[Noel] was in possession of two non-working Sinclair QLs and made a series of videos about his attempts to repair and restore them. If you don’t remember the QL, it was a computer by the famous Clive Sinclair and while it was ahead of its time in some ways, it didn’t become as ubiquitous as
Read MoreI’m one of those people who is constantly moving. Whenever I’m not standing up, I get an uncontrollable urge to move my legs. They bounce for hours on end, and most of the time I don’t even notice I’m doing it. When I do, I sometimes try to stop in case it’s annoying others around
Read MoreTimothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: A look at Waymo’s driverless taxi service, in Phoenix suburb Chandler, which seems to work well but still only offers ~100 rides/week and limits cars to 45 mph — Human drivers are pretty safe, making it hard to prove driverless tech is safer. — Waymo has long kept details
Read MoreDan Seifert / The Verge: Google starts rolling out Apple Music support to Assistant smart speakers and displays, including its Nest products, in the US, UK, France, Germany, and Japan — Stream Apple Music on a Nest Audio — Google has announced that Apple Music is now available on smart speakers and displays … Google
Read MoreI’ve always thought that there are three things you can do with metal: cut it, bend it, and join it. Sure, I knew you could melt it, but that was always something that happened in big foundries- you design something and ship it off to be cast in some large angular building churning out smoke.
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google’s latest Pixel feature drop, where the company brings a slew of new software tricks to its smartphone lineup, is being announced today. Alongside some brand-new functionality like Adaptive Sound, which “improves the sound quality of your phone speaker based on your surroundings,” the December drop is
Read MoreHere are the best Apple deals currently available this holiday shopping season. Best Apple deals right now: Save on Apple Watch, 2020 iPads and Intel MacBooks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou get a monolith. And you get a monolith. Everybody gets a monolith! Mystery monolith appears in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where we love aliens – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEmily Birnbaum / Protocol: Profile of Phil Weiser, a law professor, antitrust expert, and Colorado’s AG who is co-leading the bipartisan coalition of state AGs investigating Google — Washington’s efforts to rein in Big Tech regularly devolve into circus sideshows, with ill-informed members of Congress more interested … Profile of Phil Weiser, a law professor,
Read MoreWe’ve reached this level of PlayStation and Xbox desperation. Uber Eats and Wendy's are partnering to give away next-gen consoles in new contest – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBody cameras are brimming with possibility, but they’re not a magic remedy for misconduct. Can Body Cameras Improve Policing? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTechnology to alert people exposed to the virus could slow transmission, pilot studies show, but only if people and states sign up. So far, most haven’t. Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFor those who enjoy CarPlay’s dashboard screen, Waze cleanly integrates with the app’s latest update. Apple CarPlay now runs Waze on home dashboard – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto Online is soon getting its own concert venue with the planned opening of The Music Locker, an underground nightclub that will feature real-world DJs in residence. The announcement on Monday means developer Rockstar Games is taking cues from other savvy multiplayer games like Fortnite and Roblox. Those games and
Read MoreAirbnb.org says its goal is to connect people with places to stay during times of crisis. Airbnb's new nonprofit will provide stays for frontline workers, evacuees – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese early impressions come with many caveats. For one, the game is boiling over with glitches. ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ feels like the messy and inevitable evolution of open-world design Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJoin us on Wednesday, December 9th at noon Pacific for the Vacuum Tube Logic Hack Chat with David Lovett! For most of us, circuits based on vacuum tubes are remnants of a technological history that is rapidly fading from our collective memory. To be sure, there are still applications for thermionic emission, especially in power
Read MoreCD Projekt Red A Night City too big to get weird Continue reading… Cyberpunk 2077 is huge, ambitious, and safe Source: New feed
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google Stadia is expanding internationally, adding eight more countries in Europe today. The new markets include Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland, bringing the total number of countries the cloud gaming service supports from 14 to 22. The service should be available in the
Read MoreSamsung is the most popular Android smartphone manufacturer, but since its phones run a customized version of the Android OS known as One UI, it takes longer for new versions of the operating system to show up on its devices. Thankfully, we finally know when Android 11 and One UI 3 are coming to Samsung’s
Read MoreResearch looking into the most pirated software in the world has found that, surprisingly, WinRAR comes out on top. The most pirated software in the world might just surprise you Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreThe advent of coronavirus vaccines has reshuffled global markets. Travel stocks are staging long-awaited comebacks, and ‘stay-at-home’ faithfuls like Zoom and Amazon are struggling to maintain their share prices in a potential post-COVID world. But esports and gaming stocks seem impervious to the noise. HERO and ESPO, the market’s biggest gaming Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs),
Read MoreNeopets You know good and well what you did. Back in 2003 or whatever, you took young, innocent Neopets under your wing. A Gelert, a Jetsam, a Scorchio, or whatever the hell the penguin one was called. You promised that under your tutelage, they would thrive. You promised you would feed them. And yet you
Read MoreFinally ditching the booster seat is a milestone many kids (and their parents) look forward to. But rushing the transition could put a child at greater risk for injury in a crash—and it could be against the law. Read more… When Kids Can Stop Using a Booster or Sit in the Front Seat of the
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Tecton.ai raises $35M Series B co-led by a16z and Sequoia Capital as it releases its ML feature store, just a week after AWS debuted its Sagemaker Feature store — Tecton.ai, the startup founded by three former Uber engineers who wanted to bring the machine learning feature store idea to the masses
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