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The 'dumb machine' promising a clean energy breakthrough (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-20 | tags: fusion, clean energy, power plant

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This Steam Machine Alternative Is Our First Glimpse of Console Gaming’s Future (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-20 | get Steam Deck Gaming Console → | tags: steam machine, console gaming, microsoft

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The Download: murderous ‘mirror’ bacteria, and Chinese workers fighting AI doubles (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-20 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: mirror bacteria, chinese tech workers, ai doubles

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US gov't blocks China's largest LED chipmaker's $239 million bid to acquire Dutch lighting firm Lumileds — US blocks acquisition attempt of European firm (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-20 | by Luke James | get LED Lighting Kit → | tags: sanan optoelectronics, lumileds, cfius

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Hot Wiring the Lisp Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | get Lisp Machine Emulator Kit → | tags: emacs, org-mode, lisp machine

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Bullshit About Bullshit Machines [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | tags: bullshit machines, pdf, title

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Artificial neurons successfully communicate with living brain cells (sciencedaily.com)

2026-04-18 | get Neuroscience Brain Stimulation Kit → | tags: northwestern university, artificial neurons, brain-machine interfaces

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This car company just patented a toilet under your seat (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | get Portable Car Seat Toilet → | tags: seres, vanlife, patent

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‘We don’t want to be left behind’: Reese Witherspoon says using AI is feminist and women need to catch up (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | get AI Ethics for Women → | tags: reese witherspoon, hello sunshine, feminism

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Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Portable Virtual Machine Kit → | tags: smolvm, virtual machines, hypervisor

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Opinion | America’s Reactive AI Defense Isn’t Enough (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-17 | get AI Defense Security Kit → | tags: machine learning, america, adversaries

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Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get AI-Powered Robotic Arm Kit → | tags: autoprober, cnc machine, hardware hacker

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New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-16 | get Undersea Cable Repair Kit → | tags: undersea cables, chinese research ship, haiyang dizhi 2

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The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Smartphone Screen Cleaning Kit → | tags: machine learning, large language models, suno

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The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Where Do We Go from Here? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | tags: machine learning, large language models, suno

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The Cybertruck of e-bikes is here to replace your car (theverge.com)

2026-04-16 | by David Pierce | get Electric Bike Conversion Kit → | tags: infinite machine olto, electric bike, cargo bike

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US Jobs Too Important To Risk Chinese Car Imports, Says Ford CEO (slashdot.org)

2026-04-15 | get Ford Electric Vehicle Charger → | tags: ford, us jobs, chinese car imports

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Retrofitting JIT Compilers into C Interpreters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | tags: jit, c interpreters, lua

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'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | by Oliver Holmes | get Discord Voice Chat Adapter → | tags: arc raiders, embark studios, ai machines

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Brain–machine interface reveals the origin of a widely used neural signal (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | get Neural Signal Recording Headset → | tags: brain–machine interface, neural signal, nature.com

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Dozens of AI disease-prediction models were trained on dubious data (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Basu | get AI Disease Prediction Toolkit → | tags: medrxiv, machine-learning, queensland university of technology

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The future of everything is lies, I guess: Work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | get Smartphone Screen Cleaning Kit → | tags: machine learning, ai coworkers, large tech companies

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The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | tags: machine learning, ai coworkers, amazon

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An Expert's Warning: Stop Filling Your Detergent Cap to the Top (cnet.com)

2026-04-14 | by See Full Bio | get Measuring Cup for Liquids → | tags: kasbah tamadot, laundry habits, washing machine

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News outlets are blocking Wayback Machine from archiving their pages — 23 outlets concerned AI companies might abuse fair use and use it to train their models (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-14 | by Jowi Morales | get Internet Archive Subscription → | tags: wayback machine, internet archive, fair use

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Shipping records suggest Valve will launch the Steam Controller before the Steam Machine (techspot.com)

2026-04-14 | get Steam Controller → | tags: valve, steam controller, steam machine

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What Is Earthshine? How to Spot the Lunar Marvel in the Skies This Week (cnet.com)

2026-04-14 | by See Full Bio | get Earthshine Moon Lamp → | tags: earthshine, artemis ii, moon

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What Orbán’s fall from power means for research (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-14 | by Adam | tags: orbán, hungary, european union

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Autonomous closed-loop framework for reproducible perovskite solar cells (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-14 | by Gao | get Perovskite Solar Cell Kit → | tags: perovskite solar cells, machine learning, bayesian optimization

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What Orbán’s fall from power means for research around the world (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-14 | by Adam | tags: orbán, hungary, university autonomy