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Hotels and other service providers pitch themselves as eco-friendly when they’re not. Here’s how to call their bluff.

Your trip starts impacting the planet before you even leave home. Here are a few pointers for keeping your footprint small.

Article URL: https://github.com/microsoft/pg_durable Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414367 Points: 406 # Comments: 90

Money would keep coal plants open, build the first new plants in over a decade.

We're waiting to learn more about what happened aboard the International Space Station.

The Air succeeds as a minimalist, reliable fitness tracker, but Google's AI Health Coach feels unnecessary.

Article URL: https://sumnerevans.com/posts/software-engineering/stop-using-conventional-commits/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414027 Points: 317 # Comments: 234

Apple TV has its best summer lineup ever this year, with compelling new and returning series—all kicking off today with Cape Fear, the excellent new thriller. Here’s everything new coming to Apple TV this summer. more…

The Acer MA200 is a competent M.2 2230 NVMe SSD with reasonably good performance and power-efficiency, even if it’s not the fastest drive out there.

Two Seattle city council committees have passed a one-year moratorium and a resolution on data centers. The measures are still up for a vote in the full council, but many consider that simply as a formality.

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by some of the AirPods 4 nearly 25% off, and the best price ever on AirPods Max 2. Alongside the most affordable Apple Watch Series 11 down at $299 ($100 off) and Apple Watch SE 3 down at $219, we also have a super rare discount hitting Apple’s latest bla...

The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law. Lawmakers behind the bill say it's meant to give policymakers time to understand the impact of large data centers on th...

For almost a year, the RTX 50 Super series has been part of the rumor mill, but with the AI boom snatching production lines, causing memory prices to skyrocket, hype for the lineup had died down. Now, a potential RTX 5060 Super with 12GB of VRAM is apparently in the works, with the 50 Super serie...

DoE wants to keep 13 coal-fired power generators going at the same time as funding nuclear research

PARTNER CONTENT: Integrating AI into the iEPMS platform to achieve a 98% quality review accuracy rate and slash report generation times, leveraging experience from 240,000 global projects

Former DOGE members and Elon Musk allies are backing a startup aimed at using AI to apply “learnings” from DOGE to the private sector.

Article URL: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/what-is-desalination-definition-ocean-water-704732/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413500 Points: 382 # Comments: 164

iOS 27’s big unveiling is just days away, and if you’re interested in installing pre-release software on your iPhone, you won’t have to wait long for the beta. Here’s the expected iOS 27 beta release date. more…

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g44ew3g1kt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413464 Points: 401 # Comments: 251

Microsoft’s AI products aren’t selling, and Github’s been plagued with troubles. WIRED spoke with VP Scott Hanselman about whether the company is in catch-up mode.