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Ruggable Discount Code: 30% Off Rugs | August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-21 | by Boutayna Chokrane | tags: ruggable, washable rugs, two-piece system

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Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Maggie Nye | tags: venture capital, puzzle startup, sasha orloff

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HashAgent – Share an AI agent as a URL, runs locally via WebGPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: hashagent, webgpu, ai agent

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I tried Google Wallet's new allowance feature, and my kid already ditched their debit card (zdnet.com)

2026-08-10 | by Artie Beaty | tags: google wallet, tap-to-pay, android

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I tried Google Wallet's new allowance feature, and my kid's already ditched their debit card (zdnet.com)

2026-08-10 | by Artie Beaty | tags: google wallet, tap-to-pay, android

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First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Aaron Klotz | tags: coreboot, dasharo, amd

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Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera access (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: qr codes, browser-based transfer, decimen optical transfer

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Xbox CEO lays out priorities in memo after major ‘reset’ (theverge.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jay Peters | tags: xbox, asha sharma, gears of war

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Microsoft is testing free Xbox cloud gaming with ads, no subscription required (techspot.com)

2026-07-24 | by Daniel Sims | tags: xbox, game pass, cloud gaming

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Microsoft is cutting 3,200 Xbox jobs and spinning off four game studios (techspot.com)

2026-07-06 | get Xbox Game Studio T-Shirt → | tags: additional, additional redundancies, approximately

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Computing’s Top 30: Mallellu Sai Prashanth (computer.org)

2026-07-03 | tags: ieee, computing, mallellu sai prashanth

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Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures (theverge.com)

2026-07-01 | by Verge Staff | get Xbox Game Studio T-Shirt → | tags: xbox, microsoft, asha sharma

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Show HN: NanoEuler – GPT-2 scale model in pure C/CUDA from scratch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get GPT-2 Mini Kit → | tags: gpt-2, cuda, c programming

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Modern GPU Programming for MLSys (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | by Mlc Community | get NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit → | tags: gpu kernels, mlsys, blackwell architecture

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SubQ 1.1 Small (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get SubQ 1.1 Small Kit → | tags: subquadratic sparse attention, flashattention-2, enterprise ai

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Subquadratic – Introducing SubQ 1.1 Small (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get SubQ 1.1 Small VR Headset → | tags: subquadratic, subq 1.1 small, flashattention-2

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Xbox plans layoffs, even after Microsoft CEO said company is ‘long on gaming’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-15 | get Xbox Game Pass Subscription → | tags: xbox, microsoft, asha sharma

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Microsoft hasn’t ruled out spinning off Xbox (theverge.com)

2026-06-13 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate → | tags: xbox, project helix, asha sharma

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Motorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-06 | get TP-Link Archer AX6000 Router → | tags: mashable, motorola, motosync

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My 15-year-old relative was killed for refusing to marry her cousin (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | tags: tribal violence, child marriage, al-nahrawan

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Whatever the mirror test tells us, beluga whales pass it (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-24 | get Beluga Whale Mirror Puzzle → | tags: beluga whales, mirror self-recognition, plos one

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Show HN: KVBoost – chunk-level KV cache reuse for HuggingFace, 5–48x faster TTFT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-22 | get Hugging Face Transformers Book → | tags: huggingface, kvboost, flashattention

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Xbox is now XBOX (theverge.com)

2026-05-15 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Series X → | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox series x

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Inside the return of Xbox (theverge.com)

2026-05-07 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Series X Console → | tags: xbox, microsoft, asha sharma

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Relax, Xbox Owners: Copilot's Not Invading Your Game Console (cnet.com)

2026-05-06 | by See Full Bio | get Xbox Controller with Share Button → | tags: xbox, microsoft, copilot

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Xbox changes continue with new console boot animation (theverge.com)

2026-05-06 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Series X Custom Skin → | tags: xbox, microsoft, project helix

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How Ruggable designed its new rug to have the charm of jute without any of the scratchiness (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-05 | get Ruggable Jute-Style Rug → | tags: ruggable, performance weave, jute rug

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Xbox Drops Game Pass Ultimate Price, Brings Bad News for Call of Duty Fans (cnet.com)

2026-04-21 | by See Full Bio | get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate → | tags: xbox, game pass, call of duty

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Xbox cuts Game Pass prices but new Call of Duty games will no longer hit the service on day one (engadget.com)

2026-04-21 | get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate → | tags: call of duty, xbox, game pass

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games (theverge.com)

2026-04-21 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription → | tags: xbox game pass, call of duty, microsoft