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How to personalize the screensaver on your Kindle (engadget.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mariella Moon | get Kindle Screensaver Customization Kit → | tags: kindle, amazon, screensaver

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China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX — Beijing's forced chip and satellite alliance announced a week before Musk’s AI1 reveal (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Jowi Morales | get Satellite Data Center Kit → | tags: china, space computing, elon musk

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China’s Ministry of State Security Accuses ‘Spy Turtles and Spy Fish’ of Stealing Sensitive Marine Data (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-20 | get Underwater Drone Camera → | tags: china ministry of state security, spy turtles, spy fish

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Home Batteries: How They're Installed and How Much They Cost (wired.com)

2026-06-20 | by Simon Hill | get Tesla Powerwall 2 → | tags: home batteries, lithium iron phosphate, solar panels

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Researcher turns wi-fi smart lightbulb into a Banned Book Library — open source project makes digital books available via a server and open Wi-Fi access point hacked into an ESP32-powered bulb (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mark Tyson | get ESP32 Wi-Fi Smart Lightbulb → | tags: esp32, tasmota, banned books

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I Found 29 Early Prime Day Deals That Are Worth Shopping Now (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-20 | by Scott Gilbertson | get Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: amazon prime day, surface laptop, alexa speaker

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Scientists Invent a Way to Brew Espresso With Ultrasonic Waves—No Hot Water Required (wired.com)

2026-06-20 | by Javier Carbajal | get Ultrasonic Espresso Maker → | tags: ultrasonic espresso, university of new south wales, acoustic cavitation

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A Coffee Expert Explains Why Burr Grinders Are the Only Grinders Worth Buying (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Burr Coffee Grinder → | tags: burr grinder, coffee beans, coffee ratio

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Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Tereza Pultarova | get GPS Signal Jammer → | tags: gps, xona space systems, pulsar constellation

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Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can't Show You (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Color Calibration Monitor Kit → | tags: colors, cyans, screens

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Using Sound Waves To Make Espresso Could Cut Coffee-Brewing Energy Use By 75% (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | get Sound Wave Espresso Maker → | tags: ultrasonic espresso, sound waves, coffee grounds

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He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots. (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-20 | by Anna Heim | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: vlc media player, kyber, jean-baptiste kempf

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Americans express unease over SpaceX's influence on retirement savings (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | by Maya Yang | get SpaceX Starship Model Kit → | tags: spacex, elon musk, ai investments

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Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cybersecurity Encryption Toolkit → | tags: anthropic, mythos, ai models

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Canada Missed Chances To Inspect OceanGate's Titan Before Fatal Implosion (slashdot.org)

2026-06-19 | get Underwater Inspection Camera → | tags: oceangate, titan submersible, canadian transportation safety board

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Google workspace threatening to block Firefox access (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | get Firefox Browser Extension → | tags: google workspace, firefox, chrome browser

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Spotify Killed the Thrill of the Hunt (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | get Spotify Premium Gift Card → | tags: spotify, algorithm, metal scene

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NASA selects Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars (theverge.com)

2026-06-19 | by Stevie Bonifield | get NASA Mars Mission Model Kit → | tags: relativity space, terran 1, terran r

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Gemini in Google Sheets opens up to millions of new users (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-19 | get Google Sheets Add-on: Gemini → | tags: gemini, google sheets, google workspace

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I Failed My Certification Exam Twice. Here’s the Study System I Wish I Had the First Time. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-19 | by Peter Murphy | get Certification Exam Prep Book → | tags: certification exam, entrepreneur, practice exams

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Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-19 | get Blue Origin Launch Pad Model → | tags: blue origin, spacex, starship

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Get Ready for The Summer Solstice, The Longest Day of the Year (cnet.com)

2026-06-19 | by See Full Bio | get Summer Solstice LED Lantern → | tags: summer solstice, northern hemisphere, farmer's almanac

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NASA picks Eric Schmidt's rocket company for Mars mission (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: relativity space, mars mission, nasa

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The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-19 | by Thomas Macaulay | get Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface → | tags: amazon, brain-computer interface, spacex

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Out-of-Control Icebergs Are Wreaking Havoc on the Oceans (futurism.com)

2026-06-19 | by Frank Landymore | get Iceberg Monitoring Satellite → | tags: greenland, fram strait, sea ice

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Spike Jonze, Filmmaker Behind ‘Her,’ Warns of ‘Manipulative’ AI Chatbot Design (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-19 | get AI Chatbot Development Kit → | tags: spike jonze, her, ai chatbot

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RFK Jr.’s New Lyme Plan Is More Conspiracy Than Science (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-19 | get Lyme Disease Test Kit → | tags: rfk jr, lyme disease, conspiracy

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CrankGPT is a private AI chatbot that’s powered entirely by your hand (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-19 | tags: crankgpt, raspberry pi 5, squeez labs

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The NTS Radio Player brings the best of internet radio to your hi-fi (theverge.com)

2026-06-19 | by Terrence O'Brien | get NTS Radio Streaming Device → | tags: nts radio, atonemo, spotify connect

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Musk's SpaceX stake is worth over $1 trillion. Here are the other billionaire shareholders (cnbc.com)

2026-06-19 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get SpaceX Falcon 9 Model → | tags: spacex, elon musk, ipo