The Rachio Smart Hose Timer (pictured) can be directly connected to a faucet, allowing you to control and monitor your watering schedule via a free app. | Image: Rachio There are plenty of smart home gadgets being showcased at CES this year, but frankly, I’m most excited by the prospect of autonomous lawn care. Luckily for
Read MoreCredit: Ryan McLeod / Android Authority The highly anticipated Sony PlayStation VR 2 is almost here, with a launch date set for February 22nd. At CES 2023, I had an opportunity to test out Sony’s latest VR headset for myself. Although my time with the PSVR 2 was brief, at about 20 minutes, the experience
Read MoreTech’s big show rolls on, with more visions of the future on display. Here are some more of the coolest gadgets we’ve seen.
Read MoreIt’s not too late to move toward your ideal social media existence. You could opt for Mastodon or Post, or stay and hope things turn around.
Read MoreKensington revealed the TB450 and TB550 trackballs at CES this year | Image: Kensington Trackball stans, rejoice! Kensington, one of the few remaining manufacturers of premium trackball mice, has announced two new options for the ergonomic diehards out there. Kensington introduced a pair of more budget-friendly options at CES 2023 with its new Pro Fit
Read MoreAMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su took the stage at CES last night and pulled the wraps off a lot of new hardware. As expected, she announced three new V-Cache CPUs to add to the Zen 4 lineup. Those include the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Ryzen 9 7900X3D, and 7950X3D. Naturally, she dubbed them the fastest gaming
Read MoreChipolo says that it’s been able to make use of Apple’s Find My network in a way that wouldn’t have been possible without AirTags.
Read MoreBerber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Some VCs that held onto stakes in startups after IPOs during the bull market, including Sequoia, Menlo, and Altos, have been left with losses as markets drop — Startup investors that held off on exiting investments after their IPOs are left to rue the decision
Read MoreAbdulrahman Khalid was forced to flee his country because of his outspoken atheism. Now, he’s helping others in the same position—for profit.
Read MoreA network of trading platforms is restructuring the seafood industry and tackling waste.
Read MoreResearchers are applying digital listening technology to the natural world. It turns out it has quite a lot to say to us—and not all of it sounds good.
Read MoreWorld Weather Attribution ties disasters and extreme conditions to climate change—providing crucial leverage for legal and policy battles.
Read MoreThere’s probably some axiom in professional journalism that says you shouldn’t give out free advertisement to your competitors — but since none of us have any formal training in this kind of thing and are just making it up as we go along — we’re more than happy to plug the brand-new MOSFET.net. We like
Read MoreDavid Benoit / Wall Street Journal: US bank Silvergate, which caters to crypto, reports liquidating debt to cover $8.1B withdrawals as FTX collapsed and laying off 40% of its staff; SI falls 40%+ — Bank sold assets at a loss to cover withdrawals and cut 40% of its staff but remains committed to crypto
Read MoreNew insight from Digitimes claims that 50% of iPhones could be made in India by 2027.
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / Washington Post: After FTX collapsed, citizen journalists, including @AutismCapital, Coffeezilla, and Doomberg, stepped up to cover the saga, often outshining traditional media — A group of online creators has skyrocketed to fame by covering every aspect of the meltdown, but some optimize for attention over accuracy
Read MoreApple’s butterfly keyboard was notoriously bad but you could be owed part of a $50 million settlement if you act fast.
Read MoreLevi Winslow / Kotaku: After YouTuber Coffeezilla reported on Logan Paul’s apparently sham NFT game CryptoZoo, Paul finally responds, acknowledging some involved were “bad actors” — Blockchain investigator Stephen ‘Coffeezilla’ Findeisen may see Paul in court — After keeping his mouth shut …
Read MoreApple’s website says digital narration makes audiobooks more widely available to authors. | Image: Apple Audiobooks narrated by a text-to-speech AI are now available via Apple’s Books service, in a move with potentially huge implications for the multi-billion dollar audiobook industry. Apple describes the new “digital narration” feature on its website as making “the creation
Read MoreSchools have adapted to disruptive technology before — ChatGPT is the latest challenge to educational norms. | Photo by Nicolas Villalobos via Getty Images The New York City Department of Education has blocked access to ChatGPT on its networks and devices over fears the AI tool will harm students’ education. A spokesperson for the department,
Read MoreSony and Honda’s new EV prototype: Afeela. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge CES rumbles on, and Apple sneaks out a new audiobook feature. Continue reading…
Read MoreAMD has acknowledged reports of its Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs overheating and is currently investigating the cause. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Several user reports have appeared since the launch of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card last month that claim the GPU is impacted by performance issues due
Read MoreEach year thousands die because there aren’t enough organs for transplants, and I may be one of them. It’s time to start compensating donors.
Read MoreYou might often encounter null reference exceptions in your applications if null checks aren’t appropriately implemented. A null reference exception will abruptly terminate the execution of your program unless it is properly handled in your code. The null object pattern solves this problem, giving you an elegant way to handle null reference exceptions in your
Read MoreAs recently announced, SvelteKit has arrived at its much anticipated 1.0 milestone, following a long beta. SvelteKit 1.0 brings a fully realized application framework for building full-stack JavaScript applications with Svelte front ends. Let’s take a look. The general layout of SvelteKit 1.0 Svelte is a front-end reactive framework, comparable to React or Vue at a high
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