There are plenty of gaming laptops on the market these days, but none quite fit the requirements of one [ParticularlyPippin]. Thus, they set out on building their own portable computer, ending up with a rig in a briefcase with a decidedly cyberpunk feel. We love this?! The design relies on desktop components, with the idea
Read MoreWashington Post: How Binance, which trades on its own exchange and plays a number of roles that pose conflicts of interest, remains mostly unaccountable to its customers — On May 19, 2021, Francis Kim thought he had hit it big. The Australia-based entrepreneur had been dabbling in derivatives trading …
Read MoreWelcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 188th edition here, with Samsung’s self-repair scheme, Nothing’s April Fools’ prank, and more. I started the week with joystick drift on my PS5’s DualSense, which has now gone to PlayStation hospital for a
Read MoreLearning a new tongue? It’s a worthy pursuit, and these WIRED-tested services can help.
Read MoreBrigades of volunteers are coming to the rescue of thousands of Pacific newts that perish each year as they migrate to their breeding grounds.
Read MoreThe Mac Studio represents perhaps the most exciting new product Apple has launched in years. Featuring either an Apple M1 Pro or Apple M1 Ultra system-on-a-chip, the boxy computer is one powerful device. Unfortunately, it doesn’t ship with even the minimum accessories such as a monitor, keyboard, or mouse. Here are our favorite accessories for
Read MoreGitHub Copilot, a controversial AI-based coding assistant launched by GitHub and OpenAI last year, is now available for Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2022 IDE, albeit while the AI assistant is still in a technical preview stage. In a bulletin published March 29, GitHub said interested Visual Studio users must sign up for the waitlist to get
Read MoreDoing the rounds among motorcycle enthusiasts for the last week has been a slightly unusual machine variously portrayed as running on water or sea water. This sounds like the stuff of the so-called “Free energy” fringe and definitely not the normal Hackaday fare, but it comes alongside pictures of a smiling teenager and what looks
Read MoreApple’s Magic Mouse doesn’t deserve the name. | Photo by Nick Statt / The Verge And it hasn’t changed since 2017 Continue reading…
Read MoreMike Masnick / Techdirt: A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how it can support free speech by creating spaces where more people feel free to talk — Obviously over the past few years there’s been all of these debates about the content moderation practices of various websites.
Read MoreZac Bowden / Windows Central: In a memo, EVP and CPO Panos Panay says Microsoft is moving Surface Duo OS, SwiftKey, Phone Link, and Microsoft Launcher under a new dedicated Android division — A new ‘Microsoft Android’ division houses Duo, SwiftKey, Launcher, and more. — What you need to know
Read MoreOne day, [mitxela] got bored and decided to build his own HDMI monitor – the unconventional way. HDMI has a few high-speed differential pairs, but it also has an I2C interface used for detecting the monitor’s resolution and issuing commands like brightness control. In fact, I2C is the backbone for a lot of side channels
Read MoreNoise is an annoying but unavoidable part of any engineering project. Fixing noise issues is hard enough, but even just measuring how much noise an amplifier adds to your signal is tricky without proper equipment like a spectrum analyzer. One other thing that makes noise measurements easier is a good, stable noise source that can
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Activision Blizzard is officially lifting its vaccine mandate for US corporate employees, and workers have announced they plan to walk out in protest. The company confirmed to The Verge that it has already ended the mandate, and A Better ABK, an organization of Activision Blizzard employees advocating for
Read MoreIllustration by William Joel / The Verge Starting next week, users of Barnes & Noble’s Android app will no longer be able to buy digital books in the app, and it seems to be due to a Google Play policy deadline that’s been more than a year and a half in the works. And it’s
Read MoreWhen you are in charge of running a Discord server, you hold a lot of power. As a result, you have a great responsibility to uphold order within that server. Most larger servers and Discord Communities have a set of rules, and if someone comes along and breaks those rules, you’ll need to know how
Read MoreAoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Bitcoin mining company PrimeBlock plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.25B valuation; PrimeBlock generated $24.4M in Q4 2021 revenue — The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year. — Bitcoin miner PrimeBlock confirmed its plan to go public through a merger …
Read MoreThere are a lot of ways that stresses can show up, at least when discussing materials science. Cracks in concrete are a common enough example, but any catastrophic failure in a material is often attributable to some stress that couldn’t be withstood. If you’re interested in viewing those stresses before they result in damage to
Read MoreCredit: Razer Many people have turned to laptops for their work-from-home setups, but desktop computers are a sensible option. They aren’t as easily portable, but they’re often superior for heavy-duty tasks like gaming and video editing. We’ve put together some of the best desktop computer deals currently available for your home office. See also: The
Read MoreSam Dean / Los Angeles Times: Interview with GoPuff co-founder Rafael Ilishayev, on why the company acquired BevMo, breaking into the California market, responding to drivers’ demands, more — When an East Coast startup called Gopuff paid $350 million for BevMo in November 2020, it wasn’t immediately clear …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple is reportedly adding three more Macs to its obsolete list. Two MacBook Airs and one MacBook Pro are reportedly going obsolete this month. All three are expected to be considered obsolete on April 30. More Macs are being taken out to pasture. A few more Macs are going the
Read MoreThe use of computer algorithms to differentiate patterns from noise in data is now commonplace due to advances in artificial intelligence (AI) research, open-source software such as scikit-learn, and large numbers of talented data scientists streaming into the field. There is no question that competency in computer science, statistics, and information technology can lead to
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has added the new MacBook Pro to its Certified Refurbished store. Customers can save as much as $350 by choosing to buy a refurbished laptop. You can now grab up to $350 off one of the new MacBook Pro models directly from Apple. You can now grab some decent
Read MoreDiscord is an incredible communication tool, but sometimes people go a step too far. Someone you don’t know might try reaching out to you, or someone might be sending you too many messages. If they start interrupting you and you need a break from them, you will need to know how to block or mute
Read MoreCan you believe that Facebook turns 18 this year? One of the troubled teenager’s biggest problems is that not only are the young people still leaving in droves, many of the remaining denizens are 50 or over and susceptible to the various predators and sources of misinformation that plague the site. Well, AARP wants to
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