Articles by pingou
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Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them better (economist.com)

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AI super-apps are remaking China's internet (economist.com)

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Opening a jar for 10 hours straight [video] (youtube.com)

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Solar Impulse 2 Crashes into Gulf (dronexl.co)

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The troubled quest for tasty vegan cheese (economist.com)

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The AI supply crunch is here (economist.com)

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Sumochess (sumochess.org)

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Nvidia is expanding its empire (economist.com)

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Americans' electricity bills are up. Don't blame AI (economist.com)

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[dupe] Geothermal's Time Has Come (economist.com)

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A new industry of AI companions is emerging (economist.com)

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Gang suspected of sending up to 40k stolen UK phones to China (bbc.com)

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Renewables Overtook Coal in 2025 (ember-energy.org)

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Dying for gold: who killed the miners of Buffelsfontein? (economist.com)

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An AI analyst made 30 years of stock picks – and outperformed human investors (stanford.edu)

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Companies have plans to build robotic horses (economist.com)

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US sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on South East Asia solar panels (bbc.com)

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Typhoid Mary (wikipedia.org)

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Ask HN: Do LLM errors increase likelihood of future mistakes?

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A new law in Sweden lets police seize unexplained luxury goods (economist.com)

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Sumochess: Push Chess Pieces Out (sumochess.org)

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An interview with Javier Milei, Argentina's president (economist.com)

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A Tick Is Making Farmers Allergic to Their Own Animals (theatlantic.com)

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Sumochess, Chess Variant (sumochess.org)

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'Dark Oxygen' Discovered Coming from Mineral Deposits on Deep Seafloor (scientificamerican.com)

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Show HN: Sumochess, chess variant where you push pieces out (sumochess.org)

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Show HN: Sumochess, chess variant where you push pieces out (sumochess.org)

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Steller's Sea Cow (wikipedia.org)

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Facebook turned off the news in Canada. What happened next? (economist.com)

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Europe is importing a solar boom. Good news for (nearly) everyone (economist.com)

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Me in the Eternal City (theatlantic.com)

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Sweden's polite war with Elon Musk (economist.com)

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Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (bbc.com)

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The Self Balancing Monorail [video] (youtube.com)

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Wheel-Hand-Leg-Arms Open Doors Playfully (ieee.org)

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Is it cheaper to rent or buy property? (economist.com)

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Baby star launches giant jets and shocks (bbc.com)

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Solar Gravitational Lens (wikipedia.org)

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The ethical drug-dealers of Vancouver (economist.com)

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American cities are suing car manufacturers over auto theft (economist.com)

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The TikTok exodus: how an Albanian town was emptied (economist.com)

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Car-Rental Companies Are Ruining EVs (theatlantic.com)

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A drug for Alzheimer’s disease that seems to work (economist.com)

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How the first ever telecoms scam worked (youtube.com)

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Water Saving Shower Head (ieee.org)

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Nasubi (wikipedia.org)