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The 1GB flash drive still works perfectly—but manufacturers stopped making it for a reason that has nothing to do with technology
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The 1GB flash drive still works perfectly—but manufacturers stopped making it for a reason that has nothing to do with technology

The 1GB flash drive didn't vanish because it broke. It vanished because of math: fixed…

By Harilalao Miarisoa
Unitree's 'Superman' robot just ran faster than Usain Bolt — and the company built it in 12 weeks
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Unitree’s ‘Superman’ robot just ran faster than Usain Bolt — and the company built it in 12 weeks

A Chinese startup's humanoid robot hit 12.66 m/s—outpacing human sprinting records in just three months…

By Harilalao Miarisoa
A Manchester developer just beat Minecraft with a UK prime minister simulator — and civil servants say it's scarily accurate
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A Manchester developer just beat Minecraft with a UK prime minister simulator — and civil servants say it’s scarily accurate

A political simulator game toppled Minecraft on the UK App Store. Why Westminster's chaos has…

By Harilalao Miarisoa

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Zanskar's deep well at Lightning Dock just proved geothermal's biggest assumption wrong—and it changes everything
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Zanskar’s deep well at Lightning Dock just proved geothermal’s biggest assumption wrong—and it changes everything

A failing New Mexico geothermal plant got a second life using AI modeling and deeper drilling. What it reveals about…

By Harilalao Miarisoa
NASA's Psyche spacecraft just captured Mars views so rare the imager team called them 'brilliant'
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just captured Mars views so rare the imager team called them ‘brilliant’

NASA's Psyche spacecraft captured stunning, rarely-seen views of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby, revealing icy poles and distant moons in…

By Harilalao Miarisoa
Teenager quietly built a hamster-powered phone charger that actually works — and his pet has no idea
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A hamster on its wheel can technically charge your phone — the catch is how long you’d be waiting

The idea has circulated online for twenty years: wire a hamster to a generator to charge a phone. Does it…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Texas Instruments just launched the TI-84 Evo calculator — a $160 distraction-free device that's outselling smartphone apps
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Texas Instruments built a $160 calculator that can’t text, can’t browse, can’t do anything but math — and that’s exactly the point

Texas Instruments built the TI-84 Evo around a contrarian idea: a $160 device that refuses to do anything but one…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant