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An AI hallucination nearly started a war between the US and China (techspot.com)

2026-09-19 | by Daniel Sims | tags: ai hallucination, us military, china

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Fusion startups keep promising power plants, the physics still says otherwise (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: pacific fusion, helion energy, national ignition facility

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El Niño Is Just a Fraction of a Degree Away From Becoming the Strongest on Record (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: el niño, sea surface temperatures, tropical pacific

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The super El Niño is already wreaking havoc: here’s what’s in store (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-13 | by Dinneen | get AcuRite Iris home weather station → | tags: el niño, anchovy fishery, peru

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Chinese quartz approved for semiconductor equipment and DRAM manufacturing, but it still can't break America's monopoly — China secures domestic supply for chipmaking components, but Spruce Pine still holds the crucible monopoly (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Anton Shilov | get Chip War Chris Miller book → | tags: jiangsu pacific quartz, lam research, tokyo electron

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Larger Pacific striped octopus (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | get Other Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith octopus book → | tags: larger pacific striped octopus, octopus, cephalopoda

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Larger Pacific Striped Octopus (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | get Other Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith octopus book → | tags: larger pacific striped octopus, octopus, cephalopoda

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This ‘Super’ El Niño Has Whipped Up a Never-Before-Seen Cyclone Trio in the Pacific (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-04 | get AcuRite Iris weather station → | tags: el niño, nasa, cyclone

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If Corporations Are People, They Should Be Subject to the Death Penalty (futurism.com)

2026-08-29 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: corporate personhood, santa clara, supreme court

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Why are El Niños getting stronger? 1,000-year-coral record points to climate change (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-27 | by Dinneen | get AcuRite Iris home weather station → | tags: el niño, coral records, climate change

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Pacific Fusion’s next fusion machine could clear a key hurdle to commercial power (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-25 | by Tim De Chant | get The Future of Fusion Energy book → | tags: fusion power, pacific fusion, national ignition facility

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Daily briefing: Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-25 | by Graham | get The Star Builders Arthur Turrell book → | tags: fusion energy, pacific fusion, marx generator

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Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record — and study nuclear weapons (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-24 | by Dinneen | tags: fusion energy, pacific fusion, nuclear weapons

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'Off the Charts' El Nino Is Already the Strongest Since Records Began (slashdot.org)

2026-08-22 | tags: el nino, columbia university, james hansen

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China-Linked Hacker Shows AI Capabilities in APAC Attack (darkreading.com)

2026-08-19 | by Robert Lemos | tags: ai agents, dream ai, openclaw

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IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club Asia Pacific: Reflections (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: indieweb, homebrew website, asia pacific

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AMD Radeon RX 9050 8GB Review: Budget GPU, Zero Budget Value (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Steven Walton | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, gpu

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AMD Radeon RX 9050 8GB Review: Budget GPU, Zero Budget Value (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Steven Walton | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, gpu

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What Is El Niño, and What Does It Mean for Weather, Water, and the Global Economy? (wired.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ritsuko Kawai | tags: el niño, noaa, pacific ocean

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What Is El Niño? Here’s What It Means for Weather, Water, and Global Economy (wired.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ritsuko Kawai | tags: el niño, noaa, pacific ocean

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Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Andrej Flis | tags: super el niño, kelvin wave, westerly winds

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Nvidia's Risky Business (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: nvidia, northern pacific railway, jay cooke

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Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables — 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mark Tyson | tags: pacific light cable network, undersea cables, windward maritime analysis

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Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: deep-sea vehicles, alien sharks, pacific ocean

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When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public? (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Tim De Chant | tags: fusion power, commonwealth fusion systems, lorence kim

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She Ate at Denny’s Before She Set a Record Rowing Solo Across the Pacific — Here’s the Surprising Way the Chain Responded (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-27 | by Jonathan Small | tags: denny’s, kelsey pfendler, nvidia

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This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’ (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-23 | by Dinneen | tags: el niño, berkeley earth, climate change

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Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce derailment (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: union pacific, rail temperature, white paint

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The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east? (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-12 | tags: island, long, long pause

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Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño (wired.com)

2026-07-08 | by Molly Taft | get Sunshade for Climate Control → | tags: events, geoengineering, global