[Shelby] at Tech Tangents recently wrapped a project / obsession to obtain an old HP ScanJet 4C, get it running on a PC and put it through its paces. After after nearly five years, three scanners, and untold SCSI cards and drivers later, he finally succeeded. The first big problem was getting a working scanner.
Read MoreGlenn Peoples / Billboard: TikTok’s test in Australia that limits some users’ access to licensed music is to study what is trending, how users access its service, and more, per a source — The short-form video app known for breaking viral hits, is using music in a different way Down Under. — What’s TikTok without
Read MoreASP.NET Core, Microsoft’s cross-platform framework for web and mobile apps, will offer a combined, full-stack web programming model as part of the planned .NET 8 software development platform, to better satisfy the diverse needs of web apps. Now available in a first preview, .NET 8 endeavors to combine benefits of server-side and client-side rendering into
Read MoreA regular pair of pliers is fine most of the time, but for delicate work with squarish objects you can’t go wrong with a pair of parallel pliers. [Neil Paskin] decided to make his own pair from scratch. (YouTube) The jaws were machined down from round stock in [Paskin]’s mill before heat treating and tempering.
Read MoreAds may be coming to Ted Lasso. | Image: Apple Apple has made a notable hire that could signal its intent to move into ads on Apple TV Plus. The company has hired advertising exec Lauren Fry to “to help build a video advertising business for its Apple TV Plus streaming service,” according to The
Read MoreMoneycontrol: Amazon plans to integrate its logistics network and SaaS tools with India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce, after Paytm and others committed to joining ONDC — Other e-commerce and fintech players who have committed to join ONDC include Meesho, Snapdeal, Shiprocket, Paytm and PhonePe
Read MoreMoore’s law isn’t strictly holding anymore, but it is still true that most computing systems are at least trending towards lower cost over time, if not also slightly smaller size. This means wider access to less expensive hardware, even if that hardware is still an 8-bit microcontroller. While some move on to more powerful platforms
Read MoreJan Wolfe / Wall Street Journal: The US FTC drops its administrative trial to block Meta’s acquisition of Within less than a month after its federal court loss, handing a final victory to Meta — Antitrust regulator drops administrative trial to block Facebook parent’s purchase of Within Unlimited
Read MoreWe’re thankfully beyond the days of restock alerts, so we’re finally getting to some DEALS. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Back in January, Sony said the PlayStation 5 shortage was ending. We’re now starting to see some irrefutable proof of that because not only are the consoles readily available at most retailers
Read MoreMoneycontrol: Amazon plans to integrate its logistics network and SaaS tools with India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce, after Paytm and others committed to joining ONDC — Other e-commerce and fintech players who have committed to join ONDC include Meesho, Snapdeal, Shiprocket, Paytm and PhonePe
Read MoreDerek Willis / ProPublica: Politwoops, a ProPublica project that tracked and archived politicians’ deleted tweets since 2012, is shutting down as the required Twitter tools no longer work — Whether officials were deleting an embarrassing post or just correcting a typo, Politwoops tracked them all.
Read MoreJon Rice / Blockworks: Jump Crypto recovers ~120,000 ether, worth $140M, stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit after Oasis upgraded a DeFi contract following a UK high court order — The Chicago trading firm appears to have recovered the 120,000 ether stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit.
Read MoreA bear roaring into a cloud of cocaine. | Image: Universal Director Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear over-delivers on a very simple, silly premise that mostly works because it doesn’t take anything seriously except being ridiculous. Continue reading…
Read MoreJon Rice / Blockworks: Jump Crypto recovers ~120,000 ether, worth $140M, stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit after Oasis upgraded a DeFi contract following a UK high court order — The Chicago trading firm appears to have recovered the 120,000 ether stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit.
Read MoreJon Rice / Blockworks: Jump Crypto recovers ~120,000 ether, worth $140M, stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit after Oasis upgraded a DeFi contract following a UK high court order — The Chicago trading firm appears to have recovered the 120,000 ether stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit.
Read MoreA liftboat off the beach near Wainscott, New York, on December 1st, 2022. The vessel’s drill will be used in the construction of a wind farm. | Image: Johnny Milano/Bloomberg via Getty Images The largest national organization of American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments is calling on the Biden administration to pause offshore wind
Read MoreOver the past two decades, e-paper has evolved from an exotic and expensive display technology to something cheap enough to be used for supermarket price tags. While such electronic shelf labels are now easy to find, actually re-using them is often tricky due to a lack of documentation. Luckily, [Aaron Christophel] has managed to reverse
Read MoreA team of astronomers has used some of the most powerful telescopes on (and orbiting) Earth to make a first-of-its-kind observation. They’ve spotted a pair of dwarf galaxies containing supermassive black holes on a collision course. Then, they did it again. Yes, two pairs of colliding dwarf galaxies, both extremely distant but at different phases
Read MoreSam Altman / OpenAI: OpenAI details its preparations for “if AGI is successfully created”, including being cautious with its models and operating as if the risks are existential — Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity.
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 Pro could feature a new LiDAR sensor from Sony, potentially offering more performance with better battery life.
Read MoreMotorola Defy Satellite Link accessory by Bullitt. | Image: Bullitt Bullitt, the company that brought you rugged Cat-branded smartphones with thermal cameras, is stuffing trendy emergency-response satellite tech into a Motorola-branded Bluetooth keychain accessory. Making its debut at MWC 2023, the new Motorola Defy Satellite Link can enable almost any smartphone to send and receive
Read MoreJon Rice / Blockworks: Jump Crypto recovers ~120,000 ether, worth $140M, stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit after Oasis upgraded a DeFi contract following a UK high court order — The Chicago trading firm appears to have recovered the 120,000 ether stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit.
Read MoreThe movie seems destined for internet infamy but doesn’t live up to the promise of its viral trailer.
Read MoreCyberScoop: A year after Russia’s invasion, a look at the unprecedented cyberdefense effort by Ukraine and its allies against Russian wiper malware and other attacks — The Ukraine war has inspired a defensive cyber effort that government officials and technology executives describe as unprecedented.
Read MoreDerek Willis / ProPublica: Politwoops, a ProPublica project that tracked and archived politicians’ deleted tweets since 2012, is shutting down as the required Twitter tools no longer work — Whether officials were deleting an embarrassing post or just correcting a typo, Politwoops tracked them all.
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