Logitech’s latest keyboard, the Pro X Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, uses key switches that can be swapped out without you needing to desolder them. Instead, as Tom’s Hardware reports, you can extract them using a simple plastic tool, which makes removing and replacing them almost as easy as swapping the keyboard’s keycaps. Being able to change
Read MoreWe’re just two weeks away from Google’s big Pixel 4 reveal on October 15. But it’s not a Pixel launch if the phone’s not leaked a gazillion times before then. So, we’re going to take a look at what we know about these devices so far. We know that there are going to be two
Read MoreTwo men have pleaded guilty for conspiring to launder money using Bitcoin after selling marijuana on the dark web. Connor Brooke and Aidan Curry, 25 and 23 respectively, gave their plea in federal court yesterday. The pair agreed to forfeit “tens of thousands of dollars worth of cash, cryptocurrency, and [computer hardware]” that was used
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Habermass used to say: Yolo! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 30 2019, at a price of $8,293.
Read MoreThermal inserts are a big thing when it comes to engineering with plastic. They make it easy to use threaded fasteners with plastic parts, and they work great with 3D printing too. There’s a bit of a knack to installing them without damaging your workpiece, however, and [John Culbertson] wanted to make using them as
Read MorePopular social game developer Zynga has reportedly become the latest victim of a massive data breach impacting some 218 million Words with Friends accounts. On September 12, the company disclosed that “certain player account information may have been illegally accessed by outside hackers,” but didn’t disclose any details about the scope of the breach and
Read MoreThe troubled nurse from hell Annie Wilkes makes a bloody mess in the new season of Castle Rock. Misery comes to Stephen King's Castle Rock series on Hulu – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew theory suggests the mysterious, hypothetical ‘Planet 9’ might not be a planet at all. The hidden planet in our solar system could be a primordial black hole – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image}Last week, Uber recently rolled out a bunch of safety features including an optional PIN number to authenticate your ride. But it might roll out more stuff soon. According to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, the ride-hailing company is testing a feature in its mobile app that lets you record audio if you feel uncomfortable during your
Read MoreIf you look at enough of another developer’s code, you will eventually say, “What were you thinking, you gosh-darn lunatic?” Now, this exchange can precede the moment where you quit a company and check into a padded room, or it can be akin to calling someone a mad genius and offering them a beer. In
Read MoreThe Apple Watch’s fall detection has already been credited with saving lives, and now Google is applying that sort of thinking to car safety. According to XDA Developers, Google is at work on a Personal Safety app with “car crash detection.” With the help of various sensors including the accelerometer and even the microphone, Pixel
Read MoreDyson’s latest air purifier, the Pure Cryptomic, can eliminate formaldehyde that’s floating around in your home. It’s the main selling point that distinguishes this model from the presently-available Pure Cool and Pure Hot + Cool, which can only capture formaldehyde, not destroy it. But before you drop $649 on a formaldehyde-fighting device there are a
Read MoreLook upon this ungodly creation and weep. A terrifying, decaying Leonardo costume from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 is on sale for K – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe cloud-based transformation is part of the university’s 2025 strategy to become a top 10 university in Australia. Flinders University taps into Microsoft Azure, 365, and Dynamics 365 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: What to expect from Microsoft’s event on October 2: Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3, an ARM-based Surface, and at least a teaser of a dual-screen device — Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3, and some mysterious new hardware — Microsoft is holding a big Surface hardware event in New
Read MoreJon Fingas / Engadget: Twitter is rolling out a filter that moves unwanted DMs containing questionable language or spam to an “additional messages” folder on Android, iOS, and the web — Twitter is quickly acting on plans to filter potentially offensive direct messages. It’s rolling out the filter to all users on Android, iOS and
Read MorePlanet GJ 3512b is challenging existing ideas about planets. Astronomers discovered a gigantic planet that should not exist – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt wasn’t long ago that we introduced you to a web site, the Godbolt compiler explorer, that allows the visitor to compile code using a slew of compilers and compare their output. We suspect some number of readers said, “Wow! I can use that!”, while perhaps everyone else said, “Huh?” Well if you were in
Read MoreThe American psychiatrist saved countless lives in the process. Google Doodle honors Dr. Herbert Kleber, changed how drug addiction is viewed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Leaked images reveal the upcoming Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3 (13-inch and 15-inch), and an ARM-powered Surface 2-in-1 device — Well dang, there they are — Microsoft’s new Surface lineup appears to have leaked almost in its entirety, thanks to product images obtained by journalist and leaker Evan Blass.
Read MoreJules Wang / Android Police: Google confirms it is testing Duplex-powered Assistant for Chrome, initially with movie ticket booking websites like AMC and Fandango — Back at I/O, Google announced a major expansion to its Assistant-based concierge automation engine, Duplex. Up until then, it would help people book restaurant tables … Google confirms it is
Read MoreImage: Evan Blass / Twitter Microsoft’s new Surface lineup appears to have leaked almost in its entirety, thanks to product images obtained by journalist and leaker Evan Blass. Blass posted a series of images to his Twitter account this evening featuring what he says are the upcoming Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3 (13-inch and
Read MoreRyan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: Twitter to leave up a tweet about a “full-blown ‘hot’ civil war” by a far-right militia with almost 24,000 followers; the militia was quote-tweeting Trump — When is promoting violent extremism not promoting violent extremism? When Twitter says so. Twitter to leave up a tweet about a "full-blown 'hot' civil
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s bumpy rollout of iOS 13 has hit another roadblock in the form of major iCloud Reminders issues. Since the release of Apple’s mobile OS update last week, some users have reported problems trying to sync notes to the revamped Reminders app, which Apple redesigned this year
Read MoreThe social network relies on third-party fact checkers to flag misinformation. Facebook's fact-checking program to reportedly exempt opinion and satire – CNET Source: CNet
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