With a new decade looming over us, the hot new thing for hackers and makers everywhere is to build cyberdecks to go with the flashy black-and-neon clothing that the sci-fi films of old predicted we’d all be wearing come next year. [Phil Hagelberg] has been designing one based on his own ergonomic keyboard, prioritizing not
Read MoreLast week I traveled on a flight which, like many others, was significantly delayed. It was something I knew when I arrived at the airport, so I went ahead and took some extra time to grab breakfast. It was also a detail shared with me courtesy of the airline’s app. Read more… Always Download and
Read MoreLi Yuan / New York Times: How China is using social media and films to stir patriotism and get communist party propaganda enthusiastically embraced by young people — Leveraging celebrities, the know-how of tech companies and images built for social media, the Communist Party can effectively stir patriotism among the youth. How China is using
Read MorePerhaps the most exciting style match-up of the year is about to happen. Here’s what you need to know. UFC 243 Whittaker vs. Adesanya: Start time, how to watch or stream and full fight card – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI hate business cards. Read more… Quickly Scan and Transcribe Business Cards With This App Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreFor many environmental enthusiasts, horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) — the kind that look like windmills slowly spinning in the distance — are a pretty familiar sight. Unfortunately, there are quite a few caveats that make them harder to adopt despite the fact that harvesting renewable energy sources is more sustainable than relying on natural gas
Read MoreGoogle rolled out a new shopping tool this week that makes it easy to track the price of an item you’re interested in on the web and find out when it drops in price. Read more… How to Get Google to Let You Know When the Price Drops on Something You Want to Buy Source:
Read MoreDon’t eat Tide Pods. Do eat Glenlivet whisky capsules, if you’re into that sort of thing. Glenlivet seaweed capsules look like whisky-filled Tide Pods – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 2010s were an incredible time for video games. Here are our favourites. The 30 best video games of the decade, ranked – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStar Trek Discovery heads to the future while Picard gets a release date and new trailer. Star Trek Picard, Discovery season 3 trailers get NY Comic Con reveals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe latest trailer for the 2020 show tees things up. Star Trek: Picard trailer, release date revealed during NY Comic Con – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStephen Armstrong / WIRED UK: Google’s Stadia execs talk about plans for the service, including tackling latency issues, building an exclusive content library, and an internal game studio — Google Stadia promises console-free gaming where you can hop from watching to playing to streaming with just one click – but can it convince both developers
Read MoreStar Trek Discovery updates so far and Picard is underway. Watch the Star Trek Universe NYCC panel updates live here – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat happens in the Star Trek universe when you fly 1,000 years into the future? The new Discovery season will find out. Star Trek Discovery season 3 trailer leaps to the future – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA small exterior design refresh and standard active safety tech dominate the new model year. 2020 Subaru Impreza sticks to a winning formula – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the step changes in electronic construction at our level over the last ten or fifteen years has been the availability of cheap high-quality printed circuit boards. What used to cost hundreds of dollars is now essentially an impulse buy, allowing the most intricate of devices to be easily worked with. Many of us
Read MoreA kazoo might seem a world away from the spoken word. But our ability to produce its buzzing, Donald Duck-like sound at will was key in us ever developing the ability to speak at all. And while our capacity for speech is unique, my colleague Robert Shumaker and I have used the novelty instrument to
Read MoreCord cutters can watch the American League Division Series today on FS1. How to watch Yankees vs. Twins, Astros vs. Rays ALDS Game 2 live without cable – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images The Toronto attack showed us what gender-based terrorism looks like Continue reading… Should we treat incels as terrorists? Source: New feed
Read MoreFor months, native activists have peacefully blocked the building of a billion-dollar telescope on the island of Hawaii. We went there to find out why. The peaceful stalemate over the Thirty Meter Telescope – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: How Tim Cook is cultivating a relationship with Donald Trump and advocates for Apple’s interests, while avoiding public backlash from employees and customers — Apple CEO advocates for his company’s interests while avoiding a backlash from either employees or the president How Tim Cook is cultivating a relationship with
Read MoreLouise Matsakis / Wired: Unlike other social media platforms, TikTok doesn’t timestamp user uploads, frustrating some creators, but making it possible for months-old content to go viral — The popular app doesn’t tell users when a video was posted. Creators say that makes it easier to steal content—but there are also upsides to forgetting what
Read MoreThe internet is awash with millions of stunning LED projects, and for that, we are all very thankful. For those outside the hacker/maker matrix, it can be difficult to know how to approach such a build. Never fear, for [Amy Goodchild] has put together a beginner’s guide to building pretty glowables, using Fadecandy and Processing.
Read MoreDavid Archy Men’s Micro Modal Trunks, Snappy Popcorn Supplies Coconut Oil, and a $10 off coupon on household supplies from Amazon lead off Saturday’s deals. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: David Archy Underwear, Snappy Popcorn Oil, Halloween Decor, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreJake is still out, so you’re stuck with my rambling thoughts on the art of cinema again this week. I didn’t really watch any movies this week, so I’m going to use this time to talk about big-budget adaptations of books — specifically, books I like. In the post-Harry Potter boom, it felt like every
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