{$inline_image} We’ve seen a lot of motor driver boards for robots and the odd electric skateboard. What we haven’t see a lot of is one big enough to drop into an electric vehicle. The Axiom motor controller was a winner of the bootstrap contest and is a Finalist in the 2019 Hackaday Prize. The driver
Read MoreImage: Google Google announced today that its free rewards program for Google Play is rolling out over the next week in the US (via Android Central). Google says the program, called Google Play Points, will let you earn Play Points for anything you buy on Google Play, as well as for downloading “featured free apps
Read MoreThe 2019 wildfires have laid bare the drawbacks to an air quality monitoring system designed more for measuring large swaths of land over time than for providing real-time, localized data that is more valuable in disasters like wildfires. When the power went out during California’s wildfires, the air quality monitors turned off, too Source: Washington
Read MoreImage: Yahoo While Yahoo Groups hasn’t been a viable forum destination for years, it was at one time a popular place for people to meet and converse online. Yahoo parent company Verizon Media is finally going to completely shut Groups down later this year — as of October 28th, no new content can be uploaded,
Read MoreLed by the American Council on Education, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and Educause, 15 national higher education organizations have signed a joint statement in support of credential data transparency. Higher Ed Organizations Push Forward on Credential Transparency Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreLook upon this conference badge and kiss your free time goodbye. The 2019 Hackaday Superconference badge is an ECP5 FPGA running a RISC-V core in a Game Boy form factor complete with cartridge slot that is more open than anything we’ve ever seen before: multiple open-source CPU designs were embedded in an open system, developed
Read MoreThis week’s Parental Advisory question is one that I suspect many parentshave struggled with: What do you do when your kindergartener or first-grader is struggling with impulse control, has been physically aggressive toward other students, and the school is fed up? Read more… How Do You Get Your Kid to Stop Hitting in School? Source:
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Office app is combining its three main products into one. Microsoft Office is merging Word, Excel and PowerPoint together on iOS, Android – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWell, there won’t be an electrification at first, the company says. Gemballa says long live the purest supercar, scoffs at electrification – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreLloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Chances are, if someone is tuning into Seth Meyers’ new stand-up special on Netflix, Lobby Baby, they’re interested in his jokes about President Donald Trump. Those who aren’t, however, will be able to skip entire segments of the special, thanks to a new button. The skip button is
Read MoreWhat could an organization of universities creating an infrastructure for shareable cloud-based services have in common with a group of schools that convened an “emergency council” after World War I to make sure the country had a sufficient supply of “technically trained military personnel”? Both, according to a new “playbook” from Ithaka S+R, are successful
Read MoreImage: Dropbox Today, Dropbox announced that it’s rolling out Dropbox Transfer, a new way to easily share files without also sharing access to your personal copies of them. When you compile your files into a transfer, you’ll get a link to a landing page that you can share, and the people who get it can
Read MoreThe cast, the plot, the universe: Here are the details we know so far about Jon Favreau’s new Star Wars show. The Mandalorian: Everything we know about the new Star Wars show on Disney Plus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreU.S. colleges and universities and other nonprofit education organizations have until Jan. 21, 2020 to apply for big grants from the National Science Foundation for improving multi-campus networking and cybersecurity infrastructure that specifically support science applications and distributed research projects. NSF Seeking Grantees for Research-Focused Cyberinfrastructure Improvements Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreFacebook is changing its logo to help separate its other products like WhatsApp and Instagram from the main Facebook app. Facebook changes corporate logo to distinguish products from main app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNot every day can come with an extra hour attached—so for the rest of the year, we’ll have to figure out how to create our own. Read more… Find Extra Hours in Your Day With These 'Time Multipliers' Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreBoeing declares spacecraft abort system test a success, despite the failure of one parachute Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreFacebook is making a major change to its visual identity, differentiating Facebook the company from Facebook the app. The company today revealed a new logo with simple bold, capitalized text that will be used across its portfolio of apps. Facebook the social network, however, will maintain the same blue and white look you’ve been used
Read MoreThis Cheapskate exclusive saves you $40 on the AC-powered outdoor camera, which records 1440p video. Defender Guard security camera captures criminals in quad-HD clarity for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYesterday marked the return of the much-hyped Popeyes chicken sandwich, and people promptly lost their marbles. Though I understand what it’s like to be excited about a once-scarce food item (hello, Taco Bell fries), I am urging—nay, pleading—with everyone to please chill out. Read more… Don't Yell at Popeyes Employees About a Sandwich Source: Life
Read MoreYou just downloaded the hottest new app, and now you have to click through pages of boilerplate text before you can use it. Who has time for all that? Even privacy and security-minded folks often skim through an app’s Terms of Service, and for good reason. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon estimated that it would take
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Chinese-owned social media app TikTok confirmed Monday that it will not send a representative to testify before a Senate panel slated to examine the tech industry’s ties to the Chinese government. Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary hearing will be chaired by one of the right’s most prominent tech hawks,
Read MoreFacebook unveiled a new logo today that’s meant to represent the parent company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more. The logo just says “Facebook,” but in a really bland and generic font that looks like it would fit well on a credit card. A GIF shows the word mark displaying in different colors to
Read More20 Pound 60"x 80" Weighted Blanket | $53 | Amazon | Clip the $10 coupon and use code UC6XXQ5E Read more… Bury Yourself Under a Discounted Weighted Blanket For the Entirety of Winter Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreImage: ByteDance / Smartisan TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-rumored smartphone has been released in China, reports Abacus News. The company has released the Jianguo Pro 3 under the Smartisan brand, after ByteDance acquired a number of Smartisan’s patents and employees earlier this year. The phone has a starting price of 2,899 yuan (around $412) and is
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