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Show HN: Red Grid Link – peer-to-peer team tracking over Bluetooth, no servers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-20 | get Bluetooth Tracker Keychain → | tags: red grid, mgrs, bluetooth

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Grid Down? Scientists Say Your EV Could Provide the Needed Backup Power (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-20 | get Portable Power Station → | tags: backup power, scientists, grid

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There’s a better way to use the electric grid—and cut power bills (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-19 | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: electric grid, power bills, demand response

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The best portable power stations of 2026: Expert and lab tested (zdnet.com)

2026-03-18 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Anker PowerHouse Portable Charger → | tags: jackery, explorer 2000 plus, packplus e2000 plus

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Leaving civilization is now easier with this ‘off-grid utility core’ (theverge.com)

2026-03-17 | by Thomas Ricker | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: off-grid utility core, klumpen, satellite broadband

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Utilities Study How to Protect Grids From Rising Physical Threats (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-03-16 | by Julia Tilton | get Smart Grid Security Kit → | tags: gridex, e-isac, nerc

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Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-16 | by Tim De Chant | get Tesla Powerwall → | tags: samsung ventures, grid beyond, batteries

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Sodium-Ion Battery Tested for Grid-Scale Storage in Wisconsin (slashdot.org)

2026-03-16 | by Posted | get Sodium-Ion Battery Pack → | tags: sodium-ion battery, peak energy, rwe americas

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Going Electric? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-03-15 | get Tesla Model 3 → | tags: macbook neo, ai startup, electric-grid

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The Electric Grid Needs Huge Upgrades. No One Knows Who Will Pay for Them. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-03-13 | get Smart Grid Energy Monitor → | tags: electric grid, utilities, high-voltage lines

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Powering AI: Europe switches on its first microgrid-connected data center (cnbc.com)

2026-03-12 | by April Roach Gaelle Legrand | get Smart Microgrid Power Bank → | tags: microgrid, pure data centre group, abb

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Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-10 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Grid → | tags: google, tesla, grid

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Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | by Blathnaid O'Dea | get Wind Turbine → | tags: esb, ireland, moneypoint

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Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | by Blathnaid O'Dea | get Wind Turbine → | tags: none, ireland, moneypoint

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Artificial-life: A simple (300 lines of code) reproduction of Computational Life (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | get Neural Network → | tags: brainfuck, computational life, self-replication

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Why investors are going gaga over solid-state transformers (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-20 | by Tim De Chant | get Solid-State Transformers → | tags: grid, power, solid

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Rubik’s WOWCube adds complexity, possibility by reinventing the puzzle cube (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-19 | get WOWCube → | tags: cube, grid, just

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Considering a home battery? These 3 factors can help you decide (zdnet.com)

2026-02-19 | by Mike Lock | get Home battery → | tags: battery, energy, grid

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Chrome on Android just became more desktop-like with this long-awaited feature (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-13 | get Chrome OS → | tags: android, chrome, grid

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Anthropic promises to pay for electricity price increases due to it's AI data centers — firm to pay 100% of its grid infrastructure costs, produce new power sources as sector predicted to hit 50 GW in coming years (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Jowi Morales | get Data Centers → | tags: data centers, electricity, grid

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Trump orders the military to make agreements with coal power plants (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-12 | get Coal power plants → | tags: administration, coal, emergency

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Covering electricity price increases from our data centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-11 | get Data Centers → | tags: centers, data centers, electricity

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Shades of Halftone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-10 | get Halftone Generator → | tags: circle, color, dots

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Free Bi-Directional EV Chargers Tested to Improve Massachusetts Power Grid (slashdot.org)

2026-02-07 | by Posted | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: energy, grid, massachusetts

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Amazon’s European data center projects stalled by grid delays spanning up to seven years — no new connections until after 2030 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-06 | by Luke James | get Data Center → | tags: capacity, center, connection

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When will CSS Grid Lanes arrive? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Flexbox → | tags: browsers, grid, grid lanes

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How the grid can ride out winter storms (technologyreview.com)

2026-01-29 | by Casey Crownhart | get Weather Station → | tags: energy, grid, plants

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Cyberattack on Polish energy grid impacted around 30 facilities (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-28 | get Smart Grid → | tags: attack, dragos, grid

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U.S. govt says Musk's gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Gas turbines → | tags: generators, grid, power

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Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | get Street Art → | tags: cities, cities python, coastal