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3811.

Errant SpaceX rocket stage set to smash into the moon at 5,400 mph, seven times the speed of sound — NASA and South Korean orbiters prepare to track 3-ton TNT impact (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jowi Morales | tags: spacex, moon impact, lunar orbiter

3812.

In a First, 'Super-Earth' Planet Shows It Could Have an Atmosphere (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: lhs 1140b, super-earth, science

3813.

Which USB adapters should you actually keep in 2026? (engadget.com)

2026-08-02 | by Ben Stegner | tags: usb adapters, usb serial bus, cross-device compatibility

3814.

MacBook Air reportedly facing major supply shortages due to AI-driven memory crisis (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-02 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: macbook air, apple, dram

3815.

Performance Reviews: Three Tips for Proving Your Expertise (computer.org)

2026-08-02 | tags: performance reviews, software engineers, ieee computer society

3816.

A Rant About “Technology” (2005) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: changing planes, le guin, science fiction

3817.

Finding zombies in our systems: A real-world story of CPU bottlenecks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Pinterest Engineering | tags: kubernetes, pinterest, ray

3818.

Living Underwater in 2026: New Ocean Habitat Just Dropped (cnet.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jesse Orrall | tags: deep, vanguard, saturation diving

3819.

Report: Apple’s smart glasses will become a major health companion, but not initially (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-02 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, vision pro, fitness+

3820.

Common problems with Bluetooth speakers and how to fix them (engadget.com)

2026-08-02 | by Ben Stegner | tags: bluetooth, jbl flip 5, pairing mode

3821.

Video2NAND – Abusing video codecs for great computational power (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: vp8, nand gates, video codecs

3822.

Microsoft Paint used as a 'monitor' to run Doom at up to 35 fps, project released by firm's Azure CTO — runs actual Doom engine and loads real shareware DOOM1.WAD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Mark Tyson | tags: microsoft, doom, azure

3823.

Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: linux, statcounter, north america

3824.

Can using your phone while charging affect its battery life? (engadget.com)

2026-08-02 | by Christine Persaud | tags: bypass charging, sony xperia, samsung

3825.

Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US water suppliers in 45 municipalities — small towns mostly targeted, with utilities switching to manual control (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jowi Morales | tags: iran, water supply, cyberattacks

3826.

This Hi-Fi Tape Recorder Changed Radio Forever (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-02 | by Allison Marsh | tags: magnetic tape, magnetophon, aeg

3827.

Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Mark Tyson | tags: doom, fanattik, gamestop

3828.

Twenty Years of RISC OS Open (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: risc os, risc processor, risc os open

3829.

F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: f* (f star), ocaml, microsoft research

3830.

SwitchBot Kata Friends AI Pet Review: Useless if You Don’t Pay Up (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: switchbot, kata friends, ai pet

3831.

AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors could fix microstutters and improve 1% lows in games — Next-gen CPUs tipped to feature per-core optimizations for thermal and power budgets (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd zen 6, ryzen 10000, cpuc performance control

3832.

Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170 (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, price increase

3833.

First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Aaron Klotz | tags: coreboot, dasharo, amd

3834.

Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: ai customer research, demand generation, sales qualified leads

3835.

Every household management app I tried came up short, so I built my own with Claude (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: claude, android, household apps

3836.

SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jowi Morales | tags: spacexai, colossus data centers, nvidia h200

3837.

Meshdiff – visually compare two STL versions in the browser, client-side (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: meshdiff, stl, browser

3838.

Are Return-to-Office Mandates Killing Workers' Trust in Workplaces? (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: return-to-office, disaster avoidance experts, gleb tsipursky

3839.

RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: rtx 5060 ti, brother zhang, short pcb

3840.

8 Best Password Managers (2026), Tested and Reviewed (wired.com)

2026-08-02 | by Scott Gilbertson | tags: fido alliance, passkeys, apple