GoKawiil - Tech News

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate for surgery to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering iron station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Saving another 100TB of RAM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: cloudflare, pingora, pingora-ketama

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Saving another 100TB of RAM with math (and Rust) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: cloudflare, pingora, rust

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Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-17 | by Sarah Perez | get Amazon Echo Show 8 smart display → | tags: pinterest, restyle, pinterest intelligence

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Electrically controllable superconducting memory effect in UTe<sub>2</sub> (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Wu | tags: ute2, superconducting memory, dilution fridge

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Scientists Discover Mysterious New X-Ray Objects 'Unlike Any They Have Seen Before' (slashdot.org)

2026-09-15 | get Celestron NexStar 8SE telescope → | tags: chandra x-ray observatory, hypersoft x-ray sources, andromeda galaxy

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Unlucky PC user finds AMD's cheaper 8-pin GPU connectors can melt, too (techspot.com)

2026-09-15 | by Daniel Sims | get Cable Matters 8-Pin PCIe Power Cable → | tags: amd, radeon rx 7900 xtx, nvidia

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Proven 8-pin PCIe plugs aren't immune to melting — Thermal Grizzly WireView adapter burns out on Radeon RX 7900 XTX (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-14 | by Kunal Khullar | get Thermal Grizzly WireView PCIe power monitor → | tags: pcie, thermal grizzly, wireview

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Fixing an NZXT Signal 4K30 part 2: the green/pink video bug (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-13 | by Doug Brown | get NZXT Signal 4K30 capture card → | tags: nzxt signal 4k30, hdmi capture, video bug

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With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions (wired.com)

2026-09-13 | by Robin George Andrews | tags: mount pinatubo, volcanic eruptions, quanta magazine

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OpenAI seizes on rogue AI fears, pinkie promises it’s being responsible (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-11 | get The Coming Wave Mustafa Suleyman book → | tags: openai, chatgpt, rogue ai

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Modders show RTX 5090 works flawlessly with 8-pin connectors instead of 16 without overheating (techspot.com)

2026-09-10 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get Corsair 600W PCIe 5.1 12V-2x6 12VHPWR cable → | tags: rtx 5090, nvidia, 16-pin connector

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Chinese quartz approved for semiconductor equipment and DRAM manufacturing, but it still can't break America's monopoly — China secures domestic supply for chipmaking components, but Spruce Pine still holds the crucible monopoly (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Anton Shilov | get Chip War Chris Miller book → | tags: jiangsu pacific quartz, lam research, tokyo electron

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Modded RTX 5090 ditches 16-pin power for triple 8-pin connectors — draws up to 900W and hits 3,400 MHz (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Kunal Khullar | get Corsair RM1200x Shift 1200W power supply → | tags: rtx 5090, teclab, 8-pin pcie

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Scientists Say They Can Now Pinpoint Where Big Quakes Might Hit (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-09 | get Ready America emergency preparedness kit earthquake → | tags: gps, earthquakes, algorithm

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This ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Pinball Machine Could Fix Me (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-09 | get Dungeon Crawler Carl book → | tags: dungeon crawler carl, pinball machine, matt dinniman

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Google Search is being forced to change, and some users might feel the pinch (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-08 | tags: google search, european union, digital markets act

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Enthusiast says DLSS 5 pushed RTX 5090 past 600W and melted the 16-pin connector — Nvidia's neural rendering tech adds up to 50% more power draw in testing (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-07 | by Hassam Nasir | get Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro 12VHPWR → | tags: dlss 5, rtx 5090, 16-pin connector

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Lexar announces ‘world’s thinnest portable SSD’ in celebration of the brand’s 30th anniversary – Lexar Muse drive achieves 0.15-inch thickness with proprietary pogo-pin cable, magnetic sleeve for phone mounting (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-04 | by Matt Safford | get SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD → | tags: lexar muse, portable ssd, snaplink

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Pines grow faster and are more drought resilient in the Southern Hemisphere (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-02 | by Fajardo | tags: pines, drought resilience, invasive species

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We could save petabytes of cache storage with Zstandard and Pingora (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-01 | get Samsung 990 PRO NVMe SSD 2TB → | tags: zstandard, cloudflare, pingora

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Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-29 | by Lauren Forristal | get Lamicall adjustable phone stand desk → | tags: microdramas, reelshort, dramabox

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Cloudflare frees up 100TB of RAM by shrinking 1.1.1.1's DNS cache entries — 250 billion cached DNS entries at any given time means one wasted byte costs 250GB (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-28 | by Luke James | get Programming Rust 2nd Edition O'Reilly book → | tags: cloudflare, 1.1.1.1, dns cache

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Zynga’s Mark Pincus says social networking is still an unsolved problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-28 | tags: zynga, farmville, mark pincus

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Google Photos could soon let you take a shortcut straight to your favorite media (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-27 | get Google Pixel 9 → | tags: google photos, collections tab, pinned feature

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Taco Bell’s new Olivia Rodrigo-inspired drink seems pretty pink (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-27 | get Olivia Rodrigo GUTS vinyl → | tags: taco bell, olivia rodrigo, cyclospora

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Apple Maps Has Ads Now. They Might Not Be Terrible, but You Can’t Turn Them Off (cnet.com)

2026-08-27 | by Omar Gallaga | get iOttie Easy One Touch 5 car mount → | tags: apple maps, apple business platform, google maps

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ChatGPT could soon let you lock chats behind a PIN or fingerprint (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: openai, chatgpt, locked chats

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Hackers abuse FTP server banners to deliver new Windows malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: ftp server, trojans, e4del