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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Has So Many Easter Eggs in Its Graphics (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: spider-man, brand new day, easter eggs

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AMD doubles data center revenue year over year, but gaming revenue plunged by 31% — CEO Lisa Su says prices have 'weighed on' consumer demand but is 'optimistic' about client market (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, ryzen, graphics cards

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More GPU price hikes loom for Asia as Japanese distributor warns of new increases — CFD Sales signals 20% to 40% higher prices on Gigabyte graphics card orders starting this month (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: gigabyte graphics cards, cfd sales inc., gpu price hikes

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The cost of underestimating the ageless generation (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: gen z, gen alpha, retail

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The Prospects for 128 Bit Processors ( John Mashey SGI 1995) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: sgi, 128-bit, drams

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Graphics Cards Could Get Even More Expensive, and It’s Not Just Nvidia (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: nvidia, graphics cards, pc gaming

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Beat the AI price surge on PC hardware — leverage Newegg combo deals, track Amazon prices, and shop refurb outlets like Woot (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ben Stockton | tags: newegg, amazon, pc hardware

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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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Absurd GPU Pricing Update Mid-2026: What Graphics Cards Cost Around the World (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 5050, geforce rtx 5060

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RCade: The Arcade Cabinet with CI/CD Deployment, Custom Graphics Card for CRT [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: rcade, arcade cabinet, ci/cd deployment

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A Texture Lookup Approach to Bézier Curve Evaluation on the GPU (JCGT) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: bezier curve, gpu, texture lookup

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Gemini can now make your Google Docs look a lot less boring (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: google docs, google ai, gemini

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A Legacy of Insight, A Future of Impact in Computer Graphics and Applications (computer.org)

2026-07-28 | tags: ieee, computer graphics, ieee computer graphics and applications

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MSI and Colorful raise Nvidia RTX 50-series prices in China by up to 59% across the entire lineup — change in distributer pricing suggests GPU price hikes are on the way (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-27 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: nvidia, msi, rtx 50-series

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Employers may no longer have to disclose race and gender data (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: equal employment opportunity commission, workforce demographics, federal contractors

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Learn OpenGL, extensive tutorial resource for learning Modern OpenGL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: opengl, learnopengl, modern opengl

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Software rendering in 500 lines of bare C++ (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: opengl, vulkan, metal

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Brow6el: A full-featured web browser for the terminal using Chromium (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: brow6el, chromium, terminal browser

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The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: mpeg-4, phoronix, linux

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Jurassic Park packed $4 million of legit 1993 computer hardware — a software engineer detailed every single piece of hardware in the film (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: silicon graphics, apple powerbook, jurassic park

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Nvidia's rumored GeForce RTX 5090 SE promises flagship power for $500 less, if you can find one (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: card, cores, graphics

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: 50 GPU Benchmark (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: assassin, assassin creed, benchmarked

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: 50 GPU Benchmark (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: assassin, assassin creed, benchmarked

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EndBASIC 0.14: Are we multimedia yet? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-04 | by Julio Merino | tags: binaries, console, endbasic

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What to learn to be a graphics programmer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | get OpenGL Programming Guide → | tags: directx12, vulkan, metal

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This retro enthusiast forced Windows 11 to run on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and AGP graphics (techspot.com)

2026-06-30 | get Windows 11 Compatibility Hack → | tags: windows 11, core 2 quad, agp graphics

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Apple will skip M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, new report says (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-25 | by Chance Miller | get Apple M6 Pro Case → | tags: apple silicon, m6 chip, macbook pro

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Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | by Hoang Yell | tags: mermaid diagrams, markdy, motion graphics

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Get this Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti for just $900 — our pick for the best all-around enthusiast graphics card in 2026 hits its lowest price this year (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-22 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: asus prime, rtx 5070 ti, nvidia geforce

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Vector Graphics in Lil (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get Lilicon Vector Graphics Kit → | tags: vector graphics, lil, hershey module