%

28d Avg Score: 0.04

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 8.9h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Book Riot

Type: commentary

Included: 0

Scored: 3

28d Digest Rate: 15%

28d Avg Score: 0.23

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 9.9h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: ZD Net

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 3

28d Digest Rate: 10%

28d Avg Score: 0.09

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 7.0h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: AI Daily Brief YT podcast

Type: commentary

Included: 0

Scored: 2

28d Digest Rate: Collecting data

28d Avg Score: Collecting data

28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data

7d Article Age: 7.3h

28d Confidence: Collecting

Source: WSJ Tech

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 2

28d Digest Rate: 7%

28d Avg Score: 0.05

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 7.5h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Ars Technica All Features

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 1

28d Digest Rate: Collecting data

28d Avg Score: Collecting data

28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data

7d Article Age: 6.4h

28d Confidence: Collecting

Source: Economist: Asia

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 1

28d Digest Rate: Collecting data

28d Avg Score: Collecting data

28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data

7d Article Age: 7.1h

28d Confidence: Collecting

Source: Latent Space

Type: commentary

Included: 0

Scored: 1

28d Digest Rate: Collecting data

28d Avg Score: Collecting data

28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data

7d Article Age: 3.6h

28d Confidence: Collecting

Source: WSJ Social Economy

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 1

28d Digest Rate: 2%

28d Avg Score: 0.01

28d Hotlist Hit: 0%

7d Article Age: 6.4h

28d Confidence: Stable

Source: Wired AI News

Type: news

Included: 0

Scored: 1

28d Digest Rate: ~16%

28d Avg Score: ~0.10

28d Hotlist Hit: ~0%

7d Article Age: 6.6h

28d Confidence: Low sample

Scored by: gemini-flash-lite-latest (google)

'RAM Machine' case probably costs more than the entire build — Nvidia RTX 5060, Core Ultra 5 CPU, and 32GB DDR5-8200 RAM are hiding inside

Tom’s Hardware | positive | Published: 11:34 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

A Redditor is hosting a sweepstakes to give away a gaming PC featuring an Nvidia RTX 5060, a Core Ultra 5 CPU, and 32GB of DDR5-8200 RAM. The computer's case is covered externally with RAM, and users can enter the giveaway by leaving a comment on the post.

Keywords: RAM Machine, gaming PC, sweepstakes, Reddit, RTX 5060

Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings

Hacker News | positive | Published: 11:29 Jul 22, 2026 (Eastern)

An article from Mongabay, shared on Hacker News, reports that Amazon canopy bridges have secured 15,000 crossings resulting in zero roadkill.

Keywords: canopy bridges, wildlife, animals, roadkill prevention, nature

Young country diary: Beetles, newts and ‘scorpions’, all in my simple river trap | Hal

Guardian | positive | Subscription | Published: 06:00 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

Hal, an eight-year-old writer for the Guardian's country diary, describes setting a simple homemade trap using a plastic bottle in a shallow ditch near the River Bure. The following morning, the trap contained a Eurasian water scorpion, a small beetle, a newt, leeches, and sticklebacks. After observing a fight between the beetle, the water scorpion, and the newt, the author released all the creatures back into the ditch.

Keywords: Norfolk, River Bure, water scorpion, wildlife trap, nature diary, newt

What Surrounds Us will make you think a lot about circles

The Verge | positive | Published: 08:00 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

The Verge reviews the PC Steam game "What Surrounds Us," in which the player controls a donut-shaped circle with a hole in the middle. The game involves traversing a large map made entirely of circles and cooperating with other sentient moving circles, sometimes helping them meet each other.

Keywords: What Surrounds Us, video game, circles, indie games, whimsical

Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech

TechCrunch | neutral | Published: 12:00 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

Librarians, including Hannah Cyrus in Maine and Charlie Bailey in South Philadelphia, are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops to help people turn off unwanted artificial intelligence features on their devices and navigate digital literacy. Inspired by public frustration over the forced integration and marketing hype of AI tools, these workshops provide step-by-step instructions for disabling features like Apple Intelligence and Gemini, and offer a space for attendees to share skepticism regarding Big Tech, data centers, and environmental impacts while seeking greater personal autonomy over technology.

Keywords: libraries, librarians, AI, Big Tech, workshops

Professor Hides White Font in Midterm, Catches Students Using AI in the Stupidest Way Possible

Futurism | neutral | Published: 06:01 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

Jason Gibson, a history professor at Alcorn State University, caught 32 out of 35 students cheating on a midterm exam by using AI to generate their entire responses without proofreading. Gibson had embedded hidden instructions in a white font telling the AI model to include random references to Madagascar, which the students copied and pasted directly into their submissions. While Gibson stated he takes no joy in his students failing, educators across the country are increasingly facing challenges with students using AI to cheat on assignments and exams.

Keywords: Professor, Midterm, AI cheating, White font, College

Personal Consumer Issues • Re: How to microwave a frozen burrito without it exploding?

Bogleheads forum | positive | Published: 15:02 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

A forum user on the Bogleheads forum reports on a new frozen Indian burrito product called the "Kati street wrap" from Deep Indian Kitchen, noting that the included crisping sleeve prevents the wrap from exploding in the microwave while providing a crispy shell.

Keywords: burrito, microwave, Kati street wrap, Deep Indian Kitchen, crisping sleeve

Company that only exists because of nature selling AI art (Howe Caverns)

Reddit AntiAI | negative | Published: 11:38 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

A Reddit user on the Reddit AntiAI community reports that Howe Caverns has been posting and selling artwork alleged to be generated by artificial intelligence, despite claiming the work belongs to a graphic designer. According to the post, the company increased its output of such art after being confronted about it, and the user was banned from the company's social media page for criticizing the practice.

Keywords: Howe Caverns, AI art, social media drama, local business

How to Open Yourself Up to a New Passion

The Atlantic | positive | Subscription | Published: 08:00 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

This edition of The Atlantic's newsletter, The Wonder Reader, explores how to seek out or open oneself up to new passions and unique hobbies. It highlights the story of Matt Seaton, an editor who eventually quit his job to become a part-time stone waller after developing a deep interest in building walls. The newsletter also features recommended readings on New England's stone walls, underrated hobbies, and books for dabblers, alongside reader-submitted responses about moments that spark awe.

Keywords: passion, joy, hobbies, self-improvement

What is agency — and how can you get more of it?

Silver Bulletin | neutral | Published: 15:00 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

Nate Silver interviews Cate Hall, former poker player, corporate CEO, and author of the book "You Can Just Do Things: How High-Agency People Get What They Want Out of Life." The discussion centers on the definition of "agency" as a learnable skill involving the capacity to see and act on available degrees of freedom, Hall's personal journey of recovery from drug addiction and transitioning from a corporate law career to professional poker, and the importance of direct communication and personal development.

Keywords: agency, Cate Hall, You Can Just Do Things, book interview, self-help

I asked AI to do my work... and it taught me a lesson instead.

Medium Artificial Intelligence (keyword) | neutral | Published: 15:09 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

An article on Medium titled "I asked AI to do my work... and it taught me a lesson instead." discusses an experience involving artificial intelligence.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, work, productivity, reflection

bIRC — A New Native IRC Client for Mac

Daring Fireball | positive | Published: 11:39 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

bIRC is a new native IRC client for the Mac, positioned as an alternative following the sunset of Textual. Developed as a sole-developer side project, it features native Mac windows, toolbars, split views, semantic colors, and system notifications without being a web wrapper. It implements the IRC client protocol (RFC 1459 and RFC 2812) along with IRCv3 extensions such as message tags, server-time, batches, CHATHISTORY, reactions, replies, typing, read markers, redaction, and multiline. Additional features include TLS with CertFP, SASL, SOCKS5 and HTTP-CONNECT proxies, ZNC and soju support, DCC chat capabilities, and a sandboxed JavaScript API for hook commands and incoming messages.

Keywords: bIRC, IRC, Mac, macOS, Fredrik Blank, software development

Bitcoin giftcard

Reddit R/Bitcoin | neutral | Published: 11:42 Jul 24, 2026 (Eastern)

A Reddit user on the r/Bitcoin subreddit shares an image of a Bitcoin gift card found in Switzerland, asking the community if such gift cards are a common occurrence.

Keywords: Bitcoin, gift card, Switzerland, cryptocurrency

SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight

Ars Technical All News | neutral | Published: 13:47 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

SpaceX successfully completed the 13th full-scale test flight of its Starship rocket, launching from Starbase in South Texas and achieving an intact splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The flight provided engineers with critical heat shield data from the vehicle's 18,000 ceramic tiles, as well as an opportunity to test the deployment of 20 upgraded Starlink V3 satellites on a suborbital trajectory and execute a short Raptor engine restart. While the Super Heavy booster experienced engine restart issues during its landing burn and fell into the Gulf of Mexico, CEO Elon Musk indicated that SpaceX will attempt to catch the Starship vehicle with the launch tower on its next flight, provided mission data review reveals no problems.

Keywords: SpaceX, Starship, rocket, aerospace

Nolan’s Zero-Eros ‘Odyssey’

NYT front page | neutral | Subscription | Published: 11:08 Jul 25, 2026 (Eastern)

An opinion piece from the New York Times discusses Homer’s character Odysseus, noting that he was hardly a man of remorse and shame.

Keywords: Nolan, Odysseus, Homer, literature, film