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Possessing Starlink terminals punishable by death in Iran, country using 'military-grade jamming' against service — forced nationwide internet blackout becomes second-longest on record as it passes 1,000 hours offline (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Luke James | tags: starlink, iran, military-grade jamming

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Internet outage in Iran reaches 1,008 hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Internet Outage Monitoring Tool → | tags: iran, internet outage, hours

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FAA courts gamers to become air traffic controllers — boasts $155k average annual salary after three years as the agency prepares for 8,000 applicants (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-11 | by Jowi Morales | get Air Traffic Controller Simulator → | tags: faa, air traffic control, gaming

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Over 20,000 crypto fraud victims identified in international crackdown (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-11 | get Crypto Security Hardware Wallet → | tags: cryptocurrency, operation atlantic, national crime agency

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Tests show $30,000 AI GPUs are terrible password crackers — RTX 5090 gaming GPU outperforms Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300X (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-11 | by Aaron Klotz | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 → | tags: nvidia h200, amd mi300x, rtx 5090

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I used this EcoFlow battery to run my 3,000-sq-ft home in a blackout - here's how it kept my AC on (zdnet.com)

2026-04-10 | by Maria Diaz | get EcoFlow DELTA Pro → | tags: ecoflow, delta pro, smart home panel

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I walked 3,000 steps with my Apple Watch, Google Pixel, and Oura Ring - this tracker was most accurate (zdnet.com)

2026-04-10 | by Nina Raemont | get Oura Ring Gen 3 → | tags: apple watch, google pixel watch, oura ring

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Disney Is Planning to Lay Off 1,000 Employees Under Its New CEO. Who’s On the Chopping Block? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-10 | by Jonathan Small | get Disney Employee Badge → | tags: disney, josh d’amaro, project imagine

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Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices exposed to Iranian cyberattacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-10 | get Industrial Cybersecurity Kit → | tags: rockwell automation, allen-bradley, iranian cyberattacks

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Newbie overclocker destroys $5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPU they used 'to learn how to solder' — practicing newfound hobby goes wrong in the most expensive way imaginable (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-10 | by Jowi Morales | get GPU Overclocking Solder Kit → | tags: msi, rtx 5090, techpowerup

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Amazon laid off 30,000 workers while CEO Andy Jassy got a 30% pay bump (techspot.com)

2026-04-10 | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: amazon, andy jassy, layoffs

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Interior design at 25,000 mph (theverge.com)

2026-04-10 | by Georgina Torbet | get High-Speed Interior Design Kit → | tags: orion capsule, artemis ii, human factors

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ETH Zurich demonstrates 17,000 qubit array with 99.91% fidelity (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | get Quantum Computing Starter Kit → | tags: eth zurich, qubit array, quantum gates

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Hacker stole £700,000 from UK energy company by redirecting payment (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-09 | by Zack Whittaker | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: zephyr energy, business email compromise, london stock exchange

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Hacker stole £700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-09 | by Zack Whittaker | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: zephyr energy, business email compromise, bank account hijacking

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SanDisk's new 2TB SD card costs $2,000, and it's not even the fastest option (techspot.com)

2026-04-09 | get SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II → | tags: sandisk, sd card, 2tb

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Build a $5,000 AM5 gaming PC for just $2,771 with this Newegg combo deal — 9800X3D and RTX 5070 also come with 128GB of DDR5 RAM, 4TB SSD, X870E motherboard, and AIO cooler (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Ben Stockton | tags: amd ryzen 7 9800x3d, rtx 5070, msi mag x870e

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Tech layoffs are piling up: 80,000 jobs cut in early 2026, and AI is getting the blame (techspot.com)

2026-04-09 | get AI Career Transition Kit → | tags: tech layoffs, cognizant, babak hodjat

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10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim — daring heist would be largest ever China hack, covering 6,000 clients across science, defense, and beyond (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Anton Shilov | get Encrypted External Hard Drive → | tags: china supercomputing center, flamingchina, avic

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Eurail says December data breach impacts 300,000 individuals (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-09 | get Eurail Data Breach Report → | tags: eurail, interrail, telegram

801.

Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, with a motor that spins up to 65,000 RPM (engadget.com)

2026-04-09 | get Dyson Handheld Fan → | tags: dyson, hushjet, rpm

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How to Watch NASA’s Artemis 2 Return to Earth at a Blazing 25,000 MPH (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-08 | get NASA Space Shuttle Model → | tags: nasa, artemis 2, moon

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Garden gnomes from the Masters can go for over $10,000 on the resale market. This could be the last year they’re made. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-08 | get Garden Gnome Collectible Figurine → | tags: masters, garden gnomes, resale market

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Garden gnomes from the Masters can go for over $10,000 on the resale market. This could be the last year they’re made (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-08 | get Garden Gnome Collectible Set → | tags: masters, garden gnomes, resale market

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The Nintendo Switch 2 version of 007 First Light is delayed until later this summer (engadget.com)

2026-04-08 | get Nintendo Switch Game Case → | tags: nintendo switch 2, 007 first light, io interactive

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Tech industry lays off nearly 80,000 employees in the first quarter of 2026 — almost 50% of affected positions cut due to AI (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-08 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Job Loss Awareness Book → | tags: oracle, cognizant, anthropic

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This $500,000 Corporate Retreat to Honduras Went Horribly Wrong. ‘We Had to Eat a Dead Tarantula’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-08 | by Jonathan Small | get Honduras Travel Survival Kit → | tags: plex, honduras, corporate retreat

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Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 of its own chips as China ramps up AI push (cnbc.com)

2026-04-08 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPU → | tags: alibaba, zhenwu, china telecom

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Is a $30,000 GPU Good at Password Cracking? (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-08 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia h200, amd mi300x, nvidia rtx 5090

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I used an Android phone with a 9,000mAh battery — and I can’t go back (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-08 | get Anker PowerCore 9000mAh → | tags: oneplus nord 6, android authority, 9000mah battery