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E Ink unveils JustWrite, a new digital paper technology that doesn't require a backlight and promises almost no lag (Matthew Hughes/The Next Web)

Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: E Ink unveils JustWrite, a new digital paper technology that doesn’t require a backlight and promises almost no lag  —  The hypothetical pinnacle of digital paper is when it becomes indistinguishable from the real article, both in terms of reading and writing. E Ink unveils JustWrite, a new digital

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Henry the Hoover Gets a Weapons Upgrade

In this day and age of unprecedented military expenditure, we’re used to seeing weapons upgrades across all manner of war fighting hardware – tanks, helicopters, attack aircraft, you name it. We’re somewhat less accustomed to seeing the same on a domestic appliance. Regardless, we now have Henry the Hoover packing some serious heat. Originally a mere vacuum

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Google's Pixel Slate shows that tablets need an optimized OS because using Android apps designed for phones on a Chrome OS meant for laptops is a buggy mess (Vlad Savov/The Verge)

Vlad Savov / The Verge: Google’s Pixel Slate shows that tablets need an optimized OS because using Android apps designed for phones on a Chrome OS meant for laptops is a buggy mess  —  Like almost every company that’s ever tried to build a tablet  —  What is a tablet?  What is a tablet supposed

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The Arduino Hits The Rails

Certain hobbies come in clusters. It isn’t uncommon to see, for example, ham radio operators that are private pilots. Programmers who are musicians. Electronics people who build model trains. This last seems like a great fit since you can do lots of interesting things with simple electronics and small-scale trains. [Jimmy] at the aptly-named DIY

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Sources: EU's antitrust regulators sent questionnaires to Google rivals last month, asking for details on Google's practices and impact on competing services (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU’s antitrust regulators sent questionnaires to Google rivals last month, asking for details on Google’s practices and impact on competing services  —  BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have asked Google’s rivals if the internet search giant unfairly demotes local search competitors … Sources: EU's antitrust regulators sent questionnaires

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Streamlabs CEO describes building monetization tools for Twitch & YouTube

As streamers have grown from being scrappy amateurs to professionals, the tools that facilitate their careers have undergone a similar evolution. While several of the tools are integrated into the streaming platforms themselves, successful streaming relies, to an almost astonishing degree, on third-party software. As Twitch, YouTube, and the like have risen to be entertainment

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