GoKawiil - Tech News

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BOOX just added the one accessory Kindle users keep begging for (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get BOOX Magnetic Cover → | tags: boox, tappy, kindle

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Boox announces Tappy, a wireless page-turning remote (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Matt Tate | get Boox Tappy Remote → | tags: boox, tappy, ereaders

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Boox’s new page-turning e-reader remote is a tiny two-button keyboard (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Boox e-reader remote → | tags: boox, tappy, e-reader

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Whataburger’s redesigned packaging proves the Happy Meal could be happier (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-06 | tags: whataburger, happy meal, packaging

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OpenAI Introduces AI-Generated Pets for Its Codex App (slashdot.org)

2026-05-04 | by Posted | get AI Pet Robot → | tags: openai, codex, clippy

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OpenAI introduces AI-generated pets for its Codex app (engadget.com)

2026-05-02 | by Jackson Chen | get AI Pet Robot → | tags: openai, codex, ai-generated pets

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UPS Found a More Profitable Business Than Package Delivery — And It’s Worth $706 Billion (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-22 | by Jonathan Small | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: ups, happy returns, amazon

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The Trailer for ‘Affection’ Teases a Medical Mystery From Hell (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-21 | get Medical Mystery Puzzle Game → | tags: affection, happy death day, jessica rothe

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Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz Commodore 64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get Commodore 64 Mini → | tags: commodore 64, soul player c64, 6502 assembly

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Remembering Zip Drives - the Trendy Storage Technology of the 1990s (slashdot.org)

2026-04-19 | by Posted | get USB Flash Drive → | tags: zip drive, iomega, floppy disk

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Mark Zuckerberg Is Officially a Bot (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-13 | get Meta Portal Video Calling Device → | tags: mark zuckerberg, chatbot, clippy

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Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today — its irritating spirit lives on in 100+ Copilots (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-11 | by Mark Tyson | get Microsoft 365 Copilot → | tags: clippy, microsoft, office

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Engineer installs 3.5-inch floppy drive in a Tesla — modern EV recognizes and runs ancient storage device, even plays an MP3 file from diskette (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-10 | by Jowi Morales | get USB to Floppy Drive Adapter → | tags: tesla, linux kernel, floppy drive

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Alibaba’s New AI Video-Generation Model Tops Global Ranking (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-10 | get AI Video Generation Software → | tags: alibaba, happyhorse 1.0, ai video-generation

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Alibaba just revealed it’s behind a viral AI video model dominating leaderboards (cnbc.com)

2026-04-10 | by Dylan Butts | get AI Video Editing Software → | tags: alibaba, happyhorse-1.0, ath ai

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Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | get GPT-3.5 Developer Kit → | tags: language models, guppylm, colab

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Lil Finder Guy, Apple's Clippy-Esque MacBook Mascot, Is Winning Hearts (cnet.com)

2026-03-31 | by See Full Bio | get Apple MacBook Sticker → | tags: apple, macbook neo, finder app

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This $28 floppy disk SSD enclosure is a fun and fast way to keep your storage safe — both practical and nostalgic, this rugged USB-C aluminum enclosure for M.2 drives supports speeds of up to 1,200 MB/s (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-31 | by Ben Stockton | get M.2 SSD Enclosure → | tags: hagibis, m.2 nvme, usb-c

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C2 Implant 'SnappyClient' Targets Crypto Wallets (darkreading.com)

2026-03-18 | get Hardware Crypto Wallet → | tags: c2 implant, snappyclient, crypto wallets

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Stop Sloppypasta (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | tags: llms, ai output, sloppypasta

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PeppyOS: A simpler alternative to ROS 2 (now with containers support) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | get PeppyOS → | tags: ros 2, peppyos, ros

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Bippy: React Internals Toolkit (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | get React → | tags: react internals, bippy, fiber tree

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In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-04 | get Robot → | tags: maxell, floppy disk, pc mag

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Snapchat announces ‘The Snappys,’ its first-ever creator awards show (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-25 | by Aisha Malik | get Snapchat Creator Awards → | tags: snappys, snapchat, instagram

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The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-25 | by Mack Degeurin | get Floppy Disk → | tags: disks, floppies, floppy

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The challenges of porting Shufflepuck Cafe to the 8 bits Apple II (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-23 | get Shufflepuck → | tags: apple ii, shufflepuck cafe, glider

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Apple event confirmed, iOS 26.4 features, Apple AI devices (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-19 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Watch Series 9 → | tags: benjamin, happy, happy hour

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More Siri delays, imminent new hardware, and Apple’s upcoming 50th birthday (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-12 | by Chance Miller | get Smartwatch → | tags: happy, happy hour, happyhour

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iPhone 17 leads Apple earnings record, new MacBooks near, and a mysterious $2B acquisition (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-05 | by Chance Miller | get iPhone → | tags: benjamin, happy, happy hour

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Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-03 | get Floppy Disk Drive → | tags: arch, directory, floppinux