A few months ago, Hackaday’s own Al Williams convinced me to buy a couple of untested, returned-to-manufacturer 3D printers. Or rather, he convinced me to buy one, and the incredible success of the first printer spurred me on to the second. TL;DR: Lightning didn’t strike twice, but I’d still rate it as worth my time.
Read MoreCredit: HBO Google used to be known for its generous free storage, but today, it’s pushing low-storage warnings way harder than necessary, and it’s clear why — it wants us to pay up. When Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools joke. The included 1GB of free storage
Read MoreFrom the classic body pillow to unique shapes for optimal limb support, we tested a wide range of body pillows designed for side sleepers.
Read MorePlus: Rabbit’s R1 gets fresh voices, how to update AirPods, Switch 2 will get Xbox games, and more.
Read MorePlus: Rabbit’s R1 gets fresh voices, how to update AirPods, Switch 2 will get Xbox games, and more.
Read MoreYou can manually turn off the webcam while making video calls on Zoom, Google Meet, or similar services. On Windows, you can even prevent apps from accessing your webcam. However, what about the sites you visit? Isn’t it important to prevent websites from accessing your laptop’s webcam to enhance privacy? You might already have permitted
Read MoreMacworld Who else is frustrated by every single subscription service raising their fees? Because Microsoft 365 just joined the club after holding out for 12 years. We’re outraged, canceling our subscription and getting a Microsoft Office lifetime license instead. That means we don’t have to pay $10 every month anymore (which turns into $120 yearly)—just
Read MoreDespite being removed from app stores and facing a potential U.S. ban, TikTok has regained nearly 90% of its user traffic, according to Cloudflare Radar. “DNS traffic for TikTok-related domains has continued to recover since service restoration, and is currently about 10% lower than pre-shutdown level,” said David Belson, head of data insight at Cloudflare.
Read MoreDespite being removed from app stores and facing a potential U.S. ban, TikTok has regained nearly 90% of its user traffic, according to Cloudflare Radar. “DNS traffic for TikTok-related domains has continued to recover since service restoration, and is currently about 10% lower than pre-shutdown level,” said David Belson, head of data insight at Cloudflare.
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey. Shell told The Associated Press it is writing off the project, citing
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey. Shell told The Associated Press it is writing off the project, citing
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey. Shell told The Associated Press it is writing off the project, citing
Read MoreBruce66423 shares a report from the Associated Press: Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications such as Vicodin and OxyContin. “It’s the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in more than 20 years, offering an alternative to
Read MoreGoogle is enhancing Android 16’s Linux Terminal app to support graphical Linux applications, so Android Authority decided to put it to the test by running Doom. From the report: The Terminal app first appeared in the Android 15 QPR2 beta as a developer option, and it still remains locked behind developer settings. Since its initial
Read MoreClinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only temporary.
Read MoreOn January 9th, 56-year-old Peter Akemann flew his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone far beyond the legal limit of his ability to see — and into a Super Scooper water dumping plane fighting the Los Angeles Palisades wildfires, grounding it for repairs after punching a hole in its left wing. Now that authorities have traced
Read MoreBioWare now has fewer than 100 employees after laying off “around two dozen” staffers and shifting others to different projects at EA, Bloomberg reports. The changes follow BioWare’s own “Studio Update” published this week where GM Gary McKay said the studio had “worked diligently over the past few months to match many of our colleagues
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority If you’re looking for the best Wear OS smartwatch money can buy, there is no doubt it’s the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra. It’s also one of the most expensive wearables around, though. Luckily, we’re always on the lookout for good deals, and right now, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A Galaxy Watch 5 owner figured out a way to install a PSP emulator on the device. The owner was able to play games like God of War, GTA: Vice City, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, and more. The games were able to run smoothly at 60fps, except for
Read MoreA WIRED investigation shows that the popular Chinese AI model is censored on both the application and training level.
Read MoreOpenAI CEO Sam Altman teased exactly two weeks ago that o3-mini would ship in “a couple of weeks,” and it’s arriving on time today. OpenAI is launching its latest o3-mini reasoning model inside ChatGPT and its API services and making a version with rate limits available to free users of ChatGPT for the first time.
Read MoreHaving been denied full inclusion at the forthcoming trial to determine Google’s future, Apple has filed a motion to delay the whole proceedings. In 2022, Alphabet paid Apple $20 billion It was formally and legally decided in August 2024 that Google and its Alphabet parent company, represent a search and advertising monopoly. What Apple wants
Read MoreB&H’s blowout MacBook Pro sale features a variety of deals on M3 Pro and M3 Max models, with prices as low as $1,599. Save up to $1,200 on MacBooks – Image credit: Apple Many of the deals end today and B&H’s online checkout closes at sundown Eastern Time tonight. So if you see a discounted
Read MoreThe Blackmagic Camera app now supports a handful of Android tablets. Blackmagic Design has announced that it’s finally bringing several advanced features already available for the iOS version of its free camera app to Android. The Blackmagic Camera for Android 2.0 update released this week allows several smartphones running the app to be monitored and
Read MoreApple’s latest earnings have impressed some investment advisors, with Morgan Stanley inching its Apple stock price target up to $275 mostly because of the long-term strength of Services. Tim Cook, celebrating While Apple’s iPhone sales came in at a bit over $600 million dollars short of the year-ago quarter, there was enough good news in
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