Best Chromebooks for 2019 – CNET
Looking for a laptop that’s affordable and easy to use? Meet the Chromebook. Best Chromebooks for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLooking for a laptop that’s affordable and easy to use? Meet the Chromebook. Best Chromebooks for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Realtime Robotics, which is developing hardware and software to allow robots to move freely in dynamic environments like factory floors, raises $11.7M Series A — One of the major challenges facing engineers as they develop more agile robots is helping them move through space while avoiding collisions … Realtime Robotics, which
Read MoreMany of us look forward to visiting a summer hacker camp, as an opportunity to immerse ourselves in some of the coolest and most stimulating stuff that comes out of our community. The names trip off the tongue, ToorCamp, CCCamp, EMFcamp, BornHack, and more. There’s one major event that doesn’t trip off the tongue in
Read MoreRichard Nieva / CNET: Y Combinator partners talk about its online Startup School program, which has enlisted 30K+ startups, as the institution tries to overcome its insular image — About 30,000 startups have enrolled in the accelerator’s online program, as the iconic institution tries to overcome its insular image. Y Combinator partners talk about its
Read MoreCord cutters can stream it live on FS1. How to watch Yankees vs. Astros ALCS Game 6 tonight without cable – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe humble lamp is a common build for a hacker looking to express themselves creatively. Often, nature can serve as an inspiration, as was the case for [Michael Pick]’s Storm Cloud. (Video, embedded below.) Electronically, the build is straightforward, consisting of an Arduino Uno, an MP3 shield, and a string of WS2801 LEDs. These are
Read MoreIf you travel for work, then there’s a good chance you’re going to treat at least a few hotel rooms like “home.” Read more… How to Make a Hotel Room Feel More Like Home Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: TikTok launches an education program in India, partners with local edtech startups to create and promote educational content — China’s TikTok today launched an education program in India as the popular short-video app looks to expand its offering and assuage local authority in one of its biggest markets. TikTok launches an
Read MoreAllie Weiss / Architectural Digest: Havenly, which connects interior designers with clients for $99 virtual full-room makeover sessions, raises $32M Series C, bringing its total raised to $57.8M — The interior design service’s latest funding will support the launch of a private-label collection and more Havenly, which connects interior designers with clients for virtual full-room
Read MoreThe 19-hour survey flight on a Boeing 787 is part of the airline’s effort to launch the world’s longest flights connecting Australia’s east coast to both New York and London. Qantas completes first-ever nonstop flight connecting New York and Sydney – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis project would fit in perfectly with #BadgeLife if someone could figure out a way to hang it from their neck. Inspired by Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise, [bobricius] decided to design and assemble a miniature space ship PCB model, complete with 40 blinking LEDs controlled by an ATtiny85. While the design uses 0603, 0802, 3014,
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / New York Times: How TikTok is making inroads into US schools, as students create TikTok clubs to riff on the latest memes, and shoot videos on Newton’s Laws for extra credits — Teens love the app, and now it’s getting the stamp of approval with teacher-approved clubs. Did school just get …
Read MoreMelanie Ehrenkranz / OneZero: A look inside a community of hackers who tinker with Kindle e-readers to disable Amazon’s tracking, circumvent file format restrictions, install games, and more — And installing ‘Zork’ while they’re at it — t’s easy to make the case for a Kindle. It’s portable, you can read it in the dark
Read MoreMazda released more information about its upcoming EV, which will be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show next week. The vehicle in question appears to be quite swoopy, with a gently sloping roof. Mazda's upcoming EV seems to have a coupelike roofline – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe money comes fast in the startup world, the fall may be equally swift. Sometimes the struggle is too much to handle. Colin Kroll (co-founder of Vine), Austen Heinz (founder of Cambrian Genomics), Jody Sherman (Ecomum entrepreneur) all led successful businesses. But their journey has ended abruptly, they died of suicide. And their mental health
Read MoreIt seems that people are finally waking up to the threat of climate change. The most poignant sign of this for me was seeing an infographic I created adorning the main music stage at Reading Festival 2019. While the majority of those in the crowd may not have grasped its true meaning, or been in
Read MoreThis hack was revealed a while ago at DEFCON26, but it’s still a fascinating look into vulnerabilities that affect some of the most widely used IoT devices. [Dennis Giese] figured out a way to modify ARM Cortex-M based firmware for use in customizing the functionality of devices or removing access to the vendor. Obviously, there
Read MoreThe trailer will debut on Carrie Fisher’s birthday, during Monday Night Football halftime. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer and ticket sales coming Monday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re a Facebook user, then you’re likely pretty familiar with Facebook’s Timeline, where you can see status updates from all your friends. Read more… How to Make Sure Your Facebook Timeline Always Starts With Your Favorite People Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Researchers find malware operators are now using steganography techniques to hide malicious code in WAV audio files — Steganography malware trend moving from PNG and JPG to WAV files. — Two reports published in the last few months show that malware operators are experimenting with using WAV audio files to hide
Read MoreTeens love the app, and now it’s getting the stamp of approval with teacher-approved clubs. Did school just get … fun? High Schools to TikTok: We’re Catching Feelings Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOne of my favorite grocery stores in San Francisco is the one that sells food that’s getting close to its expiration date. It’s a warehouse-type grocery situation, and everything in the store is significantly cheaper than it is at the regular grocery. You just need to be prepared to eat or freeze whatever it is
Read MoreMIT Technology Review: A game made with a real world dataset of defendants shows the shortcomings of COMPAS, an AI-powered risk assessment tool used in the US criminal legal system — The US criminal legal system uses predictive algorithms to try to make the judicial process less biased. But there’s a deeper problem. A game
Read MoreThe crowdfunded Pebble smartwatch officially died last June, but a group of dedicated Pebble fans are giving Pebbles second lives, as detailed in this great article on iFixit that you should go read. The Pebble launched to a record-breaking Kickstarter in 2012 because it looked like it had the potential to be the first good
Read MoreIf you thought CADing designs for 3D printing was hard enough, wait until you hear about this .stl trick. [Angus] of Maker’s Muse recently demoed a method for creating hidden geometries in .stl files that are only revealed during the slicing process before a 3D print. (Video, embedded below.) The process involves creating geometries with
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