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MacBook Neo
Apple today unveiled MacBook Neo, an all-new laptop that delivers the magic of the Mac at a breakthrough price.
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The most popular blog posts about hardware & electronics on Hacker News. 164 posts.
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Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
Apple debuted M6 in the new Mac mini and M5 Ultra in the new Mac Studio, providing an extraordinary leap in performance and AI capabilities.
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Flipper One – we need your help
With Flipper One, we're reimagining what a Linux cyberdeck can be — it's a huge project. We're opening up the development process and asking the community for help.
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Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone
Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone.
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Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust
In September 2026, NVIDIA announced it is leaning into native GPU programming in Rust. CUDA C++ and CUDA Python are mature, enterprise-grade toolchains, and NVIDIA will be growing and maturing CUDA…
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MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
Apple announced the latest 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max.
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New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
Apple announced the new Mac Studio, featuring M5 Max and the all-new M5 Ultra, delivering a monumental leap in AI performance and even faster graphics.
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Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?
Wonder why chromax.black fans take longer to launch? Black colouring additives alter how advanced polymers mould, meaning they require entirely new toolings and months of testing.
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Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids
Modern TVs are very poorly suited for kids. They require using complicated remotes or mobile phones, and navigating apps that continually try to lure you into watching something else than you intended to. The usual scenario ends up with the kid feeling disempowered and asking an adult to put something on. That…
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Electric motors with no rare earths
As a pioneer of electric motors using no rare earths, Renault Group is unique on the automotive market, a position reasserted for strategic reasons.
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Accelerating GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast
See how Cerebras powers GPT-5.6 Sol in OpenAI's Ultrafast mode at up to 750 output tokens per second for time-sensitive AI and agent workflows.
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Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone
Today we're announcing Bonsai 27B, our multimodal flagship: ternary at 5.9GB for laptops, 1-bit at 3.9GB for an iPhone 17 Pro, with a 262K-token context.
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Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
Fujitsu Limited today announced that it will begin global sales of its next-generation CPU, FUJITSU-MONAKA, designed and developed in Japan, starting November 2026. This will include sales of the processor as a standalone product to cloud and data center operators and server vendors. Additionally, the company will…
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A third world engineer responds to “RISC-V: They should have known better”
Dmitry Grinberg published a long piece explaining his distaste for RISC-V, you can read his article here: RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better - Dmitry.GR . It went to the front page of Hacker News and it started a good argument on Lobsters. It is the most substantial criticism the architecture has had in a while and…
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Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots
From feet to fingertips — we are teaching robots intelligent whole-body control, fine dexterity, and teamwork to complete a broad range of complex tasks.
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Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones
Pedestrians wearing headphones are exposed to an increased risk of accidents. In an effort to reduce collisions with cyclists, Škoda Auto, in collaboration with scientists, introduces an innovative bicycle bell whose sound can penetrate even active noise cancellation systems. In doing so, it helps prevent injuries to…
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Nvidia RTX Spark encrypted firmware slows inference speed to 35% on Linux
A hands-on look at dual-booting Linux on the Nvidia RTX Spark laptop, the GPU clock throttling bug found, and why WSL still wins.
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Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
Apple today unveiled the new AirTag, now with an expanded finding range and a louder speaker.
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Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B retains 98.2% of Qwen3.8 27B benchmark performance in a 5.9GB footprint, with multimodal and agentic capabilities.
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Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support
Meet motorola signature 27, Motorola's most advanced flagship smartphone ever with next-gen AI, industry-leading tech, & a distnctive design.
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Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027
Starting in 2027, smartphone batteries will once again be replaceable in the EU. Learn all about the new regulation and what this means for users.
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JetKVM Mini
A JetKVM from $33, wired or wireless. New open-source firmware, the same web interface.
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Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
In 2024 I quit my FAANG job to become an independent researcher. To do this I needed GPUs, so I built “grumbl”, a 6x 6000 Ada GPU server. This blog describes the build, some of the issu…
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The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand
A factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds circuit boards on demand, in half the time of a typical Shenzhen quick-turn shop.
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Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor
Revolutionary Mercedes-Benz drive system developed in Berlin-Marienfelde High-tech manufacturing: 35 processes that are new worldwide and more than 30 patent applications Production across around...
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New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro
Apple announced the new Mac mini with the all-new M6 and powerful M5 Pro, delivering a dramatic boost in performance and more versatility in its supersmall desktop design.
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CNC Stone Carving
CNC Stone Carving In a form of architecture so ancient, CNC machines may seem a little out of place. However, when one considers that the medieval builders were always on the forefront of the technology of their day, it no longer seems so strange. To build Gothic today, it must become a reality, not a […]
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An Introduction to Meshtastic
Discover Meshtastic: a community-driven, open-source project using LoRa radios for long-range, off-grid communication.
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