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1. Thursday, September 10, 2026

2. 16:04tech
   Apple’s new A20 Pro smartphone chip around 25% faster than its predecessor in leaked benchmark — the 2nm CPU in the iPhone Duo and 18 Pro hits nearly 5 GHz clocks Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson
3. 14:25tech
   Minecraft-spawned crypto kingpin faces 20 years for $245 million heist — mastermind's role in hacking campaign fueled their supercar, bodyguards, and private jet habit Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story
4. 13:00tech
   Old MacBook uses a mirror, webcam, and AI agent to code its own AMD GPU drivers — 'agent-first' Omarchy Linux debugs itself, AI can check its own progress on screen in real-time Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story
5. 11:00tech
   Developer uses Claude to vibe code a Windows 3.1 shell in an hour — reanimated 12MB retro launcher runs on both Windows 11 and Apple Silicon Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson
6. 10:00tech
   Self-taught tinkerer demos working room-sized Cold War-era supercomputer with vacuum tubes — takes 15 minutes to warm up and smells like burning dust, 8-bit design uses 460 recycled 1950s Soviet tubes Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story

7. Wednesday, September 9, 2026

8. 10:00tech
   Big Tech eyes glacier-strewn Patagonia for building mega AI data centers — region offers 17,300 glaciers, coldness, and cheap energy, but fiber lines are scarce Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson

9. Sunday, September 6, 2026

10. 12:16tech
    Sales of CD and vinyl music sees strong resurgence amid physical media backlash — US sales of ‘retro media’ were up 59% and 18%, respectively, in H1 2026 Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson
11. 13:44tech
    Bitcoin mining data center condemned after leaking 3 million gallons of water and forcing school closures — facility operated for years under a city stop-work order Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson

12. Monday, September 7, 2026

13. 10:47tech
    RPCS3 emulator can now run PS3 games on PC directly from a disc drive in landmark development — unlocks 20 years of physical titles on Windows, Linux, and macOS Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson
14. 13:25tech
    OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model autonomously completes Portal in 24 hours — feat cost just $571 in tokens Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story

15. Tuesday, September 8, 2026

16. 10:00tech
    Tech enthusiast finds $12,000 stack of RAM in their garage — work let them keep an old server stuffed with 1,920GB of DDR4 Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson
17. 11:06tech
    Google maps entire brain and central nervous system of adult male fruit fly, software engineers immediately make it run Doom — AI-powered 3D model of over 166,000 neurons can also play Super Mario 64 Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson
18. 12:57tech
    Super Smash Bros Melee gets fully decompiled after over six years of effort — ambitious and technically impressive project delivers GameCube classic as C code Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson