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Community tests confirm DLSS 4.5 yields 20%+ performance loss on older RTX 30 and 20 series GPUs compared to DLSS 4.0 — Nvidia warnings ring true following rollout (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-06 | by Aaron Klotz | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 → | tags: dlss, mode, nvidia

1022.

What It’s Like to Sit in a $12,000 AI Massage Chair? (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-06 | get Massage Chair → | tags: admittedly, admittedly old, chair

1023.

Hugh Jackman’s New ‘Robin Hood’ Movie Channels Old Man Logan (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-06 | get Action Figure → | tags: comer, comer opens, death

1024.

Tsunami Triggered by Giant Russian Quake Broke the Rules, Satellite Data Shows (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-06 | get Satellite data → | tags: models, models thanks, observations

1025.

Blu-ray turns 20 years old: The optical disc that refuses to fade away (techspot.com)

2026-01-06 | get Blu-ray Disc → | tags: blu ray, consumer, consumer electronics

1026.

Sega co-founder David Rosen passed away on Christmas Day — 95-year-old former U.S. airman helped set up Sega after his service ended in Japan (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Sega Genesis → | tags: game, games, japan

1027.

Windows 11 performs worse than older Windows versions in nearly every benchmark (techspot.com)

2026-01-06 | get Windows 11 Performance → | tags: app opening, battery, battery life

1028.

GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) is hiring back end engineers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-06 | get GoGoGrandparent → | tags: adults, gogo, lives

1029.

This high-tech sippy cup at CES 2026 could prevent your kid from needing ear tubes (zdnet.com)

2026-01-05 | by Alison Denisco Rayome | get Smart Bottle → | tags: children, earflo, kids

1030.

Still using a physical SIM? This $25 kit brings eSIM to your old phone - here's how (zdnet.com)

2026-01-05 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get eSIM → | tags: affect, does, does affect

1031.

AI godfather says Meta’s new 29-year-old AI boss is ‘inexperienced’ and warns of staff exodus (cnbc.com)

2026-01-05 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: added, lecun, meta

1032.

This ingenious umbrella just solved a 175-year-old design flaw (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-05 | get Rainier → | tags: away, changed, changed little

1033.

Blu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006 (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-04 | by Mark Tyson | get Blu-ray Disc → | tags: blu ray, format, format war

1034.

Have a Samsung TV? I changed these 6 settings to make my old system run like new again (zdnet.com)

2026-01-04 | by Chris Bayer | get Smart TV → | tags: brightness, mode, motion

1035.

Prices for an old Star Wars game have ballooned because of its role in a PS5 jailbreak (engadget.com)

2026-01-02 | get Game → | tags: copies, game, games

1036.

Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-02 | get Xenon → | tags: anthrax, bacillus, case

1037.

Alleged PS5 Jailbreak Method Spikes Prices for Old Star Wars Game on eBay (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-02 | get Game → | tags: dollars, hundreds, hundreds dollars

1038.

Pebble Revives and Revamps Its Short-Lived Circular Smartwatch (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-02 | get Smartwatch → | tags: better, better way, loved

1039.

ARPANET standardized TCP/IP on this day in 1983 — 43-year-old standard set the foundations for today’s Internet (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Mark Tyson | get TCP/IP → | tags: arpanet, internet, proprietary

1040.

GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) Is Hiring Tech Leads (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | get Smartwatch → | tags: experience, gogo, lives

1041.

Puppy Linux vs. Linux Lite: Which distro is right for your old Windows 10 PC? (zdnet.com)

2025-12-31 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux → | tags: distribution, linux, linux lite

1042.

Apple needs to deliver an AI-charged Siri so good it gets older iPhone users to upgrade (cnbc.com)

2025-12-30 | by Steve Kovach | get Siri → | tags: apple, cook, iphone

1043.

Nepal Is Throwing Out Its Decade-Old Scheme to Clean Mount Everest (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-30 | get Mountaineering equipment → | tags: cleanup, cleanup plan, difference

1044.

Stop Hoarding Old Computers and Printers. How To Recycle Electronics for Free (cnet.com)

2025-12-30 | by Tamara Palmer | get E-waste recycling → | tags: best, computers, free

1045.

Stop Hoarding Old Computers and Printers. How to Recycle Electronics for Free (cnet.com)

2025-12-30 | by Tamara Palmer | get E-waste recycling → | tags: best, computers, free

1046.

Life in a Shrinking Japan (slashdot.org)

2025-12-30 | by Posted | get Smartphones → | tags: akita, fell, japan

1047.

Open source project brings 53-year-old interface to USB — GPIB adapter v3 adds integrated Ethernet port with PoE (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Mark Tyson | get GPIB → | tags: gpib, hardware, project

1048.

D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Bruno Ferreira | get DirectX 11 → | tags: game, games, hardware

1049.

Modder uses century-old cast iron radiator to chill modern PC (techspot.com)

2025-12-29 | get Cast Iron Radiator → | tags: area, area radiator, capable keeping

1050.

Which old OnePlus phones are still worth buying? Here are your best options (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-29 | get Smartphones → | tags: android, android authority, authority