Posts

Interesting news to share

10 ingenious USB-C gadgets you didn’t know you needed
DirecTV quietly built the cheapest streamer for local channels
Samsung’s huge 4K ultrawide gaming monitor hits best price of the year
Amazon yanks Sengled’s Alexa skill after a series of service outages
Critical security flaws found in Lenovo AIO PCs! What to do if affected
How to declutter Windows 11’s Start menu recommendations
Nvidia confirms end of drivers for GTX 700, 900, and 10-series cards
Adobe releases Windows on Arm beta versions for 4 more apps
Proton launches its own free 2FA app with a native desktop version
Dropbox is shutting down its password manager. Export your data ASAP
AOC’s newest monitors hit an ultra-fast 610Hz refresh rate
This speedy 360Hz OLED gaming monitor is just $550
No DVD drive in your laptop? This USB add-on is only $20 right now
 AOC Q27G40XMN 27-inch Mini LED 180 Hz gaming monitor review: Tremendous color volume and brightness

AOC brings Mini LED tech to the value segment with its Q27G40XMN. It’s a 27-inch VA QHD panel with 180 Hz and Adaptive-Sync. It delivers HDR peaks over 1,000 nits with a huge color gamut and precise video processing for a smooth gaming experience.

https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/aoc-q27g40xmn-27-inch-mini-led-180-hz-gaming-monitor-revie

 Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 from 2017 — also ditches Apple Silicon for an Intel laptop

Linux creator Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 and an Intel laptop for kernel development, as revealed through a bug report involving DSC on his ASUS 5K monitor. His deliberate use of modest, open-friendly hardware subtly pushes back against AI hype and proprietary bloat.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/linus-torvalds-still-uses-an-amd-rx-5

Google's 'virtual satellite' AI model can provide a near real-time view of Earth

Google has introduced a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations that it says can function like a "virtual satellite." The model uses a system called "embedding," which works by taking big volumes of pubic information from various sources every day, such as optical satellites, radars and climate simulations, and then combining them all together. It

3d | Engadget
Persona 3 Reload arrives on Switch 2 in October

The Nintendo Switch was a great place to play Persona games, and it looks like the outgoing console has passed on the torch to its successor, with last year's Persona 3 Reload kicking things off when it comes to Switch 2 on October 23. 

Reload is a full remake of 2006's Persona 3 (later ported to the PSP as Persona

3d | Engadget
8BitDo's Ultimate 2C controller is on sale for only $18

The well-regraded 8BitDo Ultimate 2C controller is on sale

3d | Engadget
Lyft completes its $197 million acquisition of Europe's Freenow

Lyft has received the required regulatory clearance to finalize its acquisition of the European app-based taxi company Freenow. First

3d | Engadget
Nova: A New Web Framework for Erlang

Hi Hacker News community,

I'm excited to share Nova, a new web framework built for Erlang, designed to make web development in Erlang simpler, faster, and more approachable. Nova leverages Erlang's concurrency, reliability, and scalability to create a robust yet lightweight framework for building modern web applications.

Key features:

* Lightweight and modular: Easy to integrate with existing Erlang projects.

* Built for concurrency: Harnesses Erlang's actor model for high-performanc