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Introducing Bench 2.0 — a revamped benchmark analyzer, exclusively for Tom's Hardware Premium subscribers (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jeremy Kaplan | tags: bench, hardware, tests

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The web server deployment model breaks at hobby scale (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: application, cache, frontend

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Quake turns 30, and it just got two surprise expansions in one week (techspot.com)

2026-08-07 | by Zo Ahmed | tags: game, machine, machinegames

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Sonic Pi v5 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: sonic pi, version 5, music programming

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Claude Opus 5 mistakenly deletes dev’s entire profile directory during routine backup, responds with 'Sorry, typo' — AI tool mistakes user's home directory as temporary backup, proceeds to wipe everything to undo the error (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jowi Morales | tags: backup, entire, rm rf

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OpenAI’s first AI smart speaker reportedly won’t just talk, it’ll move too (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: apple, device, hardware

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OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400 (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: bloomberg, device, hardware

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OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400 (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: bloomberg, device, hardware

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OpenAI's ring-shaped smart speaker will reportedly cost between $300 and $400 (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Anna Washenko | tags: device, expect, gurman

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What is a product? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: create, create software, days

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China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: lightspy, researchers, researchers said

102.

Can you reverse engineer an ASIC? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: chip, circuit, hardware

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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: centers, data centers, power

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Almost no skill required to cook a steak (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Yurii Sydorets | tags: actually, build, good

105.

The End of No Code (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: agent, airtable, code

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Thousands of server motherboards are vulnerable to controller flaws that could give attackers hardware-level control (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: attackers, authentication, bmcs

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Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: bmcs, firmware, remotely

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Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: attacks, operation, ransom

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D-Wave shows off its new entry in quantum computing race (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: called, dual rail, hardware

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Something is changing in the unit economics of software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: cost, costs, model

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Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in — New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC soon (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hardware, helix, memo

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$4,429 order for a ROG Astral RTX 5090 cancelled by Nvidia due to a 'late' price increase, with Asus blamed — marketplace buyer refunded after immediate $500 increase, with top-spec GPU now almost 2.5x higher than MSRP (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Ben Stockton | tags: asus, hardware, nvidia

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COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: access, audit, coldcard

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Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hardware, memory, microsoft

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Sportsman's Warehouse Promo Code: Save in August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Molly Higgins | tags: sportsman's warehouse, crocs, yeti

116.

The Investing Heavyweights That Backed Situational Awareness Before It Blew Up (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-05 | tags: hedge fund, situational awareness, investors

117.

Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: software engineering, genai, myths

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Jim Cramer says one hedge fund's collapse cleared the way for tech's rally (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: situational awareness, openai, ai infrastructure

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PC Prices Are So Bad Now, Companies Are Selling You Old Components Like New (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: gigabyte, pc components, upgrade

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Palantir stock skyrockets 29%, narrowly missing its best day ever after 'otherworldly' results (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | tags: palantir, alex karp, ai sovereign tools