GoKawiil - Tech News

31.

Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii's final day (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: pompeii, tom hiddleston, national geographic

32.

The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: mpeg-4, phoronix, linux

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Jurassic Park packed $4 million of legit 1993 computer hardware — a software engineer detailed every single piece of hardware in the film (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: silicon graphics, apple powerbook, jurassic park

34.

Lego building instructions through time (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: lego, building instructions, palle munch

35.

What designing 54 computer science cards taught me about graphic design (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | by François Hoehl | tags: cards, computer, computer science

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Nvidia's rumored GeForce RTX 5090 SE promises flagship power for $500 less, if you can find one (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: card, cores, graphics

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: 50 GPU Benchmark (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: assassin, assassin creed, benchmarked

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: 50 GPU Benchmark (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: assassin, assassin creed, benchmarked

39.

EndBASIC 0.14: Are we multimedia yet? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-04 | by Julio Merino | tags: binaries, console, endbasic

40.

What to learn to be a graphics programmer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | get OpenGL Programming Guide → | tags: directx12, vulkan, metal

41.

'X-Men '97,' a New 'Descendants' Movie and Much More Hit Disney Plus in July 2026 (cnet.com)

2026-06-30 | by See Full Bio | get Marvel Legends X-Men Action Figure → | tags: x-men '97, disney plus, marvel

42.

This retro enthusiast forced Windows 11 to run on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and AGP graphics (techspot.com)

2026-06-30 | get Windows 11 Compatibility Hack → | tags: windows 11, core 2 quad, agp graphics

43.

Can Clothes Make You Invisible to Facial Recognition? (darkreading.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: facial recognition, neural networks, surveillance cameras

44.

A native graphical shell for SSH (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | get MobaXterm Portable → | tags: ssh, graphical shell, native

45.

What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-26 | get Nomogram Calculator Tool → | tags: nomogram, philbert maurice d’ocagne, slider-crank mechanism

46.

Apple will skip M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, new report says (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-25 | by Chance Miller | get Apple M6 Pro Case → | tags: apple silicon, m6 chip, macbook pro

47.

Do Babies Dream of Baby Sheep? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-25 | get Baby Sheep Plush Toy → | tags: childhood amnesia, episodic memory, autobiographical memories

48.

US funding uncertainties threaten to sink key global oceanography projects (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-25 | by Witze | get Oceanography Research Kit → | tags: argo floats, ocean observatories initiative, woods hole oceanographic institution

49.

Why Windows 95 Was Tech's Last True Revolution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | by Comuniq Team | get Windows 95 Retro T-Shirt → | tags: windows 95, microsoft, rolling stones

50.

Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | by Hoang Yell | tags: mermaid diagrams, markdy, motion graphics

51.

Get this Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti for just $900 — our pick for the best all-around enthusiast graphics card in 2026 hits its lowest price this year (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-22 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: asus prime, rtx 5070 ti, nvidia geforce

52.

Vector Graphics in Lil (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get Lilicon Vector Graphics Kit → | tags: vector graphics, lil, hershey module

53.

Quake changed gaming forever 30 years ago today — seminal title established online multiplayer culture and made 3D graphics accelerators essential PC components (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-22 | by Mark Tyson | get Quake Remastered Game → | tags: quake, id software, 3d graphics

54.

I Build and Review PCs: Don't Make This Upgrade Mistake (cnet.com)

2026-06-22 | by See Full Bio | get PC Building Toolkit → | tags: gpu, cpu, gaming

55.

A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security (wired.com)

2026-06-21 | by Dan Goodin | get Windows Security Update Kit → | tags: secure boot, uefi, cryptographic keys

56.

Scammers are selling fake RTX 4090 graphics cards with plastic GPU dies and missing memory (techspot.com)

2026-06-19 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get RTX 4090 Fake Detection Kit → | tags: rtx 4090, nvidia, gpu counterfeit

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Scammers in China sell $222 RTX 4090 with fake GPU die made out of plastic instead of real silicon — marked with 2030 production dates, the card didn't even have working VRAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get RTX 4090 Fake GPU → | tags: rtx 4090, nvidia, plastic gpu die

58.

Plotnine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | get Plotnine Data Visualization Tool → | tags: plotnine, python, ggplot2

59.

Old-school crime: man gets suspended jail sentence for burning and selling pirated CDs (techspot.com)

2026-06-19 | by Rob Thubron | get Pirated CD Case → | tags: british phonographic industry, napster, music cds

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MSI's new Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld with an Intel Arc G3 Extreme and 32GB of RAM costs $1,799 — company says it'll be 'a tough year' with chances of 'another price hike' (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-18 | by Hassam Nasir | get MSI Claw 8 EX AI Gaming Console → | tags: msi, intel arc g3, claw 8 ex ai+