GoKawiil - Tech News

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The 5 laptop features worth spending extra on (and 3 that are mostly hype) (zdnet.com)

2026-08-01 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: ram, asus zenbook, hp omnibook

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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is so good, I don't see the point of flip phones any more (zdnet.com)

2026-07-30 | by Prakhar Khanna | tags: galaxy z fold 8, samsung, oppo find n2

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LoRA Speedrun – a public wall-clock leaderboard for fine-tuning techniques (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: lora, qwen2.5-1.5b, gsm8k

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The 5 laptop features worth paying extra for, plus 3 you can ignore (zdnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: ram, asus zenbook, hp omnibook

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Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: arch linux, asus eee pc 1000he, intel atom n280

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From brain waves to words: a new path to communication without surgery (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | get NeuroSky MindWave Mobile → | tags: brain2qwerty, basque center on cognition, meg device

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Meta's brain-scanning system reads sentences non-invasively, code open source (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | get Neurotech Brain Scanner Kit → | tags: meta, brain2qwerty, meg

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Meta’s AI Is Getting Better at Reading Your Thoughts—Without Cracking Open Your Skull (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-30 | get NeuroSky MindWave Mobile → | tags: meta, brain2qwerty, neurotechnology

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Advanced Nintendo Entertainment System (ANES) – NES Modded to Use 2 PPUs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | get NES Classic Console → | tags: nes, ppus, mesen2

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Using the Epson Perfection V39 II Scanner on Ubuntu (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-11 | by João Palmeiro | get Epson Perfection V39 II Scanner → | tags: epson, perfection v39 ii, ubuntu

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Substrate selectivity of the human RNA m<sup>5</sup>C methyltransferase NSUN2 (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-27 | by Canepa | get RNA Methyltransferase Kit → | tags: nsun2, methyltransferase, mettl1

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Show HN: I Dedicated 4 Years to Mastering Offline Password Cracking (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-21 | get Hashcat Password Cracking Tool → | tags: hashcat, argon2, gpu

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AMD begins production ramp of 256-core EPYC Venice — first 2nm HPC chip claims 70% performance leap (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-21 | by Luke James | get AMD EPYC 256-Core Processor → | tags: amd, epyc venice, tsmc n2

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Hackers earn $1,298,250 for 47 zero-days at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-18 | get Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 Kit → | tags: pwn2own, microsoft, zero-day

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Tycoon2FA hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via device-code phishing (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-17 | get Microsoft 365 Security Kit → | tags: tycoon2fa, microsoft 365, trustifi

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Livestream FA Cup Final Soccer: Watch Chelsea vs. Man City for Free (cnet.com)

2026-05-16 | by See Full Bio | get HD Sports Streaming Device → | tags: chelsea, man city, wembley stadium

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Microsoft Exchange, Windows 11 hacked on second day of Pwn2Own (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-15 | get Microsoft Exchange Security Book → | tags: microsoft exchange, windows 11, pwn2own berlin

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Tesla Wall Connector bootloader bypasses the firmware downgrade ratchet (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | by David Berard | get Tesla Wall Connector Upgrade Kit → | tags: tesla, wall connector, firmware

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At just $149, the Dangbei N2 mini projector has never been cheaper (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-14 | get Dangbei N2 Mini Projector → | tags: dangbei, n2 mini projector, android authority

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First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | tags: macos, apple m5, kernel memory

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Windows 11 and Microsoft Edge hacked at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-14 | get Microsoft Edge Security Kit → | tags: windows 11, microsoft edge, pwn2own berlin

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Boosting multimodal inference performance by >10% with a single Python dict (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get Python Dictionary Optimization Kit → | tags: sglang, vllm, multimodal

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Magic: The Gathering took me from N2 to Japanese fluency (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | by Ricardo Basallo | get Magic: The Gathering Card Set → | tags: jlpt n2, tokyo, ehime

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TSMC unveils process technology roadmap through 2029 — A12, A13, N2U announced, A16 slips to 2027 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-22 | by Anton Shilov | get ASUS ROG Swift Gaming Monitor → | tags: tsmc, a12, a13

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TSMC unveils process technology roadmap through 2029: A12, A13, N2U announced, A16 slips to 2027 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-22 | by Anton Shilov | get TSMC N2U Chip Development Kit → | tags: tsmc, a12, a13

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Apple's foldable iPhone hinges on one key feature for me - and it's not the hardware (zdnet.com)

2026-04-20 | by Prakhar Khanna | get iPhone Foldable Case → | tags: apple, foldable iphone, samsung galaxy s24

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How Motorola’s 2N2222 and 2N3904 transistors became the default NPNs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Electronics Starter Kit → | tags: motorola, 2n2222, 2n3904

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Crazed World of Warcraft gamer plays game with 3D-printed hot dog controller — the left wiener quad-array controls movement, the right triggers abilities (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Mark Tyson | get WoW-themed 3D-Printed Controller → | tags: world of warcraft, addison2k, bambu lab

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I'm ready for a foldable iPhone, but only if Apple does this right (zdnet.com)

2026-04-14 | by Prakhar Khanna | get Apple iPhone Fold Case → | tags: iphone fold, apple, samsung

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Show HN: Keeper – embedded secret store for Go (help me break it) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | get Go Secret Storage Library → | tags: keeper, bbolt, argon2id