GoKawiil - Tech News

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Lutron Caseta expands hands-free smart home controls through Sonos (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Zac Hall | tags: caseta, control, lutron

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ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: asrock, bc-250, steam machine

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I installed these smart window shades in 10 minutes - now I want them all over my house (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maria Diaz | tags: smartwings, roller shades, amazon

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SelectBlinds Promo Codes & Coupons: Save on Custom Window Treatments (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Molly Higgins | tags: selectblinds, window treatments, bamboo shades

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WebGL Without a GPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | by Kiko Beats | get WebGL Software Emulator → | tags: webgl, mesa llvmpipe, angle

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Figma now has AI motion graphics and shader tools (theverge.com)

2026-06-24 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Figma AI Motion Plugin → | tags: figma, webgpu, shader effects

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Microsoft's shader stutter fix is now available for all AMD Radeon GPUs, Nvidia users have to wait (techspot.com)

2026-06-13 | by Daniel Sims | get AMD Radeon Shader Fix Kit → | tags: amd radeon, nvidia, advanced shader delivery

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Making a Shading Language for My Offline Renderer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-08 | by Jiayin Cao | get GPU Shading Language Book → | tags: closure, code, group

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Crystal Nights (2008) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-02 | tags: interzone, orion, night shade books

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We tested Advanced Shader Delivery on the RX 9070 XT in six games — up to 95% improvement in load times and 33 percent faster 1% Low FPS (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-24 | by Dan Mateescu | get AMD Radeon RX 7000 Series Graphics Card → | tags: shader delivery, rx 9070 xt, pipeline state objects

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The Tech I Rely on Daily to Keep My Toddler’s Room Sleep-Friendly (cnet.com)

2026-05-18 | by See Full Bio | get Smart Baby Night Light → | tags: smartwings, cnet, lithium-ion

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Forza Horizon 6 boots up in just 4 seconds instead of 90 with new Advanced Shader Delivery tech and AMD GPUs — Microsoft claims 95% reduction in gaming load times (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Hassam Nasir | get AMD Radeon Graphics Card → | tags: forza horizon 6, advanced shader delivery, amd rdna 3

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Show HN: Nibble (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | tags: nibble, llvm, sdl2

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Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-12 | get Sky & Sunsets Projector → | tags: nasa, endeavour, shader

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Colored Shadow Penumbra (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Colorful Shadow Art Kit → | tags: unreal engine, lumen, substrate

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4 Tech Products I Rely on to Help My Toddler Sleep (cnet.com)

2026-04-24 | by See Full Bio | get White Noise Machine → | tags: smartwings, blackout shades, cnet

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Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-23 | by Ivan Mehta | get Video Library Search Tool → | tags: shade, cloud storage, khosla ventures

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Mosyle identifies two new macOS threats invisible to antivirus engines (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-22 | by Arin Waichulis | get Mosyle Security Suite → | tags: mosyle, phoenix worm, shade stager

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I hated this Android texting feature for seven years — but Android 17 finally fixed it (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-17 | get Android Texting Accessibility Tool → | tags: android 17, google, smart replies

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Show HN: Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Shader Editing Software → | tags: shader lab, photoshop, keyframe

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Introducing: ShaderPad (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get ShaderPad GPU Programming Tool → | tags: shaderpad, shadertoy, three.js

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Best Smart Shades, Blinds, and Curtains (2026): Motorized, Tailor-Made, and More (wired.com)

2026-04-10 | by Simon Hill | get Motorized Smart Blinds → | tags: smart shades, tailor-made, window blinds

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Nvidia Rolls Out Its Fix For PC Gaming's 'Compiling Shaders' Wait Times (slashdot.org)

2026-04-02 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Cleaner → | tags: nvidia, pc gaming, compiling shaders

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Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-01 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Cleaner → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, shader compilation

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Nvidia's new app lets you precompile gaming shaders during machine idle time (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-01 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Tool → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, machine idle

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Nvidia App adds 'Auto Shader Compilation' for faster load times in games — beta feature automatically recompiles shaders in the background after every driver update (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-01 | by Hassam Nasir | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: nvidia, auto shader compilation, dlss 4.5

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Nvidia App beta enables DLSS 4.5 with dynamic frame-gen, automatic shader compilation (techspot.com)

2026-03-31 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, rtx 50

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Fast and Gorgeous Erosion Filter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | tags: erosion filter, shadertoy, water streams

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Intel's new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x — Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Arc Shader Cache → | tags: intel, arc xe2, directx sdk

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New Intel Arc drivers promise faster game loads with shader distribution (techspot.com)

2026-03-18 | get Intel Arc Graphics Card → | tags: intel, arc gpu, graphics shader distribution