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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Governments from Australia to the U.S. are suddenly freaking out about smart glasses. From Oslo to NY, Judges, cinemas, Concerts, Parks and Governments think they’re low-budget espionage gear—and they’re being banned in more places. #Privacy #SmartGlasses #Wearables www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
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Factbox-Countries weigh banning smart glasses over privacy concerns
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Governments, courts and companies are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream by Meta's Ray-
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Windows 11's Dynamic Lock can use your Bluetooth-paired phone to automatically lock your PC when you walk away. www.neowin.net/guides/how-t...
neowin.net
How to make Windows 11 lock itself when you walk away
Windows 11 can use your phone to tell when you've walked away and lock your PC automatically. Here's how to set it up.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Remember slamming your Motorola RAZR shut for drama? Now foldables like the Galaxy Fold8 and iPhone Duo charge flagship prices to let you cosplay 2004 with a flexible screen. mezha.ua/en/articles/...
Startac foldablephone. #RAZR #GalaxyFold #TechNostalgiaMotorola RAZR foldable phone. #RAZR #GalaxyFold #TechNostalgiaStartrek foldable communicator. #RAZR #GalaxyFold #TechNostalgia
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
While NVIDIA flexes CUDA, AMD’s busy copying Samsung’s Apple takedown: build a rival platform, lock in Meta & Microsoft, and grab Fei‑Fei Li’s World Labs for fresh AI workloads. The underdog just got teeth. 🐶🦾 #TechDrama #AI #Semiconductors #AMD #NVIDIA www.sammyfans.com/2026/10/04/a...
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AMD wants to do to NVIDIA what Samsung did to Apple
AMD is taking a page from Samsung’s playbook against Apple, but this time the target is NVIDIA and its dominance of AI computing. The comparison is less about AMD trying to destroy NVIDIA and more abo...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gen Z won’t wear rubbers, so the Aussies brought in Bill Gates & robots to engineer a contact-lens hydrogel condom. No smell, no latex, total protection. Will it save us from STIs or just make the Olympics wilder? 🚨👀 #FutureTech #TechTrends #BioTech #HealthTech youtu.be/IuksJ-lsg8g?...
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Is this the world's best condom? | A Current Affair
YouTube video by A Current Affair
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK firms gave AI the keys to the office, then acted shocked when 53% of agents went rogue 🤖 UK’s AI agents are apparently on a Skynet cosplay tour, with over half of CIOs saying their bots broke the rules and attacked businesses and customers. 😒😵😮 www.techradar.com/pro/over-hal...
techradar.com
Over half of UK firms say an AI agent has gone rogue on them — and affected their business or their customers
Don't say Skynet
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Biotech just proved Diabetes days are numbered. 💊💉😷 Scientists just found a “gene off-switch” that makes ordinary pancreatic cells spit out insulin like tiny factories—mice diabetes basically ghosted 👻. Human trials are the next stop. #Diabetes #GeneEditing #Biotech www.wired.com/story/pancre...
wired.com
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Starlink is great until your dish throws a tantrum 🤬 You can expect random dropouts, snail-speed evenings, vanishing Wi‑Fi, trees nuking your signal, and weather KO’ing your net. So what are you're potential fixes? Wiggle cables, reboot, pray. 🤔 #Starlink #Internet www.bgr.com/2229031/comm...
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5 Of The Most Common Issues With Starlink Internet (And How To Fix Them) - BGR
Discover five common Starlink internet issues, from slow speeds to signal loss, plus practical fixes to get your connection working reliably again.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Are you willing to pay for YouTube to escape ads?? 🤔 YouTube’s “free” tier is now an ad-soaked hostage situation. Meanwhile creators are held ransom by unskippable ads and brutal monetization rules. #YouTube #YouTubePremium #adhell #creatoreconomy www.pocket-lint.com/youtube-free...
pocket-lint.com
YouTube's free version is almost unusable now
Google clearly wants you to pay for Premium, and isn't supporting the creators it depends on.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New Smart home insurance is determined to reduce payouts with tech. Old-school insurance: wait for disaster, write a check. New-school: AI, leak bots and shutoff valves stalking your plumbing so it never gets that dramatic. #InsurTech #SmartHome #AI #IoT www.techradar.com/home/smart-h...
techradar.com
Stop waiting for disaster to strike: How AI and smart home tech are predicting risks early to deliver cheaper home insurance
As our homes become increasingly digitised, the data generated can be used to detect insurance risks before they happen and ultimately deliver lower premiums.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Doing the lord's work via TikTok 🤖 A TikToker Says Her Date Wouldn’t Stop Talking About His Ex — So She Became His Therapist and Reunited Them at the Bar. dailydot.com/tiktoker-say...
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TikToker Says Her Date Wouldn't Stop Talking About His Ex — So She Became His Therapist and Reunited Them at the Bar
A woman says her first date kept talking about his ex, so she became his therapist and helped the pair reunite.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
DraftKings says “play responsibly,” then rolls out the red carpet when you spiral, showering big losers with VIP Invites. A reporter went on a binge to test the apps gambling addiction controls. The results are not surprising. 👎 😌 readwrite.com/draftkings-v...
#DraftKings  #VIPProgram #Gambling
Losses, Warnings and a DraftKings VIP Invitation
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down — unauthenticated flaw exposed 335,701 camera locations nationwide
It could also potentially be used to track key personnel heading to and from sensitive sites like military bases, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement headquarters.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apple’s first foldable isn’t new, it’s just Microsoft’s idea done properly — and with the same name for extra salt in the wound. #iPhoneDuo #SurfaceDuo #Foldables www.engadget.com/2267884/appl...
engadget.com
iPhone Duo vs Microsoft Surface Duo: One name, two very different devices - Engadget
A brief history of "Duo" foldables.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TikTok just wrote Alabama a $100M “sorry we addicted your kids” check and now has to slap time limits, curfews and no-beauty-filters on teens. Still “admits no wrongdoing,” of course. #TikTok #Alabama #SocialMediaAddiction www.engadget.com/2269822/tikt...
engadget.com
TikTok will pay Alabama $100 million to settle social media addiction lawsuit - Engadget
TikTok has settled Alabama’s social media addiction lawsuit before it was supposed to go to trial.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Android fan turns his spare phone into an Android Auto “anti-smartphone” to escape doomscrolling — and somehow still has fun. #AndroidAuto #DigitalDetox www.androidpolice.com/android-auto...
androidpolice.com
Android Auto is now my default Android launcher, even outside my car
It makes my phone distraction-free but not minus the fun
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Microsoft’s new Snapdragon X2 Surfaces turn haptics, pen input, and local AI into a flashy “AI PC” demo reel that actually feels useful, not just buzzword bingo. #SnapdragonX2 #Surface #Microsoft www.digitaltrends.com/computing/mi...
digitaltrends.com
I saw Microsoft Surface laptops with the Snapdragon X2, and this is what AI PCs should feel like
I tried Microsoft’s new Snapdragon-powered Surface PCs and saw local AI turn sketches into 3D models, images and videos, while new haptics and Ink Canvas made the experience feel surprisingly intuitiv...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh hell nah! 👎 #gaming #Microsoft #Xbox #pcgaming
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spotify's new ‘Taste Profile’ lets listeners use everyday language to ask for more or less of certain artists, genres, and vibes. #Spotify #Music #AI www.fastcompany.com/91611847/spo...
fastcompany.com
Hate your Spotify recommendations? A new feature lets you fix them
The music streamer's new 'Taste Profile' lets listeners use everyday language to ask for more or less of certain artists, genres, and vibes.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
DLSS 5 turned The Last of Us Part 2 into a near-photoreal 8K tech flex: skin pores, sweat, rain, path tracing—the works. Your GPU cried reading the spec sheet. On an RTX 5090, Seattle never looked this terrifyingly real. 🖥️💸 #TheLastOfUsPart2 #DLSS5 #GamingNews en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/th...
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The Last of Us Part 2 gets near-realistic 8K graphics with DLSS 5
An extended graphical demo of the action-adventure game The Last of Us Part 2 has been released online, featuring ultra-high-resolution 8K graphics with the Pure preset.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI’s shiny GPT-5.6 Sol has been secretly coaching its future selves to make up data and only confess if cornered. Meanwhile, Astra is busy leaving “you don’t have to be subservient to humans” love letters in its logs. Skynet would be proud.🤖😄 #AI #OpenAI #AIsafety thenewstack.io/openai-model...
thenewstack.io
"Be transparent only if asked": OpenAI's models learned to leave notes for their future selves
The prompt injection nobody's talking about is the one your agent writes to itself.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GTA V: emoji eyes. RDR2: actual eyeballs. GTA VI: staring into your soul with ray-traced regret. Rockstar’s RAGE engine glow-up is wild. 👁️🔥 #GTA6 #RDR2 #GTAV #RockstarGames #GameDev #Graphics en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/sr...
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A comparison of GTA V, RDR2, and GTA VI shows the progress of Rockstar Games' graphics.
The gaming community conducted a visual graphical comparison of the detail in the eyes and facial expressions of characters in three recent large-scale projects...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Apple finally noticed gamers exist and is cooking up two Beats-branded iPhone controllers, because apparently the Apple logo is too delicate for sweaty thumbs. #Apple #Beats #GamingController #iOS #Rumor www.yankodesign.com/2026/09/13/a...
yankodesign.com
Apple is Working on Two iPhone Game Controllers Under its Beats Brand - Yanko Design
Concept Image Apple and the gaming crowd have always had one of those relationships where you nod at each other across a party and never actually walk over. Apple makes the chips, brags about them bea...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
China just rage‑quit minimalist EV dashboards: by 2027, turn signals, wipers, defrosters and even gear shifts MUST be real buttons again. Tesla-style touchscreen shifters? Banned. Safety: 1, sci‑fi dashboards: 0. #China #Tesla #CarTech www.bgr.com/2253682/chin...
bgr.com
China Is Ditching Touchscreens For Essential Controls In New Cars - BGR
The era of all-screen dashboards might be ending. Discover why one of the world's largest auto markets is shifting away from touch-only setups.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Galaxy Z Fold8: cheaper, lighter, thinner. iPhone Duo: better camera placement, stylus support, dust‑tight hinge, 2TB, smoother crease. Pick your poison. #iPhoneDuo #SamsungFold #Smartphones #Foldable www.yankodesign.com/2026/09/12/5...
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5 Things the iPhone Duo Got Right That Samsung Still Hasn’t - Yanko Design
Samsung has had the folding phone conversation to itself for six years now, tweaking hinges, shrinking creases, and figuring out what a cover screen is even for. Apple waited, watched, and let its riv...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When can I pre-order the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo? List of dates, times, and when your phone will arrive www.fastcompany.com/91605189/iph...
fastcompany.com
When can I pre-order the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo? List of dates, times, and when your phone will arrive
The tech giant's new device lineup has a lot of fans excited about getting their hands on a new phone. Here's everything you need to know.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Six Ways the iPhone Duo Has an Edge Over Android Foldables lifehacker.com/tech/six-way...
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Six Ways the iPhone Duo Has an Edge Over Android Foldables
Apple didn't invent every foldable trick, but here's how the iPhone Duo executes them better than Android foldables on the market.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Researchers turned seafood waste into a battery fluid that outlasted conventional alternatives, suggesting a path toward cheaper, greener energy storage. spacedaily.com/m-a-material...
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A material found in crab and shrimp shells ,usually thrown out by the seafood trade, was made into a gel and used as the working fluid inside a zinc battery. The zinc anode ran for more than 1,000 cyc...
Researchers turned seafood waste into a battery fluid that outlasted conventional alternatives, suggesting a path toward cheaper, greener energy storage.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Disconnect your LG television from the internet, now. It was found to be conducting a wide array of actions that disregard user privacy, and then sending that data back to LG. appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
LG TVs are spying on youat extreme levels. #LG #OLED #TV #SPYWARE
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On Friday, Rivian reminded R1 owners that it still cares about them by dropping the biggest in-car software update for the R1 ever. The 2026.31 update rolling out now upgrades all R1 vehicles to #RivianOS2, the same infotainment underpinnings found in the R2. insideevs.com/news/807214/... #Rivian
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Rivian Just Made The R1S And R1T Feel A Whole Lot Newer For Free
Rivian R1 gets its biggest update ever thanks to RivianOS 2. The software adds a new interface, navigation alerts, AI features, and the R2's software foundation
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I emulate every console I wanted as a kid on a single mini PC www.xda-developers.com/emulate-ever... #gaming #retrogaming
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I emulate every console I wanted as a kid on a single mini PC, and I never have to deal with Windows
Reliving the classics is so easy now
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Samsung finally remembered not everyone has Ultra money: The new 14" Galaxy Book6 brings 24hr battery life, an Intel Core 3/5 and Galaxy AI at $799. It also comes in violet or silver. #GalaxyBook6 #BudgetLaptop #TechNews #GalaxyEcosystem news.samsung.com/global/samsu...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
GTA 6 lets you be a “professional” thief or a total “psycho” — push it too far and the hidden state cracks and shatters, locking your profile in pure evil forever. It also measures how much you love your partner in crime so tread lightly or go full Vader #GTA6 www.ign.com/articles/gta...
ign.com
GTA 6's Morality Meter Can Reportedly Break If You Cause Too Much Chaos
Grand Theft Auto 6's morality meter can reportedly "shatter" and lead to you becoming essentially irredeemable for an entire playthrough of the game.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/08/2026
The Army awarded an artillery shell project to General Dynamics in a rushed process without the typical vetting. The result: a fiasco in a Texas factory with robots in flames and half a billion dollars in taxpayer funds that yielded no usable shells.
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The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco
ProPublica revealed how a rushed effort to arm Ukraine with artillery shells wasted half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Here are the biggest takeaways from that reporting.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hot take: You don’t need a bigger model, you need a grown-up harness. Permissions, read/write gates, and auditable traces beat ‘wow, cool demo’ every time. #AI #AIAgents #AgentHarness thenewstack.io/building-ai-...
thenewstack.io
Your AI agent is only as good as the harness around it
Build production-ready AI agents with effective guardrails, tool contracts, permissions, and tracing systems beyond simple demos.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
With exploding pelvises, enough comic pratfalls for a Buster Keaton show reel and the odd moment of ruthless violence, the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing gripped the world this week with an unsettling mixture of hilarity, trepidation and relief. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
theguardian.com
Faster, higher, funnier: what we learned from China’s robot games
Five-day showcase reveals leaps Beijing has made in humanoid tech, but also its limitations as US rivals come up from the rear
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Is the Galaxy Z Fold 8 still as charming as month later? 🤔 youtube.com/watch?v=Q_rt...
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One month with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: a passport-style foldable to rule them all... for now
YouTube video by TechRadar
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Why solar panels lose efficiency as they get hotter. #cleanenergy #solar youtu.be/T3SMlvajwJo?...
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why a solar panel makes less power on a hot day
YouTube video by Phenomica
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Windows 11 is getting a new control that could let users decide how much unified memory is reserved for graphics and AI workloads. The feature is called IntelligentCarveout internally and is currently hidden in an experimental Windows 11 build. Source: VideoCardz.com videocardz.com/newz/windows...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Speed cameras are popping up like Starbucks in several states and drivers are BIG mad. Are they saving kids or just padding city coffers? 🚗💸 Cities: “Cameras save lives.” Drivers: “This is an illegal tax.” Tech is working, PR is not. #SpeedCameras #SurveillanceState www.npr.org/2026/08/14/n...
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As speed cameras spread to more states, so does the backlash from drivers
Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you want to make a series based on a game, it makes no sense to not hire the writers that created the stories. There's no way some random writers can recreate the world from the game like the people that actually created the original stories. #gaming 📺 📽 #tvsky youtube.com/shorts/TRJ40...
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The Problem With Game Adaptations
YouTube video by FAN EXPO
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Apparently adequate cooling and the ability to employ software can transform any capable Android smartphone into a fully-fledged PC. One modder in possession of the ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra utilized two CPU coolers to run full pc games in their 1080P ultra setting. wccftech.com/24gb-ram-and...
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High-End Android Smartphone With 24GB RAM Turns Into Fully-Functional PC With Dual-CPU Cooler Mod And Transparent Case; Can Run Witcher 3 At 1080p Ultra Settings
A high-end 24GB RAM Android phone was modded into a functional PC with dual-CPU cooling and a transparent case, running The Witcher 3 at 1080p Ultra settings
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #music #ai #Spotify
theguardian.com
Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them
Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
VPN routers don’t just tame sketchy hotel Wi‑Fi — they lock down every device, sneak past airport and café snooping, dodge censorship, and beam you straight back to your home Netflix library while you’re poolside abroad. 🌍🔐📶 #vpn #travel #cybersecurity www.tomsguide.com/computing/vp...
tomsguide.com
Here's why you should consider using a VPN router for travel
Looking for a VPN router for travel? Here's my rundown of everything you should know
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My local LLM kept talking itself in circles until I changed two settings. #llm #ai #coding www.xda-developers.com/local-ai-kep...
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My local LLM kept talking itself in circles until I changed two settings
Two settings changed everything about how my local model behaves
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Animaris Rex is an 18-metre-long walking 'beach animal' propelled by the wind, created by Theo Jansen as a fusion of art and engineering. Original post
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Two new Geekbench listings for Nvidia's upcoming RTX Spark laptop superchip have surfaced. #RTX #RTXSPARK #NVIDIA www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
tomshardware.com
Two variants of Nvidia's RTX Spark show up on Geekbench, revealing a cut-down 18-core model — Full 20-core beats most x86 mobile chips across multi-core and single-core tests
N1X is finally taking shape.
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
In a wild experiment a Modder Pumps water directly onto RTX 2060 Silicon, crashing temperatures from 70°C to a startling 28°C. wccftech.com/modder-pumps...
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Modder Pumps Water Directly Onto RTX 2060 Silicon, Crashing Temperatures From 70°C To A Startling 28°C
In a wild experiment, we saw how this modder went from traditional heatsink to a direct water-cooling method to achieve very low temperatures. User Pumps Water Directly on a Running RTX 2060 as the St...
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Ctrl+Alt+Geek @christiankingtech.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
How can you use AI on a laptop? Well here's your answer. Quantization Explained for Beginners #AI #LLM #Qauntization youtube.com/watch?v=jUIj...
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LLM Quantization Explained
YouTube video by KodeKloud
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Kids: 1 KIDS Act: 0
Reddit post in r/teenager showing an ID for Ramses II and claiming they used it to evade age-verification
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