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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 1, #1777 (cnet.com)

2026-04-30 | by See Full Bio | get Wordle Puzzle Book → | tags: wordle, nytimes, plume

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Original Task Manager creator explains why it lies to you about CPU usage — former Microsoft engineer shows unique solution to a seemingly simple, but actually complicated, task (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-20 | by Jowi Morales | get Process Lasso Optimization Software → | tags: task manager, cpu usage, microsoft

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Veteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers — original utility used a smart technique to determine whether it was the only running instance (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Jowi Morales | get Microsoft Windows Task Manager → | tags: windows task manager, dave plummer, microsoft

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New paper argues history, not mantle plume, powers Yellowstone (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-10 | get Yellowstone Geology Book → | tags: yellowstone, farallon plate, tectonic plates

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Indie Pass is a forthcoming subscription service exclusively for indie games (engadget.com)

2026-04-02 | get Indie Game Subscription Card → | tags: indie.io, indie pass, steam deck

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Doctor Reels as Son Becomes Plumber in Age of AI (futurism.com)

2026-03-23 | by Frank Landymore | get Plumbing Tools Kit → | tags: plumbing, financial times, associated builders and contractors

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First credible leak of an AMD Zen 6 processor pops up on Geekbench — ten-core CPU seems to have 32MB of L3 cache (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Zak Killian | get AMD Ryzen 7000 Series → | tags: amd zen 6, medusa point, benchleaks

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The Plumbing of Everyday Magic (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | get Smart Home Leak Detector → | tags: web development, state sync, user interface

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This Smart Fire System Uses Hidden Misters and Thermal Imaging to Protect Your Home (cnet.com)

2026-02-19 | by See Full Bio | get SmartMist → | tags: automist, automist uses, home

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ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Suffers Familiar Anomaly During Launch of US Military Satellites (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-13 | get Rocket → | tags: boosters, liftoff, liftoff unusual

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ULA's Vulcan rocket suffers another booster problem on the way to orbit (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-12 | get Rocket Booster → | tags: booster, orbit, plume

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Legendary Windows dev codes demos and games for ancient ‘War Games’ monitor — interfaces with the HP1345a vector display using an ESP32 microcontroller (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Mark Tyson | get Vector Display → | tags: code, display, lines

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Australian plumber is a YouTube sensation (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-27 | get Drain Master → | tags: better, bruce, channel

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You can still get the Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones at a record-low in some colors (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-04 | get Bose QuietComfort → | tags: bose, bose quietcomfort, headphones

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Why Windows sucks and how to fix it, according to a former Microsoft engineer (zdnet.com)

2025-11-13 | by Lance Whitney | get Windows → | tags: account, microsoft, mode

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Legendary Windows Pinball developer rescues 200lb magnetic disc drive from the 1980s – requires a scissor lift to move it, only has 622 MB of storage (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-06 | by Ben Stockton | get Magnetic Disc Drive → | tags: drive, plummer, storage

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People Are Using Sora to Create Unbelievably Cursed Gender Reveals (futurism.com)

2025-11-06 | by Joe Wilkins | get Sora → | tags: baby, blue, plume

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The best noise canceling headphones just got $145 cheaper in a Prime Lightning Deal (androidauthority.com)

2025-10-31 | get smartphone → | tags: bose, headphones, plum