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Show HN: Qwen Scribe – local transcription and dictation for Apple Silicon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: qwen scribe, apple silicon, qwen3-asr

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These near-mint ASUS Chromebook refurbs are only $145 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: asus, chromebook, mediatek

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Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026 — performance drops of 14% on average, and up to 25% in some games (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Jake Roach | tags: intel, lga 1700, ddr4

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Daring coder gets Doom running with regular expressions at 180 seconds per frame, like playing 'correspondence chess with a shotgun' — nearly 14 million substitutions to render a frame at 80,000 substitutions per second (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: doom, regular expressions, artem lytkin

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macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 and macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 now available (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-27 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: macos sonoma, apple, webkit

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Is your iPhone stuck in SOS mode? Here's how to fix it (engadget.com)

2026-07-27 | by Alec Hively | tags: apple, iphone 14, satellite network

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Save $500 on the 2026 Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro chip (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: apple, macbook pro, m5 pro

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Best Laptops for College Students (2026): MacBooks and Beyond (wired.com)

2026-07-27 | by Luke Larsen | tags: macbook air, dell 14 plus, hp omnibook 3

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Show HN: Watch 14-Byte AI "brains" attempt to solve a 2D maze (Its hard) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: show hn, byte, minimio

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3D-printed F-14 Tomcat uses an FPGA recreation of the ‘world’s first microprocessor' — CADC’s MP944 chip controls the fighter’s swing-wing system, among other things (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-26 | by Mark Tyson | tags: f-14 tomcat, cadc, mp944

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HP OmniBook X Flip 14 Review: Premium design, middling performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-26 | by Charles Jefferies | tags: omnibook x flip 14, amd ryzen ai, oled display

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‘Futurama’ Season 14 Trailer Promises More Sci-Fi Swagger and Shenanigans (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: futurama, matt groening, hulu

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Wine 11.14 Released (slashdot.org)

2026-07-25 | tags: wine, freebsd, wow64

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Best Laptops (2026): My Top Recommendations After Testing Hundreds (wired.com)

2026-07-25 | by Luke Larsen | tags: macbook, dell 14s, m5 chip

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Apple releases seventh RCs for macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 and macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-24 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, macos sonoma, sequoia

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Intel commits to 14A mass production in 2028 as its sales rise 25% year-over-year (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Anton Shilov | tags: intel, 14a, tsmc

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Dell 14S review: High-class design and 20+ hour battery life (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Brandon Hill | tags: dell xps, dell 14s, tom's hardware

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I tested Dell's new midrange work PC - it nails the sweet spot of price and performance (zdnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: dell, 14s, oled

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I tested Dell's new midrange work PC - It nails the sweet spot of price and performance (zdnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: dell, 14s, oled

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I tested a $14 emergency radio with solar and hand-crank power - it's in my survival kit now (zdnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: emergency radio, noaa, solar power

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One of the best 2-in-1 Chromebooks is almost $200 off for today only (theverge.com)

2026-07-24 | by Cameron Faulkner | tags: chromebook plus spin 514, mediatek kompanio ultra 910, usi 2.0 stylus

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An Amateur Archaeologist Disappeared in the Grand Canyon 14 Years Ago. His Remains Have Finally Been Found (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: grand canyon, bill ott, prehistoric rock art

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Tesla falls 14%, Alphabet sinks 6% as AI spending concerns spook investors (cnbc.com)

2026-07-23 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: alphabet, tesla, elon musk

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Nvidia RTX 3090 and RTX 3050 team up to hit 144 FPS at 4K — Lossless Scaling turns old Ampere GPUs into a gaming powerhouse (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: nvidia, rtx 3090, rtx 3050

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142 AI data center protests staged in 42 states as public opposition increases — organizers brand 'unaccountable' buildouts as an 'unacceptable infringement on our liberty' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jowi Morales | tags: microsoft, amazon, data centers

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PyPI Blog: Releases now reject new files after 14 days (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: pypi, python, peps

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Meta to use custom AMD Instinct MI400 accelerators with 144GB of HBM4 for select workloads, report claims — could dramatically reduce cost at the expense of versatility (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-22 | by Anton Shilov | tags: meta, amd instinct, hbm4

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Lucky PC gamer scoops insane $1,140 9800X3D PC at Costco while shopping for rotisserie chicken — iBuyPower prebuilt with 32GB RAM and RTX 5070 was a display unit discount (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-22 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: ibuypower, ryzen 7 9800x3d, nvidia rtx 5070

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Save $400 on a new 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 — 48GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 16-core processor for $2,699 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: macbook pro, apple, m5 chip

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ascdraw: Editor for ASCII/UTF-8 diagrams (in 144FPS) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: ascii, unicode, asciidraw