The Cree Connected Max series of smart bulbs need no hub to connect with Alexa or Google, and the color-changing versions are as affordable as it gets. Cree's first smart bulbs in years change color for just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMachinists have a lot of neat shop tricks, but one especially interesting one is shrink-fitting tools. Shrink-fitting achieves an interference fit between tool and holder by creating a temperature difference between the two before assembly. Once everything returns to temperature, the two parts may as well be welded together. The easiest way to shrink-fit machine
Read MoreMonday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of October 26, 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWe all have certain skills we’re particularly good at and may have been perfecting since childhood—things like art, cooking or fixing electronic gadgets. But as we age, we become painfully aware of our shortcomings and might decide we want to take up a new hobby and learn new things. Read more… The Top 10 Highly-Desired
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon received a “blistering” letter last Thursday about copyright infringement and Twitch’s nonexistent licensing deals with major music rights holders, Variety reports. The letter was signed by organizations including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Recording Academy, the National Music Publishers Association, the American Association of
Read MoreJessica Guynn / USA Today: Facebook says it has helped register 4.4M voters for the 2020 election so far, topping its previous efforts — Facebook has helped register a record 4.4 million voters, surpassing its goal for the November election, the company exclusively told USA TODAY on Monday. Facebook says it has helped register 4.4M
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is facing a lawsuit from a group of channel owners who say their rights were violated by the platform’s recent moderation actions against QAnon accounts. The users, many of whom boasted hundreds of thousands of followers on the platform, are seeking a temporary restraining order to restore
Read MoreThe effort is meant to preemptively debunk some false and misleading information about the election. Twitter to Highlight Accurate Voting Information Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Mandalorian’s second season is fast approaching, and Star Wars: Squadrons is getting a small content update to celebrate. More to the point: the game is adding a Baby Yoda bobblehead that you can put in your in-game cockpit, which immediately catapults to the top of the “best cosmetic DLC added to a game in
Read MoreTwitter has started pushing notices to warn users to be on the lookout for misinformation to people’s timelines. Twitter adds new warnings about misinformation in run up to election Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThere are few gifts more blissful to receive than a lovingly handmade item—maybe a sweater in your exact size and favorite color, knitted by a grandmother who cares for you and wants you to be happy. A crappy handmade gift, on the other hand, is the worst. And yet, politeness requires you react to these
Read MoreNothing upsets the flow of an otherwise good day like walking up to your car and seeing the angry orange hue of a parking ticket envelope stuck under one of your wiper blades. There are certainly worse things that can happen than getting a ticket—and hopefully that $25, $40, or, ugh, $65 (the amount I
Read MoreA public preview of Microsoft’s Lobe app is available for Windows and Mac users, and enables them to training and store machine-learning models locally on their machines. Microsoft releases preview of Lobe training app for machine-learning Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreExecuting the ambitious ‘play as anyone’ idea in “Watch Dogs: Legion” was “hard the whole time, every step of the way.” Pulling back the curtain on the tech and politics behind ‘Watch Dogs: Legion’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThis week we’re learning how to crank out that book you’ve been meaning to write in a mere 30 days, with author Grant Faulkner. Grant is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) and author of the book, Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo. Listen
Read MoreImage: Sony Destruction AllStars, a vehicular combat game originally slated to launch alongside the PS5 on November 12th, has been delayed to February 2021 as a free PlayStation Plus title, Sony announced today. The game will be free on PlayStation Plus for two months. The game was already available for preorder for $70 ahead of
Read MorePhoto by Monica Chin / The Verge A bunch of Asus’ latest laptops featuring Intel’s 11th Gen processors are now available for purchase. The one I’m most excited about is the ZenBook Flip S, which Asus says is the world’s thinnest OLED convertible laptop and the first Asus laptop to be verified by Intel’s Evo
Read MoreIt’s a fact of life for CNC router owners — swarf. Whether it’s the fine dust from a sheet of MDF or nice fat chips from a piece of aluminum, the debris your tool creates gets everywhere. You can try to control it at its source, but swarf always finds a way to escape and
Read MoreIf you’ve ever used a neural network to solve a complex problem, you know they can be enormous in size, containing millions of parameters. For instance, the famous BERT model has about ~110 million. To illustrate the point, this is the number of parameters for the most common architectures in (natural language processing) NLP, as summarized
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but it’s been a challenge for me to keep my emotions in check about this upcoming election—even around my child, who is apt to pick up on any strong sentiment I may have and share it with friends, neighbors, and classmates. Our kids might very well be looking around at
Read MoreHeeeeeeeeyyy sooooo … not being able to find any tissue earlier this year really bummed me out. Shit suddenly hit the fan with the pandemic and people absolutely lost it. And by it, I mean their shit—so much so that they bought up toilet paper by the buttload. Read more… What's the Best Bidet? Source:
Read MoreIn an effort to build a pipeline of technology talent in the Jacksonville area, Florida’s Jacksonville University is partnering with tech talent accelerator SkillStorm to provide customized IT training through a new Training Pathway Program. Jacksonville University Building Tech Talent Pipeline Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreMicrosoft is adding more functionality to its Update Compliance to give admins more information on some Windows 10 feature update blockers. Next up: A way to block the blockers. Microsoft gives admins easier access to info on Windows 10 feature update blockers Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe lightweight, moisture-wicking face masks you need for all your runs. Best face masks for running comfortably in 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSAD stands for “Seasonal Affective Disorder,” and while there is some debate over whether or not it’s actually a standalone psychological disorder, studies do show that people can experience depression when seasons change. About 10 to 20 percent of the United States population experiences SAD, with women making up… Read more… How to Manage Your
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