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Turn Your Old Tech Into Art—Now With a 20% Discount

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-09-30 18:17:30

Nostalgic for beloved gadgets from your childhood? One easy and uncommon way to celebrate these gizmos is to frame them up on your wall. Grid Studios has been deconstructing old-school gadgets for 5 years now, and to celebrate its anniversary, the company is offering a 20 percent off sitewide discount with code GRID5, though the sale event ends September 17. Grid Studio Game Boy Advance $249 $199 (20% off) Grid Studios I've linked to the Nintendo Game Boy Advance version, the 2001 handheld tha

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This is your chance to save up to $400 on GRID Studio frames

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-02 10:14:48

If you’ve ever wanted one of GRID Studio’s famous deconstructed iPhones (or know someone who would really love it), now’s the time. To celebrate GRID Studio’s 5th anniversary, they’re taking hundreds off the regular price. But you have to act quick. We have featured GRID Studio’s frames multiple times on 9to5Mac, and for good reason. From the original iPhone to iPads, MacBooks, iPods, and beyond, their beautiful deconstructed wall art frames always prove popular gifts and collector’s items. No

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The Download: AI’s energy future

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-10-08 10:10:00

In May, MIT Technology Review published an unprecedented and comprehensive look at how much energy the AI industry uses—down to a single query. Our reporters and editors traced where AI’s carbon footprint stands now, and where it’s headed, as AI barrels towards billions of daily users. We’ve just produced a short video to accompany that investigation. You can read the original full story here, and check out—and share— the full video on YouTube here. AI is changing the grid. Could it help more

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AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2025-10-11 01:00:00

“So that’s the gap that AI can help close. We can solve this more complex problem, fast enough and reliably enough that we can possibly use it and shave off emissions,” Baker says. In theory, AI could be used to operate the grid entirely without human intervention. But that work is largely still in the research phase. Grid operators are running some of the most critical infrastructure in this country, and the industry is hesitant to mess with something that’s already working, Baker says. If thi

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Exploring Grid-Aware Websites

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 17:17:44

Over the past year, I’ve had the incredible privilege of getting to participate in the Grid-Aware Websites (affectionately abbreviated to GAW) advisory group. The Green Web Foundation team have thoroughly explained what a grid-aware website is in this detailed case study of the Branch Magazine redesign, but if I had to put it in my own words, a grid-aware website responds to the cleanliness or dirtiness of a user’s electricity grid. In simpler terms, whether it is currently using more renewable

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What’s the Story Behind ‘Tron: Ares?’ Our Report From the Set

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-16 18:00:57

“I have to ride a lightcycle.” That was my first thought last year when the invite arrived to visit the set of Disney’s new sequel, Tron: Ares. It seemed like a logical request. When you think of Tron, you think of lightcycles. They’re a huge part of both 2010’s Tron: Legacy and 1982’s Tron. And yet, I had to wonder, were there even lightcycles in this movie? What exactly WAS this movie? Coming out 15 years after the last one, with basically a whole new cast, it seemed any concept of what the fi

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Triangle Grids (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Vsevolod Kvachev 2025-10-16 05:46:05

Grids are great for tactical gameplay of turn-based games because they allow discrete movement steps. That means that you can bind positioning to other resources such as movement points, action points, food, etc. Grids divide the infinite variety of movement options into a few specific ones, which can be considered separately by the player’s tactical mind. The most popular grid types are hexes and squares. But what about triangles? Your browser does not support the video tag. Types of Grids: C

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Triangle Grids

news.ycombinator.com Vsevolod Kvachev 2025-10-17 01:46:05

Grids are great for tactical gameplay of turn-based games because they allow discrete movement steps. That means that you can bind positioning to other resources such as movement points, action points, food, etc. Grids divide the infinite variety of movement options into a few specific ones, which can be considered separately by the player’s tactical mind. The most popular grid types are hexes and squares. But what about triangles? Your browser does not support the video tag. Types of Grids: C

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UK's largest battery storage facility at Tilbury substation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 21:40:47

The 300MW Thurrock Storage project, developed by Statera Energy, is now energised and delivering electricity flexibly to the network across London and the south east. With a total capacity of 600MWh, Thurrock Storage is capable of powering up to 680,000 homes, and can help to balance supply and demand by soaking up surplus clean electricity and discharging it instantaneously when the grid needs it. Our Tilbury substation once served a coal plant, and with battery connections like this, it’s to

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Electricity Is Becoming Unbelievably Expensive as the US Power Grid Decays Into Ruin

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-25 01:19:56

The US electrical grid is facing a stress test like never before. Thanks to a perfect storm of AI power consumption, climate crisis, crony capitalism, and a president bent on uprooting perfectly good energy infrastructure, the country's already-struggling power system is rapidly crumbling as costs balloon into the stratosphere. A recent analysis by Bloomberg underscores just how dire it's getting. In the country's largest continuous grid — a 13-state monstrosity managed by PJM Interconnection L

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The US May Have Already Lost the AI Race to China Due to a Key Weakness

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-16 15:00:36

You might have heard of an "AI race" heating up between the US and China, a bitter rivalry between two global adversaries that could shape the direction of world history. At least, that's how some in the US feel. While China has repeatedly tried to establish a geopolitical friendship with the richest nation in the world, officials and pundits in the US have doubled down, reframing artificial intelligence as the 21st century's nuclear bomb. In the meantime, China may have gotten a massive lead

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Inside the automated warehouse where robots are packing your groceries

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-12-02 03:00:00

It’s the lack of noise you notice first. There’s no clatter of equipment, rumble of engines, or chatter of coworkers. Only the low hum of electronics. For an industrial space, this is eerily quiet, but it makes sense in a building where robots might outnumber people. I’m at a warehouse — or customer fulfilment center (CFC) — operated by online grocery company Ocado in Luton, just outside London. You might not have heard of Ocado, but it may still have delivered your groceries. Its technology ha

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How to Season a Griddle and Keep It From Rusting

wired.com Matthew Korfhage 2025-12-09 14:09:00

OK, so you've got a backyard griddle. Congratulations, it's a little like joining a cult—albeit one whose shrine is smashburgers, tacos, and pancakes. (Check out WIRED's guide to the best griddles here.) Each outdoor griddle lover has their own conversion story, one they can't stop telling friends and strangers about. But especially, the griddle has its own distinct set of rituals—a cycle of seasoning and cleaning and maintenance it's possible to love, but also maybe fear. On Reddit or Facebook

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Electricity Prices are Going Up, and AI Is to Blame

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-14 09:25:59

Your electricity bill has likely gone up over the course of the past year. That’s because you’re effectively paying an AI tax. According to a report from Axios, the cost of electricity is climbing across the country, driven primarily by the increasing energy demands of massive data centers being built to train and run AI models. Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed the cost of 1 kilowatt-hour of electricity rose from 16.41 cents to 17.47 cents over the course of the past

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Open source BOM management (for me)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 00:52:49

Since graduating from university I’ve gotten more and more into embedded software development. This has even spilled over into designing PCBs (printed circuit boards) for my embedded devices to sit on. Initially I had assumed that the leap from software to hardware design would be insurmountable without any formal education but it turned out to be quite enjoyable. It turned out that the problem I’d be facing wasn’t a technical one, but of an organisational nature. Designing circuits Designing

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GM and Redwood teaming up to make batteries for energy storage

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2026-01-18 14:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. General Motors and Redwood Materials are joining forces yet again, this time with the intent to build energy storage units made out of new batteries and recycled EV packs. The two companies signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to build energy storage out of US-manufactured batteries, as well as “second-life” EV

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The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-01-25 09:10:00

California's statewide power grid operator is poised to become the first in North America to deploy artificial intelligence to manage outages, MIT Technology Review has learned. At an industry summit in Minneapolis tomorrow, the California Independent System Operator is set to announce a deal to run a pilot program using new AI software called Genie, from the energy-services giant OATI. The software uses generative AI to analyze and carry out real-time analyses for grid operators and comes wit

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California is set to become the first US state to manage power outages with AI

technologyreview.com Alexander C. Kaufman 2026-01-25 17:00:00

In April, the PJM Interconnection—the nation’s largest grid system, spanning 13 states along the densely populated mid-Atlantic and Eastern Seaboard—took a big step toward embracing AI by inking a deal with Google to use its Tapestry software to improve regional planning and speed up grid connections for new power generators. ERCOT, the Texas grid system, is considering adopting technology similar to what CAISO is now set to use, according to a source with knowledge of the plans who requested a

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Major US power operator says AI and data center demands are pushing prices up

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-30 09:00:30

PJM Interconnection (PJM) is the largest power grid operator in the US, serving 65 million customers across the District of Columbia and 13 states, namely Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. But this summer, some parts of PJM's power grid are expected to use so much electricity that people's bills for the summer are projected to be 20 percent higher than before, according to Reuters. Th

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Overcoming Technical Barriers in Desktop and Application Virtualization

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-04 18:09:49

As organizations increasingly embrace remote and hybrid work, desktop and application virtualization have become essential strategies for ensuring flexibility, scalability, and security. However, implementing these solutions presents several technical challenges that IT leaders must address to maintain seamless operations and robust security. This article explores these challenges and highlights proven strategies for overcoming them. Securing Virtual Environments in the Face of Evolving Threa

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The Best Hot Dog Cookers for All-American Hot Dogging (2025)

wired.com Matthew Korfhage 2026-02-18 04:02:00

Other Good Backyard Hot Dog Options Look, if you're trying to feed a football team, no little hot dog cooker will do. What you'll want is one of our favorite griddles or grills. No wee steamer can beat a 33-inch Traeger griddle, my favorite griddle of all backyard griddles. There are a couple griddles, however, that seem custom made for hot dogs and buns. This Blackstone Iron Forged Air Fryer Combo comes with two air frying baskets and a third warming basket underneath the griddle. Well, guess

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Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 21:37:21

Gridfinity could be your workshop's ultimate modular storage system to keep you productive, organized, and safe. It is free, open source, and almost 100% 3D printable. Alexander Chappels Assortment System, licensed under CC-A-NC-SA, partly inspired Zack Freedman's initial designs of Gridfinity. The Gridfinity designs were first released in the video "Gridfinity: Your Ultimate Modular Workshop is FREE!" as a framework for the community to extend, released under the MIT license. Now Gridfinity i

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The Download: Google DeepMind’s DNA AI, and heatwaves’ impact on the grid

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-02-26 18:10:00

When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But we still didn’t know what all those 3 billion genetic letters actually do. Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model that predicts what effects small changes in DNA will have on an array of molecular processes, such as whether a gene’s activity will go up or down. It’s just the sort of ques

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It’s officially summer, and the grid is stressed

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2026-02-27 04:00:00

We rely on electricity to keep ourselves comfortable, and more to the point, safe. These are the moments we design the grid for: when need is at its very highest. The key to keeping everything running smoothly during these times might be just a little bit of flexibility. While heat waves happen all over the world, let’s take my local grid as an example. I’m one of the roughly 65 million people covered by PJM Interconnection, the largest grid operator in the US. PJM covers Virginia, West Virgini

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Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout

news.ycombinator.com Julia Tilton 2026-02-27 03:41:16

When power went out across all of Puerto Rico on 16 April, a lot of the lights in the town of Adjuntas stayed on. There, nestled in the mountains on the midwestern side of the island, a combination of experimental microgrids, solar panels, and storage kept power on for many businesses and residents. The rest of the island waited over 24 hours, and in some cases longer, for electricity to be restored. The blackout was the latest in a series of power interruptions that have come to define Puerto

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New York City's Power Is Going Down Amid Brutal Heatwave

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-03 14:09:13

"Like an air fryer, it's going to be hot." America Unplugged While a gigantic heat dome parks itself like an unwelcome guest over a major swath of the United States, residents of the ultra-dense metropolis of New York City are the perfect example of a country so cooked by climate change that it's overwhelming existing infrastructure. More than 3,000 people were without power for a second day in a row in parts of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island, according to local broadcaster PIX 11. Con Ed

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Tesla inks first deal to build China's largest grid-scale battery power plant

cnbc.com Ganesh Rao 2026-03-09 00:48:19

Tesla has inked its first deal to build a grid-scale battery power plant in China amid a strained trading relationship between Beijing and Washington. The U.S. company posted on the Chinese social media service Weibo that the project would be the largest of its kind in China when completed. Utility-scale battery energy storage systems help electricity grids keep supply and demand in balance. They are increasingly needed to bridge the supply-demand mismatch caused by intermittent energy sources

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The Download: future grids, and bad boy bots

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-03-09 14:15:33

Is this the electric grid of the future? Lincoln Electric System, a publicly owned utility in Nebraska, is used to weathering severe blizzards. But what will happen soon—not only at Lincoln Electric but for all electric utilities—is a challenge of a different order. Utilities must keep the lights on in the face of more extreme and more frequent storms and fires, growing risks of cyberattacks and physical disruptions, and a wildly uncertain policy and regulatory landscape. They must keep pric

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Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-13 04:15:24

The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was the result of a number of smaller interacting problems, according to an investigation by the Spanish government. The report concludes that several steps meant to address a small instability made matters worse, eventually leading to a self-reinforcing cascade where high voltages caused power plants to drop off the grid, thereby increasing the voltage further. Critically, the report suggests that the Spanish grid

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How the first electric grid was built

news.ycombinator.com Alex Chalmers 2026-03-18 03:34:03

The Linear No Threshold model says that there is no safe level of radiation exposure. There is overwhelming evidence it is false, yet it inspires the ALARA principle, which makes nuclear power unaffordable worldwide. Read the lead article from Issue 19 of Works in Progress. We’re hosting a Stripe Press pop-up coffee shop and bookstore on Saturday, June 28, in Washington, DC. RSVP here if you can make it. In 1883, Sir Coutts Lindsay, owner of the Grosvenor Art Gallery in Bond Street, decided th

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Latest Tech News

Turn Your Old Tech Into Art—Now With a 20% Discount

This is your chance to save up to $400 on GRID Studio frames

The Download: AI’s energy future

AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?

Exploring Grid-Aware Websites

What’s the Story Behind ‘Tron: Ares?’ Our Report From the Set

Triangle Grids (2022)

Triangle Grids

UK's largest battery storage facility at Tilbury substation

Electricity Is Becoming Unbelievably Expensive as the US Power Grid Decays Into Ruin

The US May Have Already Lost the AI Race to China Due to a Key Weakness

Inside the automated warehouse where robots are packing your groceries

How to Season a Griddle and Keep It From Rusting

Electricity Prices are Going Up, and AI Is to Blame

Open source BOM management (for me)

GM and Redwood teaming up to make batteries for energy storage

The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair

California is set to become the first US state to manage power outages with AI

Major US power operator says AI and data center demands are pushing prices up

Overcoming Technical Barriers in Desktop and Application Virtualization

The Best Hot Dog Cookers for All-American Hot Dogging (2025)

Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system

The Download: Google DeepMind’s DNA AI, and heatwaves’ impact on the grid

It’s officially summer, and the grid is stressed

Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout

New York City's Power Is Going Down Amid Brutal Heatwave

Tesla inks first deal to build China's largest grid-scale battery power plant

The Download: future grids, and bad boy bots

Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t

How the first electric grid was built

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