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California gubernatorial debate tonight: Candidates, what’s at stake, and how to stream the event live (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-05 | get Streaming Device for Live TV → | tags: california, gubernatorial debate, hollywood

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Data centers are breaking the electric grid. Meet the $6 billion startup and its visionary CEO solving the problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | get Smart Power Backup System → | tags: crusoe, redwood materials, jb straubel

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For thirty years I programmed with Phish on, every day (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Phish Live Concert DVD → | tags: phish, programming, fleetwood mac

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AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-02 | by Anthony Ha | get AI Actor & Script Generator → | tags: academy awards, generative artificial intelligence, val kilmer

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Costumed Crowd 'Speedruns' Scientology Building For Social Media Trend (slashdot.org)

2026-05-02 | by Posted | tags: scientology, hollywood boulevard, fortnite

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The Oscars Just Banned AI From Winning Acting and Writing Awards (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-02 | get AI Art & Creativity Book → | tags: oscars, hollywood, generative ai

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Hollywood Has Finally Made a Hippo Horror Movie. It’s About Time (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-02 | get Hippo Horror Movie Collectible → | tags: hippo, hollywood, animal villains

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City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Demo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | by Apr | get Security Camera System → | tags: flock, surveillance technology, dunwoody

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Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-01 | by Hannah Richter | get Deep-sea Exploration Kit → | tags: orpheus, woods hole oceanographic institution, deep-sea mining

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Traeger debuts the Irontop, a more affordable gas-powered griddle (engadget.com)

2026-04-28 | get Traeger Irontop Griddle → | tags: traeger, irontop, flatrock

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Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-27 | by Lucas Ropek | get Letterboxd Premium Membership → | tags: letterboxd, tiny, semafor

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Hacktivists share a guide on making working electronics PCBs made from natural clay with prehistoric technique — ethical hardware tutorial explains how to find clay, stamp 3D printed circuits, paint traces, and fire tablets (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Mark Tyson | tags: feminist hacking, clay pcbs, prehistoric firing

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In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | by Nicky Nielsen | get Mitti Attar Perfume Set → | tags: kannauj, mitti attar, agarwood

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That Video on Your Phone Might Be Made-in-China AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-26 | get AI Video Editing Software → | tags: china, hollywood, short clips

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Two Delivery Bots Blunder Into the Middle of a Police Incident, Have Awkward Standoff (futurism.com)

2026-04-26 | by Frank Landymore | get Delivery Robot Standoff Kit → | tags: serve robotics, delivery robots, hollywood

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BYD's next all-electric hypercar is a convertible that's coming to Europe first (engadget.com)

2026-04-25 | get BYD Tang EV Convertible → | tags: byd, denza z, yangwang u9

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The Online Civil War About ‘Michael’ Is a Battle Over Truth (wired.com)

2026-04-25 | by Jason Parham | get Civil War History Book → | tags: michael jackson, leaving neverland, biopic

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Battlefield movie reportedly in the works with Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan (techspot.com)

2026-04-25 | get Battlefield Video Game Console → | tags: battlefield series, michael b. jordan, christopher mcquarrie

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Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-23 | by Sean O'Kane | get Redwood Materials T-Shirt → | tags: redwood materials, tesla, jb straubel

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Hands On: Corsair’s Frame Configurator brings dozens of customization options (and rippling wood) to its 4000 Series PC cases (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-23 | by Matt Safford | get Corsair 4000 Series PC Case → | tags: corsair, 4000 series, frame configurator

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Insights into firewood use by early Middle Pleistocene hominins (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | tags: middle pleistocene, hominins, firewood

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Google unveils two new TPUs designed for the "agentic era" (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-22 | get Google TPU Developer Kit → | tags: google, tensor processing units, nvidia

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Cathie Wood’s ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Julie Bort | get Lucra Financial Planning Software → | tags: ark, lucra, cathie wood

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Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Julie Bort | get Lucra Financial Planning Software → | tags: ark invest, lucra startup, cathie woods

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Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Sean O'Kane | get Tesla Powerwall Battery → | tags: redwood materials, energy storage, battery recycling

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Keeping the ‘fairy tale’ of the Marine Biological Laboratory alive (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-22 | by Russo | get Marine Biology Lab Puzzle → | tags: marine biological laboratory, mark terasaki, woods hole

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Fog Has Always Been Shrouded in Mystery. Our Window to Figure It Out May Be Closing (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-20 | get Fog Machine for Effects → | tags: california redwood forests, fog, $3.65 million

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Hollywood Has Decided ‘The Phantom’ Will Return to TV (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-19 | get The Phantom Comic Book → | tags: the phantom, reginal hudlin, superhero

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Fury Erupts as Val Kilmer’s Estate Announces Starring Role in AI Film Made From Beyond the Grave (futurism.com)

2026-04-17 | by Victor Tangermann | get AI Voice Actor Software → | tags: val kilmer, ai-generated film, generative ai

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Hollywood’s First Big Budget AI-Generated Movie Is About Bitcoin, of Course (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-16 | get AI-Generated Movie Poster → | tags: hollywood, ai-generated, bitcoin