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Nvidia buys AI chip startup Groq's assets for $20 billion in the company's biggest deal ever — Transaction includes acquihires of key Groq employees, including CEO (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Hassam Nasir | get AI Chip → | tags: deal, groq, inference

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Arch Linux kills off Nvidia Pascal GPU support — users still running GTX 10-series graphics cards will have to manually install older drivers (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Aaron Klotz | get GTX 10-series → | tags: arch, gpus, linux

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This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch (techspot.com)

2025-12-25 | get NVMe → | tags: activate, activated, claims

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Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-25 | by Daniel Lawrence Lu | get Asahi Linux → | tags: asahi, asahi linux, battery

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Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-25 | by Daniel Lawrence Lu | get Asahi Linux → | tags: asahi, asahi linux, battery

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‘Fallout’ Revisits Its Most Controversial Change From the Games (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-25 | get Game Engine → | tags: arc look, big new, entrench

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The Top 8 Computing Stories of 2025 (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-25 | by Dina Genkina | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: computing, energy, research

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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite's latest Linux benchmarks show significant regressions, performs similarly to five-year-old Intel Tiger Lake chips — promising chip continues to be plagued by software support issues (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Qualcomm Snapdragon → | tags: machine, machines, performance

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Trump Administration To Overhaul Lottery System For H-1B Visas (slashdot.org)

2025-12-25 | by Posted | get H1B Visa System → | tags: battle, battle unless, deserted

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Expand Your International Reach With This Special Lifetime Babbel Offer (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-25 | get Language → | tags: access, babbel, babbel language

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Russian enthusiasts planning do-it-yourself DDR5 memory amidst the worldwide shortage — building your own RAM is as 'easy' as sourcing your own memory modules and soldering them on empty PCBs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Hassam Nasir | get DDR5 → | tags: chips, hardware, memory

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Russian enthusiasts are planning to build their own DDR5 RAM amidst the worldwide shortage — do-it-yourself RAM is as 'easy' as sourcing your own memory modules and soldering them on empty PCBs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Hassam Nasir | get DDR5 Memory → | tags: chips, hardware, memory

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China chipmaker SMIC raises wafer prices by about 10% as memory demand tightens capacity (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Luke James | get Memory chips → | tags: capacity, china, demand

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Starlink satellite pictured ‘tumbling’ after recent ‘anomaly’ in space — it will be incinerated when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere in a few weeks (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Mark Tyson | get Starlink → | tags: anomaly, december, earth

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Pi calculation world record shattered at 314 trillion digits with a four-month run on a single server — StorageReview retakes the crown, thanks to storage bandwidth (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Storage → | tags: array, performance, server

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Pi-calculating record shattered at 314 trillion digits with a four-month run on a single server — StorageReview retakes the crown, thanks to storage bandwidth (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Storage → | tags: array, performance, server

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Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-25 | get Python 3.15 → | tags: case, interpreter, ms ms

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Python 3.15's interpreter for Windows should be 15% faster (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-25 | get Python 3.15 → | tags: case, interpreter, ms ms

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7 smartphone trends I wish would die in 2026 (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-25 | get Smartwatch → | tags: android, android authority, authority

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Wall Street wrote off Palantir as too expensive. Retail investors can't get enough (cnbc.com)

2025-12-25 | by Alex Harring | get Palantir → | tags: investors, palantir, retail

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Mesh Networks Are About to Escape Apple, Amazon, and Google Silos (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-25 | by Margo Anderson | get Smart Mesh Network → | tags: devices, mesh, mesh networks

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How to transfer your games to the Nintendo Switch 2 (engadget.com)

2025-12-25 | get Nintendo Switch → | tags: advertisement, console, games

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Corsair RM850x SHIFT 850W power supply review: Platinum performance at Gold pricing (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by E. Fylladitakis | get Power Supply → | tags: cell, credit tom, hardware

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Bitcoin Miners' Pivot To AI Has Lifted Bitcoin-Mining ETF By About 90% This Year (slashdot.org)

2025-12-25 | get Blockchain → | tags: bitcoin, bitcoin mining, data centers

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TSMC’s Christmas Card evokes a retro 8-bit winter wonderland — ‘pixelated’ kids play Breakout with snowballs, carving out a festive scene (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Mark Tyson | get Pixel → | tags: black, card, greeting

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2025 Christmas Day NFL games: How to watch today, full streaming schedule and more (engadget.com)

2025-12-25 | get Streaming service → | tags: amazon, netflix, prime

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This $299 Asus 4K gaming monitor is back to its lowest ever price — save $170 on this budget-friendly IPS display with fast 160Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync support (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Ben Stockton | get Gaming Monitor → | tags: asus, asus rog, best

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How to Set Up a Smartphone for Elderly Loved Ones (wired.com)

2025-12-25 | by Simon Hill | get Smartphone → | tags: android, android phone, best

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Floppy disk pre-paid cash card launched in Taiwan — NFC payment method 'only has a card function' warns supplier, so keep it out of your FDD (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Mark Tyson | get Smartcard → | tags: card, cards, disk

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This Two-Faced Watch Band Lets You Hide an Apple Watch Under Your Rolex (cnet.com)

2025-12-25 | by See Full Bio | get Smartwatch → | tags: fitness, smartlet, smartwatch