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Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Tim De Chant | tags: apollo atomics, nuclear power, steam generator

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Why the Ocean Cleanup hasn't solved the plastic pollution crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Dr. David Shiffman | tags: the ocean cleanup, plastic pollution, marine ecologist

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Why the Ocean Cleanup Hasn't Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Dr. David Shiffman | tags: the ocean cleanup, plastic pollution, marine ecologist

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Browser De-Slop (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Cullum Smith | tags: firefox, chromium, policies

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The Download: polycrisis support networks and a hydrogen gold rush (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-20 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: hydrogen, polycrisis, spacex

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NASA study finds Earth fungi could survive up to 7 days near lunar south pole (techspot.com)

2026-08-20 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: nasa, lunar reconnaissance orbiter, artemis

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This Electric Shock Glove Was Invented for Police in the 1930s to ‘Incite Fear’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: electric shock glove, police, 1930s

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I ruined my cats’ toilet time with a motion-activated neon litter box sign (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Dominic Preston | tags: cats, neon sign, usb motion sensor

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Critical Zimbra RCE flaw now actively exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: zimbra, cve-2026-73570, snmp

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Why do companies care which days you work from home? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: bank of america, hybrid work, remote work policy

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Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Nick Sloan | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, gardner police

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Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Hugo Lowell | tags: elon musk, texas politics, republican party

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Pokémon and Polaroid are collaborating on three new adorable cameras (engadget.com)

2026-08-19 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: polaroid, pokémon, polaroid go

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Gambling on the Little League World Series? Sports bettors have gone too far (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-19 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: little league world series, betonline sports, polymarket

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Police officer used Flock cameras to track estranged wife 717 times (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Bob D'Angelo | tags: flock cameras, polk county, haines city police

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People Are Cutting Down Flock Cameras En Masse (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Margaret Killjoy | tags: flock cameras, winona police, surveillance state

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Civic Hygiene – avoid building technologies that could be used by a police state (2013) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Terence Eden | tags: ukip, bruce schneier, police state

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Google Maps navigation glitch is driving Android Automotive users crazy (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: google maps, android automotive, polestar

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Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era (theverge.com)

2026-08-19 | by Dominic Preston | tags: pixel 11 pro fold, samsung galaxy z fold 7, apple foldable iphone

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Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, ai tool, police surveillance

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Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky (techspot.com)

2026-08-19 | by Rob Thubron | tags: flock, license plate scanning, drone as first responder

172.

Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: sticky wages, wage norms, inflation

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Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Smitha Mundasad | tags: queen mary university, london, air pollution

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Activity of solar-driven polymer catalysts unleashed to produce a potential green fuel (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Podjaski | tags: solar-driven polymer catalysts, green fuel, hydrogen production

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ICE agents can't wear Meta glasses while they work, official memo warns (engadget.com)

2026-08-18 | by Karissa Bell | tags: glasses, memo, meta

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Gmail is making it a little harder for you to ignore political fundraising emails (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: filtering, gmail, google

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One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Beck Klein | tags: oakland police department, police union, overtime spending

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I Absolutely Must Own This Pikachu-Themed Polaroid Camera (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: pikachu, polaroid camera, nintendo

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Python Polars Cheatsheet (based on our O'Reilly book) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: polars, python, dataframes

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AI-generated bills are reportedly causing problems in the Capitol (engadget.com)

2026-08-18 | by Mariella Moon | tags: chatgpt, house office of legislative counsel, ai-generated bills