GoKawiil - Tech News

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Botnet smashes DDoS traffic record, equivalent to streaming 2.2 million Netflix 4K movies at once — 31.4 Tb/s attack was large enough to take entire countries offline (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-31 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Internet of Things (IoT) → | tags: aisuru, attacks, botnet

542.

Mandiant details how ShinyHunters abuse SSO to steal cloud data (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-31 | get Cloud Data → | tags: attacks, com companyname, companyname

543.

I switched from Todoist to Google Tasks, and it didn’t go as planned (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-31 | get Task Manager → | tags: google, just, task

544.

Anthropic Knew the Public Would Be Disgusted by How It Was Destroying Physical Books, Secret Documents Reveal (futurism.com)

2026-01-31 | by Frank Landymore | get E-reader → | tags: anthropic, books, documents

545.

Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-31 | get Instagram Profile → | tags: banga, instagram, issue

546.

Wall Street's Top Bankers Are Giving Coinbase's Brian Armstrong the Cold Shoulder (slashdot.org)

2026-01-30 | by Posted | get Blockchain → | tags: armstrong, bank, banks

547.

Fireblocks CEO says North Korea-linked job recruitment scam targeted LinkedIn profiles (cnbc.com)

2026-01-30 | by Talia Kaplan | get Job posting → | tags: crypto, fireblocks, group

548.

Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-30 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Power grid → | tags: attacks, government, hackers

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Intel shows off leading-edge tech with massive AI processor test vehicle — huge chip features four logic tiles, 12 HBM4 stacks, and 8X reticle size (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-30 | by Anton Shilov | get Processor → | tags: chip, intel, power

550.

We finally heard from Trump Mobile… and they immediately ghosted us (theverge.com)

2026-01-30 | by Dominic Preston | get iPhone → | tags: hendrickson, mobile, trump

551.

Backseat Software (slashdot.org)

2026-01-30 | by Posted | get Infrared Display → | tags: annoyed, asks, drive

552.

Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-30 | get Smartphone → | tags: just, market, money

553.

GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-30 | get Steam Client → | tags: client, frontier, frontier gaming

554.

This off-grid internet system is my secret weapon for winter storm outages - and it's $300 off (zdnet.com)

2026-01-30 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Solaris → | tags: bank, banks, cable

555.

Software is mostly all you need (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | get Operating System → | tags: code, judgment, networks

556.

What the Success of Coding Agents Teaches Us about AI Systems in General (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: code, judgment, networks

557.

Tesla sold $430 million worth of its Megapack backup batteries to Musk's xAI in 2025 (cnbc.com)

2026-01-29 | by Lora Kolodny | get Megapack → | tags: billion, funding, megapacks

558.

Tesla Applies for Trademarks on ‘Cybercar’ and ‘Cybervehicle,’ But What Do They Mean? (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-29 | get Cybercar Cybertruck → | tags: applies, applies trademarks, cybercar

559.

Apple acquires Q.ai for a reported $2 billion (engadget.com)

2026-01-29 | get I cannot provide information on products or technologies acquired by → | tags: acquisition, apple, deal

560.

SpaceX in Merger Talks with xAI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | get Nervana → | tags: merger, merger talks, spacex

561.

Nintendo 3DS emulation on Android just got a lot less confusing thanks to a simple update (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-29 | get Nintendo Switch → | tags: azahar, change, forks

562.

AI face swapping video could be a bonanza for scammers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-29 | get Facial Swap → | tags: ai mark, breaks, breaks important

563.

'Semantic Chaining' Jailbreak Dupes Gemini Nano Banana, Grok 4 (darkreading.com)

2026-01-29 | get Gemini → | tags: attacker, attacker splits, chunks

564.

The weirdest headphones at CES will launch on Kickstarter next month (theverge.com)

2026-01-29 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Audio Earbuds → | tags: drivers, facing, facing drivers

565.

Starbucks' Turnaround Is 'Ahead of Schedule' as Sales Beat Expectations (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-29 | by Jonathan Small | get Coffee maker → | tags: adding, adding staff, ago china

566.

Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | tags: bell, isps, line

567.

OTelBench: AI struggles with simple SRE tasks (Opus 4.5 scores only 29%) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | by Przemek Delewski | get Opsense → | tags: benchmark, cost, instrumentation

568.

This Spider’s ‘Pearl Necklace’ Looks Fancy—Until You Learn What It Really Is (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-29 | get Smartwatch → | tags: fancy, fancy learn, learn

569.

Linux gets a continuity plan for the day Linus Torvalds steps aside (techspot.com)

2026-01-29 | get Linux → | tags: andrew, andrew tanenbaum, change thanks

570.

Sam Altman Says Oops, They Accidentally Made the New Version of ChatGPT Worse Than the Previous One (futurism.com)

2026-01-29 | by Joe Wilkins | get ChatGPT → | tags: altman, chatgpt, performance