Modders have unlocked hidden AI compute performance on NVIDIA’s RTX 20, 30 and 40-series GPUs. The modifications remove software-level limits on certain Tensor Core operations, without changing the hardware or flashing a new VBIOS. - RTX 4090: 165.6 → 331.6 TFLOPS FP16 Tensor Core throughput -RTX 3090 Ti: 87.5 → 157.4 TFLOPS BF16 performance - RTX 2080 Ti: 59.9 → 111 TFLOPS FP16→FP32 performance - RTX 3090: 73.0 → 122.8 TFLOPS in a PyTorch GEMM test The gains are mainly relevant to AI and compute workloads, not gaming.

WTF, $3000 Samsung TV has an always-on mic, automatic content recognition, geo tracking, network mapping, and ships your data to Samsung + 400 partners. Bro Rooted a brand-new 2025 Samsung TV after noticing absurdly targeted ads. Firmware was locked down, so zero-days it was. Got a root shell. then found: always-on voice service, ACR, geo, full telemetry pipeline, and four separate DRM systems. This isn’t a bug, It’s the product bro.

An in-depth engineering blog explaining how we built our Blockchain Explorer entirely on ARC (Agentic Realm Computer). From blockchain data and AFS to AFS-UI and the underlying architecture, we walk through how the pieces fit together to power a real-world application. Not just a demo or a concept — a working application built on our next-generation agentic computing platform. arcblock.io/en/articles/chai…

ARC makes Blockchain native and first-class citizens so building a blockchain explorer like piece of cake.

One of the biggest problems I had was never having direct, fast access to my computer at home. Tried many remote software apps and just getting them to look and function properly was a pain on a mobile device. I found Omarchy on accident and fell in love with the fluidity and it inspired me to create touchworkstation. Linux is more than just an operating system. It’s a community. @OmarchyLinux

Omarchy Mobile: this week's update It was a big week, and more than half of it came from the community. Ports to new Pixels moved forward, a lot of hardware support landed, and the daily-driver experience on the Pixel 7 Pro got more polished. 🌱 New devices - Pixel Fold (felix): went from first light to a real bring-up. Storage behind our read-only safety guard, the GPU enabled, volume keys, the power key, the hinge sensor and the cover screen's console. Work has started on its cover touchscreen. Thanks, boozedog! - Pixel 8 Pro (husky, Tensor G3): our mainline kernel boots it with USB and SSH. Getting there turned up and fixed a USB bug that froze the phone, and that fix can go upstream to Linux too. Thanks, greenbrettmichael! - Pixel 9a (tegu, Tensor G4): first light is recorded. More than a dozen kernel pieces for Tensor G4 merged, covering clocks, storage, pins, power management, GPU and touch, and a read-only battery gauge is in review. Thanks, W4HO-ham! - Pixel 7a (lynx): new this week! A first-light board and an on-screen console are in review. Thanks, latentoperator! - Pixel 6 (gs101): the build and flash tooling, bootloader glue and Mali-G78 GPU support merged. Thanks, robotosaith and bilacc! - Also in progress: the Pixel 4 and the POCO F3, our first non-Pixel port. 📱 Pixel 7 Pro, the reference phone - Camera: Night mode and HDR in omacam. Several raw frames are aligned and merged on the phone, and libcamera gained noise reduction and defective-pixel correction. - Calls: groundwork for phone calls, with calls over the lock screen, a call indicator, Do Not Disturb that lets starred contacts through, and an Emergency call button on the lock screen. - Notifications: you can reply straight from the notification. - Charging: the charger and its battery-temperature guard now start at boot. - Suspend: Wi-Fi stays connected across sleep and we've measured the first sleep power numbers. - Fingerprint: unlock keeps working across sleep. - Updates: Omarchy updates now follow Omarchy's stable channel on the phone, and our phone patches are reapplied automatically after each update. - Kernel cleanup: the Tensor G2 watchdog and power-management hardware is now documented to upstream standards, and the result booted on the phone this week. 🛠️ For contributors - Every pull request now runs automatic checks in both repositories, kernel included. - There's a one-command phone smoke test for PR reports. - Shared install tooling handles new devices, and the installer refuses images built for another device. - We reviewed more than 20 pull requests this week, and our review notes and lessons are public. 🙌 Get involved Have a spare Pixel 6, 7, 8 or 9? Check the supported-devices page and the Wanted list in the repo, and open an issue so efforts don't overlap. Have another phone or tablet with an unlocked bootloader? Point your agents to the repo and have them get to work! github.com/derekross/omarchy…

If you hang out with happy, optimistic, and ambitious people, it'll rub off too. That's why pruning your social media algorithms is so key. Don't psyop yourself into a depressive hole.

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