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$5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z gets killed in extreme overclocking attempt, thermal shock cracks the GPU core — MSI's 2,500-Watt XOC BIOS pushed too high a voltage to the core (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Hassam Nasir | get GPU → | tags: degrees, jonathan, liquid

122.

Nation-State Hackers Put Defense Industrial Base Under Siege (darkreading.com)

2026-02-13 | get Cybersecurity System → | tags: attempts, attempts infiltrate, burned

123.

Linux Mint team considers longer gaps between releases in attempt to accelerate development efforts — current six-month cycle means ‘we spend more time testing, fixing, and releasing than developing’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Mark Tyson | get Linux → | tags: blog, cycle, development

124.

Apple's latest attempt to launch the new Siri runs into snags (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-11 | get Smartwatch → | tags: apple, apple latest, attempt

125.

Which search engine almost bought Google in the 1990s? (techspot.com)

2026-02-09 | get AltaVista → | tags: attempted, attempted sell, did know

126.

‘Black Mirror’ Episode Comes to Life in Alleged $66 Million Crypto Theft Attempt (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-08 | get Blockchain → | tags: alleged, alleged thieves, authorities

127.

The Download: attempting to track AI, and the next generation of nuclear power (technologyreview.com)

2026-02-05 | by Rhiannon Williams | get Nuclear Reactor → | tags: anthropic, generation nuclear, metr

128.

NordVPN Stopped Most Phishing Emails in Third-Party Testing, Study Says (cnet.com)

2026-02-03 | by See Full Bio | get NordVPN → | tags: antivirus, cnet, malware

129.

NordVPN Software Blocked 92% of Phishing Emails in Independent Testing (cnet.com)

2026-02-01 | by See Full Bio | get NordVPN Software → | tags: antivirus, cnet, malware

130.

Cybertruck Attempts to Fling Baby Onto Highway (futurism.com)

2026-02-01 | by Frank Landymore | get Electric Truck → | tags: cybertruck, door, doors

131.

A judge gave the FBI permission to attempt to bypass biometrics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-30 | by Nikita Mazurov | get Facial recognition system → | tags: biometric, biometrics, devices

132.

Mystery Man Dressed as FBI Agent Tries to Break Luigi Mangione Out of Jail (futurism.com)

2026-01-30 | by Victor Tangermann | get Mystery Man → | tags: anderson, arrested, attempt

133.

New York startup builds foam-covered humanoid inspired by WALL-E, not Terminator (techspot.com)

2026-01-29 | get Foam Robot → | tags: approachable, approachable humanoids, attempt

134.

MAGA Influencers Are All-In on the Idea That a Politician Would Fake an Assassination Attempt for Sympathy (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-29 | get Smartphone → | tags: lhan, lhan omar, minnesota

135.

Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You (wired.com)

2026-01-28 | by Reece Rogers | get Googlebot → | tags: auto, auto browse, browse

136.

Google Staffers Terrified of ICE After Attempt to Force Entry Into Company Building (futurism.com)

2026-01-27 | by Joe Wilkins | get Smartphone → | tags: google, leadership, pretti

137.

Sandworm Blamed for Wiper Attack on Polish Power Grid (darkreading.com)

2026-01-26 | get Wiper → | tags: apt sandworm, attacks, attacks critical

138.

Sandworm Blamed for Wiper Attack on Poland Power Grid (darkreading.com)

2026-01-26 | get Wiper → | tags: apt sandworm, attacks, attacks critical

139.

It's not you: Gmail is glitching this weekend, and spam filters are slipping (techspot.com)

2026-01-24 | get Email filter → | tags: arriving, arriving late, attempt

140.

Researchers say Russian government hackers were behind attempted Poland power outage (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-23 | by Zack Whittaker | get Power grid management system → | tags: energy, known, malware

141.

Developer Attempts to Sell ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod to CD Projekt RED, Gets Bad News (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-22 | get Virtual Reality Mod → | tags: appear, appear violating, company terms

142.

GameStop fixes "infinite money" glitch in Switch 2 trade-in program (techspot.com)

2026-01-22 | get Nintendo Switch → | tags: acted, acted quickly, attempted

143.

Alexa Plus attempts to gaslight user while turning the snark dial up to 11 (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-20 | get Smart Speaker → | tags: alexa, alexa plus, assistant

144.

Wall Street and Europe stocks slump after Trump’s tariff threats on NATO members (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-20 | get NATO → | tags: american, american control, assert

145.

Elon Musk says OpenAI and Microsoft owe him $134 billion in "wrongful gains" (techspot.com)

2026-01-19 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: abandoning, abandoning founding, accuses

146.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold is a phone, a tablet, and a realistic test of how much device you really need (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-15 | get Galaxy Z Flip → | tags: answer, answer reasonable, attempt

147.

Will AI frenzy give rise to the cloud PC? Jeff Bezos thinks so (techspot.com)

2026-01-15 | get Cloud PC → | tags: attempted, attempted replace, bezos

148.

Ask HN: Weird archive.today behavior? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | get Archive → | tags: archive, archive today, attempt

149.

Father-son team reclaims world record with 408 mph FPV drone (techspot.com)

2026-01-13 | get Drone → | tags: achieved, achieved breakthroughs, attempt

150.

Hacker gets seven years for breaching Rotterdam and Antwerp ports (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-12 | get Shipping software → | tags: attempted, computer, court