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2026 Lexus ES 500e first drive: A classy sedan with a slow charge (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim Stevens | tags: lexus, es 500e, ev charging

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Lenovo LOQ Essentials 15 Gen 11 Review: A good display meets a low-power RTX 5060 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Charles Jefferies | tags: lenovo, loq essentials, rtx 5060

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Show HN: Fine-tune an 8B model on a 4 GB laptop GPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: soup-cli, llm fine-tuning, rtx 3050

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In a troubling sign, Nvidia RTX 50 series prices jump up to 30% in South Korea — TSMC wafer hikes and $20 GDDR7 modules push RTX 5090 past $5,100 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: nvidia, rtx 50 series, tsmc

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Gaming on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT and GTX 1650 Super in 2026 — upscaling makes low-end GPUs viable for esports and internet cafes (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jeffrey Kampman | tags: amd rx 6500 xt, nvidia gtx 1650 super, rdna 4

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GPU prices for current-gen Nvidia and AMD: Price increases, why have the prices not dropped, and can you still buy a cheap GPU? (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: nvidia, amd, gpu prices

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Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR5 for an effective $230 right now in this 9950X3D combo deal —Newegg RAM bundle ships with 16-core AMD X3D chip alongside an MSI X870E board and a free 240mm cooler for $1,308 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Ben Stockton | tags: amd ryzen 9 9950x3d, corsair vengeance ddr5, msi x870e

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Ten years later, the iconic GTX 1080 Ti still holds up in 1080p gaming, but not without showing its age — Redux testing highlights the wonders of 11GB VRAM & the woes of time (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: gtx 1080 ti, nvidia, pascal architecture

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Retroid Pocket Nova gets official Android 16-based LineageOS 23.2 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: retroid pocket nova, lineageos 23.2, android 16

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Galaxy S26 FE case leak shows off Samsung’s next affordable flagship in two shades (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: samsung, galaxy s26 fe, exynos 2500

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Is There a Way to Promote Open Document Formats Instead of 'MS Office' Format? (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: ms office, ooxml, ecma

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TinyNES Review – A Super Niche NES Console (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: nes, tinynes, 6502

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RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: rtx 5060 ti, brother zhang, short pcb

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HP’s HyperX Omen 15 isn’t quite the budget-friendly gaming laptop its predecessor was (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Antonio G. Di Benedetto | tags: hyperx omen 15, nvidia rtx 5050, ces

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MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by View My Complete Profile | tags: mklinux, apple workgroup server, 6502

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ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: asrock, bc-250, steam machine

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Score the ultimate AMD AM4 starter pack with a six-core CPU and 16GB RAM for only $280 — kickstart your next PC build with $138 in savings (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, ryzen 5 5500, b550m motherboard

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The 5 laptop features worth spending extra on (and 3 that are mostly hype) (zdnet.com)

2026-08-01 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: ram, asus zenbook, hp omnibook

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Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Review: Hedging Its Bets (wired.com)

2026-08-01 | by Luke Larsen | tags: alienware, dell, rtx 5050

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Autoregressive Language Model on the 6502 Processor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Matt Beton | tags: 6502, bbc micro, autoregressive model

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AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, nvidia geforce rtx 5050

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Save $900 on this RTX 5070 gaming PC from MSI in this limited-time Woot deal, now $1,399 — grab a huge saving on this Codex R2 rig with a 10-core Intel CPU, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ben Stockton | tags: msi, rtx 5070, nvidia geforce

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Absurd GPU Pricing Update: Mid-2026 Edition (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 5050, geforce rtx 5060

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Absurd GPU Pricing Update Mid-2026: What Graphics Cards Cost Around the World (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 5050, geforce rtx 5060

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Microsoft's $450 Billion Jump Is Biggest In Stock Market History (slashdot.org)

2026-07-30 | tags: microsoft, stock market, $450 billion

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Forward-deployed engineers are the AI industry’s latest talent obsession (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: forward-deployed engineers, christian & timbers, applied ai

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Nvidia's fastest graphics cards get US price increase at Best Buy, Amazon — Astral RTX 5080 now costs more than 5090's MSRP, flagship card now commands more than $4,300 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: nvidia, rtx 5080, rtx 5090

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Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP (theverge.com)

2026-07-30 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: rtx 5080, nvidia, asus

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Grab a great-value gaming laptop with a generous amount of memory for only $1,199 — save $100 on Gigabyte's Aero X16 gaming laptop with 32GB of DDR5 and RTX 5060 graphics (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: gigabyte, aero x16, rtx 5060

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Qantas Plane Flies For More Than 24 Hours In Record-Breaking Flight (slashdot.org)

2026-07-30 | tags: qantas, a350-1000ulr, boeing 777-200lr