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Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up (theverge.com)

2026-08-05 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: continue, khosrowshahi, model

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ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: asrock, bc-250, steam machine

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AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, nvidia geforce rtx 5050

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For the first time, more Americans support all-day school phone bans than oppose them (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: pew research center, all-day school phone bans, us adults

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4GB GPUs might return with AMD's Radeon RX 9050 (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Daniel Sims | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, asrock

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for July 29, #1144 (cnet.com)

2026-07-28 | by Gael Cooper | tags: nytimes, connections, puzzle

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4GB graphics cards are back (theverge.com)

2026-07-28 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: asrock, rx 9050, amd

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ASRock officially announces Radeon RX 9050 with 8GB VRAM — RDNA 4 card offers boost clock of up to 2600MHz (updated) (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: asrock, radeon rx 9050, rdna 4

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Leaked Radeon RX 9050 hints at the return of 4GB VRAM GPUs in 2026 — new budget RDNA 4 card also spotted in 8GB config with half the power of an RX 9060 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: radeon rx 9050, amd, asrock

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The robot byline is quietly disappearing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: ai-assisted journalism, large language models, newsrooms

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Get AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D with 16GB of RAM and a motherboard for just $450 — save 31% on a B650M Micro ATX and G.Skill DDR5 for an epic small build (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: amd, ryzen 7 7700x3d, asrock b650m

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Instead of banning AI, I made a classroom contract with my students (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: ai classroom, banning, banning ai

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This San Diego charter school bought $500,000 worth of humanoid robots for the classroom (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-30 | get SoftBank Pepper Robot → | tags: altus schools, humanoid robots, san diego

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Japanese firm launches hyper-realistic capsule toy PC parts ‘you can assemble and play with’ — tiny motherboards, cases, and CPUs are coming after Tarlin inks collab with the ‘big four’ PC parts makers (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-28 | by Mark Tyson | get Miniature PC Building Kit → | tags: asrock, gigabyte, intel

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RAM crisis provokes enthusiast to try Windows 11 on DDR1-era hardware — other key vintage components included the Core 2 Q6600 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-27 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage PC RAM Upgrade → | tags: ram crisis, windows 11, core 2 quad

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People have stopped trusting news but not newsrooms (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-26 | get Newsroom Staff T-Shirt → | tags: facebook, youtube, newsrooms

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Quebec town recognizes trees as living beings with rights (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | get Tree Rights Awareness Kit → | tags: quebec, terrasse-vaudreuil, andré desrochers

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Journalism is rearranging the deckchairs. It needs to reinvent itself (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | get Journalism Reinvention Book → | tags: google news, ai journalism, media trust

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Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-22 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: uber, dara khosrowshahi, san francisco

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The motherboard market is so bad that flagship boards are selling at entry-level prices — save up to 57% of premium motherboard designs while RAM prices surge (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-22 | by Jake Roach | get ASUS ROG Strix Motherboard → | tags: asrock, z890 taichi, motherboard

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75 Data Center Projects Were Disrupted in the First Quarter of 2026, Report Says (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-14 | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: data centers, grassroots activity, 2026

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Sega wants Virtua Fighter Crossroads to be more than just another fighting game (engadget.com)

2026-06-08 | by Mat Smith | get Virtua Fighter Merchandise → | tags: crossroads, fighter, fighting

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Virtua Fighter Crossroads is coming in 2027 (engadget.com)

2026-06-05 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: crossroads, fighter, fighter crossroads

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Uber slashes people division by nearly a quarter. CEO says 'changes are necessary' (cnbc.com)

2026-06-03 | by Samantha Subin | get Uber Business Card → | tags: uber, dara khosrowshahi, jill hazelbaker

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE review: A cheaper GPU for a wildly expensive era (engadget.com)

2026-06-02 | by Devindra Hardawar | get AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU → | tags: amd, radeon rx 9070 gre, asrock

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Core i7-14700F gaming PC with RTX 5060, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage gets $470 discount — Newegg's ABS Cyclone Aqua prebuilt is $1,329 with code (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-31 | by Kunal Khullar | get Gaming PC with RTX 5060 → | tags: core i7-14700f, rtx 5060, asrock b760m-cx

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ASRock BC-250 used for Steam Machine duty gains third-party hack to unlock all 40 CUs — mining board now has more CUs than a base PS5 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-28 | by Aaron Klotz | get ASRock Steam Machine Hack → | tags: asrock bc-250, ps5 soc, gddr6 memory

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Screens are saturating U.S. classrooms, fueling a backlash on school-issued devices (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-26 | get Educational Tablet for Kids → | tags: chromebook, los angeles unified school district, screen time

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Uber president says AI spending is getting 'harder to justify' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | by Jess Weatherbed | get AI Development Kit → | tags: uber, claude code, ai spending

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Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’ (theverge.com)

2026-05-26 | by Jess Weatherbed | get AI Development Kit → | tags: uber, claude code, uber ceo dara khosrowshahi