GoKawiil - Tech News

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Enthusiast project turns the Steam Controller into a cross-platform gamepad (techspot.com)

2026-07-15 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: board, controller, mode

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Enthusiast reverse-engineers Steam Controller 2 puck, creates DIY 'OpenPuck' that works without Steam Input — custom firmware can emulate Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox controllers (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-14 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: controller, openpuck, playstation

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Ghostel.el: Terminal emulator powered by libghostty (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-12 | tags: emacs, ghostel, input

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SK hynix and TetraMem collaborate on experimental chip to bolster energy efficiency for edge AI devices — memristor-based in-memory SoC research leaves performance questions up in the air (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-10 | by Anton Shilov | tags: analog, memristor, npus

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SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first built with Cursor's help (engadget.com)

2026-07-09 | by Mariella Moon | tags: coding, cursor, grok

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Cursed circuits #5: capacitance multiplier (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: capacitor, circuit, frac

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My quest to see all of Tetris (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | by Bill Grieser | tags: byte, game, input

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Immich 3.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: immich, version 3.0, feedback

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Gemini in Chrome is getting yet another version of Circle to Search (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-24 | get Google Chrome Gemini Extension → | tags: google chrome, google lens, google gemini

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Robotics Teams Are Rebuilding the Data Stack from Scratch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get Robotics Data Management Kit → | tags: robotics, data infrastructure, sensor inputs

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The Gemini app’s mic just got a major upgrade for multilingual users (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-17 | get Blue Snowball iCE Microphone → | tags: gemini app, google pixel, voice input

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AMD Zen 6 desktop CPUs may ditch integrated graphics for a built-in NPU (techspot.com)

2026-06-16 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get AMD Ryzen NPU Add-on → | tags: amd zen 6, ryzen 7000 series, olympic ridge

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Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft - here's why (zdnet.com)

2026-06-15 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Windows Subsystem for Linux Guide → | tags: windows subsystem for linux, microsoft build 2026, wsl 3

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Windows Subsystem for Linux 3 gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft - here's why (zdnet.com)

2026-06-15 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Windows Subsystem for Linux 3 → | tags: windows subsystem for linux, microsoft build 2026, wsl 3

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Show HN: Dual YOLOv8n UAV Detection on RK3588S at 42 FPS Using NPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit → | tags: yolov8n, rk3588s, khadas

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MTG Bench: Testing how well LLMs can play Magic (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-11 | get Magic: The Gathering Deck → | tags: agent, calls, card

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Test-case reducers are underappreciated debugging tools (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-09 | get Debugging with Test-Case Reducers → | tags: case, input, interestingness

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Show HN: Resonate – Low-latency, high-resolution spectral analysis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-06 | by Alexandre R.J. François | get Spectral Analysis Audio Tool → | tags: audio, delta, does

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Google’s latest on-device AI model is custom-made for your laptop (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-04 | get Laptop AI Assistant Software → | tags: google, gemma 4 12b, moe model

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Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | by Olivier Lacombe | tags: gemma 4 12b, moe, ai security

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OpenRidingController – DIY horse riding controller for the PC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-31 | tags: rp2040, circuitpython, adafruit

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New Beam Spring Keyboards (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | get Mechanical Keyboard Switch Tester → | tags: beam spring, keyboards, new product

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The History of ThinkPad: From IBM’s Bento Box to Lenovo’s AI Workstations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by J.D. H. | get ThinkPad X1 Carbon Laptop → | tags: thinkpad, ibm, lenovo

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ThinkPad: From IBM's Bento Box to Lenovo's AI Workstations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by J.D. H. | get ThinkPad X1 Carbon → | tags: thinkpad, lenovo, ibm

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DAG Workflow Engine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | get Apache Airflow Cookbook → | tags: dag, workflow engine, feedback

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Valve Steam Controller review: Every input to PC game from the sofa (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Andrew E. Freedman | get Steam Controller → | tags: steam controller, valve, steam deck

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Why the Steam Controller is (and isn’t) a big deal (theverge.com)

2026-04-27 | by Cameron Faulkner | get Steam Controller Wireless Kit → | tags: steam controller, valve, steam deck

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Snapdragon X2 laptops launch with up to 18 cores, 5.0GHz clocks, and 80 TOPS NPU (techspot.com)

2026-04-08 | get Snapdragon X2 Laptop Kit → | tags: snapdragon x2, qualcomm, windows pc

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The Mechanics of Steins Gate (2023) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get Steins Gate Visual Novel → | tags: steins gate, pdf, feedback

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30 Unpublished Poems From Iconic Greek Philosopher Discovered in Cairo (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-02 | get Ancient Greek Poetry Book → | tags: greek philosopher, cairo, poetic work