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Setting your thermostat to this temperature could save you money (and keep you cozy) (zdnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by Maria Diaz | get Smart Thermostat → | tags: affect, does, does affect

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Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Microprocessor → | tags: altair, assembled, computer

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What is Plan 9? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Neon Genesis Evangelion → | tags: bell, file, labs

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Government Tells Tesla That This Is Definitely the Last Time It Can Blow Off Deadline to Turn In Data On Why FSD Is Constantly Ignoring Traffic Laws (futurism.com)

2026-01-18 | by Frank Landymore | get Autonomous Driving System → | tags: automaker, crash, driving

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Gamer builds ‘hardcore’ first-person shooter simulator that actually shoots back — gaming PC also has real weather effects (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Virtual Reality Headset → | tags: game, gaming, machine

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Microsoft releases OOB Windows updates to fix shutdown, Cloud PC bugs (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-18 | get Windows Update → | tags: group, group policy, issue

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Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Technical Skills → | tags: best, claude, claude code

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NFL Sunday Playoffs: How to Stream Texans vs. Patriots and Rams vs. Bears Without Cable (cnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by See Full Bio | get Streaming service → | tags: espn, fubo, games

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How does this $600 HP laptop have better battery life than some of the newest models? (zdnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Battery Life → | tags: battery, battery life, inch

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It’s been 8 years of phone AI chips — and they’re still wasting their potential (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-18 | get Artificial Intelligence Chips → | tags: device, google, hardware

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Apple and Samsung Dominated Phone Sales in 2025, but Price Hikes Could Define 2026 (cnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by See Full Bio | get Smartphones → | tags: industry, likely, market

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The SwitchBot Smart Video Doorbell Is a Smart Home Camera for Almost Nobody (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-18 | get Smart Doorbell → | tags: camera, camera ways, couple

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xTool F2 Ultra Fiber Laser review: Fast metal engraving in color (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Denise Bertacchi | get Fiber Laser → | tags: hardware, image, laser

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U.S. govt says Musk's gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Gas turbines → | tags: generators, grid, power

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Elon Musk Says His Optimus Robot Is So Dope That People Will Forget Tesla Ever Made Cars (futurism.com)

2026-01-18 | by Victor Tangermann | get Optimus → | tags: musk, optimus, optimus robots

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Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids — dev’s toddler inserts vividly labeled floppies to watch his favorite shows (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Floppy disk drive → | tags: disk, floppy, floppy disk

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Intel's Tejas CPU aimed for a clock speed so high it was never released. What was the target? (techspot.com)

2026-01-18 | get Tejas CPU → | tags: cancelled, cancelled processor, chased

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Could We Provide Better Cellphone Service With Fewer, Bigger Satellites? (slashdot.org)

2026-01-18 | by Posted | get Satellite → | tags: ast spacemobile, launch, satellite

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This budget-friendly Roku TV projector has given me a practical way to have more movie nights (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-18 | get Projector → | tags: aurzen, budget, eazze

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Fear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendations (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Quantum computer → | tags: bitcoin, computing, developers

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The answer to AI in music isn’t suppression. It’s data (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-18 | get Music Generation → | tags: album, bad bunny, bunny

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This cheap e-reader accessory is everything I didn’t know I wanted (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-18 | get E-reader case → | tags: accessory, button, kobo

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T-Mobile just undercut AT&T and Verizon by over $1,000 with a new family plan - here's what to know (zdnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by Alison Denisco Rayome | get Family plan → | tags: affect, does, does affect

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Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-18 | get Climate Change Mitigation → | tags: carbon, climate, cost

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I dismissed wireless charging for years, but this leather pad proved me wrong (zdnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Leather Pad → | tags: base, charger, charging

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Keystone (YC S25) Is Hiring (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Keystone CRM → | tags: agents, agents agents, agents sandboxed

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Is Urine the Next Wellness Tracker? I Used Withings’ U-Scan to Find Out (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-18 | get Smartwatch → | tags: bowl, coveted, coveted space

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Modder builds all-in-one console with PS5, Xbox Series X, & Switch 2 in a single system — "Ningtendo PXBOX 5" powered by a shared 250W power supply mounted inside a lost-wax chassis (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Hassam Nasir | get Nintendo Switch 2 → | tags: credit, credit xnz, image

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The world’s most iconic pen is now a giant lamp (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-18 | get Lightstick → | tags: bic cristal, car dealership, cristal

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Scientists Uncover Secret Landscape Hiding Miles Below Antarctica’s Ice (futurism.com)

2026-01-18 | by Frank Landymore | get Geysers → | tags: miles, radar, really