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This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: pg&e, civilgrid, google maps

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Long-Time Optimus Prime Voice Actor Peter Cullen Has Died (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: transformers, optimus prime, peter cullen

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Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: hugging face, microduck, pollen robotics

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Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: hugging face, microduck, pollen robotics

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Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: playdate, panic, tariffs

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Panic refunds illegal tariffs customers paid on its Playdate gaming handheld (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: playdate, panic, tariffs

2167.

Make a Portable Wide-screen Mechanical TV (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-27 | by James Brown | tags: scanwheel, raspberry pi pico, john logie baird

2168.

Navigation app for people with blindness and low vision (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: mobilio, harvard, lidar

2169.

Navigation App for People with Blindness and Low Vision (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: mobilio, harvard, lidar

2170.

Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in town (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: twitter.now, operation bluebird, vera

2171.

Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in the town (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: twitter.now, operation bluebird, vera

2172.

Meta's latest teen safety commitments are US-only (for now) (engadget.com)

2026-08-27 | by Kris Holt | tags: meta, facebook, instagram

2173.

Nvidia is bolstering support for Chinese open AI models as it warns of White House crackdown (cnbc.com)

2026-08-27 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: nvidia, chinese ai models, openai

2174.

Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: waymo, zoox, occupational safety

2175.

Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else (theverge.com)

2026-08-27 | by Allison Johnson | tags: android 17, pixel phones, google play store

2176.

French CII's Mitra-15 in SIMH. Work in Progress (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: mitra-15, simh, cii

2177.

Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: teampcp, mercor, openai

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The Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset Wall (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: mortgage market, credit suisse, paulson & co

2179.

Apple Arcade sees Sneaky Sasquatch/Subway Surfers+ crossover, with stickers too (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-27 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple arcade, sneaky sasquatch, subway surfers

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Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics open pre-orders for the $399 Microduck (engadget.com)

2026-08-27 | by Matt Tate | tags: hugging face, pollen robotics, microduck

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HuggingFace and Pollen Robotics open pre-orders for the $399 Microduck (engadget.com)

2026-08-27 | by Matt Tate | tags: huggingface, pollen robotics, microduck

2182.

Software engineering is about managing complexity (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: software engineering, system design, event processing

2183.

Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: theobroma cacao, mississippian culture, etowah archaeological site

2184.

Show HN: Restoredrill – proves your Postgres backups restore (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: postgresql, restoredrill, databasus

2185.

The Wandering Yamamura Theater Troupe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: nikkatsu, shohei imamura, yasujiro ozu

2186.

Google Tasks could soon pick up this basic feature it should’ve always had (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: google tasks, android authority, search bar

2187.

507 Mechanical Movements (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: mechanical movements, henry t brown, animations

2188.

Nvidia posts another record quarter, predicts explosive AI-driven growth will last through 2028 (techspot.com)

2026-08-27 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: nvidia, ai accelerators, sec

2189.

Six Months of Writing Code Exclusively with Agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: github copilot, ai coding, software development

2190.

Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: openai, hugging face, anthropic