GoKawiil - Tech News

5101.

This Robot Vacuum Has a Brush and Mop Pad That Can Reach Places Others Can’t (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: robot vacuum, mova v70 ultra, side brush

5102.

This IHOP-Applebee’s Combo Restaurant Nearly Tripled Sales. Now the Company Wants 900 More of Them. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | by Jon Small | tags: ihop, applebee’s, dine brands

5103.

'Grandoreiro' Malware Resurfaces With Mexico Campaign (darkreading.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: grandoreiro, malware, mexico

5104.

Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faces (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: people-finder, claritycheck, amazon s3

5105.

DiffusionGemma Technical Report (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: diffusion, gemma, technical report

5106.

Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: rust, crates.io, arrayref

5107.

Malicious Rust Crate Arrayref Runs a Build-Time Payload (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: rust crate, arrayref, droundy

5108.

Virginia county with 250 data centers begins to rein in building — Loudoun’s more than 250 data centers made it one of the richest counties in the US, but residents are pushing back (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Jowi Morales | tags: loudoun data centers, fiber internet, aol

5109.

Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Antonio G. Di Benedetto | tags: framework, bios, framework laptop

5110.

Canonical Backs New Project to Translate Large C Codebases into Safe Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: canonical, rust, c programming

5111.

Bitcoin surges 11% in two days as Trump, crypto execs lead last ditch effort for Clarity Act (cnbc.com)

2026-08-20 | by Tanaya Macheel | tags: bitcoin, coinbase, ripple

5112.

UK internet age checks have boosted rogue adult sites, says Pornhub (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: pornhub, age checks, rogue sites

5113.

SpaceX Finally Recovers Starship After 24 Days of Tugging It Through Rough Waters (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: spacex, starship, starship 40

5114.

Xorg-server 26.1.0 rc1 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: xorg-server, xwayland, meson

5115.

Flock Says It’s “Taking a Break” From Responding to Media Requests (futurism.com)

2026-08-20 | by Frank Landymore | tags: flock, surveillance, washington post

5116.

Walmart tariff refunds update: Will customers get reimbursed directly? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: walmart, tariff refunds, retail chain

5117.

Roblox still allows predators to contact children, says regulator (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: roblox, esafety commissioner, parental consent

5118.

Oura Restructures Tech Leadership in AI Push (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-20 | tags: oura, tom hale, health guidance

5119.

The Download: polycrisis support networks and a hydrogen gold rush (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-20 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: hydrogen, polycrisis, spacex

5120.

NASA study finds Earth fungi could survive up to 7 days near lunar south pole (techspot.com)

2026-08-20 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: nasa, lunar reconnaissance orbiter, artemis

5121.

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Simon Edwardsson | tags: midi, rolltab, iphone 15

5122.

Roblox vows to make changes after Australian regulator found yet more child safety lapses (engadget.com)

2026-08-20 | by Mariella Moon | tags: roblox, aesafety, age verification

5123.

The best and worst AI for your privacy, ranked - and how each handles your data (zdnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Charlie Osborne | tags: chatgpt, openai, google

5124.

Seasonic unveils world's first 80 Plus Ruby ATX power supply — Prime Enterprise RX-1600 delivers 1600W with up to 95.4% efficiency (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Aaron Klotz | tags: seasonic, prime rx-1600, 80 plus ruby

5125.

You can earn your Google Al Professional Certificate for free - and I highly recommend it (zdnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by David Gewirtz | tags: google ai, coursera, gemini

5126.

Get 32GB of RAM for only $241 in this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg —save $249 on this inclusive bundle with Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Corsair Vengeance RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Joe Shields | tags: corsair vengeance, ryzen 7 9800x3d, gigabyte x870e

5127.

AI didn't erase the junior engineer's value, it increased it it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Francisco Trindade | tags: junior engineer, pull request, senior engineer

5128.

The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era — as privately held compute clusters are built, running HPL becomes a distraction (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | tags: supercomputer, china, linshine

5129.

Bought Logitech kit during the Trump tariff mess? You may be due a refund … (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: logitech, trump tariffs, us supreme court

5130.

SMIC posts record $3B quarter and hikes wafer prices — US sanctions hand Chinese foundry a captive AI market (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Luke James | tags: smic, wafer prices, tsmc