GoKawiil - Tech News

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Show HN: Today's cities on a globe of Earth's tectonic past and future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: areas, backward, country

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Xbox 360 games could soon be playable on PCs, handhelds, and next-gen Xbox consoles (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: xbox 360, microsoft, project helix

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The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sean Hollister | tags: xbox, project helix, microsoft

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Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-03 | by Julie Bort | tags: sequoia, valar atomics, small modular reactors

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Show HN: Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: framework 12, creakwork12, hinge stiffness

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CISA Alert: Water Sector PLC Targeting (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Alex Gartner | tags: cisa, rockwell automation, siemens

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The C ``Clockwise/Spiral Rule'' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: c programming, c declarations, clockwise/spiral rule

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Characterizing Warp Divergence from Pascal to Blackwell (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: pascal, blackwell, warp divergence

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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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China's Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3 — company circumvented both U.S. export and Chinese import controls to acquire compute (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: nvidia blackwell, moonshot ai, kimi k3

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Sam Altman says AI won't shorten the workweek because humans secretly enjoy being busy (techspot.com)

2026-07-28 | by Rob Thubron | tags: openai, sam altman, ai workweek

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We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: nonstick cookware, nonstick coatings, shed particles

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XBOX wants to know if you’ll watch an ad to stream games for free (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: xbox, microsoft, game streaming

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US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-23 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: iranian hackers, industrial control systems, rockwell automation

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Xbox backwards compatibility now available on PC, starting with four original Xbox games (techspot.com)

2026-07-23 | by Daniel Sims | tags: xbox, microsoft, original xbox

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Treasury threatens sanctions after White House claims Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-22 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: treasury, moonshot, anthropic

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Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: xbox, microsoft, backward compatibility

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Microsoft Announces Xbox Backward Compatibility For PC (slashdot.org)

2026-07-22 | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox game pass

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Xbox is bringing games from its original console to PC (engadget.com)

2026-07-22 | by Kris Holt | tags: xbox, game pass, backward compatibility

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Microsoft announces Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC — will let gamers play classic console games on PCs and handhelds (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-22 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: xbox backward compatibility, xbox game pass, xbox ally

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Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers (wired.com)

2026-07-21 | by Lauren Goode | tags: nvidia, vera rubin, amd

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Local AI clustering with Dell's Pro Max GB10 — connecting two Nvidia Grace Blackwell to scale out AI compute at home (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Jeffrey Kampman | tags: nvidia, dell, gb10

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New plugin unlocks granular VRAM temperature tracking on Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs — community cracks open Blackwell's forbidden telemetry sensors (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: nvidia, rtx 50-series, blackwell

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This Orange-Lipped Monkey Puzzled Scientists for Nearly Two Decades. They Finally Know What It Is (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: kasaba, kasaba nkoni, known

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Samsung launches new SSD 990: reviews praise the performance, question the price (techspot.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: agree, agree launch, awkward

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Flash-MSA: Accelerating Million-Token Training with Sparse Attention Kernels (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-12 | tags: attention, backward, main

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The 4-Bitter Lesson: Balancing Stability and Performance in NVFP4 RL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: backward, backward pass, pass

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Nvidia and Intel tout homegrown American chip supply chain prowess as country bolsters local production, but gaps remain — crucial Blackwell packaging steps remain offshore as projects grow in scope and scale (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Luke James | tags: blackwell, intel, manufacturing

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Show HN: Inkwell – An RSS reader for e-ink devices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: inkwell, kindle, rss

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I've tested many portable Linux distros, but PorteuX is the one I keep on my USB drive (zdnet.com)

2026-07-01 | by Jack Wallen | get PorteuX Portable Linux USB → | tags: porteux, slackware, usb drive