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Air conditioning battery program for renters could help manage grid stress 0

NEW YORK — When a heat wave hits, millions of air conditioners switch on at once, straining the electric grid and driving up the risk of outages — and residents’ power bills. To ease that strain, power companies may ask customers to do something many probably won’t: Set the air conditioner a few degrees higher.

Was it a secret Chinese spy headquarters or a ping-pong parlor? New York Chinatown case goes to trial 0

The plain, glass-clad building stands six stories between a hotel, a spa and a coffee shop in the heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood. U.S. prosecutors say it was a secret Chinese spy outpost, with orders from Beijing to silence, harass and intimidate pro-democracy dissidents in the U.S., and a banner inside that said: “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service

Dyson’s $170 pocket fan delivers 65,000 RPM to keep you cool 0
- AI, ai coding assistant, AI regulation, Artificial Intelligence, Gadgets, General, openai, Tech, Technology
- May 6, 2026
Dyson is a company that makes plenty of really useful products, but also have had a few tries at things that didn’t. At this point, it’s not clear that personal cooling fans is a meaningful product category or if Dyson’s entry will set the world on fire, particularly launching as we head towards winter, regardless,
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Tom Helm: Leicestershire sign Middlesex seamer on 14-day loan 0
- Sport, SPORTS, US
- May 6, 2026
Leicestershire have signed fast bowler Tom Helm on a two-week loan deal from Middlesex. The 31-year-old former England Lions seamer has taken 177 wickets in 65 first-class games at an average of 32.08 and is available for this week’s trip to Sussex, which starts on Friday. The Foxes are yet to win after earning promotion
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I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes 0
- AI, ai coding assistant, AI regulation, Artificial Intelligence, Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Machine Yearning, openai, pro-ai pacs, Tech, Technology
- May 6, 2026
Anthropic just announced a new feature called “dreaming” at the company’s developer conference in San Francisco. It’s part of Anthropic’s recently launched AI agent infrastructure designed to help users manage and deploy tools that automate software processes. This “dreaming” aspect sorts through the transcript of what an agent recently completed and attempts to glean insights
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