GoKawiil - Tech News

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What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under? (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartphone → | tags: battery, cars, software

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Can a Computer Science Student Be Taught to Design Hardware? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Liz Allan | get Microprocessor → | tags: chip, design, engineering

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Dell XPS 14 (2026) review: Two steps forward (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew E. Freedman | get XPS Laptop → | tags: dell, dell xps, hardware

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Rode Wireless Pro and Wireless Go can now connect direct to iPhone (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Wireless Go → | tags: firmware, firmware update, iphone

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Chinese hackers exploiting Dell zero-day flaw since mid-2024 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get Dell XPS → | tags: brickstorm, chinese, dell

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Cloud startup Render raises funding at $1.5 billion valuation as AI-built apps boom (cnbc.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jordan Novet | get Render Apps → | tags: cloud, render, servers

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KBIS 2026: We're Live at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (cnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by See Full Bio | get Kitchen and Bath Industry Show → | tags: apps, apps software, need services

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Alienware’s fast 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor is 23 percent off (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Cameron Faulkner | get QD-OLED → | tags: alienware, displayport, hdmi

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Engineer finds his smart sleep mask can read other people's brainwaves due to poor software security — superpower granted via poor-quality software with hardcoded high-level credentials (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Smart Brain Mask → | tags: access, claude, hatzistamou

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$50 junk second-hand motherboard turns into a SSD treasure trove worth $1,500 — 12 terabytes of blazing-fast storage finds a new owner amid crushing shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zhiye Liu | get SSD → | tags: ebay, hardware, motherboard

251.

New Keenadu backdoor found in Android firmware, Google Play apps (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartwatch → | tags: android, apps, device

252.

Poland arrests suspect linked to Phobos ransomware operation (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get Phobos → | tags: attacks, operation, phobos

253.

Anthropic's CEO Says AI and Software Engineers Are in 'Centaur Phase' - But It Won't Last Long (slashdot.org)

2026-02-16 | by Posted | get Neural Network → | tags: amodei, amodei said, half

254.

Apple just gave AirPods Pro 3 and more new beta firmware [U] (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-16 | by Ryan Christoffel | get AirPods Pro 3 → | tags: airpods, airpods pro, beta

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Apple releases beta 1 for watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4 (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-16 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple Watch Series 9 → | tags: apple, beta, beta releases

256.

The Sideprocalypse (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-16 | get I can't fulfill this request. → | tags: crows, future, software

257.

The ‘Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away, designed all of Sega's consoles — Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Sega’s acting president, spending 33 years at the company (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get Sega Genesis → | tags: console, gaming, hardware

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The ‘Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away — Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Sega’s acting president, spending 33 years at the company (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get Sega Genesis → | tags: console, gaming, hardware

259.

Corsair AI Workstation 300 review: Strix Halo sets sail in a compact and classy (but pricey) package (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get Corsair → | tags: ai workstation, hardware, image

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BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ 27-inch 240 Hz 4K OLED gaming monitor review: BenQ shines with its first gaming OLED monitor (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Christian Eberle | get OLED → | tags: benq, color, credit

261.

LaserPecker LX2 review: Large scale dual laser cutter (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Denise Bertacchi | get Laser Cutter → | tags: credit tom, hardware, image

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Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for the age of PC shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get GPU → | tags: bride, gold, groom

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Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for age of PC shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get GPU → | tags: bride, gold, groom

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Turkish wedding party receive RTX 5090, RAM and Intel CPU wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for the AI age (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get RTX 5090 → | tags: bride, gold, groom

265.

New ClickFix attack abuses nslookup to retrieve PowerShell payload via DNS (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-15 | get DNS PowerShell → | tags: attacks, clickfix, command

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The AI trade has entered a puzzling phase. Do we know who the winners are anymore? (cnbc.com)

2026-02-15 | by Jim Cramer | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: anthropic, software, stock

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Grab this gigantic, 1600W 80+ Platinum power supply for just 33 cents per watt — Seasonic's Prime TX 1600W is down to just $532 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Hassam Nasir | get Power Supply → | tags: hardware, image, prime

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iOS 27 to include code cleanup and interface tweaks in hopes to boost battery life: report (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-15 | by Michael Burkhardt | get iPhone → | tags: apple, battery, battery life

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Advanced Pentagon laser weapon shot down party balloons instead of drone by mistake, says report — airport shut down after Customs and Border Protection mistakenly believed it was targeting Mexican cartel drones (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Mark Tyson | get Laser gun → | tags: laser, party, pentagon

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M5Stack AI Pyramid charms with translucent, RGB infused tetrahedral shell and $199 price tag — but it is far more of an edge-AI appliance than a mini-PC (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Mark Tyson | get M5Stick Plus → | tags: ai pyramid, edge, hardware