Superkop Espresso Maker Review: Great Espresso Without the Electricity
This ingenious machine is easy to use and makes some of the best espresso I’ve tried—no electricity needed.
Read MoreThis ingenious machine is easy to use and makes some of the best espresso I’ve tried—no electricity needed.
Read MoreHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 7, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, first of all, hi, hello, welcome, and second of all, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about the AI writing lives of real
Read MoreIn some subterranean aquifers, cells have a chemical trick for making oxygen. It offers new insight into how life survives deep underground on Earth—and where it might lurk in space.
Read MoreThe AI chatbot can search, summarize, and create PDF documents with a few handy plug-ins.
Read MoreFaced with new tech, expanding audiences, and a changing medium, game developers are reimagining the strategy genre.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority With modern laptops having fewer and fewer ports each passing generation, you may have considered various adapters to connect displays, external storage, and other peripherals. But most run-of-the-mill USB-C dongles and adapters don’t have enough bandwidth to support multiple connected devices simultaneously. That’s where the Thunderbolt interface comes in
Read MoreModern life can be stressful. Many of us struggle to balance work, family, exercise, and an ever-growing list of hacking projects, all of which claim our attention during the day. If you sometimes feel that those 24 hours just don’t cut it, you might be in luck: [HIGEDARUMA] has built a clock that can stretch
Read MoreKate Knibbs / Wired: A look at the flood of near-identical YouTube obituary videos, in which men read obituaries scraped from authorized publishers like funeral homes and newspapers — If you Google someone who recently died, you might see a flood of near-identical videos of men reading obits. Here’s why.
Read MoreDriverless trucks from Waymo. | Credit: Waymo Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Assembly Bill 316, which would have required human attendants in driverless vehicles over 10,000 pounds, reports Reuters. The bill saw broad support among state legislators and was backed by the Teamsters and other labor organizations. At the moment, The governor wrote in his
Read MoreSean Lyngaas / CNN: Three major US voting equipment makers let some researchers stress-test their software and hardware, to take on conspiracy theories with greater transparency — Major US voting equipment manufacturers are enlisting cybersecurity experts to provide additional stress-tests of their systems …
Read MoreAlthough the basic concept of electrostatic attraction has been known since ancient times, it was only in the 17th century that scientists began to systematically investigate electrostatics. One of the first to explore this new field was Otto von Guericke, who constructed an electrostatic generator to help with his experiments. [Markus Bindhammer] has reconstructed this
Read MoreMalathi Nayak / Bloomberg: In a countersuit, chip startup Rivos and six ex-Apple staff claim Apple intimidates those who “dare to leave”; Apple sued Rivos over trade secrets theft in 2022 — – Rivos contests Apple’s tech theft claims with countersuit — Apple accuses the startup of stealing proprietary information
Read MoreWe feature a lot of off-grid power projects here at Hackaday, whether they’re a micropower harvester or something to power a whole house. Somewhere in the middle lies [esposcar90]’s 3D-printed vertical wind turbine, which it is claimed can deliver 100 watts from its diminutive tabletop package. It’s designed to be part of a package with
Read MoreDave Lee / Bloomberg: Q&A with outgoing Amazon SVP of Devices and Services Dave Limp on using generative AI for Alexa, a possible Alexa subscription, advice for Panos Panay, and more — The departing executive in charge of Amazon’s voice assistant has a conversation about its future in the age of AI.
Read MoreOne of the nicest things about a trackpoint is that you don’t have to take your hands off the keyboard. One of the worst things about a trackpoint is its usual placement, which can force a weird hand position that can cause repetitive stress injury. [notshitashi] has done an incredible job of adding a trackpoint
Read MoreNew York Times: Some employees reminisce about Netflix’s DVD subscription service, which upended the entertainment industry and is shutting down on September 29 after 25 years — The company’s DVD subscription service is ending this month, bringing to a close an origin story that ultimately upended the entertainment industry.
Read MoreMalathi Nayak / Bloomberg: In a countersuit, chip startup Rivos and six ex-Apple staff claim Apple intimidates those who “dare to leave”; Apple sued Rivos over trade secrets theft in 2022 — – Rivos contests Apple’s tech theft claims with countersuit — Apple accuses the startup of stealing proprietary information
Read MoreSanket Vijayasarathy / 91mobiles: A leaked Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro promo video reveals new camera features: an Audio Eraser, the ability to swap faces, full manual controls like ISO, and more — – A new promo video focuses on the many camera features of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. — Both
Read MoreWhat do you do when you come across a cheap electric bicycle on Facebook Marketplace from a seller who has a few hundred of the same ones available? If you’re someone like [Max Helmetag], you figure that it’s probably legit since nobody would be reselling hundreds of Lime ridesharing e-bikes. Thus, it makes for an
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers, egged on by unions, voted to require a human onboard autonomous trucks over fears about safety and job losses. Governor Gavin Newsom was having none of it.
Read MoreWhat do you do when you come across a cheap electric bicycle on Facebook Marketplace from a seller who has a few hundred of the same ones available? If you’re someone like [Max Helmetag], you figure that it’s probably legit since nobody would be reselling hundreds of Lime ridesharing e-bikes. Thus, it makes for an
Read More[This Designed That] does a lot of hot foil stamping. That’s the shiny embellishment you’ll see on wedding invitations and your fancier letterheads. They wanted a way to quickly see if the process is right for a given design, and how it might come together if so. Many of the designs involve letter forms, which
Read MoreThe Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Pixel 8 camera specs and a new AI promo video for the phone were posted by 91Mobiles, courtesy of leaker Kamila Wojciechowska, giving us our first real look at how Google will integrate more AI into its flagship smartphones
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Walmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India’s UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android and promises no platform fees or IAP commission — PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases …
Read MoreCredit: Andrew Grush / Android Authority Opinion post by Andrew Grush The United States is known for its high utility costs, especially for services like cable, mobile access, and internet. The average median price for internet service in the US in 2023 is $75 per month. Think that’s a lot? I currently pay $250 a
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