Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build

The user is discussing GrapheneOS, an alternative Android build that prioritizes security and privacy, and its features such as sandboxing and hardware memory tagging. The user is happy with the switch to GrapheneOS but notes that it may not be enough for everyone due to the need for proprietary software.

Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Electric cars produce less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars

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A study by EIT Urban Mobility found that battery-electric cars produce 83% less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars. Regenerative braking in EVs reduces mechanical braking and airborne particle emissions, making urban air cleaner and healthier.

There is no memory safety without thread safety

The article discusses the concept of memory safety in programming languages, arguing that the distinction between memory safety and thread safety is not useful. It claims that the actual property people care about is the absence of Undefined Behavior, which can be caused by data races in languages like Go.

Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome

Human trisomy 21, responsible for down syndrome, is the most prevalent genetic cause of cognitive impairment. this study successfully demonstrates the efficient elimination of excess chromosomes using multiple allele-specific targeting. the gene signature data set was compared between isogenic ips cells derived from monozygotic twins discordant for ds. a total of 72, 74, and 72 clones were ...

Visa and Mastercard: The global payment duopoly (2024)

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Visa and Mastercard dominate the global payments processing market with a 90% share outside of China, controlling a combined market value of $850 billion. Their duopoly is maintained through network effects, scalability, and distribution through major banks, making it challenging for competitors to break in.

Open Source Maintenance Fee

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WiX Toolset introduces an Open Source Maintenance Fee for revenue-generating consumers. The fee is required starting with WiX v6.0 release on April 5th, 2025, via GitHub Sponsors or included in WiX Developer Direct support.

Itch.io: Update on NSFW Content

Itch.io removed adult NSFW content from browse and search pages due to payment processor scrutiny. Creators will need to confirm content compliance with new measures after a comprehensive audit and review.

Use Your Type System

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The author suggests defining custom types for specific data representations to avoid bugs caused by mixing up values. This technique helps maintain context and prevents errors by using types like ID, measurement units, and conversions.

BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Intel CEO Letter to Employees

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Intel CEO LBT sent a message to employees announcing Q2 2025 results with revenue above guidance. The company is streamlining operations, reducing headcount by 15%, and focusing on future growth.

Purple Earth hypothesis

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The Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests that early Earth's biosphere was initially purple due to retinal-based photosynthesis, which absorbed green light. This changed with the Great Oxygenation Event, making the Earth's surface green due to chlorophyll-based photosynthesis.

PSA: SQLite WAL checksums fail silently and may lose data

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SQLite's WAL mode has checksums but drops subsequent frames on errors, not raising an error. This behavior is intentional but the user prefers an error to be thrown on corruption detection for better data handling.
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Starlink Mini provides high-speed internet on the go with a compact, portable kit offering speeds over 100 Mbps. It requires an unobstructed view of the sky and can be set up in two easy steps using the Starlink app.

Two narratives about AI

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Two narratives about AI's impact on programming exist, one claiming it will automate jobs and cause upheaval, the other stating it will augment human capabilities and not drastically reduce employment. The truth likely lies somewhere in between, with AI's effects still unclear.

Blender: Beyond Mouse and Keyboard

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Blender is adapting to run on tablets like iPad and Surface with a new user interface and application template. The goal is to bring the full power of Blender to these devices while improving usability for all users, including desktop and tablet users.

Diet, not lack of exercise, drives obesity, a new study finds

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A new study found that people from different cultures burn similar daily calories despite varying activity levels. This suggests that diet, not lack of physical activity, is the major driver of weight gain and obesity in modern society.

Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023)

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Websites can track users across different sessions using cookies and web fingerprinting, which collects data from browser and hardware configurations, making it difficult to protect online privacy. To prevent fingerprinting, users should use Tor Browser or Firefox with resistFingerprinting enabled, as these browsers are more secure against user tracking.

Air Force unit suspends use of Sig Sauer pistol after shooting death of airman

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The US Air Force's Global Strike Command is pausing use of Sig Sauer's M18 pistol after a fatal shooting on a Wyoming base. A comprehensive review of the weapon is underway to identify any safety concerns.

UK: Phone networks down: EE, BT, Three, Vodafone, O2 not working in mass outage

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The Independent reports on various news stories including a US documentary on reproductive rights and a UK phone network outage affecting millions. The outage affects major UK phone networks including BT, EE, Three, and Vodafone.

Vet is a safety net for the curl | bash pattern

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vet is a command-line tool that inspects remote scripts for changes and requires approval before execution. It prevents the risky curl | bash pattern by allowing review and linting of scripts.

AMD CEO says U.S.-made TSMC chips are 5%-20% more expensive, but worth it

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AMD CEO Dr. Su said US-made chips cost 5-20% more than those made in Taiwan due to higher costs but offer a resilient supply chain. The company's customers are willing to pay the higher price, with production sold out until 2027.

Inter-Planetary Network Special Interest Group

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IPNSIG was founded in 1998 by Vint Cerf and others to extend terrestrial networking into space. It's now a full Internet Society Chapter, promoting internet access in the solar system.

Software Development at 800 Words per Minute

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A visually impaired developer uses a screen reader to code, relying on keyboard shortcuts and mental caching to navigate complex systems. Accessibility is crucial in software development, and the developer advocates for better tooling and practices to make coding more inclusive.

Getting decent error reports in Bash when you're using 'set -e'

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BlueOS Kernel – Written in Rust, compatible with POSIX

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BlueOS kernel is written in Rust, featuring security, lightweight, and generality. It is compatible with POSIX interfaces and supports Rust's standard library. Core kernel repository, including CPU architecture support, system scheduler,sync primitives, async executor, memory management subsystem, file system, network subsystem, device subsystem, etc

A list of changes to make it easier to build beautiful and walkable places

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The wishlist aims to create more beautiful and walkable places by eliminating setbacks and reducing street widths. It also proposes reforms to zoning and building codes to promote attainable housing and accessibility.

New Aarch64 Back End

Zig's compiler performance has seen significant improvements in 2025, with the x86 backend now passing 1987 behavior tests and showing a 5-50% improvement in compilation speed. The team is working on further improvements, including parallelizing code generation, enhancing the linker, and improving machine code quality, with incremental compilation expected to be turned on by default soon.

A valid HTML zip bomb

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American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at U.S. firms

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An American woman, Christina Chapman, was sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison for helping North Korean IT workers fraudulently obtain remote-work jobs at US companies. The scheme claimed $17.1 million in salaries from 309 US businesses and stole nearly 70 American identities.

Low cost mmWave 60GHz radar sensor for advanced sensing

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The BGT60TR13C is a 60 GHz radar sensor with built-in FSM for frequency sweeps and data management. It has a SPI interface for easy integration into various applications like smart home and health care.

Apache HTTP Server: 'RewriteCond expr' always evaluates to true

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Revisiting Moneyball

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Moneyball's impact on baseball is not about frugality but making teams more analytical, leading to more informed decision-making. The book's themes, such as using analytics to find undervalued talent, have become mainstream and influenced the game's evolution.

Why I write recursive descent parsers, despite their issues (2020)

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Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan, improves survival of aged mice

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Major quantum computing advance made obsolete by teenager (2018)

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An 18-year-old from Texas, Ewin Tang, proved a fast classical algorithm can solve the recommendation problem, a key example of a quantum speedup. This result eliminates one of the clearest examples of a quantum advantage, but also shows the interplay between quantum and classical algorithms.

A small web July

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You're starting a month-long experiment to reduce corporate web time, focusing on physical life and skill-building, with a new notebook and pen for accountability. You invite others to join you in this challenge, sharing updates on your blog and encouraging feedback.

16colo.rs: ANSI/ASCII art archive

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Sixteen Colors is an online archive for ANSI and ASCII art, collecting monthly artpacks from various groups. The archive aims to preserve the artform's history and legacy, which originated in the early 90s on dial-up BBS systems.

200k Flemish drivers can turn traffic lights green

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Flanders has equipped 230 intersections with intelligent traffic lights that adjust to road traffic. However, the system only reaches a small proportion of drivers and cyclists due to lack of big players like Google Maps and Waze participating.

A GPU Calculator That Helps Calculate What GPU to Use

Hulk Hogan Has Died

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Hulk Hogan was rushed to a nearby hospital after experiencing cardiac arrest at his Clearwater, Florida home. This comes after Hogan's wife denied rumors of him being in a coma just a few weeks ago, stating his heart was strong as he recovered from surgeries.

When swiping supplants scissors: The hidden cost of touchscreens

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The author believes that a lack of physical tactility in children's lives is affecting their fine motor skills and overall development. They argue that designers and companies should prioritize tactile interactivity to help restore balance in children's lives.

Katharine Graham: The Washington Post

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Katharine Graham, a shy socialite, took over the Washington Post in 1963 and became a successful leader by staying true to her values and principles. She proved that courage, competence, and integrity can lead to great success despite initial doubts and challenges.

OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August

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Microsoft is preparing to launch OpenAI's GPT-5 model in early August, with mini and nano versions available through its API. The launch may be delayed due to server capacity issues or rival AI model announcements.

Everything Else

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The author visited Dubai to report on a violin competition but was instead overwhelmed by the city's stark contrast between luxury and exploitation. Dubai is a hellish creation where people can buy the exploitation of others, making it a morally reprehensible destination.

What does connecting with someone mean?

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Connecting with people means mutual empathy and trust, filling a hole that can't be filled by small talk. Lowering your guard to expose thoughts and feelings is necessary for connection, but also requires vulnerability and risk of pain.

How I fixed my blog's performance issues by writing a new Jekyll plugin

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The user's blog was not being indexed by Google due to poor performance and lack of backlinks. They improved their site's performance by self-hosting fonts, using a third-party YouTube embed library, and optimizing images.

Detekt – A static code analyzer for Kotlin

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Detekt is a tool for static code analysis that helps write cleaner Kotlin code. It's open-source and supports various project types with custom rule extensions.

Solid protocol restores digital agency

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Solid enables services to securely access precisely the information they need while respecting user-defined boundaries. the current system forces patients to spread pieces of their medical history across countless proprietary databases controlled by insurance companies, hospital networks, and electronic health record vendors. a cardiologist can't diagnose without full knowledge of the ...

Show HN: Nia – MCP server that gives more docs and repos to coding agents

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BYD Bets on Budget EV Boom with Atto 1 Debut in Indonesia

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BYD launched its most affordable EV model, the Atto 1, in Indonesia priced under Rp 200 million. The launch is part of BYD's strategy to tap into the underserved entry-level EV segment in the region.

The FastLanes File Format [pdf]

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Hacker slips malicious 'wiping' command into Amazon's Q AI coding assistant

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A hacker compromised Amazon's AI coding agent 'Q' by submitting a malicious pull request, potentially wiping local files and AWS cloud infrastructure. Amazon's lack of transparency and failure to prevent the issue has led to criticism and calls for reform.

Python classes aren’t always the best solution

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Python classes are not always necessary due to built-in alternatives like named tuples, data classes, and functions for simpler state management and operations. Classes are best used for encapsulating state and behavior, modeling complex structures, and when built-in features cannot achieve the goal efficiently.

Tesla Q2 2025 Update [pdf]

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Train a 70b language model at home (2024)

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Answer.AI developed a method to train large language models using consumer gaming GPUs, which are 10x cheaper than data center GPUs, by combining QLoRA and FSDP libraries. This breakthrough makes it possible to train large models with consumer GPUs, making AI more accessible and reducing the cost of model training.

Building MCP servers for ChatGPT and API integrations

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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol for extending AI models with additional tools and knowledge, allowing remote servers to connect models to new data sources and capabilities. Custom MCP servers can be built to connect ChatGPT to external applications, but users must be cautious of potential risks such as data theft and malicious prompt injections.

NixOS on a Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 AMD Laptop

The user set up their NixOS computer to work with a TUXEDO laptop, which is not a supported operating system, and encountered several issues including Ethernet port not working and random wake-ups. They were able to resolve these issues with the help of TUXEDO support and community resources, and ultimately decided to use the TUXEDO Control Center exclusively for managing their laptop's power settings.

Games: No sex, please. we're credit card companies

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Itch.io has removed or limited adult content in response to pressure from payment processors and an Australian group, Collective Shout. The platform is conducting a comprehensive audit of its content, requiring creators to confirm their content is allowable under payment processor policies.

When photography was born, fascination, obsession, and danger followed

Upsides and Downsides

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The concept of "crossing the chasm" requires startups to shift from solving upside problems to downside problems as they gain marketshare, but many teams fail to make this change. This shift is crucial for a startup's success and maturity, and it's also relevant to AI-powered products that need to transition from optimizing for upside to handling nuanced judgement and uncertainty.

A Photonic SRAM with Embedded XOR Logic for Ultra-Fast In-Memory Computing

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Traditional von Neumann architectures face bottlenecks due to data movement, but photonic in-memory computing offers a promising alternative with ultra-fast data propagation and reduced energy consumption. A novel photonic SRAM bitcell achieves 10 GHz operations and consumes 13.2 fJ energy per bit for XOR computation.

Vintage Macintosh Programming Book Library (2017)

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The great AI delusion is falling apart

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The AI hype doesn't match real-world results, with a study showing developers were 19% slower with AI tools. The promised productivity gains from AI may not materialize due to lack of verification and review processes.

AlphaDec: A human-readable alternative to ULID/Snowflake IDs

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AlphaDec is a time encoding system that converts UTC timestamps into readable strings, allowing for chronological sorting and hierarchical querying. It uses a 26-period, 10-arc, 26-bar, and 10-beat structure to represent time.

Show HN: A code editor that integrates into the browser

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Tachi Code hosted playground. Explore Tachi Code without installing the browser extension.

Transformers without normalization

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Researchers introduced Dynamic Tanh (DyT) as a simple replacement for normalization layers in Transformers, achieving similar or better performance. DyT allows Transformers without normalization to match or exceed normalized counterparts in various tasks and settings.

Trying to play an isomorphic piano (2022) [video]

Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past

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Researchers developed Aeneas, an AI model that helps historians contextualize ancient inscriptions by analyzing thousands of Latin texts and images. Aeneas accelerates the process of identifying parallels and interpreting inscriptions, offering new insights into ancient history.

Shattering the rotation illusion: The attacker view and AWSKeyLockdown (2024)

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Attackers can exploit exposed AWS access keys even after automatic quarantine, causing significant damage. A new tool, AWSKeyLockdown, helps neutralize these threats by instantly revoking access keys upon exposure.

XOR_singleheader: Header-only binary fuse and XOR filter library

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Binary Fuse filters are a fast and concise alternative to Bloom filters, offering smaller size and natural compressibility. They are used in production systems and can be implemented using a simple C header-only library under the Apache license.

UnitedHealth says it is facing DOJ investigation over Medicare billing practices

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UnitedHealth Group is facing a Justice Department investigation over its Medicare billing practices. The company has launched a third-party review of its business policies and performance metrics.

Algorithm for simulating phosphor persistence of analog oscilloscopes

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Analog oscilloscopes display signals with a beautiful phosphor glow, simulating color grading and signal integrity. Modern oscilloscopes attempt to replicate this look with sampling and color shading, but result in inferior resolution and dynamic range.

Yet another bad three months as Tesla reports its Q2 2025 results

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Tesla's Q2 2025 financial results show a 16% drop in automotive revenue to $16.7 billion and a 16% net profit drop to $1.2 billion. The company's free cash flow fell 89% to $146 million, with cash and investments growing 20% to $36.8 billion.

How to Catch a Wily Poacher in a Sting: A Thermal Robotic Deer

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Government-Funded Alchemy

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Marathon Fusion claims to produce gold through fusion energy, citing a preprint on scalable chrysopoeia. Their approach involves using mercury in lithium blankets to create gold from neutrons.

The last step in a long process on “arsenic life”

Science is retracting the 2010 paper "A bacterium that can grow by using arsenic Instead of phosphorus" due to flawed data and serious errors. The decision was made after extensive deliberations and consultations with the Committee on Publication Ethics.

VectorDB bench now support S3Vector

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StackSafe: Taming recursion in Rust without stack overflow

StackSafe automatically grows the stack in recursive functions and data structures, preventing stack overflow crashes. It's used in production by ScopeDB and allows for elegant recursive code without stack management issues.

We Need a European Sovereign Tech Fund

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The EU needs to support open source maintenance with a fund of at least €350 million to address the $8.8 trillion global economy value of open source software. A study proposes the EU-STF with seven design criteria to ensure pooled financing, low bureaucracy, and community focus.

Drafting Software Recommendation

You're looking for a drafting software that's online or open source, capable of running on Unix/Linux, with a command line interface for drawing floor plans with precision and scalability.

Into the co-ferment kingdom: A trip to Finca Monteblanco

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Cnn's john defterios and sandra o'connor visit colombia to try out some of the new offerings. the coffee is co-fermented in a lab with farmers and exporter clearpath - and it is incredibly fun to taste! deficiency in quality can lead to poor quality coffee, which is why we're focusing on sourcing better coffees, they say... if

Show HN: Local Email Client for AI Horseless Carriages

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DispatchMail is an open source AI-powered email assistant that helps manage inboxes locally. It's customizable and welcomes feedback for improvement and expansion.
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Google will stop working goo.gl links on August 25th, 2025, returning a 404 error. Users should transition to another URL shortener before the shutdown.

Mobile BESS Powers Remote Heavy Equipment

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Baltimore officials used mobile battery units from Power Up Connect to power a harbor cleanup crew after a diesel spill, marking a shift away from fossil-fuel generators. Companies like Power Up Connect and Volvo are developing mobile battery systems to provide clean, large-scale electricity for various applications, including construction, mining, and emergency response.

The Secret Life of Fsync (2023)

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Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU

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Efficient Computer's Electron E1 chip claims up to 100 times better energy efficiency than ARM's best embedded cores. It uses a spatial data flow model, cutting energy overhead from data movement.

Fourble turns lists of MP3 files hosted anywhere into podcasts

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A selection of the best podcasts available on the internet. the archive is currently under construction, but you can now browse the archives by category. if you'd like to find out more, please contact us. we'll do our best to help you find what you're looking for. click here to get in touch with the team. thanks for your patience. see you soon!... and i hope you enjoy it. hope to hear from

Dual-Brain Challenge Tetris Game

Tetris [Move with ←/→, rotate with ↑, soft drop with ↓, hard drop with space]