GoKawiil - Tech News

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How long can you expect your old cassette tapes to last? (engadget.com)

2026-09-20 | by Christine Persaud | get cassette tape to MP3 converter player → | tags: cassette tapes, spotify, audacity

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The Pixel Weather widget now lets you catch up on the forecast with a single tap (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | get Google Pixel 9 smartphone → | tags: pixel weather app, home screen widget, refresh button

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Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-16 | by Tim De Chant | tags: fluxnium, uranium extraction, seawater uranium

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Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years worth of nuclear fuel (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-16 | by Tim De Chant | tags: fluxnium, nuclear fuel, uranium extraction

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How a Chinese Hacking Firm Tapped AI to Supercharge Cyber-Spying (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-16 | get YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: chinese hacking firm, ai cyber-spying, russia

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TP-Link’s New 4K Video Doorbell Sounds Like an All-Seeing, Subscription-Free Dream (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-15 | get TP-Link Tapo D260 video doorbell → | tags: tp-link, tapo doorbell pro d260, 4k video doorbell

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Received a Spotify link as a YouTube Music user? SongFlip fixes the mismatch with no extra taps (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Anker Soundcore portable Bluetooth speaker → | tags: songflip, spotify, youtube music

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Performance Improvements in .NET 11 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Stephen Toub - Msft | tags: .net 11, christopher guest, spinal tap

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This upcoming flagship could react to taps and tilts faster than ever (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-14 | get Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra S Pen → | tags: flagship, touch responsiveness, motion responsiveness

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Mexican cartel's crypto farm seized in mountain raid — 300 GPUs, satellite links, and industrial transformers tapped hydroelectric power (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-13 | by Mark Tyson | tags: mexican cartels, cryptocurrency mining, gpus

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Ikea supersized its cheap Bluetooth speaker and added an optical input (theverge.com)

2026-09-11 | by Andrew Liszewski | get IKEA Badkruka Bluetooth speaker → | tags: ikea, badkruka, bluetooth speaker

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Proxima Fusion bets €140M on a critical fusion ingredient dominated by Asian suppliers (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-10 | by Tim De Chant | get The Star Builders Arthur Turrell book → | tags: proxima fusion, hts tape, fusion reactors

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Tapo MagCam C460 falls back to low of $84.99 with 4K video, color night vision, and smart alerts (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-08 | get Tapo MagCam C460 4K outdoor security camera → | tags: tapo magcam c460, amazon, security camera

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All-in-one 'DLSS Unlocked' mod brings DLSS 5 and multi-frame gen to RTX 20, 30, and 40 series — hybrid tool taps AMD FSR 3.1 to boost frame rates up to 6X (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Hassam Nasir | get GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER graphics card → | tags: dlss unlocked, dlss 5, multi-frame generation

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A word with a woman who’s trying to pull off a crossbody phone strap (theverge.com)

2026-09-08 | by Allison Johnson | get Bandolier crossbody phone case strap → | tags: crossbody phone strap, tap-to-pay, target circle

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The many mysteries and lessons of the Bayeux tapestry (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-06 | get Bayeux Tapestry complete tapestry in colour book → | tags: bayeux, bayeux tapestry, lessons

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Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-04 | by Kozlov | tags: nih, dod, niaid

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Magnetic tape storage is booming again, thanks to AI's unquenchable hunger for data (techspot.com)

2026-09-03 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get HPE LTO-9 Ultrium 45TB RW data cartridge → | tags: magnetic tape, linear tape-open, quantum corporation

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A PCB business card with a batteryless LED, powered by the phone that taps it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-01 | by Kevin Tang | get NTAG215 blank NFC cards 100 pack → | tags: nfc, ntag i²c plus, pcb

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Synchronisation and SMPTE timecode (time code) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | by Philip Rees | get Tentacle Sync E mk II timecode generator → | tags: smpte, bi-phase mark, vitc

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IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-25 | by Peter Capek | get The Code Book Simon Singh → | tags: ibm, harvest computer, nsa

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The Best Smart Home Devices for Your Desk or Office (cnet.com)

2026-08-25 | by Tyler Lacoma | get Meross smart power strip surge protector → | tags: meross, tapo, google home

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YouTube’s latest UI change improves how you get to a video’s juicy bits (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-24 | get YouTube Premium subscription → | tags: youtube, android, user interface

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Maxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapes — 1970s ferric formula is custom-made for vintage PC data drives (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Maxell UR-90 blank cassette tapes → | tags: maxell, cassette tapes, disk union

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You Can Soon Use the Tap-to-Pay Option at Walmart and Sam’s Club (cnet.com)

2026-08-21 | by Dashia Milden | tags: walmart, sam’s club, tap-to-pay

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Walmart To Finally Start Accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay (slashdot.org)

2026-08-21 | tags: walmart, apple pay, google pay

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Walmart will finally accept tap to pay in stores by the end of 2026 (engadget.com)

2026-08-21 | by Kris Holt | tags: walmart, tap to pay, apple pay

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Walmart surrenders in tap-to-pay war, will start accepting Google Pay (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: walmart, google pay, tap-to-pay

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Walmart finally launching Apple Pay support next week (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-21 | by Chance Miller | tags: apple pay, walmart, tap to pay

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Google’s new Tap to Share feature on the Pixel 11 is incredible. Here’s how to use it (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: pixel 11, quick share, tap to share