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The speed of light in air is 50% faster than in fiber, but it's a challenge to get the arms to move fast enough to realize the latency advantage.

Electrek
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Port Authority of NY and NJ, CALSTART launch $45M electric truck plan

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is working with leading transportation nonprofit CALSTART to roll out a $45 million incentive program to help electrify the port’s operators’ heavy truck fleets.

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Electrek
Text • Fred Lambert

A Tesla ran a stop sign and killed a man, record confirms Full Self-Driving/Autopilot was on

A Tesla Model 3 ran a stop sign in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, and hit a Honda Civic turning left through the intersection. The Civic’s driver, 82-year-old Stephen Field, was killed.

Police reported it as a car that failed to stop. What no one reported is that Tesla’s own data says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged. This is part of an ongoing Electrek investigation matching reported crashes to Tesla’s redacted NHTSA data.

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Kia launches three new electric GT vehicles: Meet the EV3 GT, EV4 GT, and EV5 GT

Kia expanded its electric GT lineup with the EV3 GT, EV4 GT, and EV5 GT, now on sale.

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What a Labor Day message 🙄, but yes most of us are exhausted by the constant chaos coming from this corrupt administration. But being exhausted doesn’t mean we will stop fighting.

SCOTUSblog
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Missouri organizer urges Supreme Court to leave ruling in place preventing use of congressional map expected to benefit Republicans

Detail of the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 16, 2022 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Detail of the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 16, 2022 in Washington, District of Columbia.

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This could be really good. Trailer for a new documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Elizabeth Holmes: You Can See Everything. Amazing cut to the wider shot at the end.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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OpenAI’s new model costs 2.5x more per token — and developers are saving money anyway

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GPT-6 Astra has an obvious problem for developers considering an upgrade from GPT-5.6 Sol: its tokens cost 2.5 times as

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Your Morgan Wallen Playlist Might Be Hurting Your Focus

A new study suggests one of Morgan Wallen’s biggest songs might not be the best choice when you’re trying to stay focused at work. Continue reading…

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Head of an Old Man, 1866 #paulcezanne #romanticism

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Selected Details after Courbet, 1968 #duchamp #expressionism

Electrek
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Green Deals Labor Day – EcoFlow power station flash sale from $599, Hiboy EVs 33% off from $300, Autel 80A EV charger low, more

It’s the final day of Amazon’s Labor Day Sale event, as well as Best Buy’s Labor Day Sale, not to mention a bunch of other direct sales we’ve been featuring the last two weeks – with all the deals we’ve spotted rounded up together in our one-stop-shop Labor Day Green Deals ...

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Energy Secretary: Deal With Iran May Have To Wait Until 'Next Administration'

Energy Secretary Chris Wright admitted to ABC News that the Iran war is not going well, agreements may not happen, and any deal between the two nations may have to wait until the next administration. Wright said this with a straight face with two years left in Trump's admi...

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Treadmill headed for a new home

In 2016 Barb and I paid $1600 for this professional grade treadmill. It’s been in a dark little windowless room in the basement ever since and I’ve used it numerous times over the years. But having joined the YMCA recently, … Continue reading

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Text • Steve Mays

So long, Mr. Groundhog

Relocated to an undisclosed location. I paid the wildlife guy 500 bucks to get rid of this guy and all he trapped was a raccoon. “What about the groundhog,” I asked. “It’s $500 for every critter trapped” explained our former … Continue reading

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The New Hugo at Home Plus a Tour of My Shelves

The latest Hugo arrived while I was away at Tampa Comic Convention, and Krissy took the opportunity to go in and rearrange the award shelves a bit to accommodate it. Would you like a tour of the shelves? Of course you would! Top shelf (from left): The Summit Award (for 250,000 reads of my story […]

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We Are Going to Be Okay: A Three Year Anniversary Events Recap

We Are Going to Be Okay: A Three Year Anniversary Events Recap

Thank you for three years, and for partying hard with us for two sold out nights of celebration IRL in NYC.

Silver Bulletin
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2026 ELWAY NFL projections

2026 ELWAY NFL projections

Team ratings, playoff and Super Bowl odds, and forecasts of every upcoming game from Silver Bulletin's exclusive NFL model.

Silver Bulletin
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How our ELWAY forecasts work

How our ELWAY forecasts work

Way more detail than you probably wanted on Silver Bulletin's new NFL forecasting system.

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People love Markdown because it's impossible to hide the crud. And because people love it so much it's become a favorite of tech startups esp in the AI field. This is a great turn of events. We're getting back to the web, and the sooner everyone gets on board, the better. I've written about this for a few years. Everything in Markdown, it's just enough HTML. And with that, Microsoft has created a white flag, here's all your data dear users, in Markdown, to use as you please. Instead of waiting for Claude et al to start reading Word files.