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    Isn’t that how it’s always spelt?

    I admit, I have a British bias here, but like this commenter I was unreasonably pleased to see Google spell its upcoming Aluminium OS the right way.

    fragileswift13:

    huge win for folks who have always spelled aluminium correctly

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    Buttery smooth performance.

    The AI boom has now turned its baleful eye on RAM, driving prices up so high — and so fast — that stores are resorting to selling at “market price” to keep up. Of course, selling RAM like lobster opens up a whole world of possibilities.

    CuriousToaster:

    I don’t see how covering RAM in butter is going to help.

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    The Honor 500 looks Air-y familiar.

    In Honor’s defense, the China-only 500 and 500 Pro aren’t especially thin phones, so they’re not cribbing on the iPhone Air in that sense. But that camera module has certainly been copying some of Apple’s homework.

    Honor 500 and 500 Pro in pink and blue
    iPhone Air on a couch cushion
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    The huge 8,000mAh batteries in the Honor 500 and 500 Pro will make up for being a little thicker.
    Image: Honor
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    Dominic Preston
    The sweet scent of nuclear disaster.

    Boing Boing plunged the depths of Etsy to find this 3D-printed replica of the Chernobyl power plant, complete with a ruined reactor that lights up and spews “smoke” when you use it as a diffuser or humidifier.

    If that’s too morbid for you, how about an Oceangate Titan sub bathtub bubbler?

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    Photo showing the Chernobyl diffuser in action, spewing smoke from the reactor damage.
    GIF showing the Chernobyl diffuser in action, spewing smoke from the reactor damage.
    Image of a small model of the OceanGate sub, with text advertising it for pools and baths
    1/3Image: Alpaca3D / Etsy