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931.

Wired subscriber data exposed as hackers claim to have stolen 40 million Condé Nast records (techspot.com)

2025-12-30 | get Adobe Acrobat → | tags: ago warn, discovered, discovered read

932.

US cybersecurity experts plead guilty to BlackCat ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-30 | get Nigerian Ransomware → | tags: blackcat, digitalmint, extortion

933.

Why your coding skills are more essential than ever in the AI age (zdnet.com)

2025-12-30 | by Joe Mckendrick | get Machine Learning → | tags: code, coding, engineers

934.

Russian Enthusiasts Planning DIY DDR5 Memory Amidst Worldwide Shortage (slashdot.org)

2025-12-30 | get DDR5 → | tags: chips, cost, doesn

935.

Roomba expands Matter support, adding HomeKit compatibility to multiple vacuums (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-30 | by Marcus Mendes | get Vacuum Cleaner → | tags: home, matter, robot

936.

Loss32: Let's Build a Win32/Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-29 | get Win32 → | tags: desktop, just, linux

937.

D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Bruno Ferreira | get DirectX 11 → | tags: game, games, hardware

938.

Asus teaser video outs upcoming 'Neo' motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector, M.2 upgrades, and NitroPath DRAM for ultra-fast DDR5 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Zhiye Liu | get Motherboard → | tags: asus, hardware, motherboards

939.

Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard — updated benchmark includes an SMT core test (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Bruno Ferreira | get CPU-Z → | tags: chips, cinebench, engine

940.

Five Years of Tinygrad (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-29 | by The Singularity Is Nearer | get Smartwatch → | tags: code, lines, software

941.

Why the electrical grid needs more software (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-29 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Grid → | tags: batteries, grid, power

942.

Roborock CES teaser features a robot vacuum’s greatest enemy: stairs (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-29 | get Vacuum → | tags: hardware, miss, roborock

943.

Hacker arrested for KMSAuto malware campaign with 2.8 million downloads (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-29 | get KMSAuto → | tags: clipper, kmsauto, malware

944.

IDC warns PC market could shrink up to 9% in 2026 due to skyrocketing RAM pricing — even moderate forecast hits 5% drop as AI-driven shortages slam into PC market (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Zak Killian | get RAM → | tags: hardware, market, memory

945.

Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review: A monster in the tiny M.2 2242 form factor (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Shane Downing | get MicroSD → | tags: controller, corsair, drive

946.

Thermaltake's new AIO cooler requires paid OpenAI subscription to generate custom backgrounds for $0.04 per prompt — "AI Forge" feature taps into OpenAI's platform and JiMeng (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Hassam Nasir | get AIO → | tags: credit, image, openai

947.

Thermaltake's new AIO cooler uses Dall-E 3 to generate custom backgrounds for $0.04 per prompt, requires paid OpenAI subscription — "AI Forge" feature taps into OpenAI's platform and JiMeng (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Hassam Nasir | get AIO → | tags: credit, image, openai

948.

You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what? (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-29 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Spyware → | tags: apple, device, google

949.

Romanian energy provider hit by Gentlemen ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-29 | get Cybersecurity software → | tags: attack, energy, incident

950.

Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CEO (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Anton Shilov | get IBM → | tags: gerstner, hardware, leadership

951.

Software engineers should be a little bit cynical (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-28 | get Open Source → | tags: cynical, engineers, software

952.

Opinion | The Five Mules Pulling the 21st Century (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-12-28 | get Mules → | tags: astounded, astounded technology, forward

953.

Save over $500 on the cheapest RTX 5070 gaming laptop we've seen with an OLED screen — Grab Lenovo's Legion 5 with a Ryzen 7 350 CPU for as low as $1,137 with discount code (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Hassam Nasir | get OLED screen → | tags: deals, hardware, image

954.

Security Bite: A note on the growing problem of Apple-notarized malware on macOS (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-28 | by Arin Waichulis | get Notarization → | tags: apple, malicious, malware

955.

Ditch the Subscription: Get Lifetime Access to Windows 11 Pro for Just $10 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-28 | get Windows 11 → | tags: access, just, security

956.

Supersonic Jet Engines Will Soon Power AI Data Centers (cnet.com)

2025-12-28 | by See Full Bio | get Jet Engines → | tags: apps, apps software, need services

957.

Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Faceoff (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Core i7 → | tags: core, core ultra, hardware

958.

Modders are slapping 32GB of VRAM on Nvidia's RTX 5080 GPUs, but that isn't good for gamers — modded variants designed for AI workstations and servers (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Aaron Klotz | get Nvidia RTX 5080 → | tags: gpus, hardware, likely

959.

Build Software. Build Users (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-28 | get Eclipse → | tags: code, quality, software

960.

Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-27 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Spyware → | tags: cases, device, helpline