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12811.

I've been a Kindle user for over a decade - here's why the Paperwhite is still my top choice (zdnet.com)

2026-02-14 | by Maria Diaz | get E-reader → | tags: kindle paperwhite signature edition, amazon, ipad

12812.

Amazon sold 60% fewer CPUs than a year ago, pointing to a stalled PC refresh cycle (techspot.com)

2026-02-14 | get CPU → | tags: according figures, ai data, amazon

12813.

Brain inspired machines are better at math than expected (sciencedaily.com)

2026-02-14 | get Neural Network → | tags: neuromorphic hardware, sandia national laboratories, nature machine intelligence

12814.

A Good Valentine’s Day Gift for These Nice People in the New York Times Would Be to Destroy Their Phones (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-14 | get Smartphone → | tags: addicted, addicted phones, aged

12815.

This week’s top stories: iOS 26.3 now available, Siri roadblocks, and more (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-14 | by Chance Miller | get iPhone → | tags: chance, chance com, chance editor

12816.

Georgia Tech announced the finalists in its wild musical instrument competition (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Guitar → | tags: drum, finalists, henge

12817.

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jowi Morales | get Audio cable → | tags: copper wire, diyaudio, banana

12818.

Here’s What It’s Like to Use H&R Block’s DIY Tax Service (2026) (wired.com)

2026-02-14 | by Molly Higgins | get Tax Prep Software → | tags: h&r block diy, earned income tax credit, child tax credit

12819.

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D faceoff — an extra $30 buys you very little performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Hassam Nasir | get Ryzen 9 → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

12820.

Save up to $1,250 off an Alienware gaming computer in the President's Day weekend sale — laptop and desktop gaming PCs show massive discounts (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Stewart Bendle | get Alienware → | tags: alienware, area-51, nvidia

12821.

Survey suggests Nova Launcher remains one of Android’s darling apps (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-14 | get Nova Launcher → | tags: nova launcher, android authority, google discover

12822.

The ‘zombie internet’ has arrived—and it has devastating consequences for advertising, social media, and the human web (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-14 | get Internet → | tags: moltbook, social media, advertising

12823.

Robot Dogs Are on Going on Patrol at the 2026 World Cup in Mexico (wired.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jorge Garay | get Robot Dogs → | tags: k9-x, mexico, bbva stadium

12824.

YouTube as Storage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get Cloud Drive → | tags: ffmpeg, youtube, yt-media-storage

12825.

Zig – io_uring and Grand Central Dispatch std.Io implementations landed (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get Zig → | tags: io_uring, grand central dispatch, std.io

12826.

DBASE on the Kaypro II (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | by Christopher Drum | get Kaypro → | tags: cp/m, kaypro ii, computer chronicles

12827.

It's been a big — but rocky — week for AI models from China. Here's what's happened (cnbc.com)

2026-02-14 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: alibaba rynnbrain, tiktok byte dance, openai sora

12828.

Nothing opens its first retail store in India (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-14 | by Ivan Mehta | get Smartphone → | tags: nothing, india, bengaluru

12829.

X Is In Such Dire Straits That Its Head of Product Says It Can’t Afford to Display the Color Blue (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Frank Landymore | get Smartphone → | tags: bier, dim mode, mode

12830.

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | by Lincoln Carpenter | get Palantir → | tags: age verification, discord, persona

12831.

Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Pharmacy management system → | tags: davaindia, india, pharmacy

12832.

Stroke survivors trial new at-home tech: 'It's given me my freedom back' (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-14 | get BrainGate → | tags: associate, associate director, blood

12833.

Discord: A case study in performance optimization (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | by Tyler Dane | get Voice Chat → | tags: actor, discord, message

12834.

My 5 favorite Linux distros that are ready to use out of the box (no setup required) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Mint → | tags: desktop, distribution, install

12835.

Why Spotify’s developers haven’t written new code in more than a month (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-14 | get Music Streaming Service → | tags: ai tools, anymore, anymore fact

12836.

Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit (slashdot.org)

2026-02-13 | by Posted | get Electric Vehicles → | tags: build, build car, capable

12837.

AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-13 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: actions, actions including, anthropic

12838.

The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-13 | get I can't fulfill this request. → | tags: commission, design, design social

12839.

Nvidia's stock is down and AMD is up. The culprit may be Arista. (cnbc.com)

2026-02-13 | by Kristina Partsinevelos Ari Levy | get Arista Switch → | tags: arista, market, nvidia

12840.

Apple might end up borrowing Samsung’s whole foldable strategy (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-13 | get Foldable display → | tags: apple, clamshell, device