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Switch to plug-in solar? My advice after testing the DIY energy tech at home (zdnet.com)

2026-05-15 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: plug-in solar, microinverters, utah legislation

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Galaxy S26 sales are up by double digits, but those numbers are cooling off quickly (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-15 | tags: galaxy s26, samsung, android

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Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-15 | tags: project gutenberg, ebooks, kindle

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ChatGPT will offer personalized financial advice (if you connect your bank account) (engadget.com)

2026-05-15 | by Igor Bonifacic | get Personal Finance Tracker App → | tags: chatgpt, openai, plaid

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How Far Has NASA’s Perseverance Rover Traveled on Mars? The Answer May Surprise You (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-15 | get Mars Rover Travel Map → | tags: nasa, perseverance rover, mars

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Google Messages is getting closer to livening up your chats with custom backgrounds (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-15 | get Google Messages Custom Backgrounds → | tags: google messages, samsung messages, custom backgrounds

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Upcoming Apple Card promo will basically give you free AirPods Pro 3 (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-15 | by Chance Miller | get Apple AirPods Pro 3 → | tags: apple card, airpods pro 3, bloomberg gurman

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Anthropic Raising $30 Billion More as AI Labs Absorb Majority of VC Funding (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-15 | get AI Research Notebook → | tags: anthropic, ai labs, vc funding

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Deals: 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro all-time low or M5 $1499, M5 MacBook Air $170 off, iPad Pro up to $300 off, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-15 | by Justin Kahn | get Samsung T7 Portable SSD → | tags: macbook pro, apple, m5 chip

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GrapheneOS closes an Android VPN loophole before Google does (Updated: Google statement) (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-15 | get GrapheneOS Privacy Phone → | tags: grapheneos, android 16, google play protect

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Xbox’s Next Elite Controller Looks So Bizarrely Uncomfortable (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-15 | get Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 → | tags: xbox, elite controller, xbox elite 3

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X, a bastion for hate, claims it will reduce hate content in the UK (engadget.com)

2026-05-15 | by Devindra Hardawar | tags: elon musk, ofcom, twitter

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Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia's new ICBM actually works (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-15 | get Satellite Ground Station Antenna → | tags: spacex, starship, nasa

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Students Cheating With AI Caused This Ivy League School to Upend a 133-Year-Old Tradition (cnet.com)

2026-05-15 | by See Full Bio | tags: princeton university, ai cheating, proctoring

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Students Cheating With AI Caused This Ivy League School to Overturn a 133-Year-Old Tradition (cnet.com)

2026-05-15 | by See Full Bio | tags: princeton university, ai cheating, proctoring

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Check Your Fucking Sources, People (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-15 | by Pawel Brodzinski | tags: ai-generated images, crow city cleaners, sweden startup

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Engadget Podcast: Who needs Googlebooks? (engadget.com)

2026-05-15 | by Devindra Hardawar | get Google Books Gift Card → | tags: googlebooks, android 17, gemini ai

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Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-15 | get Smart City Town Hall Kit → | tags: data center, pennsylvania, josh shapiro

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A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-15 | by Seth Jenkins | tags: pixel 10, android, dolby

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AI Researchers, Ask Yourself These 6 Questions to Strengthen Your Moral Muscles (cnet.com)

2026-05-15 | by See Full Bio | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: openai, xai, anthropic

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Samsung vs. Motorola in 2026: I've tested enough phones from both to know my winner (zdnet.com)

2026-05-15 | by Prakhar Khanna | get Samsung Galaxy S23 → | tags: samsung, motorola, galaxy

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Even GoPro is pivoting to defense (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-15 | by Sean O'Kane | get GoPro HERO11 Black → | tags: gopro, data centers, anduril

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The busiest commuter train system in the U.S. could be headed for an imminent shutdown (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-15 | get Amtrak Rail Pass → | tags: long island rail road, union strike, metropolitan transportation authority

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The Tech Download: Trump’s China visit sparks fresh questions over chip exports and rare earths access (cnbc.com)

2026-05-15 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get US-China Trade Policy Book → | tags: nvidia, china, trump

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Bill Gross thinks AI companies are running out of ways to avoid paying creators (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-15 | get AI Content Creator Toolkit → | tags: pro-rata, bill gross, ai attribution

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Lepro’s new backlight kit brings affordable reactive lighting to your Apple TV setup (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-15 | by Zac Hall | get Nanoleaf Shapes Hexagons → | tags: lepro, apple tv, reactive backlighting

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X pledges quicker action on hate and terror content in the UK (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-15 | tags: ofcom, online harm, terror content

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Gemini’s Spark agent has leaked, and it looks like it’s gunning for Claude Cowork’s throne (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-15 | tags: google, gemini, spark

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Too dangerous or just too expensive? The real reason Anthropic is hiding Mythos (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-15 | get Anthropic AI Safety Kit → | tags: anthropic, mythos, ai safety

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This new Claude skill saves you from bad contracts - and costs less than a lawyer (zdnet.com)

2026-05-15 | by David Gewirtz | get AI Contract Review Tool → | tags: claude, anthropic, sml business