Sweden’s Lassie, the “prevention-first” pet insurer, has raised $75 million in Series C funding, to support its mission to become Europe’s leading pet care and insurance market. Read more: Europe’s love for pets fuels Swedish insurtech Lassie as it raises $75m Series C
Read MoreWe’ve always been interested in fluidic logic and, based on [soiboi’s] videos, he is too. His latest shows how to use silicone and a vacuum to build a multiplexed dot matrix display. This is a fascinating look at how you design with air instead of electrons. Just like a regular display, it isn’t efficient to
Read MoreTL;DR Samsung has posted a new Galaxy S26 series teaser video, showing off the Privacy Display feature. The video shows a Galaxy S26 series owner flicking a switch to prevent shoulder surfers from reading on-screen contents. Samsung previously said this tech allows you to customize the experience for specific apps, content types, and more. Samsung
Read MoreWe’ve always been interested in fluidic logic and, based on [soiboi’s] videos, he is too. His latest shows how to use silicone and a vacuum to build a multiplexed dot matrix display. This is a fascinating look at how you design with air instead of electrons. Just like a regular display, it isn’t efficient to
Read MoreWe’ve always been interested in fluidic logic and, based on [soiboi’s] videos, he is too. His latest shows how to use silicone and a vacuum to build a multiplexed dot matrix display. This is a fascinating look at how you design with air instead of electrons. Just like a regular display, it isn’t efficient to
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing to turn Pixel’s Now Playing feature into a standalone app distributed via the Play Store. Our findings suggest the app won’t be installable on all Android devices, pointing to continued Pixel exclusivity. The change could enable faster updates and new features, with a possible launch
Read MoreTL;DR Peter Steinberger, the creator of Moltbot (now called OpenClaw), is joining OpenAI to work on next-generation personal AI agents. OpenClaw will remain open source and move into an independent foundation, with OpenAI supporting the project. If you were one of those people who jumped on Moltbot (now called OpenClaw) because it promised to be
Read MoreThis would be a bad time to slip. (Credit: onionboots, YouTube) In the olden days, an administrator password on a BIOS was a mere annoyance, one quickly remedied by powering off the system and pulling its CMOS battery or moving a jumper around. These days, you’re more likely to find a separate EEPROM on the
Read MoreBack in the 1980s, your options for writing your own code and games were rather more limited than today. This also mostly depended on what home computer you could get your hands on, which was a market that — at least in Japan — Nintendo was very happy to slide into with their ‘Nintendo Family
Read MoreResearchers performed genome sequencing scans on 130 people whose fathers were Chernobyl cleanup workers. Comparing the scans to control groups, they found evidence for the first time for “a transgenerational effect” from the father’s prolonged exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation. ScienceAlert reports: Rather than picking out new DNA mutations in the next generation, they looked
Read MoreI’ve always loved a good underdog story. When it comes to tech, I generally find myself gravitating toward the companies that aren’t constantly in the spotlight. There’s a simple reason for that: when you aren’t the default choice, you have to try harder. These companies take more risks to stand out, their products are often
Read MoreOn paper, replacing a TV with a projector sounds like an instant upgrade: bigger screen, theater vibes, bragging rights. In reality, though, the switch can be more complicated. Projector owners on Reddit shared what genuinely caught them off guard after ditching their TVs, and their answers mirror much of what we see while testing modern
Read MoreCredit: Joe Maring / Android Authority It’s no secret that loyalty has never been particularly important to the big mobile carriers, but there was certainly a time when customer contracts and other incentives created the illusion of fostering loyalty. Because customers were locked to a contract, big discounts and free phone promotions were even more
Read MoreCredit: Joe Maring / Android Authority It’s no secret that loyalty has never been particularly important to the big mobile carriers, but there was certainly a time when customer contracts and other incentives created the illusion of fostering loyalty. Because customers were locked to a contract, big discounts and free phone promotions were even more
Read MoreWhile modern game consoles are certainly excellent, there is still something magical about the consoles of yore. So why not bring the magical nostalgia of a GameCube controller to the excellent modern Switch series of consoles? This isn’t [Dorison Hugo’s] first attempt at building a Switch dock, but with seven years of development, there are
Read MoreIn the realm of first-world problems, your cheap wall clock doesn’t keep time, so you have to keep setting it. The answer? Of course, you connect it to NTP and synchronize the clock with an atomic time source. If you are familiar with how these generic quartz clock movements work, you can probably guess the
Read More“Research published in the World Journal of Men’s Health found evidence that drugs such as Viagra and Cialis may also help with heart disease, stroke risk and diabetes,” reports the Telegraph, “as well as enlarged prostate and urinary problems.” Researchers found evidence that the same mechanism may benefit other organs, including the heart, brain, lungs
Read MoreAre you in the mood for a retrocomputing deep dive into the Scriptovision Super Micro Script? It was a Canadian-made vintage video titler from the 80s, and [Cameron Kaiser] has written up a journey of repair and reverse-engineering for it. But his work is far more than just a refurbish job; [Cameron] transforms the device
Read MoreBuying a pre-assembled gaming desktop makes sense for some. It can save you time and money, too, compared to buying PC components piecemeal. If you’re weighing your options, consider some Presidents Day offers on iBuyPower’s pre-built desktops, including the $1,899 RDY Element 9 Pro R07 and the $2,099.99 Slate — both of which are stocked
Read MoreAnthropic saw visits to its site jump 6.5% after Sunday’s Super Bowl ad mocking ChatGPT’s advertising, reports CNBC (citing data analyzed by French financial services company BNP Paribas). The Claude gain, which took it into the top 10 free apps on the Apple App Store, beat out chatbot and AI competitors OpenAI, Google Gemini and
Read MoreAnthropic saw visits to its site jump 6.5% after Sunday’s Super Bowl ad mocking ChatGPT’s advertising, reports CNBC (citing data analyzed by French financial services company BNP Paribas). The Claude gain, which took it into the top 10 free apps on the Apple App Store, beat out chatbot and AI competitors OpenAI, Google Gemini and
Read MoreColonialism is not merely about occupying nations. It’s a project of mass violence, part of which involves total erasure and the widespread theft of some of the most culturally significant artifacts in the world. Even today, colonizing nations proudly display stolen artifacts, acting as peacocking robbers under the guise of tourism. See, for example, the
Read MoreI think I did it. I think I finally found a system that works for my brain. A system that brings my work and personal lives together under one roof and allows me to stay organized across tasks, documents, and projects — and it’s finally available on Android. This is, after all, the holy grail
Read MoreThere are many applications where you have limits on how much you can cram into a particular space. There are also many applications where you need as much battery as you can get. At the intersection of those applications, you may soon be able to 3D print custom batteries to fit into oddly shaped spaces
Read MoreFiling taxes is a pain. Here’s how H&R Block DIY performed against other services I tested.
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