Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Of all the controversies surrounding Apple in recent years, the Macbook’s keyboard saga has been one of the most troubling. Where once Apple‘s laptops were the pinnacle of design, people were
Read MoreWhen you think of the Devil May Cry series, your mind likely jumps directly to over-the-top, stylish action filled with lots of demonic horrors and excellent leather jackets. That very particular vibe has become a franchise hallmark, and nowhere is it more apparent than in the recent Devil May Cry 5, which exudes wonderfully ridiculous
Read MoreThe new midrange RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT cards make a good first impression. AMD Radeon RX 5700 series battles for 1440p gaming – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOver the past few years the number of reported near misses between multirotors, or drones as they are popularly referred to, and aircraft has been on the rise. While evidence to back up these reports has been absent time and again. We’ve looked at incident reports, airport closures, and media reporting. The latest chapter comes
Read MoreCassette tapes are having a minor comeback: sales were (somehow) up almost 19 percent year over year in 2018, and where there’s a market, there’s a Kickstarter project looking to cash in. Case in point: the Ninm It’s OK. It’s sort of what a portable cassette player like an original Walkman would be if Sony
Read MoreAn Amazon shirt sale, robovacs, citronella candles, and Civilization VI discount lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Sunday's Best Deals: Nest Thermostat, Herschel Duffel Bag, Crash Bandicoot, Echo Speakers, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreA new dashboard will let people track the progress of one of Earth’s most unique satellites from anywhere in the world. The Planetary Society just announced a new website that will constantly display the status of the crowdfunded satellite as it orbits the planet. LightSail 2 is the successor to LightSail, a spacecraft that launched
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! At some point in our lives, most of us have used large computer files. Whether it’s editing videos, managing photo libraries, or even just playing games, having to do something on a creaking, slow hard drive is an absolute pain. Of
Read MoreFully Charged’s Robert Llewellyn was invited to drive the new Honda electric city car in Frankfurt, not that we’re jealous or anything. We can't drive the Honda E, so let's watch the Junkyard Wars guy do it instead – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreRuby Prosser Scully / New Scientist: Researchers say they have been able to store the digital data of thumbnail-sized images on molecules smaller than DNA and retrieve it with ~99% accuracy — DNA isn’t the only molecule we could use for digital storage. It turns out that solutions containing sugars, amino acids and other small
Read MoreColeman Scented Citronella Candle with Wooden Crackle Wick | $3 | Amazon Read more… Pick Up a Citronella Candle for Just , Because Bugs Are Rude Source: Life Hacker
Read More[Ben Eater] has been working on building computers on breadboards for a while now, alongside doing a few tutorials and guides as YouTube videos. A few enterprising hackers have already duplicated [Ben]’s efforts, but so far all of these builds are just a bunch of LEDs and switches. The next frontier is a video card, but
Read MoreFrom a TV star B-17 to a movie star and the only flying, original Mitsubishi Zero, the Planes of Fame Museum has some incredible aircraft. Here’s a look around. Heroes of TV shows and movies can still fly at Planes of Fame Museum – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStarring in numerous TV shows and movies, most of the rare and incredible aircraft at the Planes of Fame Museum can still fly. Here’s a look at their amazing collection. These fabulous fliers at the Planes of Fame museum want to live forever – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSearching for a new doorbell? Start here. The best video doorbells of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreRight now you can get a custom circuit board delivered to your door in about a week for just a few dollars. There’s little reason to make your own circuit boards at home anymore, but when you need a board now, you want to have that capability. [tuval] designed a complete PCB etching station that
Read MoreAt almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart phones wake us up, to our watch tracking our morning run, every time we use public transport, every coffee we purchase with a bank card, every song skipped or liked, until we return to
Read MoreIt is not a program for children of the rich. It is geared to lower-income families who have fewer prekindergarten options. An Online Preschool Closes a Gap but Exposes Another Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLeticia Miranda / BuzzFeed News: A list of Amazon’s known businesses, subsidiaries, and brands, including some that have been discontinued or absorbed into other services — Everything about Amazon in 2019 is inconceivably big: Amazon will make up an estimated 38% of the US e-commerce market this year … A list of Amazon's known businesses,
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: 7-Eleven shut down its 7Pay service two days after launch after hackers exploited the app’s password reset function for ~900 accounts and made ~$500K in charges — Hackers exploit 7-Eleven’s poorly designed password reset function to make unwanted charges on 900 customers’ accounts. 7-Eleven shut down its 7Pay service two days
Read MoreA work of art is appreciated for its own sake and we will never tire of seeing stunning circuits from microscopic dead-bugs to ornate brass sculptures. We also adore projects that share the tricks to use in our own work. Such is the case with [Jiří Praus] who made some jewelry and shared his templates
Read MoreReuters: Source: CFIUS has cleared SoftBank’s $2.25B investment in GM’s Cruise after fresh assurances that Cruise’s technology would be completely off limits to SoftBank — (Reuters) – Cruise, a U.S. self-driving vehicle company majority-owned by General Motors Co, told Reuters on Friday … Source: CFIUS has cleared SoftBank's .25B investment in GM's Cruise after fresh
Read MoreThe ArduBoy is a tiny little gaming console that’s also extremely simple. It’s only a small, cheap, monochrome OLED display, a microcontroller with Arduino-derived firmware, and a few buttons. That’s it, but with these simple ingredients the community around the ArduBoy has created a viable gaming platform. It has cartridges now, and one version has
Read MoreKarlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Comscore report: in March, 69.9M US homes had DVRs and 64.1M had smart TVs; monthly viewing hours on smart TVs hit 5.5B, vs. 4.6B for DVRs — Among the many positive indicators for OTT in Comscore’s newly released 2019 “The State of OTT” report is the platform’s imminent surpassing of DVR
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