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New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds (futurism.com)

2026-05-11 | by Frank Landymore | tags: hyperscale data center, kevin o’leary, utah state university

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Western Digital Promo Code: 15% Off (wired.com)

2026-05-09 | by Molly Higgins | get Western Digital External Hard Drive → | tags: western digital, solid-state drives, usb flash drive

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A life in pictures: celebrating David Attenborough at 100 (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Alexia Austin | get David Attenborough Biography Book → | tags: blue planet, plastic waste, waitrose

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Apple expands environmental initiatives in India with new partnerships (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-07 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Environmental Initiatives Kit → | tags: apple, cleanmax, renewable energy

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Robots move in as waste firms struggle to find staff (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-04 | get Robotic Waste Collection System → | tags: robots, humanoid, waste firms

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Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Smart Home Sensor Batteries → | tags: smart home sensors, activity recognition, yibo fu

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Stick It to Jeff Bezos by Turning Your Defunct Kindle Into the World’s Worst Typewriter (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Kindle to Typewriter Conversion Kit → | tags: kindle, jeff bezos, e-waste

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It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-29 | by Casey Crownhart | get Nuclear Waste Storage Container → | tags: nuclear waste, us reactors, deep geological repository

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Your Old Tech Is Worth Money. Yet 29% of Americans Just Stash It Out of Sight, CNET Finds (cnet.com)

2026-04-23 | by See Full Bio | get Tech Recycling Bin → | tags: apple, iphone 14 pro, recycling

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An AI fix for America’s $27 billion grocery waste problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-21 | get Smart Grocery Waste Tracker → | tags: afresh, grocery waste, supermarkets

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All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | by Alessio Ghirlanda | get Removable Battery Smartphone Kit → | tags: apple, smartphones, replaceable batteries

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His Harvard Dorm Room Side Hustle Started With a ‘Simple Frustration.’ Now It’s Speeding Toward $500,000 in Sales in Its First Year. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | by Amanda Breen | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: prest, harvard business school, hummus

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AI speeds up design of devices that turn waste heat into electricity (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Cao | get Thermoelectric Generator Kit → | tags: tegnet, thermoelectric generators, nature

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Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-09 | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: laptop, vps, datacenter

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Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles (wired.com)

2026-04-08 | by Boone Ashworth | get Kindle Paperwhite (10th Gen) → | tags: amazon, kindle, kindle paperwhite

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The Moon Spacecraft’s $30 Million Toilet Has Been a Bit of a Disaster (futurism.com)

2026-04-08 | by Victor Tangermann | get Portable Space Toilet → | tags: nasa, orion spacecraft, universal waste management system

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Moon Astronauts Forced to Do It in Bags as “Burning Odor” Emanates From Toilet (futurism.com)

2026-04-06 | by Victor Tangermann | get Portable Space Toilet Kit → | tags: nasa, artemis 2, universal waste management system

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NASA Spacecraft’s Toilet Fails Hours Into Ten-Day Journey to Moon (futurism.com)

2026-04-02 | by Victor Tangermann | get Space Toilet Repair Kit → | tags: nasa, orion spacecraft, universal waste management system

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Moon Spacecraft’s Toilet Fails Hours Into Ten-Day Journey (futurism.com)

2026-04-02 | by Victor Tangermann | get Portable Space Toilet → | tags: nasa, artemis 2, universal waste management system

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Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-02 | by K. R. Callaway | get NASA Space Toilet Kit → | tags: nasa, artemis ii, universal waste management system

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How to Buy Ethical and Eco-Friendly Electronics (2026) (wired.com)

2026-03-26 | by Simon Hill | get Eco-Friendly Wireless Charger → | tags: apple iphone, ethical consumer, framework laptops

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Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-25 | by Tim De Chant | get Lululemon Athletica Shorts → | tags: epoch biodesign, enzyme recycling, nylon 6

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YouTuber upgrades 14-year-old ThinkPad laptop with a $25 DIY IPS display — simple panel swap breathes new life into 2012-era machine with 'visually noticeable' results (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-23 | by Ben Stockton | get Laptop Screen Replacement Kit → | tags: thinkpad x230, ips display, lenovo

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The Download: Quantum computing for health, and why the world doesn’t recycle more nuclear waste (technologyreview.com)

2026-03-19 | by Thomas Macaulay | get Quantum Computing Starter Kit → | tags: quantum computing, health care, nuclear waste

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What do new nuclear reactors mean for waste? (technologyreview.com)

2026-03-18 | by Casey Crownhart | get Nuclear Waste Storage Solutions → | tags: nuclear reactors, spent fuel, low-enriched uranium

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Are We Really Saving the Planet with ‘Organic Cotton’ T‑Shirts Still Smothered in Plastic? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-17 | by Vishal Vivek | get Organic Cotton T-Shirt → | tags: organic cotton, plastic waste, polybags

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How and where to buy refurbished tech online (engadget.com)

2026-03-16 | get Refurbished Tech Gadgets Guide → | tags: apple iphone, samsung galaxy, certified refurbished

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Trucker Awarded $20,000 for Hauling a Massive Amount of Nuclear Waste (futurism.com)

2026-03-15 | by Joe Wilkins | get Nuclear Waste Storage Container → | tags: truckload carriers association, radioactive waste, plutonium

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The best eco-friendly phone cases for 2026 (engadget.com)

2026-03-12 | get Pela Case - Eco-Friendly Phone → | tags: pela, flaxstic, bioplastic

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3D-Knitting: The Ultimate Guide (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | get 3D Knitting → | tags: d-knitting, fabric, waste reduction