GoKawiil - Tech News

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Built a cheap DIY fan controller because my motherboard never had working PWM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-30 | get PWM Fan Controller Kit → | tags: msi 970 gaming, amd phenom ii x6, nvidia gtx 960

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New RoadK1ll WebSocket implant used to pivot on breached networks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-03-30 | tags: roadk1ll, websocket, node.js

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Fake VS Code alerts on GitHub spread malware to developers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-03-27 | get VS Code Security Extension → | tags: github, vs code, malware

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Zero-Cost POSIX Compliance: Encoding the Socket State Machine in Lean's Types (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-25 | tags: posix, lean 4, socket api

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Intel may finally extend desktop CPU socket support to multiple generations (techspot.com)

2026-03-21 | get Intel CPU Socket Adapter → | tags: intel, desktop cpu, socket support

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Node.js worker threads are problematic, but they work great for us (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | get Node.js Worker Threads Book → | tags: node.js, worker threads, innest

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A ngrok-style secure tunnel server written in Rust and Open Source (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | tags: rustunnel, ngrok, websocke

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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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DoJ dismantles botnet made of 360,000 infected routers and IOT devices spread across 163 countries that ran for 16 years — SocksEscort proxy network eliminated in joint operation with Europol (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Bruno Ferreira | get IoT Security Router Kit → | tags: doj, socksescort, routers

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Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-12 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Botnet → | tags: socksescort, europol, department of justice

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WolfIP: Lightweight TCP/IP stack with no dynamic memory allocations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | get TCP/IP Stack → | tags: tcpip, wolfip, socket

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US disrupts SocksEscort proxy network powered by Linux malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-03-12 | get Linux Malware Removal Kit → | tags: socksescort, avrecon, lumen

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PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a viral business (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-07 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get PopSocket → | tags: popsockets, amazon, philosophy

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His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets. (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-04 | by Theresa Loconsolo | get Phone case → | tags: popsockets, amazon, equity

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Computer-generated dream world: Virtual reality for a 286 processor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-02 | get Virtual Reality → | tags: processor, plcc-68 socket, rust

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The Best Smart Baby Monitors of 2026, as Tested by Moms (cnet.com)

2026-02-28 | by See Full Bio | get Smart Baby Monitor → | tags: owlet smart hd, dream sock, ppg sensor

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SpacetimeDB ThreeJS Support (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-25 | get Database → | tags: threejs, spacetimedb, websockets

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This solar-powered battery station is my new emergency backup - and it's priced well (zdnet.com)

2026-02-23 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Solar Power Bank → | tags: aferiy p280, lithium ion, lifepo4

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If You've Ever Ruined Sweaters in the Wash, Whirlpool's New Machine Has a Fix (cnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by See Full Bio | get Washmate → | tags: basket, delicates, machine

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Never Lose Socks in the Wash Again With This Genius New Whirlpool Feature (cnet.com)

2026-02-19 | by See Full Bio | get Smart Washing Machine → | tags: basket, delicates, laundry

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This smart sock gave me peace of mind as a new mom (zdnet.com)

2026-02-16 | by Maria Diaz | get Smart Sock → | tags: baby, dream, dream sock

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PopSockets added a wallet to its folding kickstand grip (theverge.com)

2026-01-29 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Wallet → | tags: grip, kick, kick popwallet

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Nobody likes lag: How to make low-latency dev sandboxes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | get DevBox → | tags: agent, latency, machine

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The two things AMD subtly revealed at CES that actually excite me (theverge.com)

2026-01-16 | by Sean Hollister | get GPU → | tags: chips, handheld, intel

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psc: The ps utility, with an eBPF twist and container context (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-16 | get eBPF → | tags: container, process, processes

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Getting bitten by Intel's poor naming schemes (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-19 | by Map Email Loren Lorendb.Dev Link Https | get Microcode → | tags: installed, intel, page

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Did you know, there once was a CPU socket that accepted both Intel and AMD chips? (techspot.com)

2025-12-09 | get CPU Socket → | tags: amd processors, cpu socket, entire

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Zmx: Session Persistence for Terminal Processes (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-03 | get Session Persistence for Terminal Processes → | tags: attach, client, session

29.

How to use Linux vsock for fast VM communication (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-28 | by Uros Popovic | get VirtualBox → | tags: bazel, client, grpc

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How to escape the Linux networking stack (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-17 | get Linux Networking Stack → | tags: address, connection, packet