{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"7.31.26 | UEFA and national associations exclude FIFA, advice for TV streaming stick purchase, stacked PRs launched on GitHub","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0d2d8128\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":835,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 31, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nUEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions\nhttps://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/02a7-213a92896eb0-54dfbf454e3b-1000--statement-on-behalf-of-uefa-and-its-55-national-associations/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49113929\nRead this before you buy that TV streaming stick\nhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/read-this-before-you-buy-that-tv-streaming-stick/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112744\nStacked PRs are now live on GitHub\nhttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-stacked-pull-requests-are-now-in-public-preview/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112232\nAdvancing the price-performance frontier with GPT‑5.6\nhttps://openai.com/index/advancing-the-price-performance-frontier-with-gpt-5-6/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112867\nGemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots\nhttps://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-2-brings-whole-body-intelligence-to-robots/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111237\nThe AI Aesthetic\nhttps://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-aesthetic/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49117099\nGCC steering committee announces AI policy\nhttps://lwn.net/Articles/1086041/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49108685\nThe session you cannot take with you\nhttps://earendil.com/posts/session-portability/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49118781\nThe Economic Benefit of Refactoring\nhttps://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/refactoring-economic-benefit.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111176\nPhysicists Solve a Muon Mystery. Now, Old Results Don't Add Up\nhttps://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-solve-a-muon-mystery-now-old-results-dont-add-up-20260729/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111305","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}