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In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by Nicola Jones | tags: australia, home batteries, rooftop solar

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This wild accessory made my iPhone think it was a BlackBerry (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: iphone, blackberry, clicks

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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Molly Taft | tags: amazon, texas power plant, gas turbines

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ChatGPT Is Now Giving Out Personal Finance Advice. Here’s Where It Can Go Really Wrong. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: chatgpt, jd power, financial advice

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AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: fermi, ai nuclear power, project matador

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Google Photos’ new Moods feature turns your existing images into retro film frames (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: google photos, moods, android

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Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Tim De Chant | tags: fusion power, oak ridge national laboratory, kyoto fusioneering

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Zap Rocks. Add Water. Get Clean Hydrogen (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-11 | by Ariel Bleicher | tags: hydrogen, eden geopower, borehole

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This $50 power bank is safer than my lithium-ion battery - and it's coming on my next flight (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: power bank, lithium-ion batteries, reelcharge

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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 doesn’t need a Samsung charger — here’s what to buy instead (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: galaxy z fold 8, samsung, usb-c

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Home Depot Promo Codes: 30% Off in August 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Matthew Korfhage | tags: home depot, power tools, dewalt

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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: amazon, texas power plant, xai

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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: amazon, texas power plant, xai

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Orange Crush: TAG Heuer Drops a Bright Revamp of the Original Metal F1 Watch (wired.com)

2026-08-10 | by Simon Hill | tags: tag heuer, formula 1, solar-powered

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The lattice of sets of natural numbers is rich (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | by Joel David Hamkins | tags: power set, natural numbers, lattice

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Anker SOLIX says most portable power stations waste up to 30% of their stored energy (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: anker, solix, portable power stations

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Interstellar Travel May Soon Be Within Reach (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: interstellar travel, probes, laser sails

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The Future Is for Everyone – The Path to a Positive AI Future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | by Mark Zuckerberg | tags: superintelligence, openai, ai safety

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Amazon’s new 7.65GW Texas AI data center power plant could become the largest source of CO₂ pollution in the US — custom 35-turbine gas plant authorized to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Etiido Uko | tags: center, data center, data centers

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8 Best Workout Headphones & Earbuds: Beats, Bose, Apple (2026) (wired.com)

2026-08-09 | by Boutayna Chokrane | tags: best, earbuds, headphones

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An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country (theverge.com)

2026-08-08 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: amazon, greenhouse, gw ranch

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AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: centers, data centers, emissions

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Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: demand, electrical, grid

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NASA modded space station's laptops so everyone could use the same charger — standardizing ISS chargers eliminated useless weight and reduced failure points (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Mark Tyson | tags: laptops, modem, nasa

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Best Solar Generators for Off-Grid Trips, RVs, and Home Backup (wired.com)

2026-08-08 | by Simon Hill | tags: generators, port, power

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Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet (theverge.com)

2026-08-08 | by Thomas Ricker | tags: bank, battery, lights

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NASA figured out how to keep its Voyager 2 probe running for another year (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Elizabeth Howell | tags: instruments, nasa, officials

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NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Elizabeth Howell | tags: instruments, nasa, officials

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Upcoming Hack to Keep NASA’s Voyager 1 Alive Exploits a Quirk in Its 1970s Hardware (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: bang, bang power, big bang

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Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Tim De Chant | tags: natural, natural gas, plants