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2911.

Octopath Traveler 0 Review: A Solid JRPG Dragged Down by Forgettable Characters (cnet.com)

2025-12-24 | by See Full Bio | get Hyrule Warriors → | tags: characters, game, hero

2912.

Researchers discover that some biodegradable electronics produce microplastics as they degrade — the investigated material is commonly used in medical research (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-24 | by Jowi Morales | get Bioplastics → | tags: board, electronics, health

2913.

Microsoft promises to nearly double Windows storage performance after forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows — new CPU hardware-accelerated crypto will also improve battery life, but requires new CPUs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-24 | by Kunal Khullar | get Windows Storage → | tags: accelerated, accelerated bitlocker, bitlocker

2914.

After forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows, Microsoft will nearly double storage performance with new CPU hardware-accelerated crypto — will improve battery life also, but feature requires new CPUs that aren't available on the market yet (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-24 | by Kunal Khullar | get BitLocker → | tags: accelerated, accelerated bitlocker, bitlocker

2915.

Ubuntu's new opt-in, open-source telemetry is a win-win for Linux users - here's why (zdnet.com)

2025-12-24 | by Jack Wallen | get OpenTelemetry → | tags: canonical, collected, insights

2916.

Christmas Eve storms in Southern California have officials urging travelers to reconsider holiday plans (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-24 | get Weather Radar → | tags: angeles, california, christmas

2917.

How a ’60 Minutes’ segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally aired online (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-24 | get Google → | tags: network, segment, story

2918.

Toyota's Prius Prime saved me gas money but probably not the environment (engadget.com)

2025-12-24 | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: advertisement, charge, electric

2919.

That’s not fair: Fairphone 4 owners report new update bricks their phone (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-24 | get Fairphone 5 → | tags: bricked, fairphone, issues

2920.

Microsoft wants to fix BitLocker's slowdown with hardware acceleration (techspot.com)

2025-12-24 | get Hardware Accelerator → | tags: accelerated, accelerated encryption, accelerating

2921.

Un-Redactor (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-23 | get Un-Redactor → | tags: documents, does, redaction

2922.

I tested the new elementaryOS 8.1 beta, and it absolutely brings the magic (zdnet.com)

2025-12-23 | by Jack Wallen | get ElementaryOS → | tags: apps, elementaryos, multitasking

2923.

Microsoft rolls out hardware-accelerated BitLocker in Windows 11 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-23 | get BitLocker → | tags: accelerated, bitlocker, hardware

2924.

Modder builds giant Game Boy featuring a dreamy electroluminescent screen driven by custom graphics adapter — DIY retro console is fully functional with working buttons (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-23 | by Hassam Nasir | get Game Boy → | tags: credit, display, electroluminescent

2925.

Uber, Lyft Set To Trial Robotaxis In the UK In Partnership With China's Baidu (slashdot.org)

2025-12-23 | get Autonomous Taxi → | tags: accelerate, autonomous, baidu

2926.

Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cryptocurrency mining center (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | by Tereza Pultarova | get Blockchain → | tags: heat, hotsat, image

2927.

Call of Duty Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Exec Vince Zampella Killed In Car Accident (slashdot.org)

2025-12-22 | get Call of Duty → | tags: infinity, infinity ward, los angeles

2928.

Call of Duty co-creator and Battlefield lead Vince Zampella dies in car crash (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-22 | get Call of Duty → | tags: angeles, crash, died

2929.

Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella killed in a car crash (engadget.com)

2025-12-22 | get Call of Duty → | tags: angeles, battlefield, creator

2930.

The Justice Department Released More Epstein Files—but Not the Ones Survivors Want (wired.com)

2025-12-22 | by Brian Barrett | get Cloud → | tags: epstein, files, grand

2931.

State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angering customers across CA (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | by Staff Writer | get Electricity → | tags: california, commission, edison

2932.

How Much Money Can You Save with an EV vs. a Gas Car? We Did the Math (cnet.com)

2025-12-22 | by See Full Bio | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: cars, cost, costs

2933.

Everyone's favorite Linux newbie-friendly distribution received a big update (zdnet.com)

2025-12-22 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Mint → | tags: apps, elementaryos, release

2934.

Call of Duty, Titanfall developer Vince Zampella has died at age 55 (theverge.com)

2025-12-22 | by Jay Peters | get Call of Duty → | tags: angeles, battlefield, highway

2935.

Lua 5.5 (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 → | tags: features, lua released, main

2936.

The Top 7 Telecommunications Stories of 2025 (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-22 | by Margo Anderson | get Smartphones → | tags: fiber, networks, point

2937.

Dolphin emulator update gives you GameCube achievements and a reset button for no-fuss fixes (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-22 | get GameCube → | tags: android, dolphin, gamecube

2938.

Two 200MP cameras and a 10x camera! This is the Ultra phone to end all Ultra phones. (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-22 | get Camera → | tags: camera, oppo, phone

2939.

TechCrunch Mobility: Bankruptcy takes out two (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-21 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Smartphone → | tags: bankruptcy, electric, startup

2940.

PG&E outages in S.F. leave 130k without electricity (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-21 | get Smart Meter → | tags: electricity, leave, leave electricity