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Coconut Oil Jet Fuel Matches Kerosene's Efficiency in Engine Tests (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-23 | by Studyfinds Analysis | get Nutiva organic virgin coconut oil → | tags: coconut oil, biofuel, kerosene

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Self-driving Ford F-250 truck with shotgun-equipped drone-killing turret tested by US Army — autonomous system designed to blast fast-moving drones at between 10 and 100 meters range (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Mark Tyson | tags: ford f-250, forterra autodrive, forterra

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Fake GTA VI ISO circulates on the internet a few days after leak, internet sleuths claim 113GB download is padded malware — testers claim file is 99.99% empty zeroes with 50KB virus embedded (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Jowi Morales | get Malwarebytes Premium antivirus 1 year → | tags: gta vi, rockstar games, torrent sites

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CPU-Z gets biggest update since 2001 with V3 — 100+ health checks, built-in stress testing, and XOC effective clock tracking (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Aaron Klotz | tags: cpu-z, xoc, amd

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The best small tablets of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed (zdnet.com)

2026-08-21 | by Allison Murray | tags: ipad mini, amazon fire, samsung galaxy tab

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Chinese memory firm CXMT relied on leaked Samsung technology to skip years of R&D, court testimony claims (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Zo Ahmed | tags: cxmt, samsung electronics, dram

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The LG C6 OLED TV is one of the most impressive TVs I've tested year - and it's on sale (zdnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Taylor Clemons | tags: lg c6 oled, zdnet, retail

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I Am Morally Opposed to Updating My Claude.md (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Alex Jacobs | tags: claude.md, dario, markdown

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Synopsys validates a PCIe 6.0 PHY inside a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/s — says it got there by pulling apart an existing 2D test chip (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Luke James | tags: pcie 6.0, synopsys, 3d stacking

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The TCL QM8L proves it's worth the upgrade in our lab testing (zdnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Taylor Clemons | tags: tcl qm8l, samsung, sony

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We tested the Pixel 11’s Tensor G6 chip, and the results are brutal (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: pixel 11, tensor g6, google

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Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Raymond Chen | tags: windows 95, hologram, anti-piracy

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Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Raymond Chen | tags: windows 95, hologram, naked children

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Whistleblower Arturo Bejar Leads Testimony In Landmark Trial Against Meta (slashdot.org)

2026-08-20 | tags: meta, mark zuckerberg, facebook

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An ‘Exercise Pill’ Just Cleared Its First Human Test (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: enveda, env-308, exercise pill

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Peacock Is Testing Out a Rewards Program for Subscribers (cnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Kourtnee Jackson | tags: peacock, nbcuniversal, instacart

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Entrepreneur Test Drive: Mazda CX-90 PHEV (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | by Dan Bova | tags: mazda, cx-90, phev

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Whoop Expands Beyond Its Wearable Membership With Blood Tests (cnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Anna Gragert | tags: whoop, quest diagnostics, blood tests

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After testing the Pixel 11, I feel fine about skipping the Pro models - here's why (zdnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: pixel 11, google, tensor g6

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Flock is testing a new AI tool that tracks and identifies people based on their driving habits (engadget.com)

2026-08-19 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: flock, ai tools, license plate reader

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I've tested dozens of rugged smartwatches - this one's battery is on a different level (zdnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Matthew Miller | tags: suunto, garmin, fenix 8

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Best robot vacuum mops of 2026: Expert tested (zdnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Maria Diaz | tags: robot vacuum, irobot, vacuum mops

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I tested Bose's new midrange headphones - now the pricey Ultras feel redundant (zdnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jada Jones | tags: bose, quietcomfort, sennheiser

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MicroSD card torture test writes 133 petabytes of data across 351 cards over three years — cards tested to failure reveal SanDisk as the outlier with 6 failures of the 7 tested (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: sandisk, microsd, datahoarder

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We lab-tested 7 TVs for color accuracy - and the winners weren't Sony or Samsung (zdnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Allison Murray | tags: hisense, calman, samsung

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Testing the Galaxy S26 Plus at night exposes flagship smartphone cameras’ biggest mistake (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: samsung galaxy s26 plus, android authority, pixel 11 pro

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Programmable Property-Based Testing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: based testing, programmable, programmable property

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I tested GNOME's glassy new look - and it's simply spectacular (zdnet.com)

2026-08-18 | by Jack Wallen | tags: gnome, aura glass, ubuntu

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Show HN: Argus, agentic QA for teams whose coding agents move faster than QA (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: argus, playwright, visual testing

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Show HN: PantheonGPU – GPU health testing and AI workload benchmarking (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: pantheon, gpu, nvidia