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How Uber Protects Against Retry Storms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: uber, retry storms, microservices

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This Atlantic Hurricane Season Could Break a Record That Has Stood for 175 Years (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | get Midland ER310 emergency crank weather radio → | tags: atlantic hurricane season, hurricane forecast, noaa

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El Niño 2026 just broke a major threshold heading into hurricane season. Here’s what that means for the storm forecast (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | get Midland NOAA weather radio emergency alert → | tags: el niño, noaa, hurricane season

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An interactive tour of the spanning tree protocol (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by Vincent Bernat | get NETGEAR GS308E managed gigabit switch → | tags: spanning tree protocol, ethernet switches, broadcast storm

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Where a Massive Solar Storm Could Take Down the US Power Grid for Millions (slashdot.org)

2026-09-06 | by Posted | get Jackery Explorer 1000 portable power station → | tags: solar storm, carrington event, us power grid

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Researchers Alarmed as GPS Readings Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet, Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars (futurism.com)

2026-09-01 | by Victor Tangermann | get Garmin GPSMAP 67 handheld GPS → | tags: gps, nasa, solar storm

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CarPlay keeps getting better with three recent exciting app updates (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-31 | by Zac Hall | get wireless CarPlay adapter → | tags: carplay, ios 27, apple

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Apple CarPlay just added a major weather app (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-30 | by Zac Hall | get wireless CarPlay adapter → | tags: apple carplay, weather channel, storm radar

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Storm Summoner, a MIDI controller for effects pedals (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get Morningstar MC6 Pro MIDI controller → | tags: storm summoner, midi controller, effects pedals

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Startup to use drones to keep clouds away from solar farms, 'Our ultimate goal is to reduce the intensity of severe storms and hurricanes' — chemical-free tech promises up to 30% power boost for $30 to $60 an hour (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Jowi Morales | get EcoFlow 220W bifacial portable solar panel → | tags: meteoric, y combinator, drones

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Warren Spector, founding father of immersive sims, has retired from game development (engadget.com)

2026-08-19 | by Mariella Moon | tags: deus ex, ion storm, immersive sims

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El Niño and Saharan Dust Silence Atlantic Hurricane Season (wired.com)

2026-08-17 | by Dennis Mersereau | tags: el niño, saharan dust, atlantic hurricane

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X-Men Cast, VisionQuest Trailer: All the Big Marvel News Out of D23 (cnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by Corinne Reichert | tags: x-men, marvel cinematic universe, kevin feige

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NASA-tested vest could cut astronauts' radiation exposure by 60% during major solar storms (techspot.com)

2026-08-14 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: nasa, artemis i, astro rad vest

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We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: stemrad, artemis i, orion spacecraft

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Suunto’s New Smartwatch Can Warn You About Incoming Storms (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: suunto, smartwatch, altimeter

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Protesters Arrested After Storming OpenAI Lobbying Office (futurism.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: openai, chatgpt, gallup building

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New StormEncryptor ransomware used by former Medusa affiliate (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: stormencryptor, medusa, cve-2026-18577

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DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Victoria Turk | tags: hurricane, model, models

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This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: atlantic, hurricane, hurricanes

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NASA's PUNCH mission can now accurately predict when solar storms will hit Earth (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Mariella Moon | tags: better, earth, punch

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Microsoft warns Russian hackers are hijacking hotel Wi-Fi to steal Microsoft 365 accounts (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Rob Thubron | tags: russian hackers, microsoft 365, storm-2945

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Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: solar storms, mars exploration, dust storms

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A Freak, Fall-Strength Storm Is About to Slam the Northeast With a Month’s Worth of Rain (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: northeast, flash flooding, storm

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An Extreme Solar Storm May Be Even More Devastating Than Previously Imagined (wired.com)

2026-07-28 | by Javier Carbajal | tags: solar storm, carrington event, satellite communications

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NASA Replaces ULA's Vulcan Centaur With SpaceX Falcon Heavy For Solar Storm Research (slashdot.org)

2026-07-26 | by Posted | tags: spacex, falcon heavy, vulcan centaur

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Power outage? Automakers want you to use your EV as a backup source (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: power grid, winter storm uri, vehicle-to-grid

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Geomagnetic storms caused by solar wind might be more extreme than previously thought (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: solar wind, geomagnetic storms, nature.com

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Tropical Storm Bertha Is Arriving at the Worst Possible Time (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: tropical storm bertha, heatwave, power outage

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This Hidden Pattern in the Sun Could Predict Solar Storms Years in Advance (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: solar cycle, solar storms, sun