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Proton VPN drops its VPN Plus subscription to $2.49/month for 24 months, with the deal running through November 30.
began Oct 28now
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“Proton VPN has rolled out its biggest sale of the year for Black Friday, slashing 75% off its two-year VPN Plus plan.”— Mashable · full quotes →
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Searching “zelda” and clicking the Master Sword flips Google’s homepage back to its 1998 look.
began Nov 2now
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“Google just got a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Easter egg that transports you back to the 1998 version of the search engine — complete with blue links…”— IGN · full quotes →
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Developer Ori pushes forward the Good Enough File System toward production readiness on OpenBSD.
began Nov 1now
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“A modern filesystem has been missing in OpenBSD for quite a while now. GEFS seems to fit the general mindset and is developed inside the tree already, so I'm…”— Undeadly commenter · full quotes →
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A Substack post catalogs how old computer magazines imagined the future—and how predictions fared.
began Nov 2now
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“Once configured, the controller could run without the Apple. You still had to prepare the food.”— Article (on Smarthome I) · Hacker News · full quotes →
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The Verge's review says Vivo's new €1,799 flagship drops the 35mm lens and top ultrawide that made its own X300 Ultra the camera leader.
began Oct 27now
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“The Vivo X500 Pro Max is a great flagship phone, but a step back from my favorite phone camera.”— Dominic Preston · full quotes →
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Amazon's refreshed Fire TV Stick 4K drops 58% to $24.99, while the budget 4K Select model hits $21.99.
began Nov 2now
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“At this price, it's an easy one to consider.”— Android Authority · full quotes →
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Google is updating its core Android communication apps with new gradient icons aligned with its recent design system overhaul.
began Nov 2now
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“Messages now looks a lot like its other Google app siblings.”— Android Authority · full quotes →
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Eben Upton says the $80 increase on the top-end Raspberry Pi 5 is "unavoidable" as 16GB DRAM supply stays tight.
began Nov 2now
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“Though these increases are unavoidable, we know they are unwelcome news for our customers. We encourage you to make sure you’re not paying for more memory than…”— Eben Upton, Raspberry Pi CEO · Raspberry Pi blog · full quotes →
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The chip makers combine in the largest tech merger ever, betting on optical networking as AI infrastructure scales.
began Nov 2now
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“The companies that move first and help define this transition will set the standard for decades to come.”— Matthew Murphy, Marvell CEO · full quotes →
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Microsoft has enabled Edge to use a Windows 11 feature that speeds up browser startup, particularly under heavy multitasking.
began Oct 29now
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“Microsoft Edge will soon launch faster on Windows 11 by using a feature no other browser has, at least for now.”— techhelpkb, Mastodon user · Mastodon · full quotes →
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A product roundup covers pricing trends, new models, and discount availability across Apple's laptop lineup.
began Nov 2now
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“MacBook Neo is Apple's first affordable MacBook, coming in at just $699.”— Michael, 9to5Mac reporter, Tech journalist · Mastodon · full quotes →
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Engadget's review finds Google's new Googlebook platform fundamentally flawed despite Dell's excellent industrial design.
began Nov 1now
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“In a world where you can get the exact same XPS hardware running on more flexible platforms with better developer support, the XPS Googlebook seems practically…”— Devindra Hardawar · full quotes →
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The investment pairs Gulf capital with compute capacity, subject to U.S. regulatory approval.
began Oct 31now
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“The OpenAI funding round, with UAE investors including MGX as the largest backers, comes with an option on Gulf data center capacity. Washington will set its…”— Forbes · full quotes →
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Data analytics provider Hex says it rewrote its entire platform to work with AI agents, securing funding led by Peak XV.
began Oct 27now
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“Hex Threw Out Its Code To Stop The SaaSpocalypse, Raising $100 Million”— Forbes headline · Press · full quotes →
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The UBP-X700K disappears from shelves in Japan, US, and Europe as Sony appears to exit the standalone disc player market.
began Oct 31now
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“Sony may be preparing to abandon the standalone 4K Blu-ray player market after retailers in Japan reportedly stopped expecting new shipments of its final…”— Tom's Hardware · full quotes →
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itch.io confirms daily new-game-page creation has doubled since August while downloads and purchases have not, as AI-made titles overwhelm…
began Nov 1now
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“Shopfronts are being deluged by this shit, and it's making it a terrible user experience for customers.”— Aftermath.site · full quotes →
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A small Wisconsin city defeated a major AI datacenter proposal through community resistance, raising questions about how tech giants use…
began Nov 1now
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“I mean, you take everything with a grain of salt. They're basically telling you everything you want to hear.”— Sydney Brennan, Menomonie city councilwoman · full quotes →
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Developer andros ships a headless BBJ-style forum for Unix servers, then faces accusations that his writeups were LLM-generated.
began Oct 27now
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“It is AI output, 100%”— cadey · full quotes →
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Project Suncatcher achieves computational milestone as company acknowledges steep economics of space-based infrastructure.
began Nov 1now
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Six-in-one charging hub with retractable cable, wireless charging, and diagnostic display arrives on Amazon at $149.
began Nov 1now
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“The CUKTECH 15 140W Charging Station is available today on Amazon for $149. It has been out in Europe for a little while, but now it has finally made it to the…”— Fernando Silva · full quotes →
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Apps promising cash for playing mobile games have become a way for studios to identify high-spending players, trapping users in endless…
began Oct 31now
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“For mobile-game companies, apps like Freecash are a way to buy downloads but also to filter their customers, paying out small amounts to find out which might…”— New York Magazine · full quotes →
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Days after its $1,999 launch, owners report iPhone Duo screens cracking near the hinge; Apple confirms issue as scrutiny turns to a hinge…
began Oct 27now
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A protest movement framed as code, laid-off tech workers are building clean-room open-source alternatives to expensive cloud platforms…
began Nov 1now
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“While tearing down Adobe you've probably paid Nvidia, Anthropic, and Microsoft in the process, while at the same time no amount of Claude will make a dent in…”— refactor_master · full quotes →
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At Android Dev Summit, Google revealed detachable tablets are the next form factor for its Googlebook line.
began Nov 1now
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“Googlebook spans across large screen form factors from clamshells, convertibles, and soon detachables.”— Google, Product team · Mastodon · full quotes →
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A detailed technical critique alleges Anthropic's new source control tool borrows heavily from Meta's Mononoke without sufficient credit.
began Nov 1now
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“But a clear line is when you start writing a blog post advertising your work, like Anthropic did”— andyc · full quotes →
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman details specs for three iPads, including OLED, vapor-chamber cooling and new chips, following this month's iPad…
began Oct 28now
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“Three new iPad models are reportedly launching early next year, here’s what’s coming”— 9to5Mac, Tech news outlet, via Mastodon · Mastodon · full quotes →
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A programmer shares technical deep-dive on typesetting two unpublished novellas using the Unix tool groff.
began Oct 31now
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“Don't even think about it: I won't publish this. Nor send it to you privately, which is mostly the same as publishing it.”— dverlaeckt80 · Hacker News · full quotes →
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Japanese chipmaker's guidance suggests AI-driven memory demand may be cooling after months of gains.
began Oct 27now
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“Kioxia Holdings Corp.'s shares fell as much as 15% on Monday after the Japanese memory maker's cautious outlook disappointed investors, flaring up concerns…”— Takashi Mochizuki, Bloomberg Tech correspondent · full quotes →
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The delayed smart home hub ships November 13 running outdated version 26.5, requiring immediate update to 27.2.
began Nov 1now
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“It is well known that Apple's new HomeView smart home hub was significantly delayed, and there is now yet another piece of evidence: the device will initially…”— MacRumors · full quotes →
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Users share strategies for buying and configuring large displays that don't spy on viewers.
began Nov 1now
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“The consensus thus far appears to be that all modern TVs wipe their ass with user privacy. Given what happened with games very recently, perhaps the question…”— rl3 · full quotes →
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The Institute for Driverless Transport says London's robotaxi rollout is outpacing scrutiny of jobs, sovereignty and fallback planning.
began Nov 1now
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“Will Britain become dependent on autonomous vehicle services for any key activities and what fallback options will exist if a supplier fails or withdraws?”— Institute for Driverless Transport, research body · The Register · full quotes →
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The South Korean chipmaker says its WICOP 3 architecture makes white light from gallium nitride alone, in chips as small as 10µm.
began Nov 1now
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“White LEDs currently need rare earth minerals, which creates environmental problems and also makes production more expensive. Now Seoul Viosys claims to have…”— @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net · full quotes →
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Tomas Salvo's 'Reaper' aircraft surpasses the previous 465 mph mark and could win an $800,000 prize if validated.
began Nov 1now
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“A new 'Reaper' jet-powered drone project just unofficially broke the previous drone speed world record of 465 mph by hitting 491 mph.”— Tom's Hardware · full quotes →
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After US clocks fell back, Apple detailed two workarounds for an Always-On display glitch that first surfaced in Europe a week earlier.
began Oct 26now
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“This incorrect time appears only on the Always On display when your wrist is down,”— Apple, Company support document · MacRumors · full quotes →
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Five Seneca drones acquired by fire district to suppress wildfires before they exceed 10 square feet.
began Nov 1now
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“These Seneca drones should help the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District achieve its goal of stopping 90% of fires before they grow larger than 10…”— Tom's Hardware · full quotes →
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