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I Turned My ThinkPad From a Toaster Into a Quiet Linux Workhorse

I run a small fleet of battle-hardened ThinkPads — a T450 on KDE Plasma and a T440p on Cinnamon, both running Arch Linux. They’re reliable, iconic, and for the longest time… they ran hotter than an overclocked GPU stuffed in a closed case. Proper “ThinkPad Toaster” territory.

1. The 91°C Baseline

Under sustained load — compiling code, writing technical guides, or juggling VMs — my T450 was regularly kissing 91°C. The result was aggressive thermal throttling that completely killed the snappy feel I need for real work. Fans screaming, performance tanking… classic symptoms of a thermally choked machine. It was time to fight back.

2. Tooling: intel-undervolt and the Staircase Method

I turned to intel-undervolt, one of the most powerful terminal-based tools for reclaiming thermal headroom on Intel CPUs without sacrificing stability. My approach was pure systems work: a careful “staircase” undervolt. I started conservatively and...

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General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India’s travel payments market

Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, has raised $63 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, with existing investors Peak XV Partners and Z47 also participating. The deal comes despite a broader slowdown in fintech dealmaking. The all-equity round

Samsung Union Suspends Strike After Reaching Tentative Deal On Bonuses

The strike would have impacted Samsung's memory chip production. Chung Sung-jun/Getty Images Samsung's largest labor union in South Korea has suspended the strike that was set to begin on May 21 after reaching a tentative deal with the company. Nearly 48,000 workers would have

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MeitY Holds National Workshop to Strengthen Cyber Security Frameworks for State Data

States, UTs discuss cybersecurity preparedness, DPDP compliance and institutional reforms ahead of national policy framework The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) organised a National Consultative Workshop on “Strengthening Cyber Security Frameworks for State Data” at The Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, on 11 May 2026. The workshop was chaired