GoKawiil - Tech News

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The Hacker's Renaissance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: hacker, inside, manifesto

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The main way I've seen people turn ideologically crazy (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Andy Masley | tags: beliefs, idea, weapons

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Two wheels, a few tradeoffs, and gas prices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Raed Chammam | tags: math, motorcycle, motorcycles

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The Tragic Death of Chuck Grassley’s Vacuum Cleaner Is a Moment to Set Aside Partisan Rancor (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: aside, aside partisan, chuck

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How to hide and unhide an app on your iPhone or iPad (and why you may want to) (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Ben Stegner | tags: apps, face, face id

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Michael Mando Says ‘Brand New Day’ Isn’t the End of Scorpion’s Story (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: brand, brand new, day mac

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The downsides of switching from iPhone to Android (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Adnan Ahmed | tags: android, apple, better

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John C. Lilly on solid state intelligence and the elimination of man (1978) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: earth, machines, planet

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FCC moves to ban LiDAR-equipped foreign drones from US — classifies the technology as "military-grade" in a proposal that could also hit thermal models and the swarms used in drone light shows (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Etiido Uko | tags: drones, grade, lidar

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Everyone thinks the iPhone Ultra will crush Samsung. They’re wrong (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: android, apple, fold

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Made by Google 2026: How to watch and what to expect from at the Pixel 11 event (zdnet.com)

2026-08-09 | by Kyle Kucharski | tags: android, google, likely

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Inside Humanity’s Ancient Obsession With Conquering Time (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: discusses, discusses humanity, guido

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TCL Note A1 Nxtpaper Review (2026): A Hybrid Tablet for Taking Notes and Watching Video (wired.com)

2026-08-09 | by Scott Gilbertson | tags: android, note, open

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Avoid these 6 phrases if you want to sound more confident (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: avoid, avoid expressions, broadcast

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TheoremDB – A public workspace for machine mathematics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: determinant, evidence, fib problem

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TheoremDB · A public workspace for machine mathematics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: determinant, evidence, fib problem

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My server is a phone now (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: android, host, linux

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Should you stop cracking your knuckles? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Sandy Ong | tags: balls, balls fidget, benign

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America's First Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery Plant Gets Its First Big Test (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: battery, energy, grid

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OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Anthony Ha | tags: beshry, beshry said, joining

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Time Magazine Now Running Ads Meant Specifically to Influence AI Agents (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: bots, digiday, google

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Here’s how we played the massive rebound in AI stocks this week (cnbc.com)

2026-08-08 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: ai infrastructure, infrastructure, nvidia

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We tested the impact of SSD speed on gaming performance in 11 titles — we analyzed from SATA to PCIe 5.0 to see whether upgrading to a faster NVMe SSD would have an impact (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Dan Mateescu | tags: average, bandwidth, mb mb

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Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: demand, electrical, grid

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What’s the Difference Between Surveillance Pricing and Dynamic Pricing? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: avoid, avoid getting, getting

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I gave my Samsung phone superpowers with a $6 pack of NFC tags — here’s how (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: android, apps, phone

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8 free Android productivity apps I can’t live without in 2026 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: android, apps, free

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Musician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don’t call it retro (theverge.com)

2026-08-08 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: digital, ideas, love

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Don’t wait for the Pixel 11: Why you should buy the Pixel 10 right now (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: android, base, camera

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Trump Administration To Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion To Halt US Wind Projects (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | tags: energy, offshore, offshore wind