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The impossible dream of the universal remote

You don't really ever have to explain why a universal remote is a good idea. You have a bunch of stuff that needs controlling; this thing controls them all. Many companies have set out to build a product worthy of this idea, and one product came much closer than most. It was called the Harmony, and for many years it was the best universal remote on the market. Maybe the only one that mattered. And still, even the Harmony couldn't make it work. On this episode of Version History, we tell the stor

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FastAPI Releases

0.137.0

Breaking Changes ♻️ Refactor internals to preserve APIRouter and APIRoute instances. PR #15745 by @tiangolo. Unblocks ✨ SO MANY THINGS ✨ Before this, router.include_router(other_router) would take each path operation from other_router and "clone" it, or recreate it from scratch. This would mean that in the end there was only one top level router, part of the app. The way it is structured here is that there are a few additional classes to handle intermediate metadata for router and route inclusio

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The Verge Tech

Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on e-bikes, power stations, and how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere as we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, and that's a problem. From exploding e-bikes in stairwells to lithium-ion power banks combusting midflight, the volatile nat

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