Samsung’s 2021 has seen mixed fortunes at first glance, with the Galaxy S21 series delivering cheaper price tags across the board but reportedly seeing lower sales. The company has also launched new cutting-edge foldables in the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, although it’s too early to say whether these are a
Read MoreLast week, I got my first chance to get out and about among the hackers in what feels like forever. Hackerspaces here in Germany are finally able to re-open for business-as-almost-usual, allowing access to reasonable numbers of people providing they’re immunized or tested, and wearing masks of course. And that meant that I got to
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Read MoreScan a QR code on a compatible product to add to Home Depot’s Hubspace | Home Depot Home Depot has launched a smart home app meant to be an all-in-one for smart appliances and accessories the big box store sells, but it’s debatable why anyone would need it when Google Home and Amazon’s Alexa already
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Read MoreFacebook is apologizing for applying a “primates” label to a video of Black men | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook is apologizing for an incident where its AI mislabeled a video of Black men with a “primates” label, calling it an “unacceptable error” that it was examining to prevent it from happening
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Read MoreIt looks exactly how you’d expect… What you need to know Message reactions are coming to WhatsApp. New images have revealed what the feature will look like. WhatsApp is getting a brand new feature that will let users react to messages with emojis, a move that has been revealed in new images for the first
Read MoreSteven Levy / Wired: Profile of Alvy Ray Smith, a Pixar co-founder who created the algorithms fundamental to animated movies and left after severe disagreements with Steve Jobs — Alvy Ray Smith helped invent computer animation as we know it—then got royally shafted by Steve Jobs. Now he’s got a vision for where the pixel
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Read MoreMany arcade machines can be emulated and handily controlled with the standard joystick and button combos. However, a few don’t feel quite right without some extra equipment, motorcycle racing games being one of them. So, no longer content to go to an arcade to get his fix, [The Q] welded his own motorcycle simulation rig
Read MoreVery warm weather wasn’t enough to deter fans… What you need to know A new Apple Store has opened in Changsha, China. Large crowds gathered to celebrate the stores opening day. The new store is located in the city’s IFS shopping mall. Apple’s brand new store in Changsha, China, opened today to much fanfair, with
Read MoreCredit: Lily Katz / Android Authority Lossless music streaming is the new game in town when it comes to the best music subscriptions. Promising superior quality sound over the lossy compression formats we’ve been dealing with for years, the marketing writes itself. Although those of you still rocking a physical CD music and FLAC collections
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Headspace takes the mystery out of meditation and brings mindfulness top of mind. This guide covers everything you need to know about the popular wellness app. In our on-the-go world of instant coffees, fast food, more posting, less sleeping, juggling, balancing, and cramming it all in… it can be
Read More“We demand an environment where everyone feels safe and welcome and has the promise of equal opportunity and treatment.” What you need to know #AppleToo has called on Tim Cook to bring about change to the way staff are treated at the company. The group says it has collected hundreds of stories detailing abuse, discrimination,
Read MoreDr. Anton Uselmann is now at Apple as a product design engineer working in the ‘Special Projects Group’ What you need to know Apple has reportedly hired a couple of Mercedes engineers to work on Apple Car. Dr. Anton Uselmann is now working at Apple in its ‘Special Projects Group’. A report says a second
Read MoreApple’s Deirdre O’Brien shared her congratulations… What you need to know An Apple Store employee has won a silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. Douglas Matera works at the Apple VillageMall store in Rio. He won silver as part of Brazil’s 4x100m mixed relay team this week. An Apple store employee from the company’s VillageMall
Read MoreIt means Drake is the most-streamed artist on the platform in 24 hours this year… What you need to know Drake released his new album Certified Lover Boy this week. It became the most-streamed album in a single day on Apple Music in less than 12 hours. It also propelled Drake to the most-streamed artist
Read MoreJust a general observation: when your project’s BOM includes ytterbium metal, chances are pretty good that it’s something interesting. We’d say that making your own OLED displays at home definitely falls into that category. Of course, the making of organic light-emitting diodes requires more than just a rare-earth metal, not least of which is the
Read MoreEntry-level network equipment can be puzzling, to say the least. While network fiends know exactly what mesh router to buy, that isn’t the case for the vast majority of users looking to upgrade from their ISP-provided router. First-time buyers are, for the most part, simply looking for a device that can give them an easy-to-use
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: US Cyber Command and CISA urge US organizations to immediately patch a critical Atlassian Confluence remote code execution flaw that is under mass exploitation — US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has issued a rare alert today urging US organizations to patch a massively exploited Atlassian Confluence critical vulnerability immediately.
Read MoreIs it an AM radio? Yes. It is a 555 LED flashing circuit? Yep. How about a hex counter with a 7 segment display? That too. Five different colored LED’s to satisfy your need for blinkenlights? Even that! What is this magical contraption? Is it one of those old school 30-in-1 or 50-in-1 “Science Fair”
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