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Why C++ programmers keep growing fast despite competition, safety, and AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | by Herb Sutter | get OpenMP → | tags: growth, just, language

1472.

A faster heart for F-Droid (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Faster CPU → | tags: apps, droid, hardware

1473.

A faster heart for F-Droid. Our new server is here (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Faster CPU → | tags: apps, droid, hardware

1474.

Chinese firms Bytedance and Tencent reportedly offer massive 150% pay increases and 35% bonuses to entice AI talent — salaries and increases also expected to balloon in 2026 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Jowi Morales | get Byte → | tags: bonuses, jobs, salaries

1475.

The New Fiscal Year is Calling. Get QuickBooks for $500 Off. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-30 | get QuickBooks → | tags: license, plus, pro plus

1476.

Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks (theverge.com)

2025-12-30 | by Emma Roth | get Norton → | tags: attacks, goldberg, goldberg martin

1477.

Win32 is the stable Linux ABI (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Windows → | tags: just, linux, reactos

1478.

Open source project brings 53-year-old interface to USB — GPIB adapter v3 adds integrated Ethernet port with PoE (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Mark Tyson | get GPIB → | tags: gpib, hardware, project

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Open source USB to GPIB adapter v3 adds integrated Ethernet port with PoE support — new version of legacy GPIB and IEEE-488 support hardware expected in January (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Mark Tyson | get GPIB-to-Ethernet → | tags: gpib, hardware, project

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Grab this 4K gaming PC with an RTX 5080 and 9800X3D for just $2,499 before prices skyrocket — $200 saving on powerful Skytech rig with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Ben Stockton | get Gaming PC → | tags: gaming, gaming pc, hardware

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Recovered Unix v4 tape quickly yields a usable operating system — nostalgia addicts can now boot up Unix v4 in a browser window (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Unix v4 → | tags: emulator, hardware, linux

1482.

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

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

1483.

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

1484.

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

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

1485.

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

1486.

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

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

1487.

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

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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

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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

1490.

Five Years of Tinygrad (news.ycombinator.com)

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

1491.

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

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

1492.

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

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

1493.

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

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

1494.

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

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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

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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

1497.

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

1498.

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

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

1499.

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

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

1500.

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