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Maryland Just Banned Surveillance Pricing on Groceries. Critics Say It’s Basically Toothless (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-01 | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: maryland, surveillance pricing, groceries

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Rivian’s revenue is up as R2 production kicks into gear (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Rivian R2 Model → | tags: rivian, electric vehicle, normal illinois

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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on his first job and the lessons he learned from it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-29 | get IBM ThinkPad Laptop → | tags: ibm, arvind krishna, university of illinois

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This Dad’s ‘Horrible’ Smelling Bachelor Pad Inspired His Business. It Hit $12K a Month Fast — Now On Track for $100M a Year. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | by Amanda Breen | get Smart Home Air Purifier → | tags: azuna, scott dancy, odor-elimination

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This abandoned steel mill is becoming America’s quantum future (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-22 | get Quantum Computing Starter Kit → | tags: illinois quantum, silicon prairie, chicago

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Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Sean O'Kane | get Rivian R2 Model Kit → | tags: rivian, rivian r1, electric vehicles

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Rivian's Illinois Factory Will Run On Recycled EV Batteries (slashdot.org)

2026-04-15 | get Rivian Battery Recycling Kit → | tags: rivian, illinois factory, recycled ev batteries

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Rivian’s factory will soon be powered partly by old batteries from its own EVs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-15 | get Rivian Battery Recycling Kit → | tags: rivian, ev batteries, illinois

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The OpenAI-Anthropic Cold War Comes to Illinois (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-14 | get OpenAI Logo Mug → | tags: openai, anthropic, illinois

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OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | by Maxwell Zeff | get AI Liability Compliance Kit → | tags: openai, illinois bill, frontier models

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Scientists Have Made a French Fry Breakthrough (wired.com)

2026-04-03 | by Marta Musso | get French Fry Maker Kit → | tags: university of illinois, food science, microwave heating

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Despite EV headwinds, Rivian’s sales are up (theverge.com)

2026-04-02 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Rivian R1T Electric Truck → | tags: rivian, electric suv, ev sales

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Anthony Leggett obituary: physicist who brought quantum theory to the macro world (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-30 | by Stamp | get Quantum Mechanics T-Shirt → | tags: quantum theory, superfluids, condensed-matter physics

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90% of crypto's Illinois primary spending failed to achieve its objective (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-20 | get Crypto News T-Shirt → | tags: cryptocurrency, illinois primaries, super pacs

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Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-17 | by Legislative Information System | get Linux Mint Operating System → | tags: illinois, google translate, general assembly

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Think AI Can Do Your Taxes? The IRS Might Disagree (cnet.com)

2026-03-07 | by See Full Bio | get TaxSlayer → | tags: chatgpt, tax season, internal revenue service

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OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-06 | by Sean O'Kane | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: osha, rivian, normal illinois

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H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright Typographic Mystery (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-26 | by Paul Lukas | get Typography → | tags: frank lloyd wright, unity temple, oak park

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Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-04 | by Nikoel Hytrek | get Smartphone → | tags: global, health, illinois

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States want to tax fossil fuel companies to create climate change superfunds (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-29 | get Carbon credits → | tags: change, climate, climate change

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More iPhone users can add their driver’s license to Apple Wallet starting today (9to5mac.com)

2025-11-19 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Wallet → | tags: apple, apple wallet, digital

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More iPhone users can add their driver’s license to Apple Wallet starting tomorrow (9to5mac.com)

2025-11-18 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Wallet → | tags: apple, apple wallet, digital

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Google's Ask Photos feature isn't available in Texas and Illinois (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Pixel → | tags: ask, data, google

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Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get Mindfulness meditation book → | tags: ai, illinois, mental

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Most Illinois farmland is not owned by farmers (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Karina Atkins | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: farmers, farmland, illinois

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Best Internet Providers in Illinois (cnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest → | tags: fiber, illinois, internet