How do you choose filament when you want strong 3D-printed parts? Like most of us, you probably take a guess, or just use what you have on hand and hope for the best. But armed with a little knowledge on strength of materials, you might be able to make a more educated assessment. To help
Read MoreFrank Chaparro / The Block: Coinbase is shutting down its crypto index fund announced in March and aimed at institutional investors, will focus on Coinbase Bundle retail product instead — Now, Coinbase is focused on a new feature dubbed “Coinbase Bundle,” which allows users to purchase in one click a bundle of the coins listed
Read MoreFacebook today revealed more information about the September data breach that potentially affected up to 50 million users. Now we know roughly what information the attackers accessed, and the number of people they had access to — as well as a help service for those who were effected. According to Guy Rosen VP of Product
Read MoreKia Kokalitcheva / Axios: ANGI Homeservices, owner of Angie’s List and HomeAdvisor, to acquire Handy, a startup for on-demand cleaning and other home services; Handy has raised $115M — ANGI Homeservices, the parent company of Angie’s List’s and HomeAdvisors, is acquiring Handy, a New York-based startup that provides cleaning and other home services. ANGI Homeservices,
Read MoreIf you thought the future of electronic musical instruments was massive Emerson-class modular synths, giant MPCs with pads the size of Dance Dance Revolution machines, or hilariously expensive polysynths, you couldn’t be more wrong. The future is, effectively, toys. Those tiny little Korgs you can stuff in your pocket are selling like hot cakes, and
Read MoreNew hints about the foldable phone Samsung promised we’ll see this year. Samsung Mobile CEO: Our foldable phone will be a tablet you can put in your pocket – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe social media company says fewer people were affected than it originally thought. Facebook: Phone numbers, emails and other personal information accessed during breach – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSix-hour activity tracking, a larger screen and automatic workout detection — we closed a lot of rings to test all the fitness features on the Apple Watch Series 4. Apple Watch: We put all of its fitness claims to the test – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJust don’t expect them to be legal in areas where they’d be useful, at least to start. Larry Page-backed 'flying car' startup should hit the market next year – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreBoth features could set the phone apart from the standard Huawei Mate 20. Huawei Mate 20 Pro may bring in-screen fingerprint scanner and high screen resolution – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAn online attack that forced Facebook to log out 90 million users last month directly affected 29 million people on the social network, the company said Friday as it released new details about the scope of an incident that has regulators and law enforcement on high alert. Facebook says millions of users had names, search
Read MoreDavid Meyer / Fortune: After researcher complains that Twitter refused to provide info about how it tracks him when he clicks on links in tweets, EU initiates GDPR compliance inquiry — Twitter is being investigated by Irish privacy authorities over its refusal to give a user information about how it tracks him when he clicks
Read MoreSometimes you start something simple and then it just leads to a chain reaction of things. I wanted to write a post about doing state machines in Verilog and target the Lattice iCEstick board that we often use for quick FPGA projects. That led to a small problem: how do you show what’s going on
Read MoreAward-winning poet Amy Catanzano isn’t your average wordsmith. Where other poets dabble in heady descriptions of roiling oceans or soaring eagles, she coaxes the beauty out of quantum theory. In her recent work, “World Lines: A Quantum Supercomputer Poem” she explores the wild and wacky world of quantum theory. Her poem works on both a
Read MoreGuy Rosen / Facebook: First results of breach investigation: large-scale attack on Sept. 14-27 accessed info of ~29M people; other Facebook apps or third-party apps not affected — We have been working around the clock to investigate the security issue we discovered and fixed two weeks ago so we can help people understand … First
Read MoreVinicius Fortuna / Google Open Source Blog: Alphabet’s Jigsaw releases Outline, an open source platform that lets anyone create and operate their own VPN; it uses Shadowsocks protocol to avoid detection — Censorship and surveillance are challenges that many journalists around the world face on a daily basis. Alphabet's Jigsaw releases Outline, an open source
Read MoreSome of the most satisfying projects of all are the ones that do something visual. All the network routers, data loggers, and thermostats are great. But we are visual creatures and even a humble blinking LED is enough to give you a little rush even compared to finding a large prime number. We wanted to
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook’s Fb.gg online gaming hub expands to mobile with the launch of the beta version of a standalone Android app — This summer, Facebook launched Fb.gg, its online gaming hub and Twitch competitor, designed to attract game streamers and their fans to watch videos on Facebook instead of on rival sites.
Read MoreBoston Dynamics has riveted YouTubers with videos showing their robots performing physical feats. The tech company’s latest teaser video shows their popular robot, Atlas, doing tricks worthy of a gymnastic competition. For his latest trick, Atlas the headless humanoid robot does parkour Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe former White House economic adviser, Gary Cohn, has just started a new career in blockchain. Announced in a press release on Friday, the ex-Goldman Sachs president is to advise fintech startup Spring Labs, who build blockchain-focused solutions for securing and sharing consumer credit data. Cohn has apparently been interested in blockchain tech since before his time
Read MoreThere are a myriad of specialized websites that track the cryptocurrency market. But it appears the social meet up website Meetup.com might give us another metric that hasn’t yet been considered: global cryptocurrency community interest. Meetup.com‘s topics section can give us an unintended overview of global interest in the cryptocurrency market by individual coins. If
Read MoreThis view of southern California was taken by the Apollo 7 crew during their 18th revolution of the Earth on Oct. 12, 1968. Southern California as Seen From Apollo 7 Source: NASA
Read MoreThere’s a fine line between a successful DIY project and one that ends in heartbreak. It’s subjective too; aside from projects that end up with fire trucks or ambulances in the driveway, what one DIYer would consider a disaster might be considered a great learning opportunity to someone else. We’re pretty sure [Cressel] looks at
Read MoreDan Seifert / The Verge: Third-gen Echo Dot review: sound is surprisingly loud and rich, has improved aesthetics, and the ability to pair two Dots in stereo is nice, but bass is lacking — The cheap Echo is no longer a bad speaker — I’m going to cut right to the chase: the new Echo
Read MoreHow much data does Twitter collect when you click on links within its social network? We may eventually find out. Twitter under investigation for allegedly refusing to reveal how it tracks you – CNET Source: CNet
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