Technology

Chinese researchers achieve a new efficiency record of 20.21% in pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells using a novel interfacial buffering strategy.

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• June 15, 2026

A new game called Firewood Splitting Simulator has emerged on Hacker News, attracting interest for its realistic mechanics and niche appeal, though details remain limited.

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• June 15, 2026

Kage clones websites into offline, script-free copies using headless Chrome, allowing browsing without internet and packing into single files or executables.

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• June 14, 2026

Phoenix LiveView 1.2 is now available, introducing colocated CSS, small improvements, and enhanced template compilation features for Elixir developers.

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• June 14, 2026

FreeOberon is an open-source, cross-platform IDE and compiler for the Oberon language, inspired by Pascal and Modula-2, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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• June 14, 2026

ReactOS successfully runs Half-Life with 3D acceleration on actual hardware, marking a milestone in its Windows compatibility efforts.

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• June 14, 2026

A hobbyist successfully booted MS-DOS on Behringer DDX3216 using a custom-built x86 BIOS for its AMD Elan SC300 processor, demonstrating hardware hacking potential.

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• June 14, 2026

An analysis of the technical difficulties in rendering Arabic typography on the web, its historical roots, and ongoing challenges.

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• June 14, 2026

Pyodide 314.0 now supports publishing WebAssembly wheels to PyPI, streamlining package distribution for Python in the browser ecosystem.

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• June 14, 2026

Researchers at UC San Diego are building a 2,000-phone cluster using retired smartphones to create a low-carbon, cost-effective cloud computing platform.

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• June 14, 2026