Show Us Yours: Artist Paul Snyder’s home houses not only his movie theater, but also a museum filled with homemade statues of famous Hollywood characters you have to see to believe. This artist's home theater and movie museum will freak you out – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreActors Vincent D’Onofrio, Jay Ali and Wilson Bethel reveal the dangers of becoming Wilson Fisk’s puppets in the Netflix show. Marvel's Daredevil season 3 big bad talks about donning the iconic white suit – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Broadband lobbying groups sue Vermont over its law that requires ISPs to follow net neutrality principles in order to qualify for government contracts — State law says ISPs must follow net neutrality to get government contracts. — The nation’s largest broadband industry lobby groups … Broadband lobbying groups sue Vermont
Read MoreOne of the most famous pieces of computer-generated music is the Deep Note, the audio trademark for THX. It begins with a dozen or so voices, randomly tuned between 200 and 400 Hz, then glissandos to a frequency spread of three octaves. Put that through a few thousand watts of a speaker system, play it
Read MoreSean Bean says the comedian hosted a farewell show of some kind in Northern Ireland. Game of Thrones shot a reunion special with Conan O'Brien – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLet’s play a guessing game. Shown here is a sneak peek at the rear view of a hardware demo being built specifically for the Hackaday Superconference in Pasadena this November 2-4. It’s sure to be a crowd pleaser when finished, but if you’re anything like us, studying what’s behind the finished face of a project
Read MoreIn the future, all companies will be tech companies. Traditional firms must upgrade their technological capabilities to match those of their competitors — else they face extinction. Look at the disruption that Netflix, Amazon, and Airbnb have created in their industries and beyond them: Technology is becoming an integral part of companies’ strategy and competitive
Read MoreThe Star Wars creator apparently paid a visit to the set of The Mandalorian. George Lucas and Jon Favreau get together in … a cantina? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe billionaire businessman and the hit game had a brief but entertaining Twitter fight. Elon Musk trolls 'virgin' Fortnite players, game fights back – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGiles Turner / Bloomberg: Brazil-based Loggi, a fast delivery services platform matching couriers with shippers, is raising a $111M round, with SoftBank’s Vision Fund contributing $100M — – Loggi notching up to 3 million deliveries a month: CEO — Sao Paulo-based startup to invest in engineers, robotics Brazil-based Loggi, a fast delivery services platform matching
Read MoreEvery day, we’re connecting more and more devices over the internet. No longer does a household have a single connected computer — there are smartphones, tablets, HVAC systems, deadbolts — you name it, it’s been connected. As the Internet of Things proliferates, it has become readily apparent that security is an issue in this space. [Andreas
Read MoreIt’s not enough to know your way around posting to Facebook anymore. You can learn the real ways of 2018 marketing in the social sphere with the complete Silicon Valley Social Media Marketing Certification Course training. It’s on sale now at only $19.99, literally thousands of dollars off its regular price. Here’s the step-by-step guide
Read MoreEmail is one of the most fundamental forms of business communication today. Not many of us can imagine our lives without it. But with one in every 100 emails disguising a hacking attempt, what can we do to better protect ourselves against those nefarious bandits wanting to get to our sensitive data? Considering that more
Read MoreRobert Hackett / Fortune: dYdX, a startup that develops decentralized financial derivative products on Ethereum blockchain, raises $10M Series A led by a16z crypto and Polychain Capital — A startup called dYdX has raised $10 million in funding from investors to develop financial software that allows people … dYdX, a startup that develops decentralized financial
Read MoreThe new facility will be environmentally friendly and build vehicles on the all-electric MEB platform. Volkswagen is building an EV factory near Shanghai, should Tesla be worried? – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWe got a look at the latest in food tech at the 2018 Smart Kitchen Summit. These new kitchen gadgets will change how you cook, store and dispose of your food – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHas the 5G hype gotten out of hand? Just wait until comedic actor Keegan-Michael Key weighs in. Keegan-Michael Key and the most ridiculous 5G interview ever – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMy YouTube recommendations are weird — usually ranging from videos like “How to cut your own bangs” to “Princess Diana’s death conspiracy theories.” A new suggestion hit my algorithm this week, “✂️Sleep-inducing Haircut💇.” And I regret clicking. The video begins with a blond-haired girl seemingly whispering directly at me: “Hello, welcome to my hair salon. I’m going
Read MoreIn April, a 25-year-old black woman named Chikesia Clemons was violently arrested by police at a Waffle House restaurant in Alabama. A video of the arrest that went viral shows police pulling Clemons from her chair and throwing her to the floor. In the process, her breasts are exposed and her dress rides up in
Read MoreAlthough [I Love To Make] appears to have text in Chinese, their recent video (see below) is like a wordless workshop so it won’t matter if you are up on your Mandarin or not. The soldering vise looks like it mostly came from a dollar store (or perhaps a yaun store). As far as we
Read MoreWhich iPhone XR models are showing shipment delays and what we’re expecting at Apple’s next launch event. Catch up on all your iPhone news for the week. iPhone XR early presale demand and the next Apple event is almost here – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHuawei is bringing interesting new features to its latest phones, so we broke down the numbers for how the Mates compare to the hottest handsets right now. Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs. iPhone XS, Pixel 3, Galaxy S9: Every spec, compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIan Allison / CoinDesk: South Africa-based Adhara, a startup that builds private blockchains for banks using privacy centric Ethereum fork Quorum, raises $15M from Consensys — Blockchain startup Adhara, which boasts a stellar line-up of former banking innovators, has secured $15 million in new funding from Consensys, the ethereum design studio. South Africa-based Adhara, a
Read MoreDami Lee / The Verge: OnePlus 6T launch event in NYC moved up by a day to avoid overlap with Apple’s October 30 event; OnePlus event is a ticketed event for fans as well as press — OnePlus is moving up the launch of its OnePlus 6T by a day in order to avoid colliding
Read MoreMIDI has been around for longer than most of the readers of Hackaday, and you can get off my lawn. In spite of this, MIDI is still commonly used in nearly every single aspect of musical performance, and there are a host of tools and applications to give MIDI control to a live performance. That
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