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Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-09 | get MOVA rotating globe world map → | tags: mercator projection, united nations, equal earth projection

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Foaming photopolymers as a high-resolution biomimetic printing platform (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-09 | by Qin | get microscope glass cover slips 22mm → | tags: photopolymers, thioxanthone, polymethyl methacrylate

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AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNA (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by Pushmeet Kohli | get The Gene An Intimate History Mukherjee → | tags: alphagenome atlas, human genome, broad institute

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Modders have already found two ways to make DLSS 5 playable, and neither one is Nvidia's (techspot.com)

2026-09-08 | by Julio Franco | get ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5070 → | tags: dlss 5, nvidia, rtx 5090

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Author Correction: A mouse brain stereotaxic topographic atlas with isotropic 1-μm resolution (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-07 | by Feng | tags: mouse brain atlas, emx1-cre, dice score

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When are portable Apple CarPlay screens actually worth it? (engadget.com)

2026-09-07 | by Filipe Espósito | get Carpuride portable wireless CarPlay screen → | tags: apple carplay, portable carplay screens, wireless carplay

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UN Approves Resolution for World Map That Depicts Africa’s Size More Accurately (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-04 | get Peters projection world map → | tags: africa, world map, resolution

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The 6 Best Monitors That Actually Work Well With Macs (wired.com)

2026-09-04 | by Luke Larsen | get Dell 27 Plus 4K monitor → | tags: macbook pro, dell 27 plus 4k, ultrawide monitor

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Google's new AI weather model uses live satellite data for higher-resolution forecasts (engadget.com)

2026-09-03 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Tempest Weather System home weather station → | tags: google deepmind, weathernext 3, satellite data

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The next Snapdragon flagship chip is getting Qualcomm’s take on DLSS (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-02 | get Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra unlocked → | tags: qualcomm, snapdragon, adreno matrix cores

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The Dell 14S is yet another cheap laptop chasing the MacBook Neo (engadget.com)

2026-09-02 | by Lawrence Bonk | get Dell Inspiron 14 laptop 16GB → | tags: dell 14s, macbook neo, intel core 7

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QHD, WQHD, 4K, and 5K resolution: What do they mean and which is best for you? (engadget.com)

2026-09-01 | by Max Miller | get Dell UltraSharp U2723QE 27 inch 4K monitor → | tags: qhd, wqhd, display technology

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Why 1080p movies can look better than 4K movies on your TV (engadget.com)

2026-08-29 | by Thomas Godwin | get Panasonic DP-UB820 4K Blu-ray player → | tags: 1080p, blu-ray, compression

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Heisuke Hironaka obituary: mathematician who smoothed out geometry’s complexities (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-28 | get Hartshorne Algebraic Geometry textbook → | tags: heisuke hironaka, algebraic geometry, resolution of singularities

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Alienware AW3926QW Review: 39 Inches of Gaming Glory (wired.com)

2026-08-27 | by Matthew S. Smith | get Alienware AW3926QW 39 inch ultrawide monitor → | tags: alienware, aw3926qw, oled monitors

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The lens in Wyze’s new $40 indoor camera retracts for privacy (theverge.com)

2026-08-25 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Wyze Cam Pan v3 → | tags: wyze, indoor cam pan, 2k resolution

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Watch the Highest-Ever Resolution Video of the Sun’s Surface (cnet.com)

2026-08-24 | by Jesse Orrall | get Celestron EclipSmart solar telescope → | tags: daniel k inouye solar telescope, haleakalā, plasma

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LG enters chip packaging arena with Laser Direct Imaging machine, as TSMC's CoWoS remains constrained — maskless machine is designed to pattern fine interconnects, trading resolution for higher throughput (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Anton Shilov | tags: lg electronics, tsmc, coos

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Amazon is trying to crush class action suits before they get started (theverge.com)

2026-08-16 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: amazon, class action, arbitration

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NP-Overrated (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | by Niklas Gruhn | tags: np-hard, dependency resolution, package managers

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Luminescent-reaction-enabled super-resolution imaging (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Zhu | tags: super-resolution imaging, ecl probes, ru(bpy)3

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Can a MacBook run multiple external monitors? It depends (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Will Shanklin | tags: macbook neo, usb-c ports, thunderbolt

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Astronomers capture highest-resolution image ever of the Sun's surface (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Michael Banks | tags: plasma, solar, structures

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Samsung Odyssey G8 6K Review: Pixel Overdose (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Matthew S. Smith | tags: games, image, lower

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Your Front Door Is on Google Maps in High Resolution. Here’s How to Remove It (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: google maps, street view, privacy

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Self-hosting Kimi K3: 20% more hardware cost, 20% better task resolution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: github copilot, openai, anthropic

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Acer ProDesigner PE320QXT professional monitor review: Touchscreen functionality with a 6K resolution (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Christian Eberle | tags: acer prodesigner pe320qxt, touchscreen, quantum dot

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Xbox Live Is Still Down Monday. Microsoft Says It’s Working on a Resolution (cnet.com)

2026-07-27 | by Gael Cooper | tags: xbox live, microsoft, xbox support

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Xbox Live Is Down Monday: Microsoft Says It’s Working on a Resolution (cnet.com)

2026-07-27 | by Gael Cooper | tags: xbox live, microsoft, xbox support

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General Resolution: LLM Usage in Debian (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: debian, large language models, lintian