Building the OhSillyScope

If you have a Raspberry Pi connected to an LED matrix, you might think about creating a simple oscilloscope. Of course, the Pi isn’t really well-suited for that and neither is an LED matrix, so [Thomas McDonald] decided to create the OhSillyScope, instead. The device isn’t very practical, but it does add some flash to

Free VPN Amnezia Helps Users Avoid Censorship in Russia

Amnezia, a free virtual private network, allows users to set up their own servers, making it harder for Moscow to block this portal to the outside world.

Vivo X Flip real-world image appears online (Updated: Plenty of specs)

Credit: Weibo/Digital Chat Station A real-world image of the vivo X Flip has appeared online. The picture shows a clamshell foldable phone in line with a leaked schematic. A vivo executive has since revealed loads of X Flip specs. Update: April 7, 2023 (3:06 AM ET): Vivo executive Jia Jingdong has dished out loads of

Tube Amplifier Uses Low Voltage, Sips Battery

Much like vinyl records, tube amplifiers are still prized for their perceived sound qualities, even though both technologies have been largely replaced otherwise. The major drawback to designing around vacuum tubes, if you can find them at all, is often driving them with the large voltages they often require to heat them to the proper

Google is rolling out WebGPU tech for next-gen gaming in your browser

Image: The Verge Google has announced that WebGPU, an API that gives web apps more access to your graphics card’s capabilities, will be enabled by default in Chrome 113, which is due out in around three weeks. WebGPU will be available on Windows PCs that support Direct3D 12, macOS, and ChromeOS devices that support Vulkan.

ChatGPT Powers a Different Kind of Logic Analyzer

If you’re hoping that this AI-powered logic analyzer will help you quickly debug that wonky digital circuit on your bench with the magic of AI, we’re sorry to disappoint you. But if you’re in luck if you’re in the market for something to help you detect logical fallacies someone spouts in conversation. With the magic

Samsung plans to cut memory chip production to a “meaningful level” after estimating that its Q1 operating profit fell 95%+ YoY to ~$450M, its worst since 2009 (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: Samsung plans to cut memory chip production to a “meaningful level” after estimating that its Q1 operating profit fell 95%+ YoY to ~$450M, its worst since 2009  —  Samsung Electronics Co. said it is cutting memory chip production after reporting its slimmest profit since …

Bitdefender survey of 400+ IT/security professionals: 42% were told to cover up data breaches that should have been reported, 29.9% admit covering up breaches (Tim Keary/VentureBeat)

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: Bitdefender survey of 400+ IT/security professionals: 42% were told to cover up data breaches that should have been reported, 29.9% admit covering up breaches  —  In a world where cybercrime is becoming more difficult to prevent, many security leaders are putting pressure on IT professionals to bury the truth.

Substack writers are getting a pop-up saying Twitter “unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets”, a day after Substack unveiled its Twitter-like Notes (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Substack writers are getting a pop-up saying Twitter “unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets”, a day after Substack unveiled its Twitter-like Notes  —  Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site …

Fast Scanning Bed Leveling

The bane of 3D printing is what people commonly call bed leveling. The name is a bit of a misnomer since you aren’t actually getting the bed level but making the bed and the print head parallel. Many modern printers probe the bed at different points using their own nozzle, a contact probe, or a

Motorola Edge 40 leak reveals four different colorways

Walmart’s preparing to build its own coast-to-coast EV charging network

Image: Walmart Walmart is planning to build out a nationwide electric vehicle charging network at thousands of its stores, including Sam’s Club locations. The company says it plans to have the network built by 2030 and will help make EV ownership “more accessible, reliable, convenient and affordable.” “Currently, Walmart has nearly 1,300 third-party chargers across

YouTube adds a Podcasts tab to channel pages globally on its website and mobile apps, showing playlists that creators have marked as podcasts (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: YouTube adds a Podcasts tab to channel pages globally on its website and mobile apps, showing playlists that creators have marked as podcasts  —  While we’re still waiting for podcasts to widely roll out (in the US) to YouTube Music, YouTube has added a “Podcasts” tab to channel pages.

Amazon is discounting Kindles, speakers, and more during its spring sales event

Amazon’s newest Echo Dot is just one of many devices available at an all-time low. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Spring has sprung, and to celebrate that fact, Amazon naturally decided to discount a bunch of random devices mostly unrelated to the season. That’s good news for us, though. Given Mother’s

Reviving a Legend: Mamiya RB67 Repair

The damaged parts in the camera are circled in red. Original graphic is from the Mamiya service manual. When it comes to professional medium format analog cameras, the Mamiya RB67 is among the most well-known and loved, ever since its introduction in 1970. Featuring not only support for 120 and 220 mm film options, but

Why this new plant is capturing carbon dioxide just to let it back out again

Global Thermostat’s kiloton-scale unit for removing carbon dioxide from the air. | Image: Global Thermostat There’s a scramble in the US to build the first generation of technologies to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. And the first American company with this kind of system, Global Thermostat, just set up shop in Colorado to

Reviving a Legend: Mamiya RB67 Repair

The damaged parts in the camera are circled in red. Original graphic is from the Mamiya service manual. When it comes to professional medium format analog cameras, the Mamiya RB67 is among the most well-known and loved, ever since its introduction in 1970. Featuring not only support for 120 and 220 mm film options, but

Twitter’s API shutdown and botpocalypse begins

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The age of Twitter bots may be over. Continue reading…

Android’s ‘Find My Device’ could soon work even if your phone is off

Code sleuthing has uncovered potential plans to expand the Find My Device system to work even when phones are powered off. Apple iPhones have had this perk for many years now. It’s possible this feature would only work with the Pixel 8 series, at least at first. If you lose your Android phone and it’s

Motorola Edge 40 leak reveals four different colorways

Android’s ‘Find My Device’ could soon work even if your phone is off

Code sleuthing has uncovered potential plans to expand the Find My Device system to work even when phones are powered off. Apple iPhones have had this perk for many years now. It’s possible this feature would only work with the Pixel 8 series, at least at first. If you lose your Android phone and it’s

Google Pixel Fold: Everything we know so far and what we want to see

Update, April 6, 2023 (2:59 PM ET): We have updated the Google Pixel Fold hub to include rumored information about the Fold’s launch date, colorways, and price. Original article: Much of the innovation in the smartphone arena over the last few years has come in the form of foldables. Samsung has led the way, but