Month: November 2019

An Efficient Homemade Wood furnace

For poor [workshop from scratch], winter brings the joy of a cold workshop. Since the building is structurally made from tin, warming up the room is difficult. Naturally, the solution was to construct a homemade wood furnace. The build starts off with an angle grinder being taken to a compressed air tank. After sawing off

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Adobe: Black Friday online sales grew 19.6% YoY to $7.4B, as Thanksgiving sales rose 14.5%, to $4.2B; Cyber Monday sales are expected to reach $9.4B, up 18.9% (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Adobe: Black Friday online sales grew 19.6% YoY to $7.4B, as Thanksgiving sales rose 14.5%, to $4.2B; Cyber Monday sales are expected to reach $9.4B, up 18.9%  —  Following swiftly on the heels of a Thanksgiving that broke records with $4.2 billion in online sales, Black Friday also hit a new

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This Week in Security:Malicious Previews, VNC Vulnerabilities, Powerwall, and The 5th Amendment

Malware embedded in office documents has been a popular attack for years. Many of those attacks have been fixed, and essentially all the current attacks are unworkable when a document is opened in protected view. There are ways around this, like putting a notice at the top of a document, requesting that the user turn

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EU antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary investigation into Google's data collection practices (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: EU antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary investigation into Google’s data collection practices  —  BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google’s collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world’s … EU antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary investigation into Google’s data collection practices

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Let A CPR Robot Save The Day

Four highschool students in Lyon France are building a CPR robot, with the aim of removing the endurance problem faced by those delivering this form of essential first aid. By every after action report, CPR is an emotionally and physically exhausting way to save a life. When someone’s heart stops beating their breathing stops too.

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Black Friday phone savings still available: $500 off an iPhone 11, 11 Pro or Pro Max (just updated) – CNET

Black Friday is over, but there are still great offers on the Pixel 4, Galaxy S10 and iPhone, along with hundreds of dollars’ worth of free gift cards from Walmart, Best Buy and Target. Black Friday phone savings still available: 0 off an iPhone 11, 11 Pro or Pro Max (just updated) – CNET Source:

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Black Friday 2019 Costco deals on Saturday include Dell, Fitbit, Sonos discounts and more (updated) – CNET

Black Friday deals are still going strong at Costco, with massive savings and electronics. We’ve gathered some of the best deals for your holiday shopping pleasure. Black Friday 2019 Costco deals on Saturday include Dell, Fitbit, Sonos discounts and more (updated) – CNET Source: CNet

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How angel investing for social status is a core part of Bay Area tech ecosystem, and is critically missing from other cities trying to grow their tech scenes (Alex Danco)

Alex Danco: How angel investing for social status is a core part of Bay Area tech ecosystem, and is critically missing from other cities trying to grow their tech scenes  —  Michael Seibel of YC posted a short video the other day about a topic that’s near and dear to my heart: Why Fundraising is

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Black Friday 2019 Nintendo Switch deals: Mario Kart bundle for $300, $25 off a Switch Lite, and discounted games and more – CNET

Most of the best deals have already sold out or expired, but you can still get the Mario Kart bundle for $300 or a Switch Lite for $25 off. Plus: $20 off Joy-Cons! Black Friday 2019 Nintendo Switch deals: Mario Kart bundle for 0, off a Switch Lite, and discounted games and more – CNET

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Airlines Are Offering Travel Waivers For Some Flights Due to Winter Storm Ezekiel

If you’re planning on traveling home from your Thanksgiving festivities this weekend, you might run into trouble if those travel plans have you coming or going from the Northeast. Winter storm Ezekiel is expected to cause some serious issues starting tomorrow, so much so that a number of airlines have already issued… Read more… Airlines

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