7.14.26 | Apple's SpeechAnalyzer API benchmarked, building Mac and iOS apps without Xcode, Japan recovers lithium from EV batteries

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 14, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor (01:44) - Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode (03:05) - Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries (04:18) - The Git history command deserves more attention (05:30) - The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes (06:40) - An Englishwoman who sketched India before photography took hold (07:47) - Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway? (09:17) - Ancient Roman Board Game (10:24) - Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (2005) (11:23) - What will be left for us to work on? (12:58) - Outro Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessorhttps://get-inscribe.com/blog/apple-speech-api-benchmark.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48894752Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcodehttps://scottwillsey.com/building-and-shipping-mac-and-ios-apps-without-ever-opening-xcode/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896665Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batterieshttps://tech.supercarblondie.com/japan-recovers-up-to-90-of-lithium-from-used-ev-batteries/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901569The Git history command deserves more attentionhttps://lalitm.com/post/git-history/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901010The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passeshttps://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/meta-social-media-teenagers-22337724.phphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897104An Englishwoman who sketched India before photography took holdhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2drrv6q54ohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48900191Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway?https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-on-32x/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896600Ancient Roman Board Gamehttps://ludus-coriovalli.web.app/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48852159Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (2005)https://web.stanford.edu/~dntse/wireless_book.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901454What will be left for us to work on?https://www.normaltech.ai/p/what-will-be-left-for-us-to-workhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901292