A very common hack to a 3D printer is to connect a Raspberry Pi to your printer and then load Octoprint or a similar program and send your files to the printer via the network. [Teaching Tech] noticed that Creality now has an inexpensive WiFi interface that promises to replace Octoprint and decided to give
Read MoreHere are our top-rated picks for all types of users, including creatives and gamers, and even our favorite cheap laptops and budget-friendly options. Best laptop for 2020: Dell, HP, Microsoft, Apple, Acer, Lenovo and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHouse-scanning app Canvas works with lidar on the iPhone 12 Pro, but also scans without it. The difference is accuracy. iPhone 12 Pro's lidar feature: See it in action with this 3D-scanning app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMake someone’s work, school or gaming life a little brighter for 2021. Best laptops and desktops to give as holiday gifts for 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom controllers to charging to protection, here are our recommendations to keep you playing at your best. Best Nintendo Switch accessories for 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Guardian: EU funded security research has distributed €1.15B and funded 714 projects but scrutiny and criticism appears to be sidelined in the quest for new tech — EU science funding is being spent on developing new tools for policing and security. But who decides how far we need to submit to artificial intelligence? EU
Read MoreThe Sense tracks your stress, temperature, blood oxygen and sleep. But interpreting all this data can be puzzling. Fitbit Sense review: An ambitious smartwatch that's getting better with time – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe put top food processors to the test to find out what’s worthy of your kitchen. The best food processors of 2020: KitchenAid, Cuisinart, and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCovid-19 health pass apps could help reopen businesses and restore the economy. They could also unfairly exclude people from travel and workplaces. Vaccinated? Show Us Your App Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJason Kilar’s decision to release 2021 movies simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max has angered many in the industry, including some of the star filmmakers his company relies on. WarnerMedia Chief Has Become a Movie Villain to Some in Hollywood Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe answer is yes, yes you can. As long as you have one made after about 2011, at least. In the video after the break, [Blitz City DIY] takes us briefly through the history of the venerable Easy-Bake Oven and into the future by reflow soldering a handful of small blinky boards with it. You’re
Read MoreBenjamin Powers / CoinDesk: How US FinCEN became a honeypot for sensitive personal data, a situation made worse by the banking industry’s defensive filing of suspicious activity reports — If a despotic government’s bank transactions can be leaked, so can yours. — That’s perhaps the most overlooked yet unsettling implication … How US FinCEN became
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Arthur.ai, which develops a monitoring tool to ensure the accuracy of machine learning models doesn’t slip over time, raises $15M Series A led by Index Ventures — At a time when more companies are building machine learning models, Arthur.ai wants to help by ensuring the model accuracy … Arthur.ai, which develops
Read MoreSeeking Alpha: Pico, a provider of tech services from infrastructure to analytics for global financial markets, closes $135M Series C from investors including Intel Capital — Includes: BDNCE, INTC, NVS, PYPL, SFTBF, SFTBY … Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Capital became a strategic investor in Pico … Pico, a provider of tech services from infrastructure to analytics for
Read MoreAs a society, we’ve become accustomed to always-on high-speed data connections, whether we’re at home on the computer or out and about with a mobile device. But what happens if a natural disaster knocks out the local infrastructure? Sure some people will be able to fire up their radio if they need to reach out
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Cisco is acquiring Slovakia-based Slido, which lets people moderate Q&A sessions and set up polls in virtual conferences and live events; Slido has 7M users — While Zoom continues to hold a lot of mindshare (and market share) in the world of videoconferencing, Cisco’s WebEx division today announced … Cisco is
Read MoreStephen Babcock / Technical.ly Baltimore: Baltimore-based digital lending software company eOriginal to be acquired by Dutch information services company Wolters Kluwer for $280M in cash — eOriginal agreed to be acquired by a division of Dutch information services company Wolters Kluwer. The 24-year-old company’s employees and local presence are staying in place. Baltimore-based digital lending
Read MoreSteven Burke / CRN: Thoma Bravo says it is acquiring a majority stake in Venafi, a provider of machine identity management software, at a $1.15B valuation — “Thoma Bravo invests in category creators and leaders,” said Venafi CEO Jeff Hudson. “That ($1.15 billion) valuation is a good valuation. Thoma Bravo says it is acquiring a
Read MoreWhen a beloved pet goes blind, it doesn’t mean they can’t or don’t want to play fetch anymore, only that the game must change a bit. [Bud Bennett]’s dog Lucy has slowly lost her sight to progressive renal atrophy but is still up for playing with toys, so [Bud] decided to make a beeper that
Read MoreFrom believing in sun-swallowing monsters to screaming in terror, people have responded to the brief disappearance of the sun in strange ways for millennia. Solar eclipse 2020: A history of eclipses and bizarre responses to them – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatthew Gault / VICE: Indie game developers say Twitch’s light touch with nudity in big games like Cyberpunk 2077, despite Twitch’s rules against explicit content, is hypocritical — You can’t show dicks or nipples on Twitch unless you’re playing ‘Cyberpunk 2077.’ — Cyberpunk 2077 is full of dicks. Indie game developers say Twitch's light touch
Read MoreIf you desire a sim gaming rig, there are off-the-shelf options up and down the market that stretch as high as your budget can afford. Some choose to eschew this route, however and build their own from scratch. Few people go quite so far as [Popicasa POPStuDio], however. The first version of the rig is
Read MoreYou don’t need an Apple TV Plus subscription to tune in to the classic holiday tale. How to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas for free on broadcast TV this weekend – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“This means that many of our employees can choose their office location as well as continue to work from home part time or all the time,” the company says. Oracle to move HQ out of Silicon Valley, to Texas, citing worker flexibility – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWith all the trained academics who have pored over the Antikythera mechanism in the 120 years since it was pulled from the Mediterranean Sea, you’d think all of the features of the ancient analog computer would have been discovered by now. But the mechanism still holds secrets, some of which can only be appreciated by
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