Fetching from the wire…
OSS2026-07-22 · source-backed
The per-port USB power utility is long-standing; the framing is new. The comment thread discussed it as a hardware-level cutoff for machines running autonomous agents with peripheral access. Single-source on the framing, and the tool itself isn't news, but the fact that people are now shopping for physical interrupts on agent workstations is.
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