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1981.

Is this minimalist timepiece a viable alternative to smartwatches? My verdict after a week (zdnet.com)

2025-11-08 | by Matthew Miller | get Smartwatch → | tags: apps, past, pebble

1982.

Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-08 | by Jowi Morales | get Semiconductor → | tags: individuals, industry, patent

1983.

Japanese PC shops limit SSD, HDD, and RAM purchases to prevent hoarding as storage and memory shortage takes hold — buying a full PC unlocks higher purchase limits (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-08 | by Jowi Morales | get Storage Drive → | tags: demand, memory, memory storage

1984.

Are You Using the Wrong Sponge? Why You Should Choose Them Based on Color (cnet.com)

2025-11-08 | by See Full Bio | get Sponges → | tags: cleaning, color, colors

1985.

Tech Workers Are in Deep, Deep Trouble (futurism.com)

2025-11-08 | by Joe Wilkins | get Smartphone → | tags: hiring, industry, layoffs

1986.

CPU collector peels the lid off a Soviet-era ‘fish can’ chip to peer inside with multiple microscopes — K565RU3 was a Cold War-era clone of Western chips that powered Apple II, Commodore PET, and original IBM PC (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-08 | by Mark Tyson | get CPU → | tags: chip, cpu duke, dram

1987.

CPU collector peels the lid off a Soviet era ‘fish can’ chip to peer inside with multiple microscopes — K565RU3 was a Soviet-era clone of Western chips like the Intel-designed 4116 (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-08 | by Mark Tyson | get CPU → | tags: chip, cpu duke, dram

1988.

What could possibly go wrong if an enterprise replaces all its engineers with AI? (venturebeat.com)

2025-11-08 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: code, coding, development

1989.

Older Adults Outnumber Children in 11 States (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-08 | by Us Census Bureau | tags: adults, areas, children

1990.

AI is Dunning-Kruger as a service (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-07 | get CloudWatch → | tags: dunning, instead, kruger

1991.

Elon Musk says building his own 'TeraFab' chip fab may be the only answer to Tesla's colossal AI semiconductor demand — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns against 'extremely hard' challenge (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-07 | by Anton Shilov | get TeraFab → | tags: chip, musk, process

1992.

Elon Musk says 'TeraFab' chip fab may be the only answer to Tesla's colossal AI semiconductor demand — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns against 'extremely hard' challenge (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-07 | by Anton Shilov | get TeraFab → | tags: chip, musk, process

1993.

TikTok Shop Is Now the Size of eBay (wired.com)

2025-11-07 | by Zeyi Yang | get E-commerce platform → | tags: billion, ecommerce, products

1994.

Toxic Salton Sea dust triggers changes in lung microbiome after just one week (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-07 | by Jules Bernstein | get Microbiome → | tags: dust, lung, microbiome

1995.

Quantum computing jolted by DARPA decision on most viable companies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-07 | get Quantum computers → | tags: advancing, agency, industry

1996.

Farmers’ Almanac to Publish Final Issue, Ending 208-Year Forecasting Legacy (gizmodo.com)

2025-11-07 | get Astronomical Almanac → | tags: challenge, challenge producing, decision

1997.

Amazon launches a low-price standalone shopping app, Amazon Bazaar, in over a dozen markets (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-07 | by Sarah Perez | get Amazon Marketplace → | tags: amazon, bazaar, products

1998.

I'm a Windows user, but the MacBook Air M4 could be my new main driver at this price (zdnet.com)

2025-11-07 | by Kyle Kucharski | get MacBook Air M4 → | tags: hardware, macbook, macbook air

1999.

Dutch government allegedly folds to supply chain pressure, will relinquish control of Nexperia in China spat — reports say deal contingent upon China allowing firm to resume chip exports (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-07 | by Jowi Morales | get Nexperia → | tags: beijing, chinese, chip

2000.

Dutch Ready To Drop Nexperia Control If Chip Supply Resumes (slashdot.org)

2025-11-07 | by Posted | get Nexperia → | tags: chinese, coming, coming days

2001.

Trump Admin Says It’s Not Bailing Out the AI Industry Regardless of How Hard It Crashes (futurism.com)

2025-11-07 | by Victor Tangermann | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: friar, government, industry

2002.

‘Landfall’ spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-07 | by Zack Whittaker | get Smartphone → | tags: attacks, individuals, known

2003.

How the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is building a modern brand (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-07 | get University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill → | tags: america, america public, decline

2004.

CEOs: Don’t use ‘we’ when apologizing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-07 | get Cloud → | tags: apologize, apologize lessens, ceo product

2005.

Star Trek TNG fans, make it build: Lego reveals the $400 USS Enterprise-D with nine minifigures (techspot.com)

2025-11-07 | get Enterprise-D → | tags: adults, adults loved, adventures

2006.

Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies? (slashdot.org)

2025-11-07 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: dystopian, industry, tech industry

2007.

Elon Musk says Tesla owners can ‘text and drive’ very soon (engadget.com)

2025-11-07 | get Autopilot → | tags: driving, million, musk

2008.

Elon Musk says Tesla needs to build 'gigantic chip fab' to meet AI and robotics needs (cnbc.com)

2025-11-07 | by Dylan Butts | get Chip Fab → | tags: musk, robotics, semiconductor

2009.

OpenAI CEO Says U.S. Shouldn’t Bail Out AI Companies (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-11-07 | get Neural Network → | tags: backstopping, backstopping industry, chief

2010.

Meta estimates that it earns 10% of its revenue from scams, report says (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-06 | by Amanda Silberling | get Facebook → | tags: advertising, fraud, fraudulent