For the proper retro gaming aesthetic, plenty of gamers look to old CRT displays. Older games can look better on these displays because the original programmers took their visual characteristics into account. Finding a CRT from the 90s or early 2000s is one option, but an even better option is a broadcast video monitor (BVM)
Read MoreWhy does your guitar sound that way? Is it your amp, your pickups, or your pedals? Jim Lill is trying to find out, one filmed A/B test at a time.
Read More[Manuel Caldeira] has built a nice electronics work area that would be the envy of many, complete with an under-shelf rail of custom-built instruments that are specific to the needs of areas of electronics that [Manuel] is involved with. The highlighted project here is a capacitor leakage tester, which is very handy for sorting through piles
Read MoreNilesh Christopher / Rest of World: Creators from India’s hinterland are going viral on YouTube Shorts and running into copyright issues for “fact channels” that add context to other users’ videos — A new generation of creators found success on YouTube Shorts. Now, YouTube is after them for violating its community guidelines.
Read MoreTwo physicists find that our universe has a higher entropy—and is therefore more likely—than alternative possible universes.
Read MoreThe retrocomputer enthusiast has increasingly to grapple with not only runaway computer prices but the astronomical cost of vintage peripherals. A welcome solution in some cases comes from the Raspberry Pi, which has proved itself fast enough to emulate those add-ons for a lot less outlay. A good one comes from [Niklas Ekström], who’s made
Read MoreAnnie Burky / Fierce Healthcare: Missouri-based Paytient, which offers health payment accounts to health care and insurance companies, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $63M — Paytient, a company that built health payment accounts, announced a $40 million series B funding round. Paytient snatched up $40 million in series B funds.
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Hackers leak police raid plans, confidential reports, AWS private keys, and other sensitive data from the servers of ODIN, which makes apps for the US police — Leaked files reveal tactical plans for police raids, surveillance, and facial recognition — Detailed tactical plans …
Read MoreSony used to sell digital cameras that recorded on actual floppy disks. We’ve come a long way, but [Mathieu] put a floppy in a digital camera recently for an entirely different reason. First, though, he had to modify the camera to work on the full spectrum, something he covered in an earlier video. You can
Read MoreJez Corden / Windows Central: Microsoft has laid off the entire teams behind the virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which will shut down in March, and the Mixed Reality Tool Kit framework — HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft. — What you need to know
Read MoreAriel Shapiro / The Verge: Listen Notes: ~219K podcasts were created in 2022, down nearly 80% from a peak of ~1M in 2020 and lower than the pre-pandemic high of ~337K in 2019 — Hope you all had a great weekend! We’ve got some big Hot Pod Summit updates for you all, as well as
Read MorePhysical security is often considered simpler than digital security since safes are heavy and physical keys take more effort to duplicate than those of the digital persuasion. [Maxime Beasse and Quentin Clement] have developed a smartphone app that can duplicate a key from a photo making key copying much easier. KeyDecoder is an open source
Read MoreThe Daily Dot: CommuteAir took down a 2019 copy of the US No Fly List, after a researcher said they found it on an unsecured server and that it had 1.5M+ entries, many aliases — One of the most sensitive U.S. government documents was left online. — An unsecured server discovered by a security researcher
Read MoreImage: Square Enix The development of Marvel’s Avengers is coming to a close. In a blog post, developer Crystal Dynamics announced that the game won’t receive any new updates after March 31st, with support ending on September 30th (via IGN). While you’ll still be able to play the game in both single-player and multiplayer mode,
Read MoreJez Corden / Windows Central: Microsoft has laid off the entire teams behind the virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which will shut down in March, and the Mixed Reality Tool Kit framework — HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft. — What you need to know
Read MoreThe team at the Berlin-based Studio HILO has been working on ideas and tools around developing a more open approach to small-scale textile production environments. Leveraging open-source platforms and tools, the team has come up with a simple open hardware spinning machine that can be used for interactive yarn production, right on the desktop. The frame is
Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Q&A with Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos about shared leadership, what role Reed Hastings may play, adding FAST channels, the ad tier, and more — So that’s what an orderly transfer of power looks like. — While Disney chief Bob Iger ousted every potential threat …
Read MoreSony used to sell digital cameras that recorded on actual floppy disks. We’ve come a long way, but [Mathieu] put a floppy in a digital camera recently for an entirely different reason. First, though, he had to modify the camera to work on the full spectrum, something he covered in an earlier video. You can
Read MoreAriel Shapiro / The Verge: Listen Notes: ~219K podcasts were created in 2022, down nearly 80% from a peak of ~1M in 2020 and lower than the pre-pandemic high of ~337K in 2019 — Hope you all had a great weekend! We’ve got some big Hot Pod Summit updates for you all, as well as
Read MoreThe team at the Berlin-based Studio HILO has been working on ideas and tools around developing a more open approach to small-scale textile production environments. Leveraging open-source platforms and tools, the team has come up with a simple open hardware spinning machine that can be used for interactive yarn production, right on the desktop. The frame is
Read MoreAnnie Palmer / CNBC: A look at Amazon’s nascent drone delivery unit, which has struggled due to crashes and other safety issues and now faces layoffs and other cost-cutting measures — – As part of Amazon’s widespread layoffs, some employees in the nascent drone delivery project are losing their jobs, according to people familiar with
Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Q&A with Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos about shared leadership, what role Reed Hastings may play, adding FAST channels, the ad tier, and more — So that’s what an orderly transfer of power looks like. — While Disney chief Bob Iger ousted every potential threat …
Read MoreEric Wallerstein / Wall Street Journal: Filings: Signature Bank borrowed nearly $10B in Q4 from Federal Home Loan Banks, a system originally designed for mortgage lending; Silvergate borrowed $3.6B+ — Signature and Silvergate turn to government-chartered lenders after customer withdrawals surge
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Opinion post by Calvin Wankhede From Sony to Xiaomi, smartphone brands are increasingly dabbling in one-inch camera sensor hardware. But as someone that doesn’t buy flagship smartphones, I had resigned to accept that it would be years before the technology would trickle down to my pocket. That is until
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Elon Musk says Twitter will roll out a new “higher priced” Blue subscription that doesn’t show ads on the platform. The current $7.99 per month Twitter Blue subscription promises 50 percent fewer ads when compared to “non-verified people,” although this feature hasn’t been rolled out yet. A more
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