In the Star Wars universe, pit droids are little foldable robots that perform automated repairs on spacecraft and the like. They were introduced in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, and beyond the podracing scenes, are probably the only good thing to come out of that particular film. [Goran Vuksic] wanted a pit droid of his own,
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Read MoreNew York Times: Shoddy self-published guidebooks, which appear to be compiled with the help of generative AI and promoted via deceptive reviews, are proliferating on Amazon — In March, as she planned for an upcoming trip to France, Amy Kolsky, an experienced international traveler who lives in Bucks County …
Read MoreApple is testing yet another Mac model powered by the upcoming M3 chip as the rumored launch of the chip in October draws closer.
Read MoreWhile things like the Arduino platform certainly opened up the gates of microcontroller programming to a much wider audience, it can also be limiting in some ways. The Arduino IDE, for example, abstracts away plenty of the underlying machinations of the hardware, and the vast amount of libraries can contribute to this effect as well.
Read MoreLaura Normand / The Verge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s “ready today” to fight Elon Musk, who owns Twitter (currently rebranding as X), and that although he had suggested August 26th as the date for their cage match, Musk hasn’t confirmed and he’s not holding his breath. Zuckerberg included a screenshot of Musk tweeting
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple could have a Mac Mini powered by its new M3 chip in the works for 2024, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter today. Gurman says Apple is now testing a computer at its campus under model identifier Mac 15,12, but whether it’s
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple acknowledges the US “smartphone market has been in a decline for the last couple of quarters”; sources: iPhone 15 sales will start around September 22 — On the cusp of the iPhone 15 debut, Apple has finally admitted what has long been clear: The industry is facing a smartphone slowdown.
Read MorePhoto by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images A massive gathering of people showed up on Friday afternoon at New York City’s Union Square for a giveaway hosted by two social media influencers, mega-popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat and another streamer, Fanum. Cenat is the most-subscribed streamer on Twitch, according to TwitchTracker. The giveaway was set to
Read MoreJonathan Greig / The Record: The FBI is investigating a ransomware attack on Prospect Medical Holdings, which runs 16 hospitals and 166 outpatient clinics and centers in CA, CT, PA, and RI — A major hospital network with arms in multiple states is dealing with widespread network outages due to a cyberattack, which the FBI
Read MoreReuters: Elon Musk says X will fund the legal bills of people who have been “unfairly treated” by their employer “due to posting or liking something on this platform” — Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will fund the legal bills of people who have been treated unfairly …
Read More[Sergii] has been learning about robot simulation and wrote up a basic simulator for a robodog platform: the Unitree A1. It only took about 800 lines of code to do so, which probably makes it a good place to start if one is headed in a similar direction. Right now, [Sergii]’s simulator is an interactive
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Yes, I know he doesn’t care about hypocrisy — he’s just in it for the attention, and I guess I’m giving it to him! But I think it’s worth pointing out that this tweet is a brand-new level of BS. If you were unfairly treated by
Read MoreCasey Newton / Platformer: US lawmakers are quickly advancing an anti-sex, anti-speech agenda in the name of kids’ online safety, which could soon entangle every adult internet user — Today let’s talk about a right we currently take for granted that may soon disappear: the ability to browse and post to most websites anonymously.
Read MoreDesktop 3D printers have come a long way over the past decade. They’re now affordable for almost anyone, capable of printing in many diverse materials, and offer a level of rapid prototyping and development not feasible with other methods. That said, the fact that they are largely limited to printing different formulations of plastic means
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Yes, I know he doesn’t care about hypocrisy — he’s just in it for the attention, and I guess I’m giving it to him! But I think it’s worth pointing out that this tweet is a brand-new level of BS. If you were unfairly treated by
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Read MoreWith newer cars being computers on wheels, some manufacturers are using software to put features behind a paywall or thwarting DIY repairs. Industrious hackers security researchers have taken it upon themselves to set these features free by hacking a Tesla infotainment system. (via Electrek) The researchers from TU Berlin found that by using a voltage
Read MoreIf you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3-scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module, [Plasanator]’s photos and build details will show off how he constructed one for a kid’s event that was a hit! The photo gallery gives plenty of ideas about how one would approach a project like this, and readers will surely
Read MoreVarsha Bansal / Wired: Some workers say on-demand home services startup Urban Company, which helped Indian women enter the gig economy, pushed them out for not meeting steep targets — Home services platform Urban Company helped Indian women get into the gig economy. Now they say it’s setting impossible targets and then abandoning them.
Read MorePhoto by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images A massive gathering of people showed up on Friday afternoon at New York City’s Union Square for a giveaway hosted by two social media influencers, mega-popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat and another streamer, Fanum. Cenat is the most-subscribed streamer on Twitch, according to TwitchTracker. The giveaway was set to
Read MoreWall Street Journal: How Waymo and Cruise are struggling to win over San Francisco residents, showing the challenges they may face in expanding driverless cars across the US — Alphabet’s Waymo and General Motors’ Cruise are struggling to win over San Francisco residents and officials, a major hurdle in their nationwide expansion.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge The Google Pixel Watch 2 could get much better battery life thanks to a new, more efficient processor and may even gain ultra-wideband (UWB) support, according to the typically-reliable Kamila Wojciechowska, writing for Android Authority. The new leak says the rumored Pixel Watch successor will use the more efficient 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon
Read MoreEvery so often, along comes a story which, like [Fox Mulder] with his unexplained phenomena, we want to believe. EM drives and cold fusion for example would be the coolest of the cool if they worked, but sadly they crumbled when subjected to scientific inquiry outside the labs of their originators. The jury’s still out
Read MoreSony WF-1000XM5 review: At a glance What are they? The Sony WF-1000XM5 succeed the famous WF-1000XM4 active noise canceling (ANC) earbuds. Sony shrunk the WF-1000XM5 down and improved the memory foam ear tips. Under the hood, these buds house two new processors for better ANC, sound quality, and call quality. Battery life is exceptionally long,
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