Browsing the usual websites for Chinese electronics, there are a plethora of electronic modules for almost every conceivable task. Some are made for the hobbyist or experimenter market, but many of them are modules originally designed for a particular product which can provide useful functionality elsewhere. One such module, a generic control panel for 3D
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Eufy and LastPass suffer security lapses, and Spotify Unwrapped takes over social media. Continue reading…
Read MoreJosh Taylor / The Guardian: Medibank’s hackers post what appears to be the remaining data of 9.7M customers on the dark web, claiming “case closed”, as Medibank continues its investigation — Medibank confirms it may be the full trove of hundreds of thousands of customers’ private records that were stolen from the health insurer
Read MoreHey there! We had to take a drive out to the sticks after work, and can I just say farmland plus golden hour makes for an absolutely beautiful combo? It’s definitely Wallpaper Wednesday fodder out there. Pity I didn’t pull over for a few shots. In any event, we’ve got more Neuralink news, the EU’s
Read MoreDave Lee / Financial Times: Sources: Amazon begins layoffs with its Alexa, Kindle, and Halo hardware teams as part of the planned ~10K cuts, while investors anticipate broader downsizing — Staff working on Alexa, Kindle and Halo are the first to go, but investors want further cuts — Soon after Andy Jassy announced the …
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: TSMC will make advanced 4nm chips when its ~$12B Arizona plant opens in 2024, an upgrade to prior 5nm claims, at the urging of Apple, AMD, and others — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will offer advanced 4-nanometer chips when its new $12 billion plant in Arizona opens in 2024 …
Read MoreSometimes silly projects catch our eye, and we just can’t resist covering them. Over on Hackaday.io, [solderking] realised that there was a glaring omission in the multi-game management hardware for the game boy Colour. Obviously, it’s too mundane to carry the game boy around with a bunch of games in one’s pocket, and a hardware
Read MoreThe company is vying for an edge in an increasingly crowded field that seeks to let people control machines with their minds.
Read MoreCredit: Weibo Oppo might be days away from launching its first flip phone. The rumored Oppo Find N2 Flip has also allegedly appeared in a leaked video. Oppo may be readying the launch of its first flip phone — the rumored Find N2 Flip — to take on the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Z
Read MoreFarah Nayeri / New York Times: ICA Miami and other museums continue to collect and display NFTs even as the market sinks, arguing digital art has a long history and valuations are unimportant — ICA Miami owns a few, and M.F.A. Boston and others are selling them to reach new audiences “in a world where
Read MoreAshlee Vance / Bloomberg: Musk says Neuralink expects human trials to begin in about six months pending FDA approval, and unveils work on implants to treat paralysis and improve vision — Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. aims to start putting its coin-sized computing brain implant into human patients within six months …
Read MoreElon Musk speaking at the Neauralink 2022 event | screenshot from Neuralink At a ‘show and tell’ event on Wednesday, Elon Musk said that his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, could implant one of its devices in someone’s head within the next six months — meaning it’s not happening this year. He also claimed that he
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