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Thomas Ricker

Thomas Ricker

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    AI fish tank.

    Dangbei is launching the Smart Fish Tank 1 Ultra at the IFA show in Berlin next week. Here’s all the company is willing to say for now:

    A first-of-its-kind smart aquarium with AI-powered feeding, real-time water monitoring, and studio-grade lighting for a self-sustaining ecosystem.

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    Thomas Ricker
    A record 30th.

    We’ve grown so accustomed to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launching and landing after deploying Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, or sending real astronauts and cargo to the ISS, that it’s almost become dial tone — you just expect it.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Tesla down, BYD way up.

    European registrations for new Tesla cars were down 40 percent in July compared to the same month last year, while EVs from BYD were up 225 percent. It’s the seventh consecutive month of declines for Musk, in a month that saw sales of EVs grow, according to ACEA data.

    EcoFlow’s Rapid power bank is the fastest yet

    Recharges at 320W — charges two high-end laptops at 140W, simultaneously.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Solar panel prices plummet.

    Trump’s tariffs on solar panels — with 80-plus percent coming from China — are complicating the affordability equation in the US, but record low prices due to overproduction is good news for the rest of world bent on switching to clean energies.

    Solar panels’ price dropped to 8.7 cents per watt on July 2, the lowest level based on comparable data going back to 2011.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Great fireball!

    The exceptionally bright meteor was spotted last night at around 11pm local time.

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Digg appss.

    The new and improved social news aggregator of the early 2000s that already returned to the web in beta is now available as an app for both iOS and Android. It requires an invite from a groundbreaker. Get it!?