If you live in an area with high bird activity, setting up a bird feeder and watching some hungry little fellows visit you can be a nice and relaxing pastime. Throw in a Raspberry Pi with some sensors and it can also be the beginning of your next IoT project, as it was the case
Read MoreWatch our new TV show from The New York Times on FX and Hulu. G.M. Leaves Lordstown Behind in Hard Bet on Future Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNoam Cohen / New Yorker: A California law went into effect July 1 banning bots from pretending to be real people without disclosure while selling products or influencing votes — When you ask experts how bots influence politics—that is, what specifically these bits of computer code that purport to be human … A California law
Read MoreRedmond’s 2017 patent describes a first screen, a second screen, and a controller that activates the screens based on when ‘dawn’ is determined by the user or their device’s geographical location. Microsoft filed a patent for dual-screen dawn simulation Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWe all know the usual jokes about the ‘S’ in ‘IoT’ standing for ‘Security’. It’s hardly a secret that security in embedded, networked devices (‘IoT devices’) is all too often a last-minute task that gets left to whichever intern was unfortunate enough to walk first into the office that day. Inspired by this situation, All
Read MoreNew scissor switch design will replace butterfly switch later this year, predicts Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple may abandon problematic MacBook keyboard – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung Electronics expects its second-quarter operating profit to have more than halved from a year previously, falling about 56 percent to 6.5 trillion won ($5.56 billion), according to earnings guidance released by the company today. Revenue is projected to slide about 4 percent to 56 trillion won ($47.89 billion). This would be Samsung’s lowest profit
Read MoreCowabunga dudes. Stranger Things season 3: The radical 80s details you might have missed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSaheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: Samsung says it projects Q2 operating profit of ~$5.5B, beating analyst estimates but down ~56% YoY following weakness in the price and demand of memory chips — KEY POINTS — Samsung Electronics said on Friday that profits for the three months that ended June more than halved … Samsung says
Read MoreLiam Tung / ZDNet: Microsoft announces that a new version of Outlook for the web will be rolled out in late July with dark mode, categories, a snooze option, and more — Microsoft Outlook on the web plays catch-up with Gmail with a new look and new features rolling out soon. Microsoft announces that a
Read MoreFrom Farrah Fawcett hairspray to socially acceptable smoking to station-wagon way backs, we’re onboard the 20th century nostalgia train. Stranger Things season 3: The bitchin' 1980s details you might have missed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’ll admit it, in an era when you can get a four channel digital storage oscilloscope with protocol decoding for a few hundred bucks, it can be hard not to see the appeal of analog CRT scopes from decades past. Sure they’re heavy, harder to use, and less capable, but they just look so cool.
Read MoreRon Amadeo / Ars Technica: A long Q&A with three Google engineers on Android Q and Project Mainline, which aims to let Google and OEMs only update certain parts of the OS at a time — Ars interviews Android Engineers Dave Burke, Iliyan Malchev, and Anwar Ghuloum. — As has become tradition for Ars at
Read MoreIf you didn’t think BAC could make the Mono any better, you were wrong. BAC Mono R improves on an already-wild track toy – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Hacker sentenced to 27 months in prison for launching DDoS attacks on many gaming services from December 2013 to January 2014 — Six years later, DerpTrolling, the hacker who started all the Christmas DDoS attacks, gets prison time. — A 23-year-old man from Utah was sentenced this week … Hacker sentenced
Read MoreThe hurdy gurdy is the perfect musical instrument. It’s an instrument with a crank, and a mechanical wonderment of drone strings and weird chromatic keyboards. No other musical instrument combines the sweet drone of bagpipes with the aural experience of an eight-year-old attempting to play Hot Cross Buns on a poorly tuned violin. Now, the
Read MoreOn Thursday, French lawmakers approved a measure designed to force tech companies like Facebook and Google to remove content the French government deems “hate speech,” the Associate Press reported earlier today. The provision, which is part of a larger internet regulation bill, was adopted by the lower house of the French Parliament on Thursday. If
Read MoreRadical hopes to homologate it for road use beyond Europe. Radical Rapture is a race car that's magically road-legal – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re looking for something a little sweet to take with you to that friend’s cookout today, you might want to swing by Krispy Kreme. Read more… Get a Free Dozen Doughnuts From Krispy Kreme Today Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreM.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: Given Apple’s less hardware-centric strategy, this was the right time for Jony Ive to depart; Jeff Williams is being positioned as Apple’s new “product guy” — Between the lines of Jony Ive’s exit from Apple — To me, all information is about triangulation. Given Apple's less hardware-centric strategy, this was
Read More“Stranger Things 3" is officially out today. If you opted to spend Independence Day outside celebrating with friends rather than glued to your television, then there’s a good chance you might potentially end up running into a spoiler or two before you get caught up on your binge-watching. Read more… How to Avoid 'Stranger Things
Read MoreSome Apple users are reporting that they are experiencing issues with iCloud, which appears to have also affected services at the company’s physical retail stores, according to 9to5Mac. Apple’s Systems Status page reports that iCloud’s Calendars, Contacts, and Reminders are currently affected by the ongoing outage, and that some users might have issues. The company
Read MorePlay a few battle royale games while taking a break from binging the third season. Epic teases Fortnite X Stranger Things event – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIndependence Day is a holiday for most folks in America, which means a lot of your friends and family likely have the day off as do a lot of people working at places you might frequent, such as a restaurant, supermarket, or store. That’s great, in that the majority of your friends can probably attend
Read MoreMichael Potuck / 9to5Mac: Most of Apple’s iCloud services are back online after experiencing issues and outages today, including problems with signing in and accessing accounts — Apple is experiencing issues with most of its iCloud services today. Users are having trouble signing into iCloud and accessing their accounts … Most of Apple's iCloud services
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