Over on YouTube [Kiss Analog] reviews the New Zoyi ZT-QB9 Smart Clamp meter. If you’re putting together an electronics lab from scratch you absolutely must get a multimeter to start. A typical multimeter will be able to do current measurements but it will require you to break the circuit you’re measuring and interface it to
Read MoreThis prompt will show up on Android 8.0 and later. You must give individual apps the ability to install apps in newer versions of Android. TL;DR Google says Android is getting a “high-friction” sideloading flow. The company insists it’s about user awareness, not blocking installs. The big question is whether this added friction will stay
Read MoreTL;DR Last year, Google announced that developers would have to register even when users are only sideloading their apps. Eventually, Google backed down and offered to give advanced users an option for manual installs from unknown sources. Ahead of that rolling out, we’re seeing Google Play begin to prepare for this system’s arrival. Update: January
Read MoreThis prompt will show up on Android 8.0 and later. You must give individual apps the ability to install apps in newer versions of Android. TL;DR Google says Android is getting a “high-friction” sideloading flow. The company insists it’s about user awareness, not blocking installs. The big question is whether this added friction will stay
Read MoreThis prompt will show up on Android 8.0 and later. You must give individual apps the ability to install apps in newer versions of Android. TL;DR Google says Android is getting a “high-friction” sideloading flow. The company insists it’s about user awareness, not blocking installs. The big question is whether this added friction will stay
Read MoreU.S. college graduates “have historically found jobs more quickly than people with only a high school degree,” writes Bloomberg. “But that advantage is becoming a thing of the past, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.” “Recently, the job-finding rate for young college-educated workers has declined to be roughly in line
Read MoreU.S. college graduates “have historically found jobs more quickly than people with only a high school degree,” writes Bloomberg. “But that advantage is becoming a thing of the past, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.” “Recently, the job-finding rate for young college-educated workers has declined to be roughly in line
Read MoreLast week a University of Arizona astronomy professor “watched anxiously…as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit.” In 2018 NASA had approached Daniel Apai to help build the telescope, which he says will “shatter a barrier — to understand and remove a source of noise in the data
Read MoreLast week a University of Arizona astronomy professor “watched anxiously…as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit.” In 2018 NASA had approached Daniel Apai to help build the telescope, which he says will “shatter a barrier — to understand and remove a source of noise in the data
Read MoreIt’s relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. In fact, as far as I can tell, Welcome to Night Vale is the longest continually running fiction podcast out there. (Some will argue it’s actually We’re Alive, but that has taken a few significant breaks between seasons.) The story of
Read MoreIt’s relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. In fact, as far as I can tell, Welcome to Night Vale is the longest continually running fiction podcast out there. (Some will argue it’s actually We’re Alive, but that has taken a few significant breaks between seasons.) The story of
Read MoreProfessional mountain bike racing is a rather bizarre sport. At the highest level, times between podiums will be less than a second, and countless hours of training and engineering go into those fractions of seconds. An all too important tool for the world cup race team is data acquisition systems (DAQ). In the right hands,
Read MoreProfessional mountain bike racing is a rather bizarre sport. At the highest level, times between podiums will be less than a second, and countless hours of training and engineering go into those fractions of seconds. An all too important tool for the world cup race team is data acquisition systems (DAQ). In the right hands,
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this report from Futurism: China has unveiled an extremely powerful “hypergravity machine” that can generate forces almost two thousand times stronger than Earth’s regular gravity. The futuristic-looking machine, called CHIEF1900, was constructed at China’s Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) at Zheijang University in Eastern China, and allows researchers
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this report from Futurism: China has unveiled an extremely powerful “hypergravity machine” that can generate forces almost two thousand times stronger than Earth’s regular gravity. The futuristic-looking machine, called CHIEF1900, was constructed at China’s Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) at Zheijang University in Eastern China, and allows researchers
Read MoreSony’s terrific Bravia 8 II is $900 off for a limited time. Good deals are often hard to come by at the beginning of the year — which is precisely what makes Best Buy’s Winter Sale worth checking out. The ongoing sales event features discounts on everything from big-ticket OLED TVs to smaller electronics, including
Read MoreSony’s terrific Bravia 8 II is $900 off for a limited time. Good deals are often hard to come by at the beginning of the year — which is precisely what makes Best Buy’s Winter Sale worth checking out. The ongoing sales event features discounts on everything from big-ticket OLED TVs to smaller electronics, including
Read More[Dr Ali Shirsavar] from Biricha Digital runs us through How to Select the Perfect Output Capacitor for Your Power Supply. Your switching-mode power supply (SMPS) will require an output capacitor both to iron out voltage swings due to loading and to attenuate ripple caused by switching. In this video we learn how to calculate the
Read More[Dr Ali Shirsavar] from Biricha Digital runs us through How to Select the Perfect Output Capacitor for Your Power Supply. Your switching-mode power supply (SMPS) will require an output capacitor both to iron out voltage swings due to loading and to attenuate ripple caused by switching. In this video we learn how to calculate the
Read MoreJeremy Jones’ sustainable snowboard is unbelievably fun in deep powder, steeps, and trees.
Read MoreIn the early days of the smart home ecosystem wars, I invested in a Google Home Hub to control lights and interact with the Google Assistant. A lot has changed since then; my smart display still sits on my desk, but it’s now called the Nest Hub and uses Gemini as its voice assistant. I’ve
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I’ve been wearing and reviewing Oura Rings long enough to know the experience well. They’re comfortable, reliable, and tied to a well-rounded platform, which is why they’ve stayed in my rotation for years. Then, Oura rolled out two updates I didn’t see coming: colorful, ceramic Oura Ring 4 variants
Read MoreMacworld TL;DR: Get a Microsoft Office Lifetime License for Mac for just $50. Paying a $99.99 subscription every year just to keep using Microsoft apps gets old fast. If you’d rather pay once and move on, Microsoft Office Home and Business 2021 for Mac gives you a lifetime license you can install on a single Mac for work or home.
Read MoreMacworld TL;DR: Get a Microsoft Office Lifetime License for Mac for just $50. Paying a $99.99 subscription every year just to keep using Microsoft apps gets old fast. If you’d rather pay once and move on, Microsoft Office Home and Business 2021 for Mac gives you a lifetime license you can install on a single Mac for work or home.
Read MoreSelf-hosting a few services on one’s own hardware is a great way to wrest some control over your online presence while learning a lot about computers, software, and networking. A common entry point is using an old computer or Raspberry Pi to get something like a small NAS, DNS-level adblocker, or home automation service online,
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