Apple's new Mac Mini is killing my Hackintosh – CNET
Commentary: Four years ago, I built a PC, then tricked it to run Mac software. Soon, Apple will stop it from working. Apple's new Mac Mini is killing my Hackintosh – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Four years ago, I built a PC, then tricked it to run Mac software. Soon, Apple will stop it from working. Apple's new Mac Mini is killing my Hackintosh – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreErnesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Search traffic to piracy sites dropped roughly a third from December 2019 to November 2020, coinciding with updates to Google’s algorithm in January and May — When the file-sharing boom started twenty years ago, most ‘sharing’ took place in dedicated applications such as Napster and Limewire. Search traffic to
Read More[Brain] wanted to mark some scissors with his Ortur laser engraver. The problem? The laser won’t cut into the hard metal of the scissors. His solution? Smear the scissors with mustard. No kidding. We’ve heard of this before, and apparently, you can use vinegar, as well, but since the mustard is a paste it is
Read MoreMassive amounts of public money are being mobilized to kickstart economies out of COVID-induced recessions. Many countries are allocating parts of their stimulus packages towards ensuring the recovery is green. As we emerge from the COVID shock and try to accelerate progress on decarbonization, should we prioritize larger or smaller-scale solutions? A million 1 kilowatt
Read MoreA website called Not Amazon was created to drive sales to more than 4,000 independent stores in four cities. The initiative aims to keep expanding. A Canadian ‘Buy Local’ Effort Fights Amazon on Its Own Turf Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreGesture recognition usually involves some sort of optical system watching your hands, but researchers at UC Berkeley took a different approach. Instead they are monitoring the electrical signals in the forearm that control the muscles, and creating a machine learning model to recognize hand gestures. The sensor system is a flexible PET armband with 64
Read MoreKevin Roose / New York Times: A look at the tech companies and people that helped with issues from COVID-19 to wildfires to Black Lives Matter in 2020 — This year, technology firms big and small stepped up to help with the Covid-19 pandemic and other thorny challenges. — Some years, I have to dig
Read MoreOnce upon a time, Google Chrome was atop the internet browser food chain with its simplistic design, easy access to Google Search, and customizable layout. By contrast, it was lightyears ahead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which had a separate address bar and Bing (yes, that’s still a thing) search bar. In 2020, most browsers have
Read MoreLike most of us, [Clem] wants to 3D print in metal. Metal 3D printers do exist, but they are generally way out of reach for most of us garage hackers. As an alternative, [Clem] uses a homebrew electroplating system to get prints with a metallic coating. The setup is quite simple. Small glass jars to
Read MoreSave a tree: Read an ebook! The best gifts for readers in 2021: Fire tablets, Kindles, iPads and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreToaster ovens are bulky, inefficient and outdated. There, I said it. Now let’s find the ones that are actually worth it. The best toaster ovens for 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese are the best alternatives to disposable plastic water bottles. Best reusable water bottles to give as gifts in 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. An LED ornament for the Christmas tree can be built in any manner of simple, easy implementations. You certainly don’t need an ARM Cortex M4 CPU running at 120MHz having a mouthful of three letter features like FPU, ETM, ETB,
Read MoreMark Sullivan / Fast Company: 35 tech executives, investors, and experts offer their forecasts on tech trends in 2021, from increased investments in remote work to new data governance models — As we come to the end of a crazy 2020, many of us are suffering from COVID-19 exhaustion. But as two vaccines begin their
Read MoreMath anxiety is the feeling of tension and fear that many people experience when called on to work out a sum. For children, it can lead to behavioral problems in class, as well as physical symptoms such as butterflies in the stomach and a racing heart. Students with high math anxiety perform worse in standardised
Read MoreThough it was famously started by Linus Torvalds as “a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones“, the Linux kernel and surrounding operating system ecosystems have been ported to numerous architectures beyond their x86 roots. It’s therefore not unusual to hear of new ports for
Read MoreImage: CD Projekt Red In my opinion, Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t quite the disaster some have suggested. The game is fun. The bugs are fun! The bugs that really, really weren’t fun have been patched. Refunds were made widely available, and despite that refund option, the game sold 13 million copies in just two weeks. But
Read MoreCoco Feng / South China Morning Post: China’s Zhejiang province, home to companies like Alibaba and NetEase, has approved the country’s first regional law focusing on public data and digital economy — The legislation was hailed by tech leaders as a milestone for the ‘governing the digital industry according to the law’ Zhejiang’s … China's
Read MoreAny delay between your controller and the game can kill you. These are the TVs that minimize it. The best TVs for gaming in 2021: Low input lag and high picture quality – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Wing This past week, the US government made the single biggest, most impactful set of changes to drone law we’ve yet seen — ruling that almost every drone in US airspace will need to broadcast their locations, as well as the location of their pilots, in order to “address safety, national security, and law
Read MoreIf you follow the news on artificial intelligence, you’ll find two diverging threads. The media and cinema often portray AI with human-like capabilities, mass unemployment, and a possible robot apocalypse. Scientific conferences, on the other hand, discuss progress toward artificial general intelligence while acknowledging that current AI is weak and incapable of many of the basic functions of the human
Read MoreKirby Fighters 2 came out recently (see: 3+ months ago), and while it’s not my thing at all, it did remind me that there hasn’t been a memorable, mainline Kirby game since 2016's Planet Robobot for the Nintendo 3DS. And that got me thinking about how much Kirby shit I bought in 2020 despite not
Read MoreLooking for a new headset for your Xbox One or Xbox Series X? Here are our current top picks, from basic budget models that cost less than $50 to high-end, feature-packed powerhouses. Best Xbox gaming headset for 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKatie Paul / Reuters: Internal Facebook post indicates Rob Leathern, chief of advertising integrity who handled ad products around sensitive subjects, left the company on December 30 — (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company’s ad products around sensitive subjects … Internal Facebook post indicates Rob Leathern, chief of advertising
Read MoreA quality coffee grinder is one of the most important tools for making great joe at home. From Baratza, Bodum and Breville to Oxo, Cuisinart and others, here are our favorites. The best coffee grinder for 2021: Cuisinart, Oxo, Breville and more – CNET Source: CNet
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