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The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Samuel Moyn | get Senior Tech Assistance Device → | tags: aging, gerontocracy, healthcare

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Arm's quarter shows how it's carving a lucrative path in the crowded CPU resurgence (cnbc.com)

2026-05-06 | by Jeff Marks | get ARM CPU Development Kit → | tags: arm holdings, cpu resurgence, data center

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Inkscape 1.4.4 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | by Inkscape Website Developers | get Inkscape Vector Graphics Software → | tags: inkscape, vector graphics, bug fixes

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RaTeX: KaTeX-compatible LaTeX rendering engine in pure Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | tags: latex, katex, rust

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Roblox Reality is like DLSS 5 for Roblox, except it invents photorealistic details the game never had (techspot.com)

2026-05-01 | get Roblox Reality Enhancement Kit → | tags: roblox, dlss 5, roblox reality

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Nvidia Is Finally Doing Something About the RAM Apocalypse (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-28 | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: nvidia, ram, gpu

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GPU Pricing Remains Broken, Even if It Has Stopped Getting Worse (techspot.com)

2026-04-27 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: gpu, nvidia, graphics cards

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GPU Prices Have Stopped Climbing, But the Market Is Still Broken (techspot.com)

2026-04-27 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: gpu, nvidia, graphics cards

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GPU Prices Have Stopped Climbing, But the Market Is Still Broken (techspot.com)

2026-04-27 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: gpu, nvidia, graphics cards

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HVD Bodedo (2007) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | tags: typography, bodoni, vector graphics

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Enthusiast fixes 30-year issue with S3 graphics card — hacking the VBIOS fixes black levels by scalpelling out the Virge DX’s ‘pedestal bit’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-25 | by Mark Tyson | get S3 Virge DX VBIOS Fix → | tags: s3 virge, vbios, retro hardware

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Google Exec Says Your Favorite Video Games Are Secretly Made With AI (futurism.com)

2026-04-24 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Game Development Kit → | tags: google cloud, ai in gaming, game development

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Intel showcases Wildcat Lake reference laptop with aluminum chassis and fanless design (techspot.com)

2026-04-23 | get Laptop Cooling Pad → | tags: intel, wildcat lake, cougar cove

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Bolt Graphics tapes out its first Zeus GPU test chip on TSMC 12nm — firm touts 17x lower cost of compute (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-23 | by Luke James | get Zeus GPU Test Chip → | tags: bolt graphics, zeus gpu, tsmc 12nm

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I got an early look at ChatGPT Images 2.0, and it's impressive - with one exception (zdnet.com)

2026-04-21 | by David Gewirtz | get ChatGPT Images 2.0 Guide → | tags: openai, chatgpt images 2.0, zdnet

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Nvidia research promises 2x to 3x faster path tracing with better visuals (techspot.com)

2026-04-21 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, restir, path tracing

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New flat M.2 SSD adapter doesn't stick out from the motherboard, unlocking PCIe slots hidden under massive GPUs — JEYI's new 'ArcherX' AIC lays completely flush and supports PCIe 4.0 speeds (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get JEYI ArcherX M.2 Adapter → | tags: jeyi, archerx, pcie 4.0

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Amiga Graphics Archive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get Amiga Forever Emulator → | tags: commodore amiga, graphics, custom chips

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Amiga Graphics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get Amiga Forever Emulator Software → | tags: commodore amiga, graphics capabilities, custom chips

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Show HN: Sfsym – Export Apple SF Symbols as Vector SVG/PDF/PNG (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get Apple SF Symbols Kit → | tags: sfsym, apple sf symbols, vector graphics

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Allbirds abandons clothes, pivots to "AI compute infrastructure" (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds AI Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, ai compute infrastructure, gpu-as-a-service

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It's OK to compare floating-points for equality (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | get Floating-Point Comparison Guide → | tags: floating-point, epsilon-comparison, ieee 754

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Introduction to spherical harmonics for graphics programmers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get Spherical Harmonics Lighting Kit → | tags: spherical harmonics, computer graphics, real-time rendering

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Introduction to Spherical Harmonics for Graphics Programmers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get Spherical Harmonics DVD → | tags: spherical harmonics, computer graphics, realtime rendering

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Valve engineer shocks Linux community with game-changing VRAM hack for 8GB GPUs — breakthrough solution turbocharges gaming by prioritizing VRAM for games while background tasks take a back seat (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Hassam Nasir | get VRAM Management Software → | tags: valve, linux, vram

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Intel Nova Lake doubles down on Xe3 graphics instead of jumping to Xe4 (techspot.com)

2026-04-07 | get Intel Arc A770 Graphics Card → | tags: intel, nova lake, xe3

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Roundup: 9 Graphics Cards Tested (techspot.com)

2026-04-03 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5070 ti, graphics cards

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Roundup: 9 Graphics Cards Tested (techspot.com)

2026-04-03 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5070 ti, graphics cards

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Japan's Sakura Internet jumps 20% as Microsoft plans $10 billion AI push with SoftBank (cnbc.com)

2026-04-03 | by Lim Hui Jie Victor Loh | get Microsoft Azure Cloud Services → | tags: sakura internet, microsoft, softbank

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The Windows Command Prompt is getting faster, smarter, and a lot more modern (techspot.com)

2026-03-31 | get Windows Terminal → | tags: windows command prompt, windows package manager, sixel images