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14 of the best Android games are down to just $0.10 in Google Play Store’s mega sale (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-23 | tags: google play store, bloons td 6, lara croft go

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Geoengineering still faces major practical challenges (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-18 | by Casey Crownhart | get Geoengineering Research Book → | tags: geoengineering, james temple, stratosphere

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Gliderboy Reinvents Humble Weather Balloon with Flight Home (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | get Weather Balloon Kit → | tags: gliderboy, weather balloon, flight home

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Beyond Dexterity: Why Contact May Define the Next Era of Robotics (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-06-09 | get Robotic Gripper Gloves → | tags: agilink, balloon, balloon dog

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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Riffs on ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ With a Little Help From Bugs Bunny (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-02 | get Looney Tunes Collectible Mug → | tags: coyote, acme, bugs bunny

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This AI weather startup is out-forecasting government agencies (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-01 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Weather Forecasting Device → | tags: windborne systems, weathermesh, ecmwf

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George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new ‘Human Consent Standard’ for AI licensing (theverge.com)

2026-05-12 | by Emma Roth | get AI Ethics and Consent Book → | tags: human consent standard, ai licensing, rsl media

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China's next-gen CPUs and GPUs prepare to challenge last-gen Intel and AMD in 2027 — Loongson 3B6600 and 9A1000 aim to match Intel's 12th Gen and AMD's RX 550 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Zhiye Liu | get Loongson 3B6600 CPU → | tags: earnings, graphics, loongson

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Debian must ship reproducible packages (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | get Debian Reproducible Builds Kit → | tags: debian, reproducible builds, binnmus

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Russian-Chinese Irtysh 32-core CPU runs The Witcher 3 at 30+ FPS — heavyweight chip still imposes CPU bottleneck despite impressive specs (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: irtysh, loongson, tramplin electronics

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The First Trailer for ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Is Finally Here (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-22 | get Looney Tunes Coyote Plush → | tags: coyote vs acme, looney tunes, will forte

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A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event (wired.com)

2026-04-20 | by Brian Barrett | get Hot Air Balloon Model Kit → | tags: hot-air balloon, magical adventures balloon rides, denni barrett

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Apple TV announces new animated series from Academy Award-winning studio Cartoon Saloon (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-17 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple TV Animated Series Merch → | tags: apple tv, cartoon saloon, minotaur

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11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed 16-core and 32-core chips, flaunts Cyrillic-badged processors — chips appear to be sanctions-swerving rebadged Chinese Loongson processors (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-13 | by Anton Shilov | get Loongson 3A4000 Processor → | tags: loongson, irtysh processors, loongarch

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Honda scraps three US-built EVs only months ahead of launch, takes $15.7 billion hit (techspot.com)

2026-03-13 | get Honda EV Maintenance Kit → | tags: honda, evs, ces 2025

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Honda scraps three US-built EVs months ahead of launch, warns of $15.7 billion hit (techspot.com)

2026-03-13 | get Honda EV Maintenance Kit → | tags: honda, evs, ces 2025

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China-made Loongson 12-core chip is approximately three times slower than six-core Ryzen 5 9600X — 3B6000 hampered by low clock speeds in Linux benchmarks (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Aaron Klotz | get CPU → | tags: architecture, chips, core

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High-Altitude Adventure with a DIY Pico Balloon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-01 | by David Schneider | get Pico Balloon → | tags: balloon, pico, power

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Explore the Stratosphere With a DIY Pico balloon (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-01-31 | by David Schneider | get Pico → | tags: balloon, pico, power

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Giving up upstream-ing my patches and feel free to pick them up (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Patch → | tags: github, github com, https

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"Giving up upstream-ing my patches & feel free to pick them up" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Patch → | tags: github, github com, https

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Stratospheric internet could finally start taking off this year (technologyreview.com)

2026-01-27 | by Tereza Pultarova | get Satellite → | tags: altitude, connectivity, haps

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East Germany balloon escape (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-16 | get Balloon → | tags: balloon, border, east

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Drones Compete to Spot and Extinguish Brushfires (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-24 | by Robb Mandelbaum | get Drone Firefighting System → | tags: balloon, crossfire, drone

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The Best PC Games (You Should Be Playing) (techspot.com)

2025-12-15 | get Gaming Console → | tags: balloon, balloon spectacle, budgets

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The Best PC Games (You Should Be Playing) (techspot.com)

2025-12-15 | get Gaming Console → | tags: balloon, balloon spectacle, budgets

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Goldfish joins Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the tiniest float ever (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-27 | get Goldfish crackers → | tags: annual, annual thanksgiving, balloons

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How to watch the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade live online or on TV, including free options (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-27 | get Streaming device → | tags: annual, annual balloon, balloon

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Quantum computing tech keeps edging forward (arstechnica.com)

2025-11-12 | get Quantum Computing → | tags: architecture, connections, loon

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Quantum roundup: Lots of companies announcing new tech (arstechnica.com)

2025-11-12 | get Quantum Computing → | tags: architecture, connections, loon