There Is Some Good in ‘No-Recipe’ Cookbooks
Such books offer little guidance and rely on a home cook’s good judgement. Some of these are more successful than others.
Read MoreSuch books offer little guidance and rely on a home cook’s good judgement. Some of these are more successful than others.
Read MoreBack-to-school season is nearly upon us, and we’ve already found some nice discounts on tech essentials and other goodies.
Read MoreVintage electronics and capacitor replacements tend to go hand-in-hand. Why? Because electrolytic capacitors just don’t last, not the way most other components do, anyway. The metal terminal ring and the central plate are kept for re-use, and the metal case re-crimped after the internals of the capacitor are replaced with a modern equivalent. It’s one
Read MoreWelcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 205th edition here, with Flip 4 colorways, Pixel camera leaks, Asus Zenfone 9 launch, PlayStation’s summer sale, and more. This week, I’ve been reading The Haunting Season, a collection of ghostly tales for
Read MoreThe XPS 13 has a new design and a whole bunch of new problems Continue reading…
Read MoreWe’ve noticed that [Carl Bugeja] likes flexible PCBs. His latest exploit is to make PCB-based springs that combine with some magnets to create little devices that jump. We aren’t sure what practical use these might have, but they are undeniably novel and you can see them — um — jumping around, in the video, below.
Read MoreNew York Times: Some streamers on Twitch, a more intimate platform than others, endure threats and stalkers and say Twitch gives limited support when dangerous situations arise — Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?
Read MoreThere are many ways to test HF antennas ranging from simulation to various antenna analyzers and bridges. However, nothing can replace simply using the antenna to see how it works. Just as — supposedly — the bumblebee can’t fly, but it does so anyway, it is possible to load up some bed springs and make
Read MoreEric Geller / Politico: The US Secret Service is exploring disabling iMessage on employees’ phones, since its E2E encryption may have led to the loss of January 6 texts — The Secret Service is considering turning off employees’ ability to send iMessages on their work-issued iPhones, hoping to head off repeats …
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: the Commerce Department has told all US chipmaking equipment manufacturers to not supply gear to China for fabs for making 14nm chips or below — The US is tightening restrictions on China’s access to chipmaking gear, according to two major equipment suppliers …
Read MoreThe Economic Times: PriceLabs, which uses AI to help owners and managers of vacation homes and short-term rentals automate dynamic pricing, has raised $30M from Summit Partners — Revenue management solutions provider PriceLabs has raised $30 million from Summit Partners. This is its first equity funding since inception.
Read MoreIf you had the traditional engineering education, you’ve made your peace with calculus. If you haven’t, you may have learned it on your own, but for many people, calculus has a reputation for being super difficult. While some of the details can be very tricky, the core concepts are actually simple and [Mathologer] has a
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: RPA Supervisor, which lets companies integrate and manage their robotic process automation tools, has raised a $20M Series A led by Dawn Capital — Proving that there’s room in the robotic process automation (RPA) market for another vendor, RPA Supervisor today announced that it raised $20 million …
Read MoreYogita Khatri / The Block: A July 2022 proposal deck shows that Babel Finance lost 8K BTC and 56K ETH, worth $280M+, in proprietary trading of customer funds, as it seeks to raise money — – Babel Finance lost 8,000 BTC and 56,000 ETH in proprietary trading with customer funds, according to a restructuring proposal
Read MoreAshley Capoot / CNBC: Uber unveils new features for US drivers, like showing what they’ll earn and destination before accepting a trip, multiple ride requests, and a Pro debit card — – Uber announced a series of new features Friday aimed at enhancing drivers’ experiences on the ridesharing app.
Read MoreThe Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants on Apple TV+ at 10 pm ET tonight. Here’s how to watch.
Read MoreSagar Naresh / SamMobile: Samsung announces a feature that keeps users’ data secure during a phone repair, starting with the Galaxy S21 series in South Korea — You’ll obviously have some anxiety about the security of your data if you leave your smartphone at a repair center for a couple of days.
Read MoreIt says it’s trying to make things more flexible for drivers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber says that it’s “completely reimagined the way drivers accept rides” with a feature called “upfront fares,” which shows drivers exactly how much they’ll be paid for a trip and where they’ll end up after dropping
Read MorePart of becoming a successful YouTuber is making a name for yourself—literally. By doing so, you’ll be able to sell yourself as a brand for people to frequent. One of the best ways to make yourself easily accessible is to customize your channel’s URL and include your channel name in it. That way, people don’t
Read MoreMeet [Tanner]. [Tanner] is a hacker who also appreciates the security of their home while they’re out of town. After doing some research about home security, they found that it doesn’t take much to keep a house from being broken into. It’s true that truly determined burglars might be more difficult to avoid. But, for
Read MoreWho uses Helium? | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Friday, Mashable reported that Helium, a crypto project praised by The New York Times earlier this year and whose parent company is backed by investment firms like Andreessen Horowitz, had been misleading people about the companies it works with. Helium advertises on its
Read MoreLora Kolodny / CNBC: Elon Musk countersues Twitter over the merger agreement in a confidential filing in a Delaware court — – Elon Musk counter sued Twitter on Friday, intensifying the conflict between the social networking company and centi-billionaire but keeping details hidden from the public.
Read MoreMicrosoft’s .NET Core 3.1, a release of Microsoft’s open source, cross-platform software development framework published in December 2019, will no longer be supported as of December 13, 2022. .NET Core 3.1 reaches end-of-support status that day, with Microsoft discontinuing servicing updates and technical support, the company said. In a bulletin posted earlier this month, Microsoft
Read MoreStrategy Analytics: Global smartphone shipments fell 7% YoY to 291M units in Q2 2022; Samsung had a 21.5% market share, followed by Apple’s 16.3%, its best Q2 in the past 10 years — BOSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)— According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell -7% YoY to 291 million units in Q2 2022.
Read MoreImage: Charter Communications Inc. A jury in Texas found Charter Communications liable for $7 billion in punitive damages this week as the result of a lawsuit from the family of Betty Jo McClain Thomas, an 83-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by one of its employees in December 2019. The $7 billion is in
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