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id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Commander Keen → | tags: hardware, id software, keen

8162.

Russian media finally admits Putin is under fire from angry citizens, but it's for the recent Roblox ban — Kremlin says kids have written 63,000 complaint letters, half said they wanted to leave Russia due to the ban (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Roblox → | tags: children, roblox, russia

8163.

Dev hacks Xiaomi's Smart Humidifier to free it from the cloud, now works with Home Assistant locally — custom firmware allows the product to evade planned obsolescence (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Hassam Nasir | get Smart Humidifier → | tags: assistant, esphome, hardware

8164.

Experiment to train rats to play Doom reaches a new level; rats can now shoot enemies — wraparound AMOLED screen provides virtual environment for neuroengineers' expanded open source project (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Zak Killian | get Smartphone → | tags: doom, engine, game

8165.

6 design misses stopping Gemini from catching up to ChatGPT (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-14 | get Language Model → | tags: android, android authority, authority

8166.

Six Months Later, the Switch 2 Proves It Has Staying Power (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-14 | get Nintendo Switch → | tags: does, does price, handheld

8167.

OpenAI Preparing to Launch Smut Blaster 5000 (futurism.com)

2025-12-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get Smuts → | tags: adult, chatgpt, mode

8168.

Premier League Soccer: Stream Nottingham Forest vs. Tottenham Live From Anywhere (cnet.com)

2025-12-14 | by See Full Bio | get Streaming Service → | tags: forest, league, nottingham

8169.

Trump Ban on Wind Energy Permits 'Unlawful', Court Rules (slashdot.org)

2025-12-14 | by Posted | get Wind Turbine → | tags: actor, actor dolph, character

8170.

India’s Spinny lines up $160M funding to acquire GoMechanic, sources say (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-14 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Auto parts → | tags: gomechanic, million, round

8171.

OpenAI Ends ‘Vesting Cliff’ for New Employees in Compensation-Policy Change (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-12-13 | get Language Model → | tags: chatgpt, chatgpt maker, competitor

8172.

Report: The Death of Charlie Kirk Led to a New Age of Bosses Policing Social Media (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-13 | tags: behavior, behavior minds, employers

8173.

Half-Life 3 is rumored to be a Steam Machine launch title and could arrive in spring 2026 (engadget.com)

2025-12-13 | get Steam Machine → | tags: game, half, half life

8174.

Apple TV: How to watch ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ for free this weekend (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-13 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple TV → | tags: apple, apple tv, brown

8175.

A Giant Ball Will Help This Man Survive a Year on an Iceberg (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-13 | by Ben Yeager | get Icebreaker → | tags: bellini, capsule, iceberg

8176.

Nvidia details new software that enables location tracking for AI GPUs — opt-in remote data center GPU fleet management includes power usage and thermal monitoring (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-13 | by Anton Shilov | get GPU → | tags: fleet, hardware, nvidia

8177.

NASA Rover Captures Electric Dust Devils Wandering the Surface of Mars (futurism.com)

2025-12-13 | by Frank Landymore | get Dust Devil → | tags: atmosphere, discharges, dust

8178.

How I use AI to bring my kid's art to life - and why it's a fun learning opportunity (zdnet.com)

2025-12-13 | by Elyse Betters Picaro | get Artbreeder → | tags: chatgpt, gemini, prompt

8179.

Sharks and rays gain landmark protections as nations move to curb international trade (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-13 | get Marine Protected Area → | tags: conservation, international, rays

8180.

Slab is the first MIDI controller built exclusively for Serato Studio (theverge.com)

2025-12-13 | by Terrence O'Brien | get MIDI Controller → | tags: hardware, maschine, pads

8181.

The best power banks of 2025 to buy this holiday season (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-13 | get Power bank → | tags: anker, bank, capacity

8182.

This $1,500 robot cooks dinner while I work (theverge.com)

2025-12-13 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Robot → | tags: cooking, dishes, ingredients

8183.

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms into Sharing People's Data (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-13 | by David Gilbert | get Facial Recognition System → | tags: charter, charter communications, communications

8184.

Jim Carrey Wanted to Become the Grinch at All Costs (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-12 | get Grinch → | tags: character, christmas, christmas loathing

8185.

Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-12 | get Swag → | tags: charity, charity drive, child

8186.

I'm a shopping editor, and this is the No. 1 reason I prefer Best Buy over Amazon for tech purchases (zdnet.com)

2025-12-12 | by Kayla Solino | get Smartphones → | tags: amazon, best, best buy

8187.

PSA: You Can Play Diablo 4's Paladin Today, if You Preorder the Upcoming Expansion (cnet.com)

2025-12-12 | by See Full Bio | get Paladin → | tags: bundle, diablo, expansion

8188.

Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-12 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Google Chrome → | tags: apple, bugs, google

8189.

‘Fate of the Old Republic’ Puts ‘Star Wars’ at an Incredible Crossroads (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-12 | get Galaxy → | tags: change, change relationship, forever

8190.

AMD CEO Lisa Su Isn’t Afraid of the Competition (wired.com)

2025-12-12 | by Lauren Goode | get GPU → | tags: calore, goode, lauren