We aren’t sure how accurate you can get with LEGO, but a building block orrery looks cool, if nothing else. [Marian42] saw one done a few years ago and decided to build a version with a different mechanism. At first, the plan was to use some 3D printed fixtures, but the final product is made
Read MoreWe aren’t sure how accurate you can get with LEGO, but a building block orrery looks cool, if nothing else. [Marian42] saw one done a few years ago and decided to build a version with a different mechanism. At first, the plan was to use some 3D printed fixtures, but the final product is made
Read MoreIt was “a catastrophic IT failure,” writes Computer Weekly. It was nearly two years ago that Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, “declared itself in financial distress” — effectively declaring bankruptcy — after the costs on an Oracle project costs ballooned from $25 million to around $125.5 million. But Computer Weekly’s investigation
Read MoreWe’ve been harping a lot lately about the effort by carmakers to kill off AM radio, ostensibly because making EVs that don’t emit enough electromagnetic interference to swamp broadcast signals is a practical impossibility. In the US, push-back from lawmakers — no doubt spurred by radio industry lobbyists — has put the brakes on the
Read MoreWe’ve been harping a lot lately about the effort by carmakers to kill off AM radio, ostensibly because making EVs that don’t emit enough electromagnetic interference to swamp broadcast signals is a practical impossibility. In the US, push-back from lawmakers — no doubt spurred by radio industry lobbyists — has put the brakes on the
Read More“Virgin Galactic launched six people to suborbital space on Saturday, launching a Turkish astronaut and three space tourists,” reports Space.com, “on what was the final voyage of the VSS Unity space plane.” Unity, attached to the belly of its carrier plane Eve, took off from runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico at 10:31 a.m.
Read MoreMichael Geist Pig Hogger (Slashdot reader #10,379) reminds us that in Canadian law, “fair use” is called “fair dealing” — and that Canadian digital media users just enjoyed a huge win. Canadian user rights champion Michael Geist writes: The Federal Court has issued a landmark decision on copyright’s anti-circumvention rules which concludes that digital locks
Read MoreT2’s open development process and the collection of exotic, vintage and retro hardware can be followed live on YouTube and Twitch. Now Slashdot reader ReneR writes: Embedded T2 Linux is known for its sophisticated cross compile features as well as supporting all CPU architectures, including: Alpha, Arc, ARM(64), Avr32, HPPA(64), IA64, M68k, MIPS(64), Nios2, PowerPC(64)(le),
Read MoreAnnounced during Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase, Doom: The Dark Ages is id Software’s next foray back into hell. Doom: The Dark Ages is a medieval spin on the Doom franchise, taking the Doom Slayer back to the beginning. It’s coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one, sometime in 2025. Microsoft’s first trailer for Doom:
Read MoreSlashdot reader storagedude shared this report from The Cyber Express: A security researcher discovered an exploitable timing leak in the Kyber key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) that’s in the process of being adopted by NIST as a post-quantum cryptographic standard. Antoon Purnal of PQShield detailed his findings in a blog post and on social media, and
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is arriving on Xbox and PC on November 12th. The next installment in the legendary franchise will include hot air balloon trips, aerial firefighting, and much more. During the Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 developer Asobo showed off commercial flight, air ambulances, and even aerial advertising. Asobo
Read MoreImage: Activision Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will debut on October 25th, according to an Xbox store listing. The next installment in the popular franchise will be set in the early ’90s, and it will launch day one on Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, Black Ops
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Read MoreThis could be you. | Image: Ikea Corporate publicity stunts involving virtual reality are almost always bad, but Ikea’s new Roblox store feels especially silly. The company announced last week that it plans to pay 10 people £13.15 or €14.80 per hour to work in The Co-Worker Game, a virtual Ikea store in Roblox. The
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Despite the commitment I’ve shown to smartwatches, no platform seems to actually get me. I realize this sounds like an angsty teenager, but hear me out. Throughout my review testing and personal use, watch after watch and wearable after wearable have delivered a one-size-fits-all experience with untailored insights and
Read MoreIf you’re quite ready to pony up the $60 a month it takes to access Adobe’s Creative Cloud All Apps bundle, there are plenty of low-cost and no-cost alternatives out there. Here are our favorites. The best alternatives to Adobe’s big-name software Adobe products are industry standard, and, for many people, nothing else will do.
Read MoreWired visits Chula Vista, California (population: 275,487) — where since 2018 drones have been dispatched by police “teleoperators” monitoring 911 calls. (“Noise complaints, car accidents, overdoses, domestic disputes…”) After nearly 20,000 drone flights, it’s become the envy of other police departments, according to Wired’s article, as other police departments “look to expand their use of
Read MoreMacworld Projects are about as Dad-core as the world gets. Sure, not every dad is a planner or an organizational beast, but c’mon – don’t most dads appreciate tools that give them an overwhelming amount of control over every aspect of ever increasingly sprawling projects? You can score Dad the means for running work projects
Read MoreThe Brett (BRETT) mascot of the Base network, currently the biggest project on the platform, experiences a surge in popularity and shows a lot of bullish potential. As the crypto market turns more positive, top cryptocurrencies have recovered and sparked more interest in meme coins. Brett (BRETT) stands out with a 390% gain in the
Read MoreThe Brett (BRETT) mascot of the Base network, currently the biggest project on the platform, experiences a surge in popularity and shows a lot of bullish potential. As the crypto market turns more positive, top cryptocurrencies have recovered and sparked more interest in meme coins. Brett (BRETT) stands out with a 390% gain in the
Read More“Police and search and rescue forces worldwide are increasingly using robots to assist in carrying out their operations,” writes Interesting Engineering. “Now, the Dutch police are looking at employing AI-powered autonomous robot dogs in drug lab raids to protect officers from criminal risks, hazardous chemicals, and explosions.” New Scientist’s Matthew Sparkes (also a long-time Slashdot
Read MoreA record-breaking price drop has hit Apple’s M3 MacBook Air, dropping the 13-inch model to just $899. B&H Photo and Amazon are engaged in a weekend price war, with both Apple Authorized Resellers slashing the price of the lastest MacBook Air down to $899. Buy from $899 The AppleInsider M3 MacBook Air 13-inch Price Guide
Read MoreWith companies desperate to keep adding more and more seemingly random features to their products, Oral-B made the logical decision to add Alexa integration to its Oral-B Guide electric toothbrush. Taking it one beyond just Bluetooth in the toothbrush part, the Guide’s charging base also acted as an Alexa-enabled smart speaker, finally adding the bathroom
Read More“The first European Space Agency instrument to land on the Moon has detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind,” according to a statement from the agency, collecting over three hours of data, “three times more than what the science teams needed for mission success…” The
Read MoreMany hackers have familiar sayings in their heads, such as “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and KISS (Keep it simple, stupid). Those of us who have been in the field for some time have habits that are hard to break. When it comes to personal networks, simplicity is key, and the idea of
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