The allocations are a reflection of the growing realization in Congress that a computer attack could leave Americans without water, power or other essentials. The Senate’s trillion infrastructure bill includes funding to secure Americans’ water systems and power grids from cyberattacks Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWe wouldn’t mind parking any of these luxury SUVs in our garage. These are the best luxury SUVs for 2021 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreHackers love the warm glow of a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), and there’s no shortage of dead consumer electronics from which they can be pulled to keep our collective parts bins nicely stocked. Unfortunately, figuring out how to actually drive these salvaged modules can be tricky. But thanks to the efforts of [Lauri Pirttiaho], we
Read MoreThese four cases add a useful feature Apple left out. Best Apple TV remote cases for AirTags – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWith Monterey due for release, macOS 13 Mammoth could be the upgrade tailored for M2 Macs. Here's why macOS 13 could be a Mammoth upgrade Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreLeo Schwartz / Rest of World: Report: companies like Huawei and ZTE have driven the demand for surveillance tech in Latin America by offering local governments free or discounted equipment — From Brazil to Argentina, companies like Huawei and Dahua are disseminating high-tech cameras. Report: companies like Huawei and ZTE have driven the demand for
Read MoreForget mowing lawns and bagging groceries. Some Gen Z kids are finding other ways to make money this summer. Teens Cash in on the NFT Art Boom Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBeing productive doesn’t have to be a lonely endeavor. Even if you’re a lone wolf, who wouldn’t benefit from having a cute little productivity pet to cheer them on? That’s the idea behind [droxpopuli]’s Pomodachi, which combines a hardware implementation of the Pomodoro technique with a virtual pet. It adds some fun, but doesn’t overly
Read MoreOn 30 July, an Air Force C-17 cargo plane touched down on a runway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A massive shipping container was rolled off the craft. The precious cargo inside, revealed in an Astrotech cleanroom, was examined, and cleared by inspectors. The Lucy spacecraft had arrived safely at the space center,
Read MoreChet Haase / Ars Technica: New book details Android’s acquisition by Google, and how Android pitched its OS to Samsung, HTC, and East Coast VC firms before meeting with Larry Page — Enjoy a sneak peek from Androids: The team that built the Android operating system. … By mid-2005, Android was acquired and the future
Read MoreVishal Singh / Silicon Canals: Germany-based WorkMotion, an HR software startup that helps companies onboard and manage staff abroad, raises ~$24M Series A led by Activant Capital and XAnge — According to Statista, there will be a shortage of about two million skilled workers in Germany by 2030, which will force companies to look for
Read MorePat Maio / Los Angeles Business Journal: Equifax to buy Appriss Insights, a unit of Appriss that provides data used in public safety and law enforcement, for ~$1.8B from Clearlake and Insight Partners — Santa Monica-based Clearlake Capital Group and New York private equity firm Insight Partners have agreed to sell … Equifax to buy
Read MoreMaija Ehlinger / Hypepotamus: Netherlands-based Betty Blocks, which offers low-code application development tools to organizations, raises $33M led by SmartFin Capital — Betty Blocks, a Netherlands-based application platform as a service (aPaaS) startup with a strong presence in Atlanta, already counts Deloitte … Netherlands-based Betty Blocks, which offers low-code application development tools to organizations, raises
Read More{$inline_image} When most of us think of seismometers, our minds conjure up images of broken buildings, buckled roads, and search and rescue teams digging through rubble. But when [Subir Bhaduri] his team were challenged with solving real world problems as frugally as possible as part of the 2020 Frugal Science course, he thought of farmers
Read MoreWhen most of us think of seismometers, our minds conjure up images of broken buildings, buckled roads, and search and rescue teams digging through rubble. But when [Subir Bhaduri] his team were challenged with solving real world problems as frugally as possible as part of the 2020 Frugal Science course, he thought of farmers in
Read MoreJosef Adalian / Vulture: HBO Max plans to roll out a new app in the next four or five months for connected TVs, built from the ground up, after complaints of glitches in its current app — This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture’s newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
Read MoreThey built it and Costner came out of the corn for real at this memorable MLB baseball game between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. Field of Dreams game: Watch Kevin Costner's spine-tingling intro speech – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the nice things about the Internet is that you don’t need huge reference books anymore. You really don’t need big wall charts, either. A case in point: what science classroom didn’t have a periodic table of the elements? Now you can just look up an interactive one from Google. They say it is
Read MoreOne ancient male mammoth was quite the vagabond. Scientists map 17,000-year-old woolly mammoth's path using its tusk – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOsato Avan-Nomayo / Cointelegraph: Report: 55 of the top 100 banks by assets under management have invested in crypto or a blockchain company; Barclays and Citigroup are the most active investors — Over half of the 100 largest banks by assets under management are reportedly investors in major crypto and blockchain technology-based companies and projects.
Read MoreBalance-transfer fees can add up, but the trade-off is a shorter 0% introductory APR period. Best no-balance-transfer-fee credit cards – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe airbag inflators, installed in 2015-2020 model pickups, appear to have come from a company that bought Takata’s assets after it declared bankruptcy. Ram recalls 212,000 pickups over faulty airbag inflators – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is giving the apps that ship with its operating system a visual makeover ahead of the release of Windows 11. Windows 11 gets stylish new Mail, Calendar apps to boost your productivity Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreHow do you up a Flying Spur’s fancy factor? Give it to Mulliner. Bentley Flying Spur gets the Mulliner touch – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIn June, we got wind that DJI was about to release its most affordable drone yet: the $299 DJI Mini SE. It appeared to be a revamped Mavic Mini for $100 less — or depending on how you think, $150 more affordable than the $449 DJI Mini 2, our current fav under the $500 mark.
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