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UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring remote AE's to help make buildings cheaper (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: upcodes, remote, buildings

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I tried Google Maps' new 3D Immersive View for Android Auto, and it fixed my biggest navigation problems (zdnet.com)

2026-07-14 | by Artie Beaty | tags: android, android auto, auto

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New York City construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: buildings, complex, engineering

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What to know about the Manhattan high-rise at risk of collapse near busy Grand Central hub (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: building, buildings, city

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Student Protesters Accidentally Discovered an Ancient Roman Villa Beneath Their School (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-08 | get Roman Archaeology Kit → | tags: activists, activists discovered, buildings

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SoundOff: Low-Cost Passive Ultrasound Tags (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get Ultrasound Tagging Kit → | tags: ultrasound tags, passive ultrasound, smart buildings

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The Silent Frequency That Makes Old Buildings Feel Haunted (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get EMF Meter for Ghost Hunting → | tags: frequency, old buildings, haunted

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The Silent Frequency That Makes Old Buildings Feel Haunted (slashdot.org)

2026-04-28 | get EMF Meter for Ghost Hunting → | tags: infrasound, macewan, hvac systems

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How buildings and cities can be aligned with life (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-30 | by Pawlyn | get Smart City Planning Kit → | tags: biomimicry, regenerative design, green buildings

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A data center opened next door. Then came the high-pitched whine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | get Noise Cancelling Headphones → | tags: data center, high-pitched whine, local noise

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ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next (wired.com)

2026-02-10 | by Leah Feiger | get Nanocells → | tags: agency, buildings, office

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High electricity prices are getting in the way of heat pump installations (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-04 | get Heat Pump → | tags: adoption, adoption require, aggressive

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Gradient’s heat pumps get new smarts to enable old-building retrofits (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-03 | by Tim De Chant | get Heat Pumps → | tags: building, buildings, gradient

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Gradient’s heat pumps get new smarts to enable old building retrofits (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-03 | by Tim De Chant | get Heat Pumps → | tags: building, buildings, gradient

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30,000 More UPS Jobs On the Chopping Block as Amazon Era Ends (slashdot.org)

2026-01-28 | by Posted | get E-commerce platform → | tags: amazon, buildings, expects

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‘People need to ask more of their buildings’: 6 ideas that will define architecture in 2026 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-15 | get Building Information Modelling (BIM) → | tags: architects, architects tell, buildings

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These super-insulating windows are as energy-efficient as walls—and could help save the power grid (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-13 | get Thermowalls → | tags: buildings, buildings efficient, cooling

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9 blockbuster buildings opening in 2026 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-05 | get Smart Homes → | tags: anticipated, anticipated buildings, architectural

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Did you know: This is the company behind the largest smartphone factory in the world (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-23 | get Smartphone factory → | tags: buildings, factory, foxconn

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Machine learning just helped researchers create the biggest 3D map of buildings around the world (techspot.com)

2025-12-13 | get Google Earth Engine → | tags: based researchers, billion, billion different

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Apple buys two new Cupertino buildings, pushing recent local real estate spend past $1B (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-12 | by Marcus Mendes | get Smartphone → | tags: apple, buildings, estate

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97% of Buildings On Earth 3D-Mapped (slashdot.org)

2025-12-12 | get Smart Building → | tags: buildings, buildings mapped, earth

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Giant 3D map shows almost every building in the world (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-11 | by Basu | get Map → | tags: building, building volume, buildings

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Frank Gehry’s most enduring legacy will be transforming how architects work (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-09 | get Wing → | tags: architect, architect work, architecture

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Architects are embracing this ancient building technique to combat climate change—and soulless design (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-09 | get Green Building → | tags: buildings, come, earth

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Why the U.S. Institute of Peace is now the ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-09 | get Institute of Peace → | tags: adept, adept lending, bringing

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Literally a Map Showing All the Buildings in the World (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-03 | get Mapillary → | tags: billion, billion buildings, buildings

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Wooden skyscrapers point the way to more sustainable cities (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-03 | by El-Showk | get Sustainable Skyscraper → | tags: building, buildings, carbon

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Malibu’s new high school is built to withstand wildfires (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-01 | get Solarium → | tags: anatomy, approach, architecture

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The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’ (wired.com)

2025-11-26 | by Matt Burgess | get Smartphone → | tags: buildings, compound, compounds