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OLED gaming monitor shows only light burn-in after 3,000-hour torture test — 500 hours of Overwatch gameplay leaves a faint scar on the premium panel (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Hassam Nasir | get OLED display → | tags: burn, image, image retention

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Sandisk's rebranded Optimus SSDs now available at eye-watering $999 for 2TB, $1,799 for 4TB — Optimus brings a 5% MSRP over previous models, but WD Black predecessors can still be found for less (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Zhiye Liu | get Optimus → | tags: black, optimus, optimus gx

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Sandisk's rebranded Optimus SSDs now available at $999 for 2TB, $1,799 for 4TB PCIe 5 — Optimus brings a 5% MSRP over previous models, but WD Black predecessors can still be found for less (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Zhiye Liu | get Optimus → | tags: black, optimus, optimus gx

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Finally, I’ve Found the Perfect Switch 2 Controller (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-06 | get Gamepad → | tags: button, button options, controller

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EVs are already making your air cleaner, research shows (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-06 | get Electric Vehicles → | tags: actually, actually happening, adoption

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How to disable ACR on your TV (and all the privacy risks it negates in the process) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-06 | by Chris Bayer | get Smart TV → | tags: menu, option, privacy

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Circle to Search may have just inexplicably lost this feature (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-05 | get Google Maps → | tags: button, circle, circle search

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Google Photos wants to become your go-to app for making collages (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-05 | get Google Photos Collage → | tags: collage, editor, features

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Remember Xiaomi’s modular camera concept? It might actually happen this year (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-04 | get Modular Camera → | tags: android, cameras, modular

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iPad deal: Get $100 off the latest iPad mini right now (engadget.com)

2026-02-04 | get iPad → | tags: apple, chip, comes

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High electricity prices are getting in the way of heat pump installations (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-04 | get Heat Pump → | tags: adoption, adoption require, aggressive

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Not So Fast, Google: That Lenient Monopoly Ruling from Last Year Is Being Appealed (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-04 | get Cloud → | tags: alphabet, alphabet don, chance

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Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck — following copper, power, DRAM, and NAND (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | get Microchip → | tags: industry, kewada, optical

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50,000 Workers Were Told AI Took Their Jobs. Was It Really 'AI-Washing'? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-02 | by Jonathan Small | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: admitting, adoption, adoption admitting

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New Mac configurator may point to separate CPU and GPU options (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-02 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Intel Core → | tags: apple, chip, integrated

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A tiny light trap could unlock million qubit quantum computers (sciencedaily.com)

2026-02-02 | get Quantum computer → | tags: cavities, cavity, computers

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Apple revamps how you buy a Mac online (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-31 | by Chance Miller | get Macbook → | tags: apple, configurator, landing

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Apple revamps how you buy a Mac online, removes preconfigured options (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-31 | by Chance Miller | get MacBook → | tags: apple, change, landing

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U.K. internet provider's bailout cancelled because rats chewed through its fiber optic cables — biodegradable cable jackets use soy- or corn-based materials, attracting hungry rats (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-31 | by Jowi Morales | get Bioplastic → | tags: fiber, fiber optic, hardware

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2026: The Year Agentic AI Becomes the Attack-Surface Poster Child (darkreading.com)

2026-01-30 | get Agentic AI → | tags: adoption, adoption likely, advanced

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America is building EV chargers at record speed, just as demand cools (techspot.com)

2026-01-30 | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: adopters, adopters faced, adoption

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Windows 11 KB5074105 update fixes boot, sign-in, and activation issues (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-30 | get Windows Update → | tags: issue, microsoft, optional

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China is betting on ‘optical’ computer chips — will they power AI? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-30 | by Basu | tags: china, chips, electronic

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China is betting on ‘optical’ computer chips – will they power AI? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-30 | by Basu | tags: china, chips, electronic

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Elon Musk's $20 billion spending plan signals 'Tesla of yesterday is gone' (cnbc.com)

2026-01-29 | by Lora Kolodny | get Electric Cars → | tags: musk, musk said, optimus

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Planning to trade in your old foldable for the Galaxy Z TriFold? Don’t count on it (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-29 | get Galaxy Fold → | tags: device, galaxy, option

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Why a lack of governance will hurt companies using agentic AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-29 | get Agnostic AI → | tags: acting, adopt, adopt agentic

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Windows 11 hits one billion users in less time than Windows 10 (techspot.com)

2026-01-29 | get Windows 11 → | tags: accelerated, accelerated past, adoption

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Tesla is killing off its Model S and X cars to make robots (engadget.com)

2026-01-29 | tags: model, musk, optimus

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Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots (cnbc.com)

2026-01-28 | by Lora Kolodny Ari Levy | get Tesla Model → | tags: model, musk, musk said