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November 4, 2018

A look at Unfold, whose templates app for Instagram Stories has 11M+ users including celebs like Selena Gomez, as it launches a design agency focused on Stories (Katharine Schwab/Fast Company)

Katharine Schwab / Fast Company: A look at Unfold, whose templates app for Instagram Stories has 11M+ users including celebs like Selena Gomez, as it launches a design agency focused on Stories — Alfonso Cobo saw the potential in Stories early on. Today, his template app has 11 million users, and he’s launching a design

Launchpad MIDI Controller Put to Work with Python

For Hackaday readers who might not spend their free time spinning electronic beats at raves, the Launchpad by Novation is a popular peripheral for creating digital music with tools such as Ableton Live. It’s 8×8 grid of RGB LED backlit buttons are used to trigger different beats and clips by sending MIDI commands to the computer over

November 4, 2018

Programming on Facebook Watch has evolved as it focuses on sports, news, and high-profile stars/creators and funding for shows by digital publishers dries up (Sahil Patel/Digiday)

Sahil Patel / Digiday: Programming on Facebook Watch has evolved as it focuses on sports, news, and high-profile stars/creators and funding for shows by digital publishers dries up — Facebook says it wants Facebook Watch programming that’s unique to its platform — with big names and built-in distribution, if possible. Programming on Facebook Watch has

Motorola One is a $399, 'pure' Android phone for Best Buy – CNET

It has a 5.9-inch notched screen and two 13-megapixel cameras on the back. Motorola One is a 9, 'pure' Android phone for Best Buy – CNET Source: CNet

November 4, 2018

Put the 90s (and 900 games!) in your hands with the throwback glee of the RetroMini

Regardless of era, $20 is still $20, so you can save a Jackson (Andrew, not Michael) right now with this TNW Deal and get the RetroMini for just $79.99 (19 percent off). Put the 90s (and 900 games!) in your hands with the throwback glee of the RetroMini Source: The Next Web

V16 Caddys, V12 Lambos, V8 Fords and more at the San Diego Automotive Museum – Roadshow

Check out Jags and Jetfires, Caddys and Cords, Fords, Bimmers and more at this San Diego museum. Here’s a full tour. V16 Caddys, V12 Lambos, V8 Fords and more at the San Diego Automotive Museum – Roadshow Source: CNet

A tour of the San Diego Automotive Museum – Roadshow

Check out these pictures of a record-setting endurance Cadillac, sidecar Bimmers, Jags, Jeeps, Jetfires and more. A tour of the San Diego Automotive Museum – Roadshow Source: CNet

Your best defense against midterm misinformation: Stay off social media – CNET

If unplugging entirely isn’t realistic, here’s how you can better spot fake news. Your best defense against midterm misinformation: Stay off social media – CNET Source: CNet

Pixel 3 vs. OnePlus 6T: Which Android should you get? – CNET

It’s a battle between a superb camera and a fantastically low price tag. Pixel 3 vs. OnePlus 6T: Which Android should you get? – CNET Source: CNet

November 4, 2018

Sorry to bother you, but I apologize too much over email

After clearing out my emails and private messages, I realized I’m never sorry — but every other thread or message I send starts with an apology. “Sorry to bug you!” “I was just wondering…” “…Totally fine if not.” Why do I apologize for existing in every email I send? I saw a tweet over the weekend, and

Green LED Means GO For Supercon Badge Hacking

In addition to great speakers and enlightening workshops at Supercon, we have an area set aside for attendees to hack on their conference badges. There is no prerequisite beyond having a badge and a willingness to get hands-on. From hardware beginners to professional embedded system developers, we welcome all skill levels! The image above is

November 4, 2018

Source: Apple will launch an iPhone with Intel's 8161 5G modem chip in 2020; Intel will likely be the sole modem supplier for that year's iPhones (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company)

Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: Source: Apple will launch an iPhone with Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip in 2020; Intel will likely be the sole modem supplier for that year’s iPhones — Apple’s 5G iPhone will come to market in 2020, a source with knowledge of Apple’s plans says. — Apple plans to use Intel’s

TouchYou: Wearable Touch Sensor and Stimulator

Some of us might never know the touch of another human, but this project in the Hackaday Prize might just be the solution. It’s TouchYou, [Leonardo]’s idea for a wearable device that allows anyone to send tactile and multi-sensorial stimulation across the Internet. It’s touching someone over the Internet, and yes, this technology is right

Dexter Robotic Arm Wins the 2018 Hackaday Prize

Dexter, an open-source, high-precision, trainable robotic arm has just been named the Grand Prize winner of the 2018 Hackaday Prize. The award for claiming the top place in this nine-month global engineering initiative is $50,000. Four other top winners were also named during this evening’s Hackaday Prize Ceremony, held during the Hackaday Superconference in Pasadena,

November 4, 2018

Pixel 3 review: fastest Android device with impressive computational photography features, but the phone's build quality and gaming performance lag competition (Andrei Frumusanu/AnandTech)

Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: Pixel 3 review: fastest Android device with impressive computational photography features, but the phone’s build quality and gaming performance lag competition — The Pixel 3 is Google’s third generation in-house design, meant to showcase the company’s own view of what an Android device should be … Pixel 3 review: fastest Android

November 3, 2018

How companies use customer lifetime value scores to differentiate prices, services offered; unlike FICO scores, CLVs aren't regulated or accessible to consumers (Khadeeja Safdar/Wall Street Journal)

Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal: How companies use customer lifetime value scores to differentiate prices, services offered; unlike FICO scores, CLVs aren’t regulated or accessible to consumers — Retailers, wireless carriers and others crunch data to determine what shoppers are worth for the long term—and how well to treat them How companies use customer

November 3, 2018

Interview with three renowned women in infosec on how they got started, some of their most memorable finds, and how to encourage more women to join their field (Jack Morse/Mashable)

Jack Morse / Mashable: Interview with three renowned women in infosec on how they got started, some of their most memorable finds, and how to encourage more women to join their field — This post is part of Mashable’s ongoing series The Women Fixing STEM, which highlights trailblazing women in science, tech … Interview with

Arduino Nitrox Analyzer for the Submarine Hacker

For Hackaday readers who don’t spend their free time underwater, nitrox is a blend of nitrogen and oxygen that’s popular with scuba divers. Compared to atmospheric air, nitrox has a higher concentration of oxygen; which not only allows divers to spend more time underwater but also reduces the risk of decompression sickness. Of course when

November 3, 2018

Profile of TIC, a community-run low-cost cellular service operating in underserved areas across Oaxaca in Mexico, as it gears up to launch in four more states (Martha Pskowski/New York Magazine)

Martha Pskowski / New York Magazine: Profile of TIC, a community-run low-cost cellular service operating in underserved areas across Oaxaca in Mexico, as it gears up to launch in four more states — Talea de Castro is a four-hour drive through winding mountain roads from the capital of Oaxaca, Mexico. Profile of TIC, a community-run

NASA Hubble telescope captures smiling face in space – CNET

Searching for newborn stars, the high-powered telescope spots a very happy-looking galaxy. NASA Hubble telescope captures smiling face in space – CNET Source: CNet

YouTube's Super Chat hijacked for hate speech – CNET

Super Chat lets viewers pay to have their comments featured alongside livestreams. YouTube's Super Chat hijacked for hate speech – CNET Source: CNet

NASA's Hubble Telescope captures smiling face in space – CNET

Searching for newborn stars, the high-powered telescope spotted a very happy-looking galaxy. NASA's Hubble Telescope captures smiling face in space – CNET Source: CNet

Bohemian Rhapsody movie review: A killer Queen biopic indeed – CNET

Rami Malek’s bravura performance as Freddie Mercury drives this film. Bohemian Rhapsody movie review: A killer Queen biopic indeed – CNET Source: CNet

November 3, 2018

New research from OpenAI shows how an AI agent with a sense of curiosity outperformed its predecessors playing the classic 1984 Atari game Montezuma's Revenge (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge: New research from OpenAI shows how an AI agent with a sense of curiosity outperformed its predecessors playing the classic 1984 Atari game Montezuma’s Revenge — This question is perhaps too broad to yield a single answer, but if you had to sum up why you accept that next quest

Competitive Soldering Gets Heated at Hackaday Superconference

The Hackaday Superconference is in full swing, and in addition to the greatest hardware hackers, a great gathering of tinkerers, awesome talks, badge hacking, and so much more, we’ve also got competitive soldering. This year, we’re making soldering competitive with the SMD Solder Challenge. It began Friday morning as hackers go heat to head, hand soldering

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