Maurice Brings Immersive Audio Recording to the Masses - Immersive audio is the new hotness in the recording world. Once upon a time, mono ... -

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Maurice Brings Immersive Audio Recording To The Masses

Immersive audio is the new hotness in the recording world. Once upon a time, mono was good enough. Then someone realized humans have two ears, and ...

#microphonearray #audiorecording #immersiveaudio #microphone #mischacks #xlr

HP's Omen 16 Slim gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and 2K 165Hz display is $550 off right now — all-time low pricing and a free copy of Battlefield 6 - HP's Omen 16 Slim is a solid gaming laptop that allows you ... -

Tom

HP

The right price.

#pccomponents

Retrotechtacular: Exploring the Moon on Surveyor 1 - Aside from a few stand-out programs — looking at you, Star Trek — by the late 1960... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/07/retrotechtacular-exploring-the-moon-on-surveyor-1/ #retrotechtacular #atlas-centaur #spacerace #regolith #surveyor #apollo #lunar #moon

Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market - Someone bought an Asus TUF RTX 4090 from eBay, and it would... -

Tom

Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market

Just the latest in the series of hollow 4090s.

#pccomponents #gpus

Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign - A new report from VirusTotal shows that more than 44 compro... -

Tom

Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign

A new report links over 500 weaponized SVGs to a phishing campaign that spoofed a Colombian government portal.

#securitysoftware #software

For Pete’s sake, what does AI think of the play that haunts Seattle Seahawks fans — run or pass? - Former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on the sidelines in Seattle. Carroll is now coac... -

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For Pete’s sake, what does AI think of the play that haunts Seattle Seahawks fans — run or pass?

Former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on the sidelines in Seattle. Carroll is now coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Li...

#microsoftcopilot #seattleseahawks #sportstech #football #nfl #ai

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 31, 2025 - Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here ... -

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 31, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 31, 2025.

#geekwireweekly

Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a 'Town' on Friday, due to the first power outage in 30 years – all the RGBs went out - Tokyo’s renowned electronics shopping district was plunged ... -

Tom

Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a

Akihabara

#powersupplies #pccomponents

Creality Hi Combo Review: Catching up with Color - Creality plays catch-up with a color bedslinger. ... -

Tom

Creality Hi Combo review: Catching up with color

Is this Creality’s answer to the A1?

#3dprinting

Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready - Windows bloat hater NTDEV has released an updated version o... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/custom-windows-11-builder-axes-microsofts-ai-features-whack-a-moling-copilot-outlook-and-teams-new-tiny11-builder-release-should-be-windows-11-25h2-ready #operatingsystems #software

Nvidia RTX 5090 reset bug prompts $1,000 reward for a fix — cards become completely unresponsive and require a reboot after virtualization reset bug, also impacts RTX PRO 6000 - Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 and PRO 6000 GPUs are reportedly bein... -

Tom

Nvidia RTX 5090 reset bug prompts $1,000 reward for a fix — cards become completely unresponsive and require a reboot after virtualization reset bug, also impacts RTX PRO 6000

CloudRift and community reports suggest a reset failure on Nvidia’s new Blackwell GPUs that freezes the card until the machine is power-cycled.

#pccomponents #gpus

New report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures — not Microsoft’s August patch for Windows - The curious case of failing SSDs, following Microsoft’s Aug... -

Tom

New report blames Phison

Latest findings suggest consumer SSDs with official firmware are unaffected.

#pccomponents #storage #ssds

Microsoft confirms undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering Azure performance — two main cables connecting Europe and Asia are compromised - Microsoft was forced to reroute Azure traffic on Saturday, ... -

Tom

Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are compromised

Undersea breaks on SEA-ME-WE 4 and IMEWE systems disrupted Microsoft’s Middle East transit over the weekend.

#techindustry

Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says - Researchers also found that more than half of citations didn’t rank in top 100 for term W... -

Google’s AI cites web pages written by AI, study says

ai-pocalypse: Like a snake eating its own tail

Theremin-Style MIDI Controller Does It With Lasers - Strictly speaking, a Theremin uses a pair of antennae that act as capacitors in a ... -

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Theremin-Style MIDI Controller Does It With Lasers

Strictly speaking, a Theremin uses a pair of antennae that act as capacitors in a specific R/C circuit. Looking at [aritrakdebnath2003]’s MID...

#opticaltheremin #midicontroller #arduinohacks #musicalhacks #arduinouno #tofsensor

After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus - Powered by plutonium, running on pure stubbornness It is almost half a century since Voya... -

48 years ago, Voyager 1 left Earth

: Powered by plutonium, running on pure stubbornness

Cloud storage isn’t always perfect. You need a local backup, too. - Cloud storage services are convenient -- and sometimes fickle. Make them a part of your b... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/07/important-data-local-backup-essential/

The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road - Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sent... -

The Spectacular Comeback Tour of a Crypto Convict

Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and ...

#unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #amnestiescommutationsandpardons #documentaryfilmsandprograms #presidentialelectionof2024 #audio-neutral-informative #computersandtheinternet #drugabuseandtraffic #ulbrichtrosswilliam #kraken(paywardinc)

Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a substantial upgrade to the finder despite age - The old Enermax gaming PC still has a few years left in it.... -

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Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a substantial upgrade to the finder despite age

A little dusting and a couple of upgrades, and it

#gamingpcs #desktops

As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let's talk about digital presidents-for-life - And maybe even dictator Brain-in-a-box-as-a-Service Opinion  China's President Xi Jinping... -

As Xi and Putin chase immortality, ponder digital dictators

Opinion: And maybe even dictator Brain-in-a-box-as-a-Service