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EufyMake E1 UV Printer Review (2026): Add 3D Texture to Mugs, Magnets, and More (wired.com)

2026-04-30 | by Brad Bourque | get UV Printer for Crafts → | tags: eufymake, e1 uv printer, photoshop

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Motorola Razr 2026’s leaked colors make other flip phones look tame (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-14 | get Motorola Razr 2026 Case → | tags: motorola, razr 2026, flip phones

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Benchmarking Nvidia's RTX Neural Texture Compression tech that can reduce VRAM usage by over 80% (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-11 | by Dan Mateescu | get Nvidia RTX Neural Texture Book → | tags: nvidia, rtx, neural texture compression

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Intel introduces its own Neural Compression technology with a fallback mode that works on GPUs without dedicated AI cores — early performance is on the level of Nvidia NTC (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-07 | by Aaron Klotz | get Intel Neural Compression Kit → | tags: intel, neural compression, nvidia ntc

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Intel joins Nvidia in pushing neural texture compression, can shrink game assets by up to 18x (techspot.com)

2026-04-07 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: intel, nvidia, neural texture compression

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Nvidia shows neural compression can cut VRAM usage from 6.5GB to 970MB (techspot.com)

2026-04-05 | get Nvidia Neural Compression Kit → | tags: nvidia, neural texture compression, vray

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Nvidia AI tech claims to slash gaming GPU memory usage by 85% with zero quality loss — Neural Texture Compression demo reveals stunning visual parity between 6.5GB of VRAM and 970MB (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-04 | by Hassam Nasir | get Nvidia Neural Texture Compression → | tags: nvidia, neural texture compression, vray

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Key to ultra-dense next-gen data storage could be a new magnetic state found in twisted 2D materials — German researchers reveal 'super‑moiré' magnetic milestone (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-08 | by Luke James | get Magnetic state → | tags: chromium triiodide, magnetic, researchers

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Looking back at Catacomb 3D, the game that led to Wolfenstein 3D (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-02 | get 3D Graphics Engine → | tags: carmack, catacomb, game

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This shapeshifting polymer was inspired by octopus skin (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-09 | by Fox | get OctaSkin → | tags: beam, change, change colour

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Cigarette smoke effect using shaders (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-05 | get Graphics Card → | tags: fragment, texture, textureimpl

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OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-17 | get Open Broadcasting Software → | tags: metal, obs studio, shader

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No Graphics API (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-16 | by Sebastian Aaltonen | get Graphics API → | tags: buffer, descriptor, metal

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Why are my headphones buzzing whenever I run my game? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-03 | by Alexandru Ene | get Soundbar → | tags: buzzing, game, picking

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Linux in a Pixel Shader – A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-10 | get RISC-V Emulator → | tags: code, memory, shader

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Sharp Bilinear Filters: Big Clean Pixels for Pixel Art (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Michael Martin | get Google Pixel → | tags: opengl, pixel, shader

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With M5 iPad Pro, I’m already convinced to splurge for two upgrades (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPad Pro → | tags: ipad, m5, nano

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Shipping textures as PNGs is suboptimal (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Pixel → | tags: compression, formats, image

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Stop Shipping PNGs in Your Games (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Pixel → | tags: compression, formats, image

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I love anti-reflective displays, but an iPhone one is no big deal (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ben Lovejoy | get iPhone → | tags: apple, display, nano

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Neural Texture Compression demo shows it can do wonders for VRAM usage (techspot.com)

2025-10-31 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get gaming keyboard → | tags: cooperative, intel, ntc

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RT64: N64 graphics renderer in emulators and native ports (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Pixel → | tags: draw, game, renderer