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These small changes can improve your home surround sound in a big way (engadget.com)

2026-09-20 | by Gabriela Vătu | get Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar → | tags: surround sound, room acoustics, speaker placement

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How Close Are We to Superconductors That Are Actually Practical? (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-19 | get Anker portable freezer thermoelectric cooler → | tags: superconductors, physics, superconductivity

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Room 641A (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | get VPN router privacy firewall → | tags: room 641a, at&t, mark klein

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What is the best direction to face your subwoofer? (engadget.com)

2026-08-31 | by Gabriela Vătu | get Klipsch R-121SW powered subwoofer → | tags: subwoofer, ported subwoofers, room acoustics

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The world's first webcam was switched off 25 years ago today — 128x128 grayscale feed predated the World Wide Web to monitor a Cambridge coffee pot (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Logitech C920x HD Pro Webcam → | tags: cambridge university, trojan room coffee pot, acorn archimedes

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Cannabis ‘Scromiting’ Finally Has Its Own ER Code—and the Numbers Are Higher Than Anyone Realized (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: cannabis, scromiting, cdc

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Samsung QS90H soundbar review: An all-in-one promise fulfilled (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Billy Steele | tags: audio, feature, room

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Back to School: The 8 Best Smart Home Devices for Your Dorm Room (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: smart home devices, dorm room, gadgets

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How Data Centers Broke American Politics (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Molly Taft | tags: data centers, steve bannon, georgia

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Back to School Office Chair Deals 2026: $200 and Less (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Matthew Korfhage | tags: protoarc, wired, office chair

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Went to the ER? The Trump administration may want your medical records (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: consumer product safety commission, emergency room, medical records

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Show HN: Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: black hole, physics, room decor

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Back to School: The 8 Best Alternatives to Buying a TV (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: dorm room, screens, alternatives

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The trait leaders need more than AI literacy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: ai boards, anxiety, anxiety room

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LSU Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | tags: louisiana state university, room-temperature quantum material, plasmonic metacrystal

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Jurassic Park packed $4 million of legit 1993 computer hardware — a software engineer detailed every single piece of hardware in the film (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: silicon graphics, apple powerbook, jurassic park

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‘Symbol’ Is a Surreal Escape Room Trip Better Experienced Than Explained (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: symbol, hitoshi matsumoto, escape room

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Sony Bravia Theater vs. Sonos: I've used both home theaters - here's how to choose (zdnet.com)

2026-07-15 | by Jada Jones | tags: audio, bravia, home

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The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld (theverge.com)

2026-07-15 | by Sean Hollister | tags: games, handheld, living

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OpenAI's First Device Will Be Moveable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI Companion (slashdot.org)

2026-07-14 | tags: device, home, openai

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OpenAI’s first hardware device sounds half-speaker, half-robot (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: chatgpt, device, openai

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Report: OpenAI’s first device will be a portable speaker with a camera and other sensors (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-14 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: bloomberg, device, openai

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Manifest Man (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-13 | by Alex Bronzini-Vender | tags: aella, manifest, manifest man

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Against Usefulness (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-12 | by Oana Olteanu | tags: computer, computing, paper

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The 4 Best Home Air Conditioners to Buy Right Now (wired.com)

2026-07-09 | by Jeremy White | tags: degrees, heat, midea

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I replaced my Sonos home theater with this Sony system - here's why innovation is king (zdnet.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jada Jones | get Sony HT-A7000 Soundbar → | tags: audio, bravia, room

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Enthusiast hides gaming PC inside living room fan using 3D-printed parts — disassembled AtomMan G7 cooled by Dreo tower fan that shifts air at 28 feet per second (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-04 | by Jowi Morales | get Dreo Tower Fan → | tags: base, living, living room

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The bottleneck might be the air in the room (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-04 | by Mike Bowler | get Air Purifier for Room → | tags: building, little, meeting

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I made my TV sound dramatically better without buying a soundbar - 7 cheap and easy ways (zdnet.com)

2026-07-01 | by Taylor Clemons | get Soundproof TV Stand → | tags: tv audio, room acoustics, soundproofing

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Rebuilding the Computer Room (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | get Computer Desk with Shelves → | tags: imac g3, computer room, desktop pc