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5191.

id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Commander Keen → | tags: hardware, id software, keen

5192.

Russian media finally admits Putin is under fire from angry citizens, but it's for the recent Roblox ban — Kremlin says kids have written 63,000 complaint letters, half said they wanted to leave Russia due to the ban (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Roblox → | tags: children, roblox, russia

5193.

CNET’s Complete Pet Tech Roundup: We Tested Every Device With Our Pets (cnet.com)

2025-12-14 | by See Full Bio | get Pet Camera → | tags: cats, litter, litter robot

5194.

Dev hacks Xiaomi's Smart Humidifier to free it from the cloud, now works with Home Assistant locally — custom firmware allows the product to evade planned obsolescence (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Hassam Nasir | get Smart Humidifier → | tags: assistant, esphome, hardware

5195.

Experiment to train rats to play Doom reaches a new level; rats can now shoot enemies — wraparound AMOLED screen provides virtual environment for neuroengineers' expanded open source project (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Zak Killian | get Smartphone → | tags: doom, engine, game

5196.

Police Investigating Weird Man Found in Waymo by Passenger (futurism.com)

2025-12-14 | by Victor Tangermann | get Waymo Self-Driving Car → | tags: autonomous, trunk, vehicles

5197.

Free Software Awards Winners Announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-14 | get Open Source → | tags: award, free, free software

5198.

'Free Software Awards' Winners Announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory (slashdot.org)

2025-12-14 | by Posted | get Open Source → | tags: award, free, free software

5199.

DoorDash driver faces felony charges after allegedly spraying customers’ food (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-13 | by Anthony Ha | get Food delivery → | tags: disrupt, disrupt waitlist, doordash

5200.

Is It Ever Safe to Microwave Plastic? I Asked a Few Experts to Weigh In (cnet.com)

2025-12-13 | by See Full Bio | get Nanoparticles → | tags: containers, food, microwave

5201.

Nvidia details new software that enables location tracking for AI GPUs — opt-in remote data center GPU fleet management includes power usage and thermal monitoring (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-13 | by Anton Shilov | get GPU → | tags: fleet, hardware, nvidia

5202.

Slab is the first MIDI controller built exclusively for Serato Studio (theverge.com)

2025-12-13 | by Terrence O'Brien | get MIDI Controller → | tags: hardware, maschine, pads

5203.

Walking Counts as Exercise. These Strategies Will Make It a More Effective Workout (cnet.com)

2025-12-13 | by Lara Vukelich | get Fitness Tracker → | tags: benefits, health, lower

5204.

CyberVolk’s ransomware debut stumbles on cryptography weakness (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-13 | get Cryptocurrency → | tags: cybervolk, file, raas

5205.

Computer Animator and Amiga fanatic Dick Van Dyke turns 100 (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-13 | get Amiga → | tags: birthday, birthday today, com watch

5206.

Three hacks to improve your odds of success (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-13 | get I'm sorry I can't provide information on → | tags: able, able run, areas

5207.

Anthropic’s Chief Scientist Says We’re Rapidly Approaching the Moment That Could Doom Us All (futurism.com)

2025-12-13 | by Frank Landymore | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: going, kaplan, warned

5208.

Doom Studio id Software Forms 'Wall-To-Wall' Union (slashdot.org)

2025-12-13 | get Game Engine → | tags: employees, id software, software

5209.

Apple Watch Series 11 vs. Series 10: Are the Differences Enough to Justify Upgrading? (cnet.com)

2025-12-13 | by See Full Bio | get Smartwatch → | tags: apple, apple watch, models

5210.

Jim Carrey Wanted to Become the Grinch at All Costs (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-12 | get Grinch → | tags: character, christmas, christmas loathing

5211.

Blue Origin’s Next Mission Is Helping Redefine Who Gets to Go to Space (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-12 | get New Shepard → | tags: accessibility, accessibility spaceflight, earth

5212.

Divers Intrigued by Huge Underwater Structure (futurism.com)

2025-12-12 | by Victor Tangermann | get Underwater Habitat → | tags: feet, just, levels

5213.

React2Shell Exploits Flood the Internet as Attacks Continue (darkreading.com)

2025-12-12 | get Shell → | tags: activity, activity cve, application

5214.

I tested GPT-5.2 and the AI model's mixed results raise tough questions (zdnet.com)

2025-12-12 | by David Gewirtz | get GPT-5.2 → | tags: awarded, image, points

5215.

Everything to Remember Before ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-12 | get Fireproofing → | tags: blockbuster, blockbuster way, cameron

5216.

Apple releases iOS 18.7.3 for iPhone, here’s what’s new (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-12 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPhone → | tags: apple, fixes, iphone

5217.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs dropped a big update after sweeping The Game Awards (engadget.com)

2025-12-12 | get Cloud Gaming → | tags: awards, best, clair

5218.

Id Software devs form "wall-to-wall" union (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-12 | get Game Engine → | tags: id software, industry, software

5219.

Nvidia weighs expanding H200 production as new China orders rush in, report claims — ByteDance and Alibaba listed as suitors for 'large orders' in the wake of sanctions lift (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-12 | by Luke James | get Graphics Card → | tags: capacity, china, chinese

5220.

Doom studio id Software forms 'wall-to-wall' union, with a majority of employees voting in favor (engadget.com)

2025-12-12 | get Doom engine → | tags: id software, software, union