What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?
This type of devastating scheme ensnares victims and takes them for all they’re worth—and the threat is only growing.
Read MoreThis type of devastating scheme ensnares victims and takes them for all they’re worth—and the threat is only growing.
Read MoreAx Sharma / BleepingComputer: PyTorch identifies a malicious dependency that uses its “torchtriton” library name, warning users to uninstall the framework; the hacker claims ethical research — PyTorch has identified a malicious dependency with the same name as the framework’s ‘torchtriton’ library.
Read MoreAmid isolation fatigue, architects must incorporate more feeling into urban spaces, as doing so will benefit both people and the planet.
Read MoreA new study shows that as temperatures drop, nasal cells release fewer of the tiny protectors that bind and neutralize invading germs.
Read MoreRegenerative farming and upcycled ingredients are both on the menu for a resilient food system that’s better for humans and nature alike.
Read MoreElectric vehicles went mainstream in 2022, so 2023’s designs will be bold, weird, and wonderful. Here are a few flashes of inspiration.
Read MoreDittytoy user [srtuss] has recreated one of the most influential works of electronic music in an elegant nineteen kilobytes of Javascript code. The recreation of Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene Part IV on the Dittytoy platform, currently in beta, plays live right in your browser. Dittytoy empowers users to create generative music online using a simple Javascript
Read MoreDaniel Gilbert / Washington Post: A look at a growing wave of US doctors and telehealth startups prescribing ketamine online, aided by looser federal rules on prescribing controlled substances — People can take the drug at home, thanks to federal action during the pandemic. Some experts worry it’s now too easy to get.
Read MoreCredit: Google With the Pixel 6 series, Google began developing its in-house Tensor SoC. But that wasn’t the first time the search giant used a piece of custom silicon in its smartphones – the Pixel 2’s Pixel Visual Core was technically the first. One generation later, the company announced that Pixel 3 devices would include
Read MoreThere is no doubting the merits of the open source philosophy for writing code and producing software. Many of the software packages at the core of modern computing, from the Linux operating system to MySQL, were created using a model of open sharing and collaborative development. Four decades of great code, nurtured by the philosophy
Read MoreSite reliability engineers (SREs) take proactive measures to improve app performance, decrease the number of defects found in production, and reduce the impact of production incidents. Their responsibility requires making trade-offs because increasing operational performance often comes at exponentially increasing costs. Devops organizations with SREs use two measurement tools to guide decisions: service-level objectives and
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The festive season is a great time to capture photos and videos of loved ones, cute pets, great food, and much more. So we inevitably see a smartphone or two come out at some point to take snaps and record videos. This occurrence has us wondering whether you’re the
Read MoreTim Bradshaw / Financial Times: German grocery delivery app Flink, one of the last independent services, had €400M in 2022 sales and expects to be profitable in 2023; Flink has raised $700M+ — Berlin-based start-up aims for profits next year as rivals struggle for cash — Flink, one of Europe’s …
Read MoreStephen Katte / Cointelegraph: Luke Dashjr, one of the original core BTC developers, says someone stole “basically” all his BTC by compromising his PGP key; a wallet shows ~217 BTC were moved — A Bitcoin OG and core developer Luke Dashjr claims his PGP key was compromised, resulting in virtually all his Bitcoin being stolen
Read More[Steven Bennett] is so fond of Dyson’s new Lightcycle lamp that he’s decided to clone his own version in the spirit of the original. Dyson, however, knows what makes their lamp so special — so much that they patented their technique for tucking away the power wiring. Undaunted, [Steven]’s latest challenge has been to create
Read MoreChristopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at the longest tech boom so far, including crypto’s rise and fall, VR falling short of its hype, the marketplace economy’s growth, pizza robots, and more — From pizza robots to the crypto meltdown, the long bubble has shown us the hilarious, the regrettable, and the unexpectedly
Read MoreThere are few challenges more difficult or dangerous than trying to get around the majority of North American cities by bicycle. Not only is the bicycle infrastructure woefully inadequate for safe travel (if it exists at all), but it’s often not maintained to any reasonable standard, either. This goes double in colder areas, where bike
Read MoreNikhilesh De / CoinDesk: What 2023 may bring for crypto regulation in the US and around the world, as bankruptcies stretch into the new year, attracting lawmakers and criminal probes — CoinDesk’s policy team predicts the issues and topics that may take center stage over the next 12 months.
Read MoreThe Ham Radio All-in-one cable (AIOC) is a small PCB attachment for a popular series of radio transceivers which adds a USB-attached audio interface and virtual TTY port for programming and the push-to-talk function. The STM32F373 microcontroller (which, sadly is still hard to find in the usual channels) is a perfect fit for this application,
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network’s users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M — After years of walled gardens, cross-pollination could be in sight — Interoperability and decentralization have been major themes in tech this year …
Read MoreIt can be surprisingly hard to find decent analogies when you’re teaching electronics basics. The water flow analogy, for instance, is decent for explaining Ohm’s law, but it breaks down pretty soon thereafter. Hydraulics aren’t as easy to set up when you want an educational toykit for your child to play with, which leaves them
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google unveiled Android to the world in 2007, two years after acquiring the operating system for $50 million. While many expected the search giant to announce its own phone as Apple did with the iPhone, Google’s decision to make Android freely available to any manufacturer was an even bigger
Read MoreMatthew Smith / Wired: A look at the use of AI to design and test games, such as to tune difficulty, find world geometry flaws, and sniff out situations that make it impossible to win — The next generation of video game characters could be powered by AI, making them more engaging and challenging.
Read MorePhoto by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge As of January 1st, 2023, a bunch of electric vehicles became newly eligible for the $7,500 tax credit, which passed into law as part of the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act a year ago. Some models new to the list had lost their eligibility when their manufacturer
Read MoreHow many times have you found yourself fumbling about with lighting while trying to get a clear up-close shot of an object? Although smartphones come with pretty nice cameras these days, properly lighting an object and taking impressive macro shots isn’t exactly their strong suit. This is where [MisterHW]’s LEDCard is a very welcome companion.
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