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Scrap (2006) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-22 | get Mr. Heater Buddy portable propane heater → | tags: pittsburgh, winter, plumbing

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Scrap (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-22 | get Mr Heater Buddy portable propane heater → | tags: pittsburgh, winter, plumbing

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Is Nintendo Switch Online still worth it in 2026? (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Ben Stegner | get Nintendo Switch Online 12 month individual membership → | tags: nintendo switch online, super metroid, mario kart

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Pixel Camera 11 debuts refreshed quick access controls and a handy Launch mode (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-22 | get Google Pixel 10 Pro smartphone → | tags: pixel camera, google, pixel 11

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Android Auto YouTube Limitations: Is It Worth Using In The Car? (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Antony Terence | get wireless Android Auto adapter → | tags: android auto, youtube, google

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Amazon devices are the latest casualties of the memory shortage price hikes (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jackson Chen | get Kindle Paperwhite 16GB → | tags: amazon, echo, fire tv

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Sounds Like ‘National Treasure 3’ Could Finally, For Real Happen (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-22 | get National Treasure 2 movie collection blu-ray → | tags: national treasure, jon turtletaub, film sequel

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Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-22 | by Rebecca Bellan | get The Alignment Problem Brian Christian book → | tags: openai, anthropic, meta

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25 years after the death of 3dfx, the Voodoo 3 gets a Linux driver update — classic Voodoo GPUs can now boot without a PC BIOS (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Zak Killian | tags: 3dfx, voodoo 3, linux kernel 7.3

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Before you buy a used GameCube, check for this common issue (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Ben Stegner | get GameCube controller extension cable → | tags: gamecube, region lock, nintendo

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US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-22 | by Tim De Chant | get Anker 737 Power Bank 24000mAh → | tags: battery startups, defense, lithium-ion

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New York Dethrones San Francisco Bay Area As Largest Tech Talent Market (slashdot.org)

2026-08-22 | get Apple MacBook Air M4 laptop → | tags: san francisco, apple, nvidia

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Snap-on LCD brings mini displays to any 120mm PC fan — Thermalright's Fan Frame Vision-1 lets you display information and custom themes on your case fans (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jowi Morales | get Thermalright TL-C12C 120mm case fan 3 pack → | tags: thermalright, fan frame vision-1, pc fans

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Here's what you'll need to watch Netflix in 4K on Chrome (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Filipe Espósito | get LG 27 inch 4K UHD USB-C monitor HDR → | tags: netflix, chrome, hdcp 2.2

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Logitech faces lawsuit for withholding $61M in tariff refunds from customers — lawsuit claims company extracted up to $97M from consumers in 2026 through tariff-justified price increases (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jowi Morales | get Logitech MX Master 3S → | tags: logitech, tariffs, ars technica

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A Friendly Introduction to Racket (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-22 | get The Little Schemer book → | tags: lisp, racket, john mccarthy

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Tesla Is Giving Up on Solar Roof Tiles as Elon Musk Leans Into Fossil Fuels (futurism.com)

2026-08-22 | by Victor Tangermann | get EcoFlow DELTA 2 portable power station solar generator → | tags: tesla, solar roof, elon musk

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US authorities say Siemens controllers used for water and other infrastructure are being targeted by hackers — agencies claim threat actors use AI tools to generate exploitation scripts (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jowi Morales | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC → | tags: siemens s7-series, cisa, ai tools

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Save $532 on a 480 Hz OLED gaming monitor — Amazon drops a massive 53% discount on the LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Kunal Khullar | get LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B → | tags: lg ultragear, oled monitor, nvidia g-sync

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Apple @ Work: Most IT leaders want AI to help manage their Macs, but few are ready for it (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-22 | by Bradley C | get Apple Mac mini M4 → | tags: apple, mosyle, mac

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Horrified School District Pleads Police to Stop Using Electric Shock Torture Gloves on Students (futurism.com)

2026-08-22 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: electric shock gloves, omaha police, special education

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IFA 2026 Berlin Will Show Why the Future of AI and Smart Homes Is Already Here, With the Latest Tech From Around the World (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-22 | get Echo Show 8 smart display → | tags: ifa 2026, berlin, smart homes

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Desktop CPU shipments crater 20% amid high component costs, but AMD gains record share despite 'ugly' desktop processor market — Intel floods laptop market with millions of CPUs, but AMD still sets all-time share records (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Anton Shilov | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D → | tags: amd, intel, x86

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Meta is the latest tech giant to land in her courtroom. Meet Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers (cnbc.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jeffrey Kopp | tags: meta, openai, silicon valley

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Rare-Book Sales Are Booming. They’re Getting Sliced Up and Fed to AI. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-22 | tags: rare books, ai training, large language models

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Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta's alleged strategy laid out in first week (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-22 | by Dara Kerr | tags: meta, facebook, instagram

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Storage unit auction winner finds retro Pentium 4 PC with a see-through, UV-reactive PSU — Y2K time capsule discovered among 100 laptops and hundreds of RAM sticks (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: pentium 4, apevia x-superalien, y2k

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Oura is facing a lawsuit over whether its $300 ring can actually track sleep (techspot.com)

2026-08-22 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: oura, sleep-tracking, clinical sleep study

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Gamer uncovers factory plastic left on RTX 3070 VRM pads after five years, causing overheating — claims removal and repasting dropped GPU hotspot temperatures by 30°C (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: rtx 3070, gigabyte, vrm

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Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-22 | tags: neuroscience, synapses, hibernation