Last Friday, legendary MIT computer scientist Fernando “Corby” Corbató passed away at his home in Newton, Massachusetts. He was 93. The Oakland-born researcher was responsible for several pivotal advances in the computer science space, most notably the password, which he invented during his pioneering work in computer time sharing. Corbató led the development of the
Read MoreFollowing the 2016 presidential election, states like Pennsylvania indicated that they would be working to upgrade their voting machines to allay security concerns. A new report from the Associate Press reveals that while counties across the United States have purchased new equipment, many of machines are running outdated software that could still be vulnerable to
Read MoreWalmart has slashed prices on just about everything, and you don’t even need an Amazon Prime membership or anything. Early Prime Day deals on Google smart-home products: Home Mini, Nest Hub and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA refurb Dyson Ball Animal 2, discounted Tile Pro 4-pack, and on-sale ASICS sneakers lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: Dyson Ball Animal 2, Tile Pro, ASICS, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreOne of the joys of electronics as a hobby is how easy it is to get parts. Literally millions of parts are available from thousands of suppliers and hundreds of distributors, and everyone competes with each other to make it as easy as possible to put together an order from a BoM. If you need
Read MoreWhen I was in high school, I read through the entire back catalog of Star Wars novels, one after the other, and finished with Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston’s X-Wing series. I loved that nine-book sub-series. It presented a different angle on the Star Wars universe, following a new crop of non-film characters as
Read MoreThe Audiophiliac visits Sky-Fi Audio in Ridgewood, NJ and gets an ear full of vintage sounds! Vintage high-end audio looks cool and sounds great too – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“They can’t stop us all.” 640K people want to raid Area 51 to 'see them aliens' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you think most components are too complicated and just want great sound, the no-frills Cambridge AXA35 integrated amplifier is exactly what you’re looking for. Keeping it simple with the Cambridge AXA35 integrated amplifier – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSignificant savings on the Runtopia S1 smartwatch, Optoma 4K projector and more, plus important tips on getting the best deals. The best Amazon Prime Day 2019 deals right now and the best coming Monday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s nothing more quintessentially American than deciding that when one job just isn’t cutting it, either financially, professionally or spiritually, there’s always room to be working another angle to feed that need. And if you’re doing it right, it’ll play into those big plans for the future.To help you on your way, we pulled together
Read MoreFamous ex-friends Continue reading… Jeffrey Epstein liked palling around with scientists — what do they think now? Source: New feed
Read MoreDeepfake videos are hard for untrained eyes to detect because they can be quite realistic. Whether used as personal weapons of revenge, to manipulate financial markets or to destabilize international relations, videos depicting people doing and saying things they never did or said are a fundamental threat to the longstanding idea that “seeing is believing.”
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! If you have almost any type of electronic device, you’re probably going to need an SD card at some point. Whether it’s a camera, phone, console, or laptop, having a few flash storage cards knocking around is basically a
Read MoreIf you read Hackaday on a regular basis, there are some names you will have seen more than once. People who continually produce fascinating and inventive projects that amaze and delight us, and who always keep us coming back for more. One such hacker is [Jeroen Domburg], perhaps better known in these pages by the
Read MoreFirst Amazon admitted it — now Google says it’s listening, too. Here are the specifics, and the questions we still want answered. Amazon and Google are listening to your voice recordings. Here's what we know about that – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRumors about next year’s iPhone are heating up, with promising sales forecasts and some standout features. The 2020 iPhone is already overshadowing the iPhone 11 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRead on to find out which smart home gadgets work best with Alexa. Best Amazon Alexa devices of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWith its flipping 4K touchscreen, the 17-inch Triton 900 isn’t your ordinary gaming laptop. Acer Predator Triton 900 defies gaming convention – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThey’ve nearly vanished, but hubs in Southern California and on Long Island played key roles in the lunar race. Two Magical Places That Sent Apollo 11 to the Moon and Back Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCommentary: What the latest iPod Touch lacks in screen and battery life, it makes up for in apps, games, AR and now it has some real competition from Nintendo’s Switch Lite. The 0 iPod Touch now has some legit competition – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLarge databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared worldwide. Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCoherers were devices used in some of the very earliest radio experiments in the 19th century. Consisting of a tube filled with metal filings with an electrode at each end, the coherer would begin to conduct when in the presence of radio frequency energy. Physically tapping the device would then loosen the filings again, and
Read MoreSimon was a popular toy, launching at the very end of the 1970s, and cribbed from earlier work by Atari with their game Touch Me. The gameplay is simple, and while we suspect it won’t last quite as long as the several thousand years we’ve so far had chess, it’s still around today. [DIY Machines] decided
Read MoreAmazon’s virtual assistant belts out I Don’t Care, replacing Justin Bieber. Ed Sheeran will duet with Amazon's Alexa if you ask, and it's creepy – CNET Source: CNet
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