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TMY Google TV projector drops to $175.99 in its first Amazon price drop (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: google tv, tmy projector, amazon price drop

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Japanese repair shop sells GPU VRAM upgrades for $25 per GB during memory crisis — RTX 2080 Ti modded to 22GB of GDDR6 for just $282, double the VRAM creates a budget AI powerhouse (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: rtx 2080 ti, gddr6, samsung

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GPU thieves replaced RTX 5080 cards with RTX 3060s in Chinese esports hotels until a blackout gave them away (techspot.com)

2026-08-17 | by Rob Thubron | tags: rtx 5080, esports hotels, china

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The PC age began 45 years ago with the breakthrough Intel 8088 processor — 8-bit bus fueled 45 years of x86 dominance (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Mark Tyson | tags: intel 8088, ibm pc 5150, x86 architecture

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Thieves swap RTX 5080 GPUs for RTX 3060s in Chinese gaming hotels — rogue 'downgrades' go unnoticed until sudden blackout exposes $12,000 heist (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: rtx 5080, gaming hotels, chinese police

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A spectre is haunting Unicode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: unicode, jis x 0208, ghost characters

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A Spectre Is Haunting Unicode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: jis x 0208, unicode, ghost characters

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Start your PC gaming journey with this $1,100 1080p gaming rig, now $300 off — RTX 5060 rig from Newegg ships with a 10-core Intel CPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Ben Stockton | tags: newegg, rtx 5060, intel core i5-14400f

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SPF Record Syntax: Mechanisms, Qualifiers, Modifiers, and Macros (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | by Founder | tags: spf, dns, include

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Ten years later, the iconic GTX 1080 Ti still holds up in 1080p gaming, but not without showing its age — Redux testing highlights the wonders of 11GB VRAM & the woes of time (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-03 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: gtx 1080 ti, nvidia, pascal architecture

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Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into gaming rigs — passive Intel Core i3 units manage just 15 fps in GTA V and 25 fps in Minecraft (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: subway mini pcs, intel skylake, advantech ds-081

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Exclusive: Here are the Galaxy S26 FE’s camera specs (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: galaxy s26 fe, samsung isocell, omnivision ov08a1

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Skullcandy Crusher 1080 ANC Review: A Huge Boost From Bose (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: skullcandy, crusher 1080 anc, bose

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Nvidia's fastest graphics cards get US price increase at Best Buy, Amazon — Astral RTX 5080 now costs more than 5090's MSRP, flagship card now commands more than $4,300 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: nvidia, rtx 5080, rtx 5090

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Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP (theverge.com)

2026-07-30 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: rtx 5080, nvidia, asus

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GPU repair service will upgrade the 11GB of VRAM on your RTX 2080 Ti to 22GB — mod involves physically adjusting the strap resistors on the PCB to support a new BIOS (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: nvidia, rtx 2080 ti, gpu repair

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Synth historian Oli Freke will spend big on a good bicycle (theverge.com)

2026-07-25 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: synthesizer, roland tr-808, ableton live

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RTX 2080 Ti Memory Upgrade to 22 GB (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: nvidia, rtx 2080 ti, gddr6

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Save $460 on this AMD 9800X3D gaming PC with RTX 5080 — get blistering 4K performance for less (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: amd ryzen 7 9800x3d, nvidia rtx 5080, cyberpowerpc

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At the Obama Presidential Center gift store, shoppers buy into a new brand (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: obama presidential center, obama-biden ’08 mugs, obama presidential center gift store

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Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon — iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Luke James | tags: zilog z80, open-source replacement, intel 8080

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Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Mark Tyson | tags: coil whine, zotac rtx 4080, nvme ssd

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Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Mark Tyson | tags: rtx 3080, asus rog, arctic case fans

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CISA urges immediate action on actively exploited Fortinet flaws (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: fortinet, fortisandbox, cve-2026-39808

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CVE-2026-25089: FortiSandbox unauthenticated command injection added to CISA KEV (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: fortinet, fortisandbox, cve-2026-25089

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GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | by Labs Web Team | tags: gtx 1080, amd zen, nvidia pascal

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Origin PC Millennium Desktop Review: A Smart Build but Not the Perfect Configuration (cnet.com)

2026-06-30 | by See Full Bio | get Origin PC Millennium Desktop → | tags: origin pc, millennium desktop, nvidia rtx 5080

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Save a massive $1,100 on this RTX 5080 gaming PC with a 9800X3D from HP, now just $2,499 — liquid-cooled Omen 35L rig unlocks 4K gameplay with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-29 | by Ben Stockton | get HP Omen 35L Gaming PC → | tags: rtx 5080, hp omen 35l, amd ryzen 7 9800x3d

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Sandia National Labs SA3000 8085 CPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: sandia national labs, sa3000, 8085 cpu

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TP-Link's 8-port 2.5G unmanaged Ethernet switch is a smokin' bargain at $50 — upgrade your home network for half price (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-26 | by Brandon Hill | get TP-Link 8-Port 2.5G Switch → | tags: tp-link, tl-sg108s-m2, unmanaged switch