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Apple considered buying Halide to upgrade its native Camera app (engadget.com)

2026-03-21 | get Halide Camera App → | tags: halide, lux optics, apple

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Halide co-founder is suing former partner for bringing source code to Apple (theverge.com)

2026-03-21 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Halide Camera App → | tags: halide, lux optics, apple

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iPhone 18 Pro camera may come with pro software, Apple considered buying Halide (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-21 | by Zac Hall | get Halide Mark II Camera App → | tags: iphone 18 pro, halide, lux optics

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Dreame’s self-cleaning L10s Pro Ultra is nearly $1,000 off its original list price (theverge.com)

2026-03-21 | by Sheena Vasani | get Dreame L10s Pro Ultra Robot Vacuum → | tags: dreame, lidar, ecovacs

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Large Hadron Collider Discovers All-New Particle (futurism.com)

2026-03-21 | by Victor Tangermann | get Particle Physics Model Kit → | tags: large hadron collider, cern, xi-cc-plus

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AI Aims for Autonomous Wheelchair Navigation (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-03-20 | by Jason Hahr | get Smart Wheelchair Navigation Kit → | tags: dfki, autonomous wheelchairs, lidar

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Why scientists can’t get a laugh (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-20 | by Connie Loizos | get Funny Science Joke Book → | tags: science conferences, humor, slides malfunctioning

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Novartis to Buy Breast-Cancer Drug From Synnovation for Up to $3 Billion (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-03-20 | tags: novartis, synnovation, snv4818

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Xiaomi launches next-gen SU7 with 902 km range and Lidar, still undercuts Tesla (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | by Fred Lambert | get Xiaomi Electric Scooter 902km → | tags: xiaomi, su7, lidar

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Local agricultural transition, crisis and migration in the Southern Andes (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-18 | by Barberena | tags: amazonia, south american archaeology, crop domestication

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Planar Li deposition and dissolution enable practical anode-free pouch cells (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-17 | by Liu | get Li Metal Battery Pack → | tags: lithium metal batteries, solid electrolyte interphase, crossover-coupled electrolyte

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Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 and X9 Pro Omni robovacs are nearly 50 percent off (theverge.com)

2026-03-16 | by Sheena Vasani | get Ecovacs Deebot X8 → | tags: ecovacs, deebot x8, lidar

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Launch HN: Voygr (YC W26) – A better maps API for agents and AI apps (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | get Voygr Maps API → | tags: voygr, google maps, place data

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Hostile Volume – A game about adjusting volume with intentionally bad UI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get Volume Control Puzzle Game → | tags: volume slider, hostil volume, game ui

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Chocolate 3D printer startup Cocoa Press levels up with former Prusa executive (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Denise Bertacchi | get 3D Printing Chocolate Kit → | tags: prusa, cocoa press, printed solid

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If you care about productivity, it's time you learn how to 'context-prompt' your Google Drive (zdnet.com)

2026-03-13 | by Artie Beaty | get Google Drive Productivity Toolkit → | tags: google drive, gemini, google sheets

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Are LLM merge rates not getting better? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | get Natural Language Model → | tags: llm, metr, merge rates

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Are LLMs not getting better? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | get Natural Language Model → | tags: llm, metr, mergeable

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Brutal times for the US battery industry (technologyreview.com)

2026-03-12 | by Casey Crownhart | get Tesla Powerwall Battery → | tags: 24m, lithium-ion, sodium-ion

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I tested a solid-sate battery pack with serious durability (and some obvious caveats) (zdnet.com)

2026-03-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Power bank → | tags: solid-state, battery, power bank

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Photonic ‘ski jump’ steers light beam from silicon chip (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-11 | by Sorace-Agaskar | get Photonic Beam Steering Kit → | tags: photonic ski jump, silicon chip, lidar

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Physics at risk: UK science leader on what’s wrong with the latest funding cuts (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-11 | by Castelvecchi | get Science Journal Notebook → | tags: cern, large hadron collider, ukri

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Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer tech (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-10 | by Tim De Chant | get Neural Network → | tags: iron-core transformer, solid state transformer, hyperscale power

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iRobot’s Roomba Mini can clean where its larger robovacs can’t reach (theverge.com)

2026-03-10 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Roomba Mini → | tags: roomba mini, irobot, lidar

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Algebraic topology: knots links and braids (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Knots Links → | tags: knots, braids, euclidean space

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BMX SolidSafe 10K review: This solid-sate battery has so many benefits (and an obvious flaw) (zdnet.com)

2026-03-09 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get SolidSafe → | tags: bank, charging, power

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Donut Lab says latest test proves its solid-state battery isn’t a supercapacitor (theverge.com)

2026-03-09 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Solid-state battery → | tags: batteries, battery, donut

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Challenging the Single-Responsibility Principle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | get Smartwatch → | tags: rust, solid, solids

29.

How many options fit into a boolean? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-07 | by Written By | get Boolean → | tags: rust, google slides, paged out

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In a Hotter, Wetter South, Mold Is Emerging as a Public Health Crisis (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-02 | get Climate Change → | tags: asheville, asheville north, carolina