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Civil rights groups and academics say the ruling limiting the US government contacting tech companies could undermine 2024 election misinformation initiatives (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Civil rights groups and academics say the ruling limiting the US government contacting tech companies could undermine 2024 election misinformation initiatives — Civil rights groups warn limits on government contacts could be a boon for election lies ahead of ‘the biggest election year the internet age has seen’

20 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using (2023)

Your membership gets you more than free two-day shipping. Here’s what you may be missing.

Taur Scooter Review: An Open Beta

This battery-powered kick scooter has some promising features but needs more polish.

Old Memories Can Prime Brains to Make New Ones

Creating a memory takes energy, and brains only have so much. A study using snails shows how they can be primed for future learning.

Can a MacBook Air fit into an Android addict’s lifestyle?

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Opinion post by Ryan Haines It’s easy to find yourself drawn into a mobile ecosystem without thinking about it. Samsung users are pretty content with their expansive Galaxy, Pixel users are closer to a complete setup than ever, and Apple users, well, we all know how Apple’s walled garden

Apple may be ‘experimenting’ with a 32-inch iMac, but don’t expect one soon

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple is experimenting with larger iMacs, including a 32-inch version, for the future of its famous desktop line, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who wrote in the subscriber-only version of his Power On newsletter today that development is still early, so much could change. He doesn’t believe we’ll

My kids love Furby — send help

The new Furby. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge I thought I was off the hook. When I told my kids the new Furby was done staying at our house, they seemed to understand. “We’ll miss you a lot, Furby!!” my six-year-old exclaimed — but there were no cries, no tantrums. They asked

The Pixel 8’s rumored cameras could fix my biggest gripes with the Pixel 7

Pixel 7 camera bump Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons Google has long had a reputation for offering the best camera phones, with the Pixel 7 Pro being the most recent high-end example of this. The late 2022 flagship brought excellent all-around image quality, great zoomed-in snaps via the

20 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using (2023)

Your membership gets you more than free two-day shipping. Here’s what you may be missing.

14 Best Target Circle Week Deals (2023): Robot Vacuums, Instant Pots, Stand Mixers

The retailer is competing with Amazon by discounting everything from KitchenAid stand mixers to Beats earbuds. No Prime membership needed.

Beware the Digital Whiteboard

A new office tool is infecting thought and communication with the worst symptoms of design thinking.

Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras

They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.

How to Set Up a Home Office That Can Survive a Power Outage

With the right preparations, an unexpected blackout won’t bring you down.

2023 Cyberdeck Contest: YAHRC Takes Its Power Seriously

Cyberdecks are all about custom builds, and [f4drj]’s YAHRC (Yet Another Ham Radio Cyberdeck) takes its ruggedization and power seriously. There are some great power management features, and the enclosure even has a layer of RF shielding. YAHRC is a Raspberry Pi-based build with a generously-sized screen that tucks a small Bluetooth keyboard into a

14 Best Target Circle Week Deals (2023): Robot Vacuums, Instant Pots, Stand Mixers

The retailer is competing with Amazon by discounting everything from KitchenAid stand mixers to Beats earbuds. No Prime membership needed.

Chipmakers find it harder to operate in China but say that doing business there is key to their survival, as the country accounts for roughly a third of sales (Ana Swanson/New York Times)

Ana Swanson / New York Times: Chipmakers find it harder to operate in China but say that doing business there is key to their survival, as the country accounts for roughly a third of sales — Chipmakers are finding it increasingly hard to operate in China but say doing business in the country is still

Stirring Up 3D-Printed Lab Equipment

Magnetic stirrers are a core part of many chemistry labs. They offer many advantages for ensuring the effective mixing of solutions compared to other methods of stirring, including consistency, precise control, operation within closed systems, and of course, hands-free automatic operation. With so many reasons for employing a magnetic stirrer, it’s not too surprising that

Clock Runs Computer In Slow-Motion

At the heart of all computers is a clock, a dedicated timepiece ensuring that all of the parts of the computer are synchronized and can work together to execute the instructions that the computer receives. Clock speeds for most modern off-the-shelf computers and smartphones operate around a billion cycles per second, and even clocks that

Sources: banking lobby group UK Finance claims 61% of all reported authorized push payment fraud by volume go through Meta platforms; ~£485M was stolen in 2022 (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: banking lobby group UK Finance claims 61% of all reported authorized push payment fraud by volume go through Meta platforms; ~£485M was stolen in 2022 — UK Finance presses ministers to force tech companies into taking more responsibility for authorised push payment fraud

Twitch plans to launch ephemeral stories in October and a Discovery Feed consisting of a personalized mix of streamers’ clips this fall, both on its mobile app (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitch plans to launch ephemeral stories in October and a Discovery Feed consisting of a personalized mix of streamers’ clips this fall, both on its mobile app — The features will arrive this fall. — It’s probably safe to say no one could have predicted that LinkedIn would add Stories before

Vision Pro leak reveals how Apple plans to launch its futuristic headset

A new leak says Apple is planning for a slow rollout of its newly-launched Vision Pro, with an appointment system.

A comparison of users’ personal data collected by Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social, based on information from Apple’s App Store (Reece Rogers/Wired)

Reece Rogers / Wired: A comparison of users’ personal data collected by Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social, based on information from Apple’s App Store — Here’s what personal data is collected by Meta’s Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

Hackaday Prize 2023: Supercapacitors Let Solar Speaker Work in Darkness

Solar panels are a great way to generate clean electricity, but require some energy storage mechanism if you also want to use their power at night. This can be a bit tricky for large solar farms that feed into the grid, which require enormous battery banks or pumped storage systems to capture a reasonable amount

Twitter lets users switch back to the previous version of TweetDeck, and appears to have restored legacy API access allowing some third-party apps to work again (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Wes Davis / The Verge: Twitter lets users switch back to the previous version of TweetDeck, and appears to have restored legacy API access allowing some third-party apps to work again — Overnight, users across Twitter began reporting that the older, and much better, version of TweetDeck has returned along …

How an AI-generated, error-filled Star Wars story created internal chaos at Gizmodo, an incident that speaks to a larger debate about the role of AI in the news (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: How an AI-generated, error-filled Star Wars story created internal chaos at Gizmodo, an incident that speaks to a larger debate about the role of AI in the news — The error-filled story about Star Wars movies and TV shows demonstrates why artificial intelligence shouldn’t be involved in news-gathering, reporters said

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