The Raspberry Pi is the foundation of many IoT camera projects, but enclosures are often something left up to the user. [Mare] found that a serviceable outdoor enclosure could be made with a trip to the hardware store and inexpensive microscopy supplies. A suitably-sized plastic junction box is a good starting point, but it takes
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, has issued a citation against Amazon, alleging that the company violated safety laws and failed to keep workers in three warehouses safe. The regulator has also proposed $60,269 in penalties related to the violations — a drop in the bucket
Read MoreInvestigators found that conditions in three of the company’s facilities risk “serious physical harm” to workers.
Read MoreCredit: Qualcomm The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in the Galaxy S23 series could be slightly different. Rumors suggest it will be overclocked and feature enhancements specific to Samsung phones. The branding could be “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy.” Over the past year, rumors have proliferated that Samsung could launch one version of
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Mailchimp says a hacker accessed the data of 133 accounts via employee social engineering, first detected on January 11 and its second breach in six months — Email marketing and newsletter giant Mailchimp says it was hacked and that dozens of customers’ data was exposed.
Read MoreIllustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk tweets, and “regular people” watch their fortunes evaporate. That was the argument put before a jury by lawyers representing a class of Tesla investors in opening arguments in Musk’s securities fraud trial, which kicked off today in a courtroom in San Francisco. The plaintiffs are arguing
Read MoreThere are discounts on vibrators, lube, and other accessories—it’s a great time to stock up for Valentine’s Day.
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is working on an iPad-based smart display with smart home controls, video, and FaceTime and on a new Apple TV for H1 2024 with a faster processor — Apple Inc. is working on a slate of devices aimed at challenging Amazon.com Inc. and Google in the smart-home market …
Read MoreImage: Apple I had a brief amount of listening time with Apple’s second-generation HomePod speaker this morning. There were numerous demos of its capabilities, but I’m only permitted to share details with you on what I heard in one specific room. While there, I heard a new HomePod playing by its lonesome and also got
Read MoreSurface mount components have been a game changer for the electronics hobbyist, but doing reflow soldering right requires some way to evenly heat the board. You might need to buy a commercial reflow oven — you can cobble one together from an old toaster oven, after all — but you still need something, because it’s
Read MoreAn artist’s concept of the new transonic truss-braced wing configuration from NASA and Boeing. | Image: Boeing NASA today announced it will be working with Boeing on a new type of fuel-efficient single-aisle aircraft for commercial use, with the aim to cut fuel emissions and reduce the climate impact of flying. “Most of you all
Read MoreThat new MacBook you want was supposed to arrive in 2022.
Read MoreYoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Research: Southeast Asia online food delivery spending rose 5% YoY to $16.3B in 2022, the slowest in at least four years; Grab extended its lead with 54% of GMV — Southeast Asia’s food delivery spending grew at the slowest pace in at least four years in 2022, highlighting the challenges faced
Read MoreAmie Donald as M3gan. | Image: Universal There were already rumblings about Universal being interested in a follow-up to director Gerard Johnstone and writer Akela Cooper’s M3gan, and it seems those rumblings are actually going to turn into something much sooner than you might have expected. Variety reports that M3gan 2.0 — a sequel to
Read MoreSurface mount components have been a game changer for the electronics hobbyist, but doing reflow soldering right requires some way to evenly heat the board. You might need to buy a commercial reflow oven — you can cobble one together from an old toaster oven, after all — but you still need something, because it’s
Read MoreOpinion post by Joe Hindy Google Stadia captured the imagination of millions of people when it debuted in closed beta in 2018. When it launched publicly in 2019, it offered some unique features and truly excellent ideas. However, with a poor understanding of the current gaming market, Stadia never took off the way Google hoped,
Read MoreIt is no secret that semiconductor junctions change their behavior with temperature, and you can use this fact to make a temperature sensor. The problem is that you have to calibrate each device for any particular transistor you want to use as a sensor, even if they have the same part number. Back in 2011
Read MoreBloomberg: Brazil’s antitrust watchdog starts a probe into Apple for alleged abuse of a dominant position, following a complaint filed by e-commerce company MercadoLibre — Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade has started an investigation into Apple Inc for alleged abuse of a dominant position.
Read MoreErin Woo / The Information: Source: Twitter’s Q4 2022 revenue fell ~35% YoY to $1.025B, 72% of its Q4 goal; the company hopes to generate $732M in Q1 2023, which would be down 39% YoY — Twitter’s fourth quarter revenue fell about 35% year over year to $1.025 billion, a top ad executive revealed at
Read MoreImage: Sony We have a date — Returnal, one of the first compelling PS5 exclusives, is making the jump to PC on February 15th. Sony announced the date today in an official blog post that also reveals the haunting alien 3D bullet hell’s full PC system requirements — and lists a remarkable number of flagship
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs today and hinted at some changes to its hardware lineup in an internal memo. The software giant is writing down $1.2 billion in its Q2 earnings next week related to severance costs, building leases, and “changes to our hardware portfolio.” Here’s exactly what Microsoft
Read MoreAdobe’s terms of service circulated earlier this month amidst concerns over a policy that opts users into allowing their content to be analyzed by machine learning. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Adobe’s chief product officer, Scott Belsky, has responded to concerns regarding the company’s policies on artificial intelligence, claiming that Adobe has
Read MoreView of a lenticular cloud over the Iztaccihuatl volcano, also known as Mujer Dormida, at dawn in Mexico City. | Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images Mexico says it will prohibit experiments with solar geoengineering, a strategy that purports to reverse global warming by reflecting sunlight but is still fraught with concern over other
Read MoreTesla’s Autopilot system used to bring nothing but positive attention to the electric vehicle company, but now Autopilot and the more advanced Full Self-Driving (FSD) are the subjects of lawsuits and government investigations. In recently uncovered testimony from a summer 2022 court case, a Tesla engineer has admitted that a widely distributed video purporting to
Read MoreThe Block: Sources: Genesis creditors are negotiating a bankruptcy plan with the firm and would agree to a forbearance period in exchange for cash payments and DCG equity — – Genesis creditors are negotiating the terms of a possible Chapter 11 filing, according to sources close to the matter.
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