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Donkey Kong Bananza's performance issues probably won't be solved for launch, as the team 'prioritized fun and playability'.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/donkey-kong-bananza-director-acknowledges-the-games-performance-issues-but-says-the-team-prioritized-fun-and-playability-first

Our growing need for data centers is causing them to use more electricity and water, which is increasing climate change concerns.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/many-top-data-center-locations-could-be-at-risk-of-climate-change

For versatile and efficient cooling, an air circulator could be the perfect solution.

https://www.techradar.com/home/air-quality/how-do-air-circulator-fans-work

How SLMs can help businesses overcome challenges associated with LLMs.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/small-models-big-wins-four-reasons-enterprises-are-choosing-slms-over-llms

Another super-affordable smartwatch from the Nothing sub-brand would seem to be on the way.

https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/the-nothing-cmf-watch-3-pros-key-specs-and-packaging-may-have-been-revealed-in-a-new-leak

I don't like the sound of bugs with overheating, and mouse-related glitches, or problems with other peripherals.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/latest-windows-11-update-fail-brings-yet-more-installation-woes-but-some-other-reported-bugs-have-me-seriously-worried

New research demonstrates the potential of Rowhammer attacks, as Nvidia urges users to patch up.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/nvidia-warns-users-some-gpus-could-be-at-risk-of-damaging-cyberattack-heres-what-we-know

Tesla adds Grok to some US-made vehicles, but its abilities are currently limited.

https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/tesla-introduces-grok-ai-into-some-of-its-cars-but-it-cant-control-the-vehicle-yet

We’re back to the hot weather again this weekend in the UK, which means it’s that time once again for various outlets to ‘reveal’ the true running costs of a fan, often comparing them to air conditioning. Electricity prices may still be relatively high, but fan running costs are often a misleading and irrelevant metric. [...]

The post It’s hot, but does a fan’s running cost really matter

Since the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 on Wednesday, I’ve had it in my pocket as my main phone. And, let me tell you, it's an absolute treat.

The post The Galaxy Z Fold 7 has blown me away after just 48 hours appeared first on Trusted Reviews.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/opinion/48-hours-with-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7

Samsung has been busy launching its latest slew of foldable phones this past week, but even though the latest Flip and Fold haven’t even officially hit shelves yet, talk has already turned to what’s coming next. Specifically, there has started to be some chatter about the upcoming Galaxy S26 series. The most significant of these [...]

The post Samsung killing key Galaxy S

iPhone 17 keynote likely set for week of September 8, claims a typically reliable industry analyst. In his latest Power On newsletter, Apple analyst and reporter Mark Gurman from Bloomberg has offered insight into the anticipated launch of the iPhone 17, aligning with previous assessments regarding its timing. Gurman reckons Apple will hold the inevitable [...]

The post The most believable iPhone 17

A security researcher recently played a guessing game with OpenAI's ChatGPT-4, tricking it into generating Windows 10 product keys by saying "I give up."

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-chatgpt/chatgpt-windows-license-key-scam-in-guessing-game

The Restart Project says Microsoft's conditional year of Windows 10 security updates will only postpone the impending issue.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/extra-year-free-windows-10-security-updates-feels-like-snooze-button

Germany's data protection commissioner has reported DeepSeek AI to Google and Apple as "illegal content" in a move that could lead to a ban.

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/germany-wants-google-apple-to-ban-deepseek

Microsoft and ASUS are gearing up to launch the Xbox Ally PC gaming handheld later this year, and the biggest questions remain fixed on price. Do we have our first answer?

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-xbox-ally-and-xbox-ally-x-prices-may-have-leaked

A recent research paper, 'inspired by the natural filtration abilities of mucus-coated nasal hairs,' might have some answers for improved PC air filtration.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cooling/snot-filtering-tech-could-be-the-answer-to-a-dust-free-pc-korean-scientists-turn-to-nature-to-improve-air-filtration

AWS is in prime position to power the AI revolution, rather than win it.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amazons-usd8-billion-anthropic-investment-rumors-suggest-it-would-rather-sell-ai-infrastructure-than-compete-with-chatgpt-and-gemini

TensorWave has built North America's largest AMD AI cluster with 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325X GPUs, delivering 21 exaFLOPS of FP8 throughput. It’s a bold move against NVIDIA’s dominance and marks ROCm’s first major public cloud-scale deployment for general-purpose AI training.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/tensorwave-just-deployed-the-largest

Someone just built a fully functional CPU from scratch using old memory chips and logic parts from the 8-bit era. Spanning four perfboards and over a kilometer of wire, it runs real code, handles interrupts, and even plays The Matrix—all using logic simulated entirely through EPROMs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/passionate-enthusiast-build

https://uxdesign.cc/ais-aversion-to-risk-4eff97bb3d00?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4

https://uxdesign.cc/design-engineers-ai-hype-improve-your-figma-make-prompts-9fdcb613b662?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4

https://uxdesign.cc/improving-design-critiques-0e4d075ead2f?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4

Hey HN!

This is Adil, Salman and Jose and and we’re behind archgw [1]. An intelligent proxy server designed as an edge and AI gateway for agents - one that natively know how to handle prompts, not just network traffic. We’ve made several sweeping changes so sharing the project again.

A bit of background on why we’ve built this project. Building AI agent demos is easy, but to create something production-ready there is a lot of repeat low-level plumbing work that everyone is doing. You’re

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/telefnica_germany_shifts_vmware_support/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44557757

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https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/telefnica_germany_shifts_vmware_support/

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/1d4c5942-7190-45e1-9167-a5eacfd93982

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44557916

Points: 16

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Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02527-3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44558034

Points: 24

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02527-3

Multiple important refinance rates climbed this week, but refinancing could be still make sense for other reasons. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/mortgages/refi-rates-ride-high-mortgage-refinance-rates-on-july-14-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec

Don't expect sustained declines in mortgage interest rates until after the summer. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/mortgages/mortgage-rates-go-up-for-homeseekers-current-mortgage-interest-rates-on-july-14-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec

How AI and automation settle analytics ROI questions.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-and-automation-are-here-to-settle-roi-questions-of-analytics

Nearly 90 percent of enterprise data remains unstructured.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/transforming-dark-data-into-ai-driven-business-value

Popeyes made an ad with AI to mock McDonald's, and the result is hilarious.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/popeyes-drops-ai-powered-diss-track-against-mcdonalds-and-the-results-are-hilarious

The iPhone 17 might launch in the week of September 8, according to a new report.

https://www.techradar.com/phones/new-leak-hints-at-the-iphone-17s-release-date-with-major-design-changes-on-the-way

Monitor Audio is not the only loudspeaker company that’s revisiting its back catalogue (or playing the greatest hits) when it comes to new models – and given that the Studio range was the company’s most aspirational (and most expensive) range back in the day, it is at least dealing from a position of strength. [...]

The post Monitor Audio Studio 89 Review appeared first on

A truly lovely and unique keyboard.

The post Keychron Q60 Max Review appeared first on Trusted Reviews.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/keychron-q60-max

Article URL: https://refine.sh

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44556684

Points: 77

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https://refine.sh

Article URL: https://evanhahn.com/how-i-build-software-quickly/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44557115

Points: 9

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https://evanhahn.com/how-i-build-software-quickly/

Article URL: https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-browser-engine-ban-persists-even-under-the-dma/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44557348

Points: 16

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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 14, No. 294 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-july-14-294/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for July 14. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-monday-july-14/#ftag=CADf328eec

Article URL: https://asia.nikkei.com/static/vdata/infographics/myanmar-scam-centers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44556406

Points: 28

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https://asia.nikkei.com/static/vdata/infographics/myanmar-scam-centers/

Article URL: https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-arial/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44555317

Points: 13

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https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-arial/

Article URL: https://www.astronomy.com/science/james-webb-hubble-space-telescopes-face-reduction-in-operations-over-funding-shortfalls/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44555804

Points: 14

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https://www.astronomy.com/science/james-webb-hubble-

Article URL: https://www.italpassion.fr/en/stellantis/stellantis-declares-bankruptcy-in-china-with-1-billion-in-debts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44555836

Points: 10

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https://www.italpassion.fr/en/stellantis/stellantis-declares-bankruptcy-in-china-with-

Dyson, a company best known for its vacuums and hair dryers, has unveiled a new rotating farm design that aims to make food production more local, sustainable and dependable. https://www.cnet.com/videos/dyson-reveals-futuristic-farming-vision/#ftag=CADf328eec

Dyson, a company best known for its vacuums and hair dryers, has unveiled a new rotating farm design that aims to make food production more local, sustainable and dependable. https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/dyson-reveals-futuristic-farming-vision/#ftag=CADf328eec

Article URL: https://blog.ivnj.org/post/function-coloring-is-inevitable

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551318

Points: 29

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https://blog.ivnj.org/post/function-coloring-is-inevitable

Article URL: https://blog.johnluttig.com/p/hypercapitalism-and-the-ai-talent

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44553257

Points: 22

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https://blog.johnluttig.com/p/hypercapitalism-and-the-ai-talent

Article URL: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/investors-snap-growing-share-us-homes-traditional-buyers-123560969

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44554713

Points: 144

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https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/investors-snap-growing-share-us-hom

Amidst the nascent concerns of AI replacing software engineers, it seems a proxy for that might be the amount of code written at OpenAI by the various models they have.

If AI is a threat to software engineering, I wouldn't expect many software engineers to actively accelerate that trend. I personally don't view it as a threat, but some people (non engineers?) obviously do.

I'd be curious if any OpenAI engineers can share a rough estimate of their day to day composition of human generated

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17424

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44554865

Points: 18

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17424

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-detect-a-black-hole-merger-thats-so-massive-it-shouldnt-exist-2000628197

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44555220

Points: 6

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Teamgroup P250Q SSD offers fast performance and self-destruct capabilities, but is it too niche?

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/self-destructing-internal-ssd-goes-live-with-a-one-click-unstoppable-data-destruction-promise-that-resumes-even-if-the-power-supply-is-cut

Tým Rhino Linux oznámil partnerství s UBports. Alpine se snaží zjednodušit nároky na údržbu X11. Kancelářský balík LibreOffice pracuje na podpoře jazyka Markdown. Společnost System76 představila novou verzi notebooku Adder WS. https://www.root.cz/clanky/rhino-linux-spolupracuje-s-ubports-alpine-se-snazi-zlepsit-udrzbu-x11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

Podíváme se do našich luhů a hájů, zaměříme se na phishing parazitující na VZP, na zajímavosti z výroční zprávy BIS, na útok na systémy ministerstva vnitra či Varování NUKIBu před AI DeepSeek. https://www.root.cz/clanky/postrehy-z-bezpecnosti-phishing-s-vzp-a-utok-na-ministerstvo-vnitra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we're finally getting a look at some of the images it captured. The

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/13/are-a-few-people-ruining-the-internet-for-the-rest-of-us

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44553574

Points: 63

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/13/are-a-few-people-ruining-the-internet-for-the

Article URL: https://github.com/APKLab/APKLab

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44553747

Points: 34

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https://github.com/APKLab/APKLab

Article URL: https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44553752

Points: 109

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https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut

Article URL: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/no-traditional-chinese-medicine-has-not-been-vindicated-science

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44553949

Points: 34

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Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for July 14 No. 498. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-july-14-498/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for July 14, No. 1,486. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-july-14-1486/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for July 14, #764. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-and-help-for-july-14-764/#ftag=CADf328eec

ONE Monitor prioritizes sustainable design and minimalism, but sacrifices flexibility, performance options, and broad device compatibility.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-gorgeous-minimalist-computer-monitor-is-powered-by-just-one-cable-but-just-dont-call-it-a-portable-monitor

SM8466 PCIe 6.0 SSD controller is built for data centers, not desktops, despite its 28GBps speed and enterprise-grade security features.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/next-gen-pcie-6-0-ssd-to-reach-512gb-in-capacity-and-28gbps-in-performance-almost-2x-faster-than-pcie-5-0-but-i-cant-see-it-reaching-my-desktop-pc-before-203

Just a day after the xAI team issued a comprehensive apology and explanation about why its chatbot was spreading

Article URL: https://howtomarketagame.com/2025/06/03/most-people-who-buy-your-game-wont-play-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44552095

Points: 141

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https://howtomarketagame.com/2025/06/03/most-people-who-buy-your-game-wont-play-it/

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/hungary/hungary-pannonhalma-archabbey-beetle-infestation-rcna218539

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44552362

Points: 45

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https://www.nbcnews.com/world/hungary/hungary-pannonhalma-archabbey-beetle-infestation-rcna218539

Article URL: https://www.glp1digest.com/p/how-glp-1s-are-breaking-life-insurance

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44552414

Points: 133

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https://www.glp1digest.com/p/how-glp-1s-are-breaking-life-insurance

Article URL: https://www.openice.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44552966

Points: 114

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https://www.openice.org/

Article URL: https://gottorfer-globus.de/en/the-gottorf-globe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44552730

Points: 7

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https://gottorfer-globus.de/en/the-gottorf-globe

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/holographic-ribbon-aims-to-oust-magnetic-tape-with-50-year-life-span-and-200tb-capacity-per-cartridge-holomem-says-optical-ribbon-based-carts-work-with-some-compone

Article URL: https://marketsaintefficient.substack.com/p/five-companies-now-control-over-90

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44553389

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https://marketsaintefficient.substack.com/p/five-companies-now-control-over-90

MaxSun’s Mini Station is built for creative and AI professionals and combines Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285HX with dual Arc Pro GPUs in a compact case.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/chinese-vendor-launches-first-workstation-pc-with-intels-fastest-cpu-and-up-to-two-arc-pro-b60-gpus-possibly-with-48gb-of-ram-each

The Need for Speed franchise could be making its last laps — at least for the time being. Matthew Everingham, a photographer who frequently contributed to car culture website Speedhunters, said in social media posts that Electronic Arts has "shelved Need for Speed" and is "

Another weeklong round-the-clock spree of speedrunning video games has come to a close, with Summer Games Done Quick raising $2,436,614 for Doctors Without Borders. Held in Minneapolis, the event saw 37,776 donations, with the highest contribution being a solo $61,200 donation.

This year, 2,600 in-person attendees got to experience a hecti

Article URL: https://hackacad.net/post/2025-07-12-local-chatbot-rag-with-freebsd-knowledge/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44550450

Points: 32

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https://hackacad.net/post/2025-07-12-local-chatbot-rag-with-freebsd-knowledge/

Article URL: https://zola.ink/blog/posts/a-technical-look-at-irans-internet-shutdown

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551652

Points: 4

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https://zola.ink/blog/posts/a-technical-look-at-irans-internet-shutdown

Hey HN!

I'm a huge fan of Raycast, but as a Linux user, I was always disappointed it wasn't available on my main OS. This summer, I decided to just build it myself. This project has the goal of being interoperable with Raycast itself, including a majority of the extensions.

It's built with Tauri and Rust on the backend, with a Svelte frontend. The biggest challenge was getting it to run existing Raycast extensions, which required building a custom React renderer as well as making a custo

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/infisical/jobs/qCrLiJb-developer-relations

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551784

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Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/12/i-felt-pure-unconditional-love-the-people-who-marry-their-ai-chatbots

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551842

Points: 14

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/12

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/07/11/does-showing-seconds-in-the-system-tray-actually-use-more-power

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551913

Points: 44

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https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/07/11/does-showing-seconds-in-the-system-tray-actually-

Article URL: https://spiral.spyglass.org/p/strap-in-vision-pro-owners

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44552222

Points: 5

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https://spiral.spyglass.org/p/strap-in-vision-pro-owners

We talked to doctors and dietitians to reveal which foods you should eat to kick head pain to the curb. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/foods-that-naturally-relieve-headaches-back-by-health-pros/#ftag=CADf328eec

Can Enzo Maresca's men stop the European champions from adding a world title to their cabinet? https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-watch-chelsea-vs-psg-from-anywhere-free-stream-fifa-club-world-cup-final-soccer/#ftag=CADf328eec

A Samsung executive has given us a hint about the next generation of wearables we can expect.

https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/as-well-as-the-galaxy-ring-2-samsung-is-also-looking-at-smart-earrings-necklaces-and-other-wearables

Matthias Deblaiser has created a left-handed version of the Logitech MX Master 3S gaming mouse which is originally optimized for right-handed people.

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/maker-3d-prints-left-handed-logitech-mx-master-3s-fixes-awkward-button-layout-made-for-righties

The LG Ultragear 32GS60QC-B is available at Amazon for one of its best prices to date—just $196 instead of its recommended $299.

https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/this-32-inch-lg-ultragear-curved-monitor-is-now-just-usd196-even-cheaper-than-amazon-prime-day

Intel is cutting 2,392 jobs in Oregon, with about 4,000 nationwide, mostly affecting technicians and engineers, despite claims of targeting managers, as part of a broader push for automation and decentralization.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-axes-thousands-of-technicians-and-engineers-in-sweeping-u-s-layoffs-cutting-4-000-positions-i

Japan’s Mizuki Co. is crowdfunding a monitor to match its attractive X68000 Z Super and X68000 Z XVI miniature retro reprint PCs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/faux-crt-monitor-designed-to-pair-up-with-retro-mini-pcs-to-recreate-crt-feeling-cute-8-incher-puts-retro-design-first-by-shoving-a-60-hz-lcd-panel-behind-a-curved-acrylic-shee

Article URL: https://uvdn7.github.io/cpp-coro/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44534809

Points: 8

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https://uvdn7.github.io/cpp-coro/

Hey HN!

This is Adil, Salman and Jose and and we’re behind archgw [1]. An intelligent proxy server designed as an edge and AI gateway for agents - one that natively know how to handle prompts, not just network traffic. We’ve made several sweeping changes so sharing the project again.

A bit of background on why we’ve built this project. Building AI agent demos is easy, but to create something production-ready there is a lot of repeat low-level plumbing work that everyone is doing. You’re

Article URL: https://github.com/Exorust/TorchLeet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44550157

Points: 18

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https://github.com/Exorust/TorchLeet