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Report: Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get Windows 11 → | tags: activate, activate windows, internet

21392.

Microsoft silently kills Windows and Office phone activation and forces online activation with a Microsoft account — Windows users are now herded into an online-only portal for activation (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-03 | by Hassam Nasir | get Microsoft Account → | tags: activate, activation, microsoft

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Gigabyte unleashes new DDR4 AM4 motherboards as RAM shortage continues to slam PC builders — sky-high DDR5 prices spark rush for affordable alternatives (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-03 | by Aaron Klotz | get DDR5 → | tags: argb, board, gigabyte

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Show HN: Offline tiles and routing and geocoding in one Docker Compose stack (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get TileDB → | tags: devices, field, industrial

21395.

Corsair cancels $240 48GB DDR5 memory kit orders due to pricing error — company’s blunder ignites shopper uproar over botched RAM deal (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-03 | by Hassam Nasir | get Memory → | tags: corsair, orders, price

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Corsair reverses course and honors gaming PC order after $700 price hike uproar — order was erroneously flagged, but the company sends a coupon to the buyer to snag the PC at the original price (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-03 | by Jowi Morales | get Corsair → | tags: built, corsair, order

21397.

JavaScript's For-Of Loops Are Fast (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get Array → | tags: array, classic, const

21398.

Venezuela attack: Trump says U.S. has captured leader Nicolás Maduro (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-03 | get Nikolás Maduro → | tags: action, action sitting, american

21399.

Anthropic's 'do more with less' bet has kept it at the AI frontier, co-founder Amodei tells CNBC (cnbc.com)

2026-01-03 | by Mackenzie Sigalos | get Neural Network → | tags: amodei, anthropic, compute

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Framework Laptop 16 (RTX 5070) Review: A Dream Come True (wired.com)

2026-01-03 | by Luke Larsen | get Gaming PC → | tags: battery life, charger, fps fps

21401.

Stop Using Your Keyboard and Start Using Handy, a Free Speech-to-Text App (wired.com)

2026-01-03 | by Justin Pot | get Speech-to-Text → | tags: application, free, just

21402.

Meta’s Quest 3S is still $50 off and comes with a $50 gift card (theverge.com)

2026-01-03 | by Cameron Faulkner | get Virtual Reality Headset → | tags: amazon, iphone, just

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Apple @ Work: New survey shows why the Mac is becoming the most sustainable device in the enterprise (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-03 | by Bradley C | get Mac → | tags: apple, devices, macs

21404.

Robots are getting neuromorphic skin that can feel pain (techspot.com)

2026-01-03 | get Neuromorphic Skin → | tags: biological, biological process, converting pressure

21405.

How to Protect Your iPhone or Android Device From Spyware (wired.com)

2026-01-03 | by Kate O'Flaherty | get Device Protection → | tags: apps, device, malware

21406.

The Large Hadron Collider Is Being Shut Down (futurism.com)

2026-01-03 | by Frank Landymore | get Particle Accelerator → | tags: cern, collider, guardian

21407.

The Kimwolf botnet is stalking your local network (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get Botnet → | tags: devices, ipidea, kimwolf

21408.

The Best SSDs and Storage - Early 2026 (techspot.com)

2026-01-03 | get Storage Drive → | tags: best, best picks, capacity

21409.

Representing Hierarchies (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get Neural Network → | tags: child, children, node

21410.

Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get Windows 11 → | tags: activate, activate windows, internet

21411.

MTV's Music-Only Channels Go Off the Air (slashdot.org)

2026-01-02 | by Posted | get Streaming service → | tags: channels, dedicated, expected

21412.

AI teachers and cybernetics - what could the world look like in 2050? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-02 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: believes, professor, science

21413.

Two Phones, Less Distraction? That's the Pitch for This BlackBerry Lookalike (cnet.com)

2026-01-02 | by See Full Bio | get BlackBerry Watch → | tags: clicks, communicator, device

21414.

Tech Companies Show Feet as They Try to Appeal to Gen Z (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-02 | get Smartphones → | tags: bring, bring slippers, home

21415.

I wrote the manual Karpathy said was missing for agentic AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | get Agnostic AI → | tags: commands, engineering, manual

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OpenAI reorganizes some teams to build audio-based AI hardware products (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-02 | get Audio-based AI hardware products → | tags: audio, chatgpt, devices

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"Inspector Dangerfuck", ANSI art comic from 1994 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | by Josh Renaud | get Comic book → | tags: ansi, comics, dangerfuck

21418.

Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work (slashdot.org)

2026-01-02 | by Posted | get Cybersecurity → | tags: american, american government, came

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Big changes are coming to national parks in 2026 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-02 | get National Park Pass → | tags: access, affect, affect entry

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Starlink Will Be Moving Thousands of Its Satellites for 'Space Safety' Reasons (cnet.com)

2026-01-02 | by See Full Bio | get Starlink satellites → | tags: earth, nicholls, orbit