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Save $130 on this Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop — RTX 5060 gaming with easy upgradability for less than $1,300 (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Stewart Bendle | get Asus ROG Strix G16 Laptop → | tags: asus rog strix g16, nvidia geforce rtx 5060, intel core i7 14650hx

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Seller gets scammed as eBay customer returns $4,000 RTX 5090 with missing GPU core and memory modules — fully working Zotac stripped of most valuable components and sent back (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Kunal Khullar | get RTX 5090 GPU Repair Kit → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, zotac

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Save big on gaming laptops, Switch 2 consoles, and more during Best Buy's Tech Fest sale (zdnet.com)

2026-03-19 | by Taylor Clemons | get Gaming Laptop Cooling Pad → | tags: best buy, switch 2, wd black sn850p

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Walmart flooded with RTX 40-series GPUs as 50-series remains out of reach for most gamers — retailer slashes up to $480 off last-gen GPUs to offer sensible prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Zhiye Liu | get EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti → | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 40-series, walmart

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Apple Vision Pro gains smoother gameplay with Nvidia’s top GeForce Now streaming plan (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-19 | by Zac Hall | get Nvidia GeForce Now Subscription → | tags: apple vision pro, nvidia geforce now, rtx 5080

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Save $350 on the cheapest RTX 5070 Ti laptop with an OLED display — Acer's excellent Predator Helios Neo 16S AI with 32GB of RAM is just $1,549 right now (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S → | tags: rtx 5070 ti, predator helios neo 16s ai, oled display

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Save $800 on this powerhouse Alienware 4K gaming PC with an RTX 5080 and 64GB DDR5 RAM — epic pre-built also includes a huge 4TB SSD and a 24-core Intel CPU for high-end performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Ben Stockton | get Alienware Aurora R15 → | tags: alienware, rtx 5080, intel core ultra 9 285k

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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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Nvidia BlueField-4 STX adds a context memory layer to storage to close the agentic AI throughput gap (venturebeat.com)

2026-03-16 | get Nvidia BlueField-4 STX → | tags: nvidia, bluefield-4, vera cpu

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NVIDIA claims DLSS 5 will deliver 'photoreal' image quality with AI this fall (engadget.com)

2026-03-16 | get NVIDIA DLSS 3.0 Gaming Card → | tags: nvidia, dlss 5, rtx 5090

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My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | get Mycroft Mark II → | tags: homeassistant, llama.cpp, google nest

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My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | get Mycroft Mark II → | tags: homeassistant, llama.cpp, google nest

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Chinese GPU vendor Zephyr has cancelled its single-fan RTX 4070 Ti Super due to VRAM price hikes — memory shortage is forcing a pivot to an SFF RTX 4070 Super instead (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: zephyr, nvidia, rtx 4070 ti

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Flabbergasted GPU repair wizard highlights dangers of liquid metal after leak kills entire RTX 5070 Ti — user-applied TIM spread to every crevice of the PCB, physically cracking and shorting out the core (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Hassam Nasir | get Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid Metal → | tags: rtx 5070 ti, liquid metal, asus tuf

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MSI plans 30% gaming product price hike as memory and GPU shortages bite — 'This year is the most severe year since the company was founded' (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Luke James | get MSI Gaming Laptop → | tags: msi, nvidia gpu, drams

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Trump's DOJ is not falling for Sam Bankman-Fried's MAGA makeover on X (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-12 | get FTX → | tags: ftx, trump, maga

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RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 — latest popular distro update brings significant performance uplift for Nvidia's top GPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-12 | by Aaron Klotz | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 → | tags: nvidia, ubuntu 26.04, rtx 5090

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This RTX 5060 Acer gaming laptop with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD is a steal for just £799.99 — solid 1080p performer includes a 10-core Intel CPU and a fast 165Hz refresh rate (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-12 | by Ben Stockton | get RTX 5060 Gaming Laptop → | tags: nvidia geforce rtx 5060, acer nitro v15, intel core i7-13620h

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Save $800 on this MSI desktop with RTX 5070, 2TB SSD, and 32GB of RAM — get an Intel Core Ultra 265K gaming rig for just $1,899 (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-12 | by Stephen Warwick | get MSI Gaming Desktop RTX 5070 → | tags: msi, rtx 5070, intel core ultra

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Nvidia’s DLSS 4.5 with 6x Frame Generation is rolling out at the end of March (theverge.com)

2026-03-10 | by Jay Peters | get Graphics Card → | tags: dlss, nvidia, rtx

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MonoGame: A .NET framework for making cross-platform games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | get Unity → | tags: mono game, xbox, directx

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Bluetooth is working on wireless audio tech I once thought was impossible - what to know (zdnet.com)

2026-03-05 | by Jada Jones | get Wireless Audio → | tags: bluetooth sig, spatial audio, ldac

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Some People See Aliens While on DMT. Researchers Want to Find Out What They Can Teach Us (wired.com)

2026-03-04 | by Webb Wright | get Neurotransmitter → | tags: dmx, imperial college london, rick strassman

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Billy bookshelves as a retro motherboard "rack" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-01 | by Ruben Schade | get Bookshelf → | tags: ikea billy, motherboard, atx

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Best Wireless Headphones (2026): I Compare Bose, Apple, Sony, and More (wired.com)

2026-02-25 | by Ryan Waniata | get Wireless Headphones → | tags: sony linkbuds clip, jbl tour one m3 smart tx, status audio pro x

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Best Wireless Headphones (2026): I Compare Bose, Apple, Sony and More (wired.com)

2026-02-25 | by Ryan Waniata | get Wireless Headphones → | tags: sony linkbuds clip, jbl tour one m3 smart tx, status audio pro x

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Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gen 10 Desktop Review: Mighty Good Value, if a Little Quirky (cnet.com)

2026-02-25 | by See Full Bio | get Lenovo Legion → | tags: lenovo legion tower 5 gen 10, cnet score, amd ryzen 7 7800x3d

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Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-25 | by Marina Temkin | get Tensor → | tags: matx, gpu, nvidia

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Show HN: Quantifying opportunity cost with a deliberately "simple" web app (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-24 | get Web App → | tags: opportunity cost, web app, readme.txt

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AI craze leaves only one Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU at MSRP — RTX 5060 Ti 8GB makes the final stand, as even the RTX 5050 falls (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-20 | by Zhiye Liu | get RTX 5060 Ti → | tags: card, geforce, geforce rtx