GoKawiil - Tech News

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FIPS 140-3 is not a security guarantee, and auditors know it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: fips 140-3, nist, hsm

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A less powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip is now officially a thing (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: snapdragon 8 elite gen 5, qualcomm, redmi k100 pro

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Amazon is developing a Warhammer 40,000 animated show (engadget.com)

2026-08-03 | by Anna Washenko | tags: warhammer 40, 000, amazon prime video

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‘Warhammer 40,000’ Animated Series Based on ‘Secret Level’ Episode in the Works (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: warhammer 40, 000, prime video

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Company Offering Printed Books To Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: isbndb, ai training, printed books

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Alienware 27 QD-OLED (AW2726DM) Review: A $350 Winner (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Matthew S. Smith | tags: qd-oled, alienware, samsung

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Grab this 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor at just $300 — Gigabyte's 27-inch GO27Q24A is now $150 off at Newegg (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: qd-oled, gigabyte, newegg

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In a First, 'Super-Earth' Planet Shows It Could Have an Atmosphere (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: lhs 1140b, super-earth, science

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IBM i (OS/400) the Database Operating System (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Kamil Pytliński | tags: ibm i, os/400, system/38

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TurboTax Full Service Coupons This August (wired.com)

2026-08-01 | by Molly Higgins | tags: turbo tax, turbo tax full service, tax professional

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LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button (slashdot.org)

2026-07-31 | tags: linkedin, ai slop, hari srinivasan

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JEP 401: Value Objects (Preview) merged to OpenJDK master (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Dan Smith | tags: openjdk, jep 401, value objects

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Save up to $700 on these iBuyPower gaming PCs, fitted with an RX 9070 XT for 4K gaming — liquid-cooled AMD rigs feature either a 9800X3D or 9900X CPU, along with 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD, starting from $1,799 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ben Stockton | tags: ibuypower, amd ryzen 7 9800x3d, rx 9070 xt

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Relatively few Black people benefited in the 1930s and 1940s from mortgages backed by the US government (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: fha loans, us government, 1930s

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The Always-Busy Mike Flanagan May Next Tackle ‘Warhammer 40K’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: mike flanagan, warhammer 40k, henry cavill

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Mystery reviewer 'finds' Nvidia RTX Spark prototype laptop and puts it through its paces — Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia N1X chip shows promise, though prototype warts are still quite visible (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: nvidia rtx spark, microsoft surface laptop ultra, n1x chip

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AI companies are reportedly shredding millions of books after using them to train AI models — tech giants outsource to middlemen to secretly buy up books for training material (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: anthropic, claude ai, better world books

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Geekom A9 Max 2026 review: Gorgon Point in a compact Mini PC (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mark Tyson | tags: geekom, ryzen ai 400, amd ryzen

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Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its staff (engadget.com)

2026-07-23 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: patreon, jack conte, 404 media

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JEP 540: Simple JSON API (Now in Incubator) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: json, java, jep 540

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AI-Powered Startups Are Smaller and Flatter (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-22 | tags: startups, 401k, conversation

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Chinese modder gets GeForce RTX 4060 working in Windows 11 on Huawei Arm workstation — uses modified driver borrowed from an Nvidia RTX Spark (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-22 | by Zak Killian | tags: nvidia geforce rtx 4060, windows 11, huaweiqingyun w510

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The Marines' new AI gun can track and target people, even though it's marketed as anti-drone (techspot.com)

2026-07-22 | by Rob Thubron | tags: ai gun, marine corps, allen control systems

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Apple fixes iCloud+ vulnerability that exposed ‘hidden’ user emails (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-21 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: icloud+, hide my email, apple one

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Apple Fixes Hide My Email Vulnerability After 404 Media Coverage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | by About The Author | tags: hide my email, apple, 404 media

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PC modder bolts 5.5-pound aluminum heatsink to RTX 4060 — convection-only cooling seems to work fine in a testbench-style installation (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Mark Tyson | tags: nvidia, rtx 4060, palit

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New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | tags: new orleans police, drone manual, weaponized drones

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SonicWall SMA1000 flaws exploited as zero-days to push custom malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: sonicwall, sma1000, cve-2026-15409

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LoRA Speedrun – a public wall-clock leaderboard for fine-tuning techniques (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: lora, qwen2.5-1.5b, gsm8k

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Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | by Posted | tags: zilog z80, 8-bit cpu, dip40