GoKawiil - Tech News

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Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Isabella Ward | tags: alam, majorana, microsoft

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VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft's hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe's "deGDID" erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: degdid, gdid, keys

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Samsung confirms minor setback for Galaxy S26 One UI 9 beta (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: beta, build, fifth

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Minecraft is coming to Switch 2 on October 27 (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kris Holt | tags: minecraft, mojang, switch

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Microsoft AI exec tells developers to default to OpenAI's top model as part of efficiency push (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jordan Novet | tags: group, microsoft, model

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What happens if you put work into the second dimension? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: actually, campus, canvas

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Microsoft's AI Sales Mostly Come from OpenAI, Disclosures Show (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai sales, come, come openai

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Something is changing in the unit economics of software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: cost, costs, model

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Microsoft removes support page recommending 32GB RAM for gaming PCs (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: gaming, industry, memory

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Xbox's devastating July was inevitable (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jessica Conditt | tags: financial, july, layoffs

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Qwen 3.0 Image Pro (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: atmosphere, black, creating

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Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in — New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC soon (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hardware, helix, memo

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The New ‘Fast & Furious’ Roller Coaster Is Exactly That and So Much More (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: drift, drift fast, fast

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Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hardware, memory, microsoft

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Drone carrying explosive device causes disruption at major German airport (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by Sophie Tanno | tags: aircraft, airport, cargo

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Desktop Linux just cracked 10% market share - and Windows 11 is mostly to blame (zdnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: linux, microsoft, share

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Uber issues weaker-than-expected bookings, earnings forecasts for third quarter (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: uber, bookings, lyft

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Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jeff Wise | tags: gps jamming, beechcraft king air, white sands missile range

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MasterCraft brings CarPlay and Android Auto to its pontoon boats (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Steve Dent | tags: carplay, android auto, mastercraft

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SoftBank jumps 13% as Asia tech stocks track Wall Street AI rally (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lee Ying Shan | tags: softbank, arm holdings, tokyo electron

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Android Auto is coming to boats, because why not (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: android auto, mastercraft boat holdings, savvy navvy

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The Sound and Music of 'Hyper Light Drifter' [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: audio, drifter, game

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Tuft & Needle Promo Codes: 30% Off | August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Nena Farrell | tags: tuft & needle, mattress, snooz sound machine

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Hoka Coupon Codes: 30% Off in August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Gear Team | tags: hoka, cliftons, speedgoat

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SpaceX's AI spending unnerves Wall Street despite promises of quick payoff (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Ari Levy Lora Kolodny | tags: spacex, openai, anthropic

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Apple CarPlay expands to select pontoon boats with on-water navigation (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-05 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: carplay, pontoon boats, mastercraft boat holdings

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SoftBank jumps 10% as Asia tech stocks track Wall Street AI rally (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lee Ying Shan | tags: softbank, arm holdings, tokyo electron

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Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: software engineering, genai, myths

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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets" (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: prediction markets, polymarket, wildfire

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Palantir stock skyrockets 29%, narrowly missing its best day ever after 'otherworldly' results (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | tags: palantir, alex karp, ai sovereign tools