Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys catch the best hacks you may have missed. This week we look at the new Raspberry Pi 400, use computer vision to get ready for geeky Christmas, and decypher a negative-space calendar. We get an answer to the question of what happens if you scale up a styrofoam
Read MorePhoto: 100 Thieves Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag made his name in Call of Duty. He started his career as a professional player before shifting to become a YouTube star and, eventually, co-owner of gaming lifestyle brand 100 Thieves. But when the new Call of Duty League launched earlier this year, 100 Thieves didn’t field a team,
Read MoreTrump’s power on social media, honed and enhanced through two national campaigns and nearly four years as president, gives Trump the opportunity to do something rarely attempted by the 44 men who previously held the nation’s highest office — keep the national gaze fixed on himself as a new chief executive tries to command the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the wake of a Facebook ban and dimming electoral hopes for President Trump, the “Stop the Steal” movement is finding a home on smaller platforms and in-person rallies. A movement supporting Trump’s false claims of election fraud and hoping to halt the ongoing vote-certification process, Stop the
Read MoreThe company aiming to be SpaceX for smaller satellites is working up to a historic helicopter recovery. Rocket Lab will try splashdown recovery on the way to dramatic midair grab – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re someone who gets excited about Starbucks and/or seasonal hot beverages, then you probably already know that today, the coffee chain is starting to serve this year’s crop of holiday drinks, and if you order one today you’ll get a free reusable cup. For everyone else, now you know. Here’s what to know about…
Read MoreThe Navara debuted on Thursday — and gives us a pretty good look at the Frontier. 2021 Nissan Frontier revealed abroad, foreshadowing our new pickup truck – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreGM CEO Mary Barra says the investments will also go into “affordable” segments. With big pickup truck profits, GM plans to dump more cash for EVs – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto: Linux Mint By the federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP) count in October 2020, 3.2 percent of computer users still are on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft no longer supports it for free. If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply
Read MoreElsa Keslassy / Variety: Netflix is testing Direct, a linear channel with real-time, scheduled programming from its library, which is accessible only via its website, in France — Netflix has chosen France to test its first channel offering. — Named Direct, the linear channel — which is only available to subscribers … Netflix is testing
Read More“It’s exploring what we’re passionate about and having that as the North Star we chase, as opposed to what is someone else is doing,” said Toa Dunn, head of Riot Music Group. ‘League of Legends’ K-pop group K/DA is about setting, not chasing, the trend Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreChoosing a guardian to raise your kids in the event of your death (and that of any co-parent you have) might be one of the toughest, most complicated decisions you’ll ever make as a parent. It’s also a decision we know we should make, but one that a lot of us delay, brush off, or
Read MorePlayStation Plus and an Amazon sale on board games lead Friday’s best deals. Read more… Friday's Best Deals: PlayStation Plus, Board Games, Body Shop Lotion, KIND Bars, Treblab Wireless Earbuds, Percussion Massager, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreToday it is pretty easy to build a robot with an onboard camera and have fun manually driving through that first-person view. But builders with dreams of autonomy quickly learn there is a lot of work between camera installation and autonomously executing a “go to chair” command. Fortunately we can draw upon work such as
Read MoreThe first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic increased discussions about anxiety and suicide on Reddit, according to a new AI study by MIT and Harvard University researchers. The team analyzed conversations on 15 subreddits focused on mental health issues, along with 11-non-mental health forums, such as r/PersonalFinance. They first used natural language processing algorithms to find negative semantic changes in posts from 826,961 different
Read MoreLast Chance Tickets: General admission tickets for this weekend’s Hackaday Remoticon are only available for two more hours! These are free, but you need to have one to get in on tonight’s Bring-a-hack. Today’s Live Events: The Community Bring-a-Hack meetup for all general admission ticket holders begins today at 16:00 PST. Check the ticketing hub
Read MoreThe PlayStation 5 makes a big, grand entrance with its physical size and its unusual shape. But the real changes, the real upgrades to going next-gen are a little more subtle, and that’s what’s so wonderful about them. I received a review unit of the PlayStation 5 from Sony several weeks ago, as well as
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai raises $267M at a $5.3B valuation, and says it has raised a total of $1B to date — – Chinese driverless car firm Pony.ai has raised another round of funding, bringing its valuation to $5.3 billion, the company said on Friday. Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai
Read MoreGoogle is in the process of replacing the familiar icons for its many apps and web services with minimalist, multi-colored variants. While these new icons share a more cohesive style, plenty of people aren’t stoked about the redesign. Read more… How to Restore the Classic Google Icons on iOS and Android Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt’s tall and blindingly white. The Sony PlayStation 5 also scores with the big game exclusives next-gen gamers want. PS5 review: Sony built a space-age game console for your next-gen dreams – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge The Apple Watch SE is $50 off at Target, which drops it down to $230. This is the lowest price we’ve seen for this new smartwatch, which launched in September as the cheaper, step-down alternative to spending hundreds more on the Apple Watch Series 6. The SE lacks
Read MoreA recent server update is blocking access to the Xbox Game Bar for some Windows 10 users This new Windows 10 bug could be bad news for gamers Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreMost of the stories from this week are vulnerabilities dropped before fixes are available, many of them actively being exploited. Strap yourselves in! Windows Kernel Crypto The first is CVE-2020-17087, an issue in the Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver. The vulnerable system calls are accessible from unprivileged user-space, and potentially even from inside sandboxed environments. The
Read MoreIf you’re anything like me, you’re definitely not obsessing over the eventual outcome of the vote count happening in Georgia or wherever. You’re not hitting “refresh” on news sites like it’s your job, and you’re not suddenly very interested in district level congressional maps. So instead of politics, let’s talk… Read more… Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide
Read MoreCarrie Mihalcik / CNET: MagSafe Duo Charger as well as the Leather Sleeve with MagSafe for the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are now listed as “coming soon” on Apple’s site, for $129 each — As preorders for the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone Pro Max kicked off on Friday, Apple also revealed pricing for
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