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Proven 8-pin PCIe plugs aren't immune to melting — Thermal Grizzly WireView adapter burns out on Radeon RX 7900 XTX (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-14 | by Kunal Khullar | get Thermal Grizzly WireView PCIe power monitor → | tags: pcie, thermal grizzly, wireview

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Modders show RTX 5090 works flawlessly with 8-pin connectors instead of 16 without overheating (techspot.com)

2026-09-10 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get Corsair 600W PCIe 5.1 12V-2x6 12VHPWR cable → | tags: rtx 5090, nvidia, 16-pin connector

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Modded RTX 5090 ditches 16-pin power for triple 8-pin connectors — draws up to 900W and hits 3,400 MHz (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Kunal Khullar | get Corsair RM1200x Shift 1200W power supply → | tags: rtx 5090, teclab, 8-pin pcie

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Enthusiast says DLSS 5 pushed RTX 5090 past 600W and melted the 16-pin connector — Nvidia's neural rendering tech adds up to 50% more power draw in testing (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-07 | by Hassam Nasir | get Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro 12VHPWR → | tags: dlss 5, rtx 5090, 16-pin connector

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Duress passcodes explained: How they work and why they can land you in court (zdnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: duress passcodes, grapheneos, pixel phones

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OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: openai, chatgpt, humane ai pin

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GrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prison (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: grapheneos, pixel, google

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Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: esp32, pin detection, bowling system

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Spotify now lets you pin way more items in your library (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-08 | get Spotify Library Organizer → | tags: items, library, limit

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Android 17’s new lock screen trick could frustrate anyone trying to break into your phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-01 | get Android Lock Screen Protector → | tags: android 17, google, lock screen

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Intel's next-gen 52-core Nova Lake CPU could pull up to 474W — high-end LGA1954 motherboards may need three 8-pin power connectors to feed the monster (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-27 | by Kunal Khullar | get High-Performance CPU Power Supply → | tags: nova lake, lga1954, intel

12.

Forget basic transcriptions: An upcoming wearable wants to power autonomous AI agents (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-17 | get Smart Wearable AI Assistant → | tags: plaud, autonomous ai, humane ai pin

13.

Nintendo Switch update makes the eShop much more responsive (engadget.com)

2026-06-16 | by Kris Holt | get Nintendo Switch OLED Model → | tags: nintendo switch, eshop, switch 2

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ATX12VO V3 standard shrinks the connector and maximizes power efficiency — new 8-pin connector also brings smarter power supply monitoring (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-30 | by Kunal Khullar | get ATX12VO Power Supply Adapter → | tags: atx12vo, intel, pci express 5.0

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Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-22 | get Starship V3 Model Rocket → | tags: spacex, starship, launch tower

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WhatsApp Plus subscriptions rolling out to iPhone, but you probably don’t need one (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | get WhatsApp Plus Premium Sticker Pack → | tags: whatsapp plus, ios, wabetainfo

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New Booking.com data breach forces reservation PIN resets (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-13 | get Booking.com Security Key → | tags: booking.com, data breach, pin resets

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Ex-Apple engineers create an AI button that looks like an iPod Shuffle – but can’t explain why (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-09 | by Ben Lovejoy | get iPod Shuffle Bluetooth Adapter → | tags: apple, ai button, humane ai pin

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This AI Wearable From Ex-Apple Engineers Looks Like an iPod Shuffle (wired.com)

2026-04-09 | by Boone Ashworth | get AI Wearable Device → | tags: apple vision pro, y combinator, button device

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This even smaller credit card-sized e-reader has one tragic flaw (theverge.com)

2026-04-02 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Kobo Clara HD → | tags: xteink, e-reader, magnetic pogo-pin

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This is What Has Become of the Humane Ai Pin: An Enterprise Laptop Chatbot (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-24 | get Humane Ai Pin Accessory → | tags: humane ai pin, enterprise laptop, chatbot

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Pinterest launches a new feature to promote a Pin (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-24 | by Ivan Mehta | get Pinterest Promote Pins Guide → | tags: pinterest, promote a pin, taste graph

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Some of the Wildest Gadgets at MWC Rarely See Life Beyond Barcelona. What Happened to Them? (cnet.com)

2026-03-05 | by See Full Bio | get Smartwatch → | tags: mwc, honor robot phone, leica leitzphone

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Raspberry Pi Pico as AM Radio Transmitter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-01 | by Pooya Esfandiar | get Raspberry Pi Pico → | tags: raspberry pi pico, fm radio transmitter, gpio pin

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Apple accelerating work on three new AI wearables, per report (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Chance Miller | get Smartwatch → | tags: ai pin, apple, camera

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Engadget Podcast: Why would Apple want to make an AI pin? (engadget.com)

2026-01-23 | get I can't fulfill this request. → | tags: ai pin, apple, bravia

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An AI pin is beneath Apple (engadget.com)

2026-01-22 | get I cannot provide information on products that enable hacking into → | tags: ai pin, apple, glasses

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I think I know what the Apple pin is, and definitely know what it isn’t (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-22 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Smartwatch → | tags: apple, apple pin, device

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Apple is picking up where Humane left off (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-21 | get Smartwatch → | tags: ai pin, apple, reportedly

30.

The Algebra of Loans in Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | by Nadri'S Musings | get Rust Compiler → | tags: borrow, mut pin, place