A River of News

Tech headlines, September 8, 2026, 11:00 UTC

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  1. Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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    NEC has quietly quit quantum computing hardware development, report claims — company says it will continue to evaluate practical applications and industrialization of quantum technologies Tom's Hardware
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    Scanned, segmented, and animated my keyboard. Now you can type on my keyboard Hacker News
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    Vintage Emulator Studio recreates 44 legendary synths down to the chip level — free MAME-powered component-level emulation should offer exceedingly accurate sound Tom's Hardware
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    Hackers drain $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, emptying roughly 95% of federation wallet — attackers claim they’re the ‘good guys’ and will return funds after the vulnerability is fixed Tom's Hardware by Etiido Uko story
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    UK energy operator sticks with Palantir in £21M direct award The Register
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    Show HN: A browser IDE for m68000, Z80 assembly (and more), with graphics Hacker News
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    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
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    Get a 32GB DDR5 gaming PC for just $1,379 at Newegg — $420 discount includes 20-core Intel CPU and RTX 5060 Tom's Hardware
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    This $389 32GB DDR5 RAM kit is the cheapest on sale right now for a gaming PC upgrade — higher-spec RAM for $415 gives PC builders rare choice as the AI boom continues to force memory prices higher Tom's Hardware by Ben Stockton
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    Thailand asks data center operators to suspend 49 buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create 'airtight' requirements for large-scale data centers Tom's Hardware story
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    How NASA Testing Changed US Food Inspection Forever WIRED by Alex Davies