GoKawiil - Tech News

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The case for physical media ownership (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-27 | by Cem Dervis | tags: physical media, drm, censorship

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GTA 6 will launch as download only - does that mean the disc is dead? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-26 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: rockstar, gta 6, physical edition

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Why GTA 6 will launch without a disc - and what it means for gamers (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-26 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: rockstar, gta 6, physical edition

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The Logitech G29 racing wheel and pedal set with real force feedback is on a deep 40% discount for Prime Day — get a racing sim setup for just $180 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-26 | by Jake Roach | tags: logitech g29, prime day, racing wheel

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Asus' ROG Zephyrus G16 with an RTX 5070 & 240Hz OLED display is on sale for just $1,575 — Save $575 on an excellent gaming laptop with a 16-core flagship CPU & top-tier build quality (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-26 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: asus rog zephyrus g16, rtx 5070, intel core ultra 9 285h

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Why have papers by one of history's most famous physicists been retracted? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-26 | tags: physicist, paper retraction, scientific publishing

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The Doorman's Fallacy in action (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-25 | tags: doorman's fallacy, qr code, iphone

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The Doorman's Fallacy in Action (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-25 | tags: doorman's fallacy, qr code, iphone

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BYOK is my new go-to distraction-free writing tool (theverge.com)

2026-06-25 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: byok, boox palma, obsidian

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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-25 | by Connie Loizos | tags: asml, chip war, euv lithography

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Electric fields probe the symmetry of the ‘heavy hydrogen’ nucleus (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-25 | by Hoekstra | tags: deuterium, nikhef, cosy experiment

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GTA 6 will cost £70 - and physical edition will not contain a disc (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-24 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: gta 6, rockstar games, playstation 5

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Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-24 | tags: grand theft auto vi, rockstar games, aaa games

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GTA VI Is a Worrying Sign For the Future of Physical Games (slashdot.org)

2026-06-24 | tags: gta vi, physical games, rockstar games

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Behold Our Best View Yet of the Milky Way’s Massive Galactic Bulge (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-24 | tags: milky way, galactic bulge, astronomy

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Edsger Dijkstra's Library (Housed and Archived in Leuven, Belgium) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | tags: dijkstra, leuven, eric temple bell

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Scientist publishes fresh doubts over Microsoft's quantum claims (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-24 | by Zoe Kleinman | tags: quantum computing, microsoft, majorana

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GTA VI is a worrying sign for the future of physical games (theverge.com)

2026-06-24 | by Jay Peters | tags: rockstar games, gta vi, physical games

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GTA 6 will cost $80 - and physical edition will not contain a disc (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-24 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: rockstar games, gta 6, physical edition

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GloriousEggroll's Proton has been rebased on Proton 11 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | tags: proton 11, gloriouseggroll, vrchat

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Lippmann Photography (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | tags: lippmann photography, emulsion process, silver gelatin

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Role of methanesulfonic acid in atmospheric particle nucleation and growth (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-24 | by Baalbaki | tags: methanesulfonic acid, atmospheric nucleation, cern cloud

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White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-23 | tags: white house, quantum-resistant encryption, post-quantum cryptography

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The Poop Emoji Got Gravity Right, Physicists Find (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-23 | get Poop Emoji Gravity Mug → | tags: poop emoji, lugworm, gravity

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75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | by Byron Hurd | get Heavy Duty Truck Model → | tags: suvs, pedestrian fatalities, vehicle dimensions

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This Former NFL Player Was Injured His Rookie Season and Turned an Idea Written on a Napkin Into a $1.5 Billion Venture (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-23 | by Dan Bova | tags: green bay packers, terrence murphy, springdale ventures

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The Download: the future of chipmaking and Anthropic’s government clash (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-23 | by Thomas Macaulay | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: asml, euv, anthropic

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The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-23 | by Clive Thompson | get Intel NUC Mini PC → | tags: asml, tsmc, lithography machines

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Vector Graphics in Lil (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | tags: vector graphics, lil, hershey module

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Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-22 | get AMD Ryzen Memory Encryption Kit → | tags: amd ryzen, tsme, memory encryption