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Over a year later, AMD is bringing improved FSR 4 upscaling to its older GPUs (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-14 | get AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution → | tags: amd, fsr 4, radeon rx 7000

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AMD will bring its next-generation FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to older GPUs (engadget.com)

2026-05-14 | by Matt Tate | get AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution → | tags: amd, fsr 4.1, radeon rx

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Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | by Paresh Dave | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, instagram, layoffs

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A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it (techspot.com)

2026-05-14 | get BitLocker Encryption Recovery Kit → | tags: microsoft, bitlocker, yellowkey

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FSR 4 upscaling is finally coming to older Radeon GPUs, and the image quality gains are real (techspot.com)

2026-05-14 | get AMD Radeon FSR 4 Kit → | tags: radeon rx 7000, fsr 4.1, amd

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AMD’s FSR 4.1 upscaling tech is coming to older graphics cards (theverge.com)

2026-05-14 | by Emma Roth | get AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution → | tags: amd, fsr 4.1, rdna 3

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Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale (wired.com)

2026-05-14 | by Paresh Dave | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, instagram, layoffs

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The scariest part of LinkedIn’s layoffs isn’t the number of jobs cut (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-13 | get LinkedIn Learning Premium → | tags: linkedin, layoffs, professional networking

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LinkedIn is reportedly laying off five percent of its workforce (engadget.com)

2026-05-13 | by Kris Holt | get LinkedIn Learning Subscription → | tags: layoffs, linkedin, percent

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Walmart layoffs today: Tech-related jobs get cut as retail giant consolidates product and design operations (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-13 | get Walmart Tech Job Cuts Book → | tags: affected, layoffs, retail

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I've tested dozens of power stations - here's how I'm preparing for summer blackouts (zdnet.com)

2026-05-12 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Power Station → | tags: power stations, solar panels, public safety power shutoffs

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Meta is using its own employees' activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time (techspot.com)

2026-05-12 | get Meta Employee Activity Tracker → | tags: meta, employees, data

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Amazon Now promises 30-minute deliveries in the US, but only in these cities (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-12 | get Amazon Prime Now Delivery Kit → | tags: amazon now, 30-minute delivery, drone drop-offs

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Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-11 | by James O'Donnell | get AI Ethics and Safety Book → | tags: ai agents, acemoglu, openai

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Should bringing your whole self to work include your religious beliefs? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-11 | get Diversity and Inclusion Book → | tags: church and state, religious beliefs, workplace inclusion

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How to prepare for brutal summer blackouts - and figure out your power needs now (zdnet.com)

2026-05-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: solar panels, power stations, public safety power shutoffs

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Replacing a 3 GB SQLite db with a 10 MB FST (finite state transducer) binary (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | get SQLite Database Management Book → | tags: sqlite, fst, finite state transducer

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Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill — 1,100 jobs disappearing as company increased usage of AI sixfold over past months (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Cloudflare Logo Mug → | tags: cloudflare, stock, layoffs

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Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Julie Bort | get Oracle Severance Negotiation Guide → | tags: oracle, severance, rsus

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Tech Unemployment Ticks Up to 3.8% in April Amid AI-Driven Layoffs (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-08 | get AI-Powered Resume Builder → | tags: tech companies, unemployment, layoffs

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Court rules Trump's 10% tariff is just as illegal as the tariff it replaced (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: trump tariffs, supreme court, international trade court

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What we lost the last time code got cheap (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mark Downie | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: heartland information services, offshore transcription, medical transcription

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Nintendo Increases Switch 2 Price Starting Sept. 1 (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | get Nintendo Switch Console → | tags: switch 2, nintendo, tariffs

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Nintendo Increases Switch 2 Price Starting September 1 (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | get Nintendo Switch Console → | tags: nintendo, switch 2, tariffs

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Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-07 | get Trade War Analysis Book → | tags: trump tariffs, elon musk, france

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Layoffs are actually on the decline in 2026—but not in the tech industry (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Tech Industry Layoff Report → | tags: artificial intelligence, tech companies, challenger gray & christmas

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Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Cloudflare T-Shirt → | tags: cloudflare, workforce, layoffs

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Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Cloudflare T-Shirt → | tags: cloudflare, workforce, layoffs

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Motivation is not a straight line between what we want and what we do, it’s a triangle. And the third, overlooked leg is belief (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Belief in Success Journal → | tags: beliefs, mindset, entrepreneurship

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Removing fsync from our local storage engine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: storage engine, fsync, ssd