GoKawiil - Tech News

1.

Pre-modded 22GB RTX 2080 Ti cards surface on eBay for $500 as VRAM-hungry local AI fans chase down every spare FLOP — Hong Kong-based seller offers AI-friendly memory mod for a reasonable price (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jeffrey Kampman | tags: means, memory, products

2.

Meta Quest Promo Codes and Coupons for August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Brad Bourque | tags: meta quest, quest 3, vr headset

3.

‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn’ Has a Perfectly Creepy Trailer (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: x-files, chris carter, disney+

4.

2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X proves code is as important as hardware (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: chevrolet, corvette, grand sport x

5.

Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group Hijacks Hotel Wi-Fi With CaptiveCrunch (slashdot.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: midnight blizzard, captive crunch, svr

6.

16GB GPUs and 8-core CPUs officially become the most popular configs on Steam — Latest hardware survey shows modern gaming's growing hunger for more resources (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: gpu vram, steam hardware, amd resurgence

7.

Explanation of INT8 ConvRot (FP8 is no longer needed) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: int8 convrot, geforce rtx, comfyui

8.

GPU prices keep surging in 2026 — Lack of sale discounts and rising VRAM costs keep current-gen prices sky-high (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: nvidia, amd, intel

9.

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

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

10.

Exxon and Chevron are having a ‘very good crisis’ reaping massive profits during the Iran war (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: exxon mobil, iran war, strait of hormuz

11.

Shell Is Profiting Massively Off the War in Iran (futurism.com)

2026-07-30 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: shell, iran, oil prices

12.

Fiverr stock today: Freelance marketplace’s collapse proves AI is decimating the gig economy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: fiverr, gig economy, fvr

13.

GPU repair service will upgrade the 11GB of VRAM on your RTX 2080 Ti to 22GB — mod involves physically adjusting the strap resistors on the PCB to support a new BIOS (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: nvidia, rtx 2080 ti, gpu repair

14.

Shipping Godot VR and Porting to PSVR2: A Partial Post Mortem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Claire Blackshaw | tags: godot, psvr2, sony

15.

Motherboard VRM thermal testing – budget vs. high-end boards, does it really matter? (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Joe Shields | tags: motherboard, vrm, power delivery

16.

AI enthusiast adds Nvidia Tesla V100 as loud as a lawnmower to gaming PC for $266 — 32GB of VRAM rig can run 27 billion parameter model at 32 tokens per second (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-26 | by Mark Tyson | tags: nvidia tesla v100, vrm expansion, local llm

17.

RTX 2080 Ti Memory Upgrade to 22 GB (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: nvidia, rtx 2080 ti, gddr6

18.

45% off: Slashed to just $1,099, this bargain RTX 5060-powered gaming laptop is discounted by $900 at HP — near half-price HyperX Omen 16 is the perfect gaming laptop for heading back to school (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: hyperx omen 16, rtx 5060, amd ryzen 7

19.

NerdLens: Mirror your computer with cardboard VR (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: google cardboard, nerdlens, iproxy

20.

Meta’s Quest Game Subscribers Will Be Getting Some Xbox Extras (cnet.com)

2026-07-21 | by Scott Stein | tags: meta, quest vr, xbox game pass

21.

Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji (theverge.com)

2026-07-18 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: google, 3d emoji, noto emoji

22.

YouTube TV Review: Even at This Price, Still the Best Channel Selection You'll Find (cnet.com)

2026-07-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: youtube tv, google, cnet

23.

Xreal XBX a01+ review: Astoundingly bright, lightweight AR glasses for $299 (engadget.com)

2026-07-17 | by Devindra Hardawar | tags: xreal, ar glasses, micro-oled

24.

Chevron Will Explore a Pipeline Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-16 | tags: chevron, strait of hormuz, trump

25.

The R-Rated Director’s Cut of ‘The X-Files’ Movie Has a Title and Release Date (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: the x-files, vrach frankenshteyn, hulu

26.

How to Train a Gen AI Kick Drum Model on Your Old Linux Desktop with 6GB VRAM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: gen ai, kick drum, linux

27.

Home-swapping platform Kindred adds affinity ‘Circles,’ starting with one for women (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: accommodations, accommodations platforms, airbnb

28.

Get an RTX 3060 with 12 GB of VRAM for just $329.99 at Newegg — MSI Ventus 2X OC model back in stock with free shipping (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: card, deals, quite

29.

Goodbye, Forever, Probably (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | by Salma Alam-Naylor | tags: devrel, industry

30.

Chevy built an all-American EV truck — why is nobody buying it? (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-03 | by Tim De Chant | tags: chevrolet, silverado ev, avalanche