GoKawiil - Tech News

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Hue’s wired wall modules bring non-smart lights into its ecosystem (theverge.com)

2026-06-19 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Hue Wall Switch Module → | tags: philips hue, wired wall modules, matter-over-thread

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Nanocrystal-tailored recombination for all-perovskite tandem solar modules (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-15 | by Xiao | get Perovskite Solar Cell Kit → | tags: perovskite, nanocrystals, indium oxide

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Counterfeit G.Skill and V-Color DDR5 modules hit Chinese marketplaces, impacting company sales — cheap contraband memory using identical PCBs and heat spreaders almost impossible to spot (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-03 | by Anton Shilov | get G.Skill DDR5 Memory Kit → | tags: chips, color, memory

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Scammers are selling fake DDR5 with empty plastic chips relabeled to pass as legit — fake components mounted to PCBs are yet another sign of the RAMpocalypse (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Hassam Nasir | get DDR5 Fake RAM Tester → | tags: authentic, fake, hardware

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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 APU could arrive with 192GB of unified memory — leaked PassMark benchmarks suggest modest update over Strix Halo (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-04 | by Kunal Khullar | get AMD Ryzen AI Max RAM Kit → | tags: amd ryzen ai max+ pro, passmark benchmarks, gorgon halo

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Artemis II fault tolerance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | get NASA Artemis II Patch → | tags: nasa, artemis ii, flight control modules

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Artemis II Fault Tolerance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | get NASA Artemis II Model Rocket Kit → | tags: nasa, artemis ii, flight control modules

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Early tests show minimal performance impact from new budget HUDIMM DDR5 memory (techspot.com)

2026-04-30 | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: hudimm, ddr5, bryan b.

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Escrow Security for iCloud Keychain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get iCloud Keychain Security Kit → | tags: icloud, keychain, hardware security modules

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Polymega Remix can digitize retro games for Windows 11 PCs and handhelds, USB peripheral accepts games CDs, cartridges — $199 units finally ship next month following years of production delays (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-21 | by Luke James | get Retro Game Cartridge Reader → | tags: polymega remix, playmaji, retro games

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72 sticks of server RAM were headed for the trash. They're now worth $20,000 (techspot.com)

2026-04-20 | get Corsair Vengeance DDR4 RAM → | tags: server ram, ddr4, company

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Robots just installed 100 MW of solar panels in the desert (techspot.com)

2026-03-30 | get Solar Panel Cleaning Robot → | tags: maximo, solar panels, photovoltaic modules

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Forget Flags and Scripts: Just Rename the File (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | get File Rename Utility → | tags: file renaming, self-contained programs, portable executables

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These Musical Instruments of the Future Sound Weird, Wacky—and Are Easy for Anyone to Play (wired.com)

2026-03-16 | by Boone Ashworth | get Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI) → | tags: guthman musical instrument competition, georgia tech, rudra veena

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RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | by Zhiye Liu | get Fake RAM Detection Kit → | tags: v-color, corsair, ram kits

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RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion — 1+1 'value pack' offers desperate psychological relief as the memory shortage worsens (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-13 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: ram kits, v-color, corsair

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Boss-CSS: I created another "CSS-in-JS" lib (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-02 | get Library → | tags: css-in-js, boss-css, less

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Git's Magic Files (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-22 | by Andrew Nesbitt | get GitLab Files → | tags: gitignore, node_modules/, github

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Corsair fights back against RAM scammers and thieves with packaging shift — ditches iconic yellow boxes for transparent plastic and anti-tampering labels (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Zhiye Liu | get RAM → | tags: clamshell, corsair, memory

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This 7-inch gaming handheld just made its unique controller modules free for a limited time (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-05 | get Gaming Console → | tags: bird, early, inch

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Modder more than doubles Asus ROG Xbox Ally X's memory with massive 64GB RAM upgrade — advanced soldering and BIOS modification unlock more capacity (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-02 | by Kunal Khullar | get Memory → | tags: ally, memory, modder

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I tried the viral never-ending modular keyboard, and it rewired my productivity for good (zdnet.com)

2026-01-16 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Modular keyboard → | tags: connect, keyboard, mechanical

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I tried the 'infinitely modular' keyboard, and it could rewire productivity for good (zdnet.com)

2026-01-15 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Keyboard → | tags: brand, connect, keyboard

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I tried this new 'infinitely modular' keyboard, and it could rewire productivity (zdnet.com)

2026-01-14 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Keyboard → | tags: brand, connect, keyboard

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Never-Before-Seen Linux Malware Is 'Far More Advanced Than Typical' (slashdot.org)

2026-01-14 | get OpenBSD → | tags: cloud, linux, machine

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You can turn this modular clamp-on controller into an N64 or GameCube gamepad (theverge.com)

2026-01-07 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Gamecube → | tags: alteron, announced, controller

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Jeffgeerling.com has been Migrated to Hugo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get Elasticsearch → | tags: blog, drupal, hugo

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Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-27 | by Jowi Morales | get Graphics Card → | tags: dram, graphics, longer

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Framework announces another memory price hike — and it likely won’t be its last (theverge.com)

2025-12-26 | by Emma Roth | get RAM → | tags: framework, increase, memory

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Framework Raises Memory Prices Again, Suggests Customers Bring Their Own RAM (slashdot.org)

2025-12-25 | by Posted | get Memory → | tags: costs, framework, gigabyte