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5491.

Password managers' promise that they can't see your vaults isn't always true (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-17 | get Vaults → | tags: bitwarden, dashlane, lastpass

5492.

Spain orders NordVPN, ProtonVPN to block LaLiga piracy sites (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get NordVPN → | tags: laliga, nordvpn, opportunity

5493.

Discord Rival Gets Overwhelmed by Exodus of Players Fleeing Age-Verification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | get Discord Plus → | tags: age verification, discord, discord rival

5494.

Can a Computer Science Student Be Taught to Design Hardware? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Liz Allan | get Microprocessor → | tags: chip, design, engineering

5495.

Micron's PCIe 6.0 SSD Hits Mass Production at 28 GB/s (slashdot.org)

2026-02-17 | by Posted | get Micron SSD → | tags: anarchists, anarchists richard, kadrey

5496.

Extreme upscaling: What happens when DLSS turns 38x22 pixels into 4K? (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: absurdly, absurdly low, ago read

5497.

TeamSpeak sees massive surge as frustrated Discord users jump ship (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get TeamSpeak 5 → | tags: team speak, discord, team speak classic

5498.

WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-17 | by Sarah Perez | get AI Assistant → | tags: assistant, image, site

5499.

AI Data Centers Are Now Spiking Hard Drive Prices (futurism.com)

2026-02-17 | by Victor Tangermann | get Hard Drives → | tags: cloud, drives, hard

5500.

How Ford is building more efficient EV batteries with help from a tiny charging startup it bought 2 years ago (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Battery → | tags: affordable, affordable electric, automaker

5501.

Ford is focusing on efficiency to make its 2027 $30,000 EV pickup affordable (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-17 | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: battery, ford, pickup

5502.

Dell XPS 14 (2026) review: Two steps forward (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew E. Freedman | get XPS Laptop → | tags: dell, dell xps, hardware

5503.

One UI 8.5 packs a big audio upgrade for content creators (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Soundbar → | tags: audio, audio recording, devices

5504.

Apple Might Announce Colorful, Low-Cost MacBook on March 4 (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-17 | get MacBook → | tags: affordable, affordable iphone, ipads

5505.

It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They’re About to Be Replaced by AI Has Grim Psychological Effects (futurism.com)

2026-02-17 | by Frank Landymore | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: aird, authors, health

5506.

Some Olympic Athletes Are Pocketing $792,000 for Winning a Gold Medal. Here's Which Countries Pay the Most. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jonathan Small | get Smartphone → | tags: athletes, awards, gold

5507.

Now Pixel 9 phones can transfer files with AirDrop, too (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Allison Johnson | get AirDrop → | tags: airdrop, apple, devices

5508.

Meta patents AI that could continue posting on social media on behalf of deceased users (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Virtual Assistant → | tags: according patent, activity, media

5509.

This backup camera cleaner hides behind your license plate (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew Liszewski | get License Plate Cleaner → | tags: backup, backup camera, camera

5510.

SATA SSD cheated death from failed attempt at data destruction with a drill — drive emerges victorious in face-off against IT worker (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: drilling, drive, drives

5511.

Ford is fighting against physics to build affordable EVs (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: clarke, cost, ford

5512.

$50 junk second-hand motherboard turns into a SSD treasure trove worth $1,500 — 12 terabytes of blazing-fast storage finds a new owner amid crushing shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zhiye Liu | get SSD → | tags: ebay, hardware, motherboard

5513.

The curious case of the disappearing Lamborghinis (technologyreview.com)

2026-02-17 | by Craig Silverman | get Porsche Boxster → | tags: carrier, fraud, load

5514.

This MagSafe wallet is nearly perfect, but there's one design choice I can't get past (zdnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by Adam Doud | get MagSafe Wallet → | tags: battery, cards, magsafe

5515.

Toyota fills out its skimpy EV lineup with the bZ Woodland SUV (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get BZ Woodland → | tags: bz woodland, standard, toyota

5516.

Sony's new system can identify original tracks inside AI-generated music (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Music Generator → | tags: according multiple, ai generated, contributed

5517.

Who needs a laptop when you have a folding phone? (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Allison Johnson | get Smartphone → | tags: computer, folding, keyboard

5518.

SvarDOS – an open-source DOS distribution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Mateusz Viste | get Sparrow OS → | tags: development, packages, project

5519.

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Feb. 17 (cnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by See Full Bio | get New York Times → | tags: author, bars, birthdate

5520.

Thinking hard burns almost no calories but destroys your next workout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Xipu Li | get Incline Trainer → | tags: adenosine, brain, cognitive