{$inline_image} If you stop to think, the number of pre-recorded voices and sounds you might hear on an average day might number in the hundreds. Everything from subway announcements, alerts on your phone, to sound effects at Disneyland is a sound that triggers in response to an event. [Techmoan] came across a device that many
Read MoreTLDR: Scopio Authentic Stock Photography offers an image archive of more than 400,000 images, all captured by top-notch artists from all around the world. Stock photography doesn’t usually make people excited. It’s a rank-and-file collection of pictures that often feature generic people in generic poses smiling generically as they do generic tasks. In a word,
Read MoreTLDR: The Ultimate Business Leadership Bundle features 10 courses to help round out anyone’s management abilities, from hardcore production and manufacturing to people skills. From Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos, from Bill Gates to Richard Branson, from your first boss to your current boss, no two leaders are exactly alike. Some leaders are born, some
Read MoreYou’re not having deja vu. Six years after launching a line of Linux game consoles that went down as one of the biggest tech flops of the past decade, Valve is trying once again. Only this time, its Steam Machine dreams and unusual touchpads have been rolled into a 7-inch handheld PC that looks and
Read MoreSo, it’s time to make your first real estate investment. Whether you’re buying yourself a condo or house, or looking to flip one for profit, you’re taking a big step. We asked experts for some advice. Read more… How to Make Your First Real Estate Investment Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreGet a healthy dinner on the table for less than $5 a person with these affordable meal kits and prepared meal services. The 6 cheapest meal delivery services – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the most powerful new features in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, is Focus mode. At its core, a Focus mode is a more customizable version of Apple’s existing Do Not Disturb and is accessed from the same menu on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. But Focus modes are far more customizable, allowing
Read MoreEven if you spend a decent amount of time, money, and effort keeping your garden, lawn, and/or other parts of your landscape looking good, you may be leaving out some of your yard’s largest residents: Trees. It can be easy to forget about trees, especially when they were already on your property when you moved
Read MoreFinSMEs: Specright, whose software helps companies manage and share supply chain data across suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, raises $30M Series B — Specright, a Tustin CA-based provider of Specification Management software, raised $30M in Series B funding. Specright, whose software helps companies manage and share supply chain data across suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, raises M
Read MoreThere are several important decisions you make in your life: Coke or Pepsi; vi or emacs; PC or Mac. But, lately, you need to pick a battery ecosystem for your tools. DeWalt? Black & Decker? Or just cheapies from Harbor Freight? But what happens when your vendor of choice changes their batteries? That’s the situation
Read MoreFor content creation, gaming or just a small home office, this flexible desktop is a powerful option for tight spaces. Dell XPS Desktop 8940 Special Edition review: A whole lot of computer in a small space – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s what you need to know. 5 things to consider before you buy solar panels – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTatiana Walk-Morris / Retail Dive: Foundry, which aims to acquire and optimize online brands for marketplaces like Amazon, launches with $100M from LightBay Capital and Monogram Capital Partners — Dive Brief: — As investors fund platforms that support digital brands, Foundry, a platform that supports and acquires online brands … Foundry, which aims to acquire
Read MoreZachery Eanes / Raleigh News & Observer: Raleigh, NC-based insightsoftware, which makes financial reporting and budgeting software, receives ~$1B investment from PE firm Hg at a valuation of $4B — Raleigh software company insightsoftware draws a $1 billion investment — ORDER REPRINT → — Raleigh-based insightsoftware … Raleigh, NC-based insightsoftware, which makes financial reporting and
Read MoreWe’ve all found ourselves swimming amongst too many similar-looking USB cables over the years. Some have all the conductors and functionality, some are weird power-only oddballs, and some charge our phones quickly while others don’t. It’s a huge headache and one that [TechKiwiGadgets] hopes to solve with the Arduino Cable Tracer. The tracer works with
Read MoreYou’ve probably heard of the Higgs boson. This elusive particle was predicted to exist long ago and helped explain why the universe works the way it does, but it took decades for us to detect. Well, there’s another elusive particle that has also been predicted by quantum physics, and it’s been missing for an even
Read MoreExclusive: The Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith villain is getting the Premium Format treatment. Sideshow's General Grievous statue will make a fine addition to your collection – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJason Parham / Wired: An oral history of Black Twitter, which helped fill a void created by the fizzling out of web forums like BlackVoices, Melanet, and NetNoir in the mid-2000s — From #UKnowUrBlackWhen to #BlackLivesMatter, how a loose online network became a pop culture juggernaut, an engine of social justice, and a lens into
Read MoreMinecraft seems to be a game in which anything is possible, both in the virtual world and in the real one. As a sandbox-style game, we’ve seen all kinds of things implemented in it including arithmetic logic units and microcontroller emulators. On the other end of reality we’ve also seen a lot of projects in
Read MoreKyriacos Nicolaou / Cyprus Mail: Cyprus-based LearnWorlds, which allows users to create interactive online courses without needing any programming knowledge, raises $32M from Insight Partners — LearnWorlds, a company based in Cyprus, has procured a $32 million minority investment from global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. Cyprus-based LearnWorlds, which allows users to
Read MoreThe social network hit back at the president’s criticism of social media for spreading vaccine misinformation. Facebook To Biden: 'We Aren't The Reason Vaccination Goal Was Missed' Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe social network hit back at the president’s criticism of social media for spreading vaccine misinformation. Facebook Tells Biden: ‘Facebook Is Not the Reason’ Vaccination Goal Was Missed Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWant to display a PNG file on a display attached to an Arduino or other microcontroller board? You’ll want to look at [Larry Bank]’s PNGdec, the Arduino-friendly PNG decoder library which makes it much easier to work with PNG files on your chosen microcontroller. The PNG image format supports useful features like lossless compression, and
Read MoreGuy Rosen / About Facebook: Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden’s claim that it’s “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo — At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
Read MoreReview: The follow-up to the 1996 film is caught between the worlds of a sequel and a remake, and it falls flat. Space Jam: A New Legacy can't decide what it wants to be – CNET Source: CNet
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