That irresistible urge to rescue an interesting piece of hardware from the trash is something that pretty much every Hackaday reader will have felt at one time or another. Sometimes it’s something that you could put to work immediately, like an old computer or some scrap piece of material that’s just the right size. But
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that AI companies were running into a wall when it comes to gathering high-quality training data. Today, The New York Times detailed some of the ways companies have dealt with this. Unsurprisingly, it involves doing things that
Read MoreThursday America’s Environmental Protection Agency “awarded $20 billion to help finance clean-energy projects across the country,” reports the Washington Post. The money comes from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund established by President Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act. The fund seeks to leverage public and private dollars to invest in clean-energy technologies such
Read MoreThat irresistible urge to rescue an interesting piece of hardware from the trash is something that pretty much every Hackaday reader will have felt at one time or another. Sometimes it’s something that you could put to work immediately, like an old computer or some scrap piece of material that’s just the right size. But
Read MoreDisneyland is a proposing part of its park be dedicated to James Cameron’s Avatar, reports SFGate. “The rendering isn’t a carbon copy of the Pandora land in Disney World’s Animal Kingdom; instead, it’s themed more closely to the recent sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.” The teaser was dropped as part of Wednesday’s company shareholders
Read MoreIn Communication of the ACM, Google’s VP of Education notes how calculators impacted math education — and wonders whether generative AI will have the same impact on CS education: Teachers had to find the right amount of long-hand arithmetic and mathematical problem solving for students to do, in order for them to have the “number
Read MoreWhatsApp is the most famous instant messaging app ever made, but what if the app fails to install on your Android smartphone? If you’ve encountered issues while installing Whatsapp on Android, you’re not alone. Many Android users have recently reported problems installing the WhatsApp app from the Google Play Store. According to the users, the
Read MoreLeaders from two key committees in the U.S. Congress “are nearing an agreement on a national framework aimed at protecting Americans’ personal data online,” reports the Washington Post. They call the move “a significant milestone that could put lawmakers closer than ever to passing legislation that has eluded them for decades, according to a person
Read MoreMicrosoft Edge is indeed a great web browser, but it’s not as stable as Google Chrome. Due to instability, bugs, glitches, and other problems, users often face problems using the Microsoft Edge browser on their PCs. Recently, Windows users have been found facing an unusual Edge browser problem. According to the users, the Microsoft Edge
Read MoreApple has struck a deal to license millions of images from Shutterstock in order to train its AI models. Other tech companies have obtained similar deals from Shutterstock to help develop visual AI engines, including Google, Meta, and Amazon. News of Apple’s deal comes well after its signing in late 2022, and is expected to
Read MoreWhatsApp is the most famous instant messaging app ever made, but what if the app fails to install on your Android smartphone? If you’ve encountered issues while installing Whatsapp on Android, you’re not alone. Many Android users have recently reported problems installing the WhatsApp app from the Google Play Store. According to the users, the
Read MoreIt’s time, friends. | Photo by Alix Diaconis / The Verge Yesterday afternoon, I was playing Mario vs. Donkey Kong on my Vision Pro (using the visionOS testflight version of app developer Riley Testut’s GBA4iOS) with an official Nintendo NES controller for the Switch. All the while, I was thinking about what a shame it
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Rita El Khoury Nothing has teased the launch of two new audio products in a couple of weeks: the high-end Ear and more affordable Ear (a) wireless buds. As someone who has used and loved the first-generation Ear 1 and the follow-up Ear 2, I
Read MoreWelcome to the 529th edition of Android Apps Weekly, where we discuss the latest in mobile news and take a closer look at some of the most interesting new apps and games. Let’s jump right in and take a look at some of the biggest highlights from the last week: Android 15 is expected to
Read MoreSlashdot reader Mononymous writes: The latest release of OpenBSD, the FOSS Unix-like operating system focused on correctness and security over features and performance, has been released. This version includes newer driver support, performance improvements, stability fixes, and lots of package updates. One highlight is a complete port of KDE Plasma 5. You can view the
Read MoreApple has now argued before a US appeals court that the ITC’s US ban on Apple Watches with the pulse oximetry feature should be overturned. The company has been involved in a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo for over a year. The case, which doesn’t affect previous Apple Watch models, claimed that Apple
Read MoreGoogle’s first pair of noise-canceling earbuds are currently down to $139.99 in blue, white, and four other attractive shades. | Image: Google Happy Saturday, folks! Ever since they arrived on the scene in mid-2022, we’ve considered Google’s noise-canceling Pixel Buds Pro to be the wireless earbuds for Pixel phone owners — partly because of their
Read MoreThe San Francisco Chronicle reports that Tesla “is poised to roll out its version of a robotaxi later this year, according to CEO Elon Musk.” (“Musk made the announcement on social media saying ‘Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8.’ His cryptic post contained no other details about the forthcoming line of autonomous vehicles.”) Electrek thinks they
Read MoreOpinion post by Dhruv Bhutani My heart lives in two worlds. As a smartphone reviewer, chasing objective authenticity is key when testing out the latest smartphones. However, as a photography enthusiast, I enjoy the flavor that lens imperfections, aged film, and even simulations can impart to a shot. My camera gear of choice tends to
Read MoreOpinion post by Hadlee Simons Google has long offered just two conventional Pixel flagships each year, namely a standard model and a Pro variant. But it looks like the company has a trio of Pixel 9 series phones in the works for later in 2024 OnLeaks, a reliable leaker, recently revealed renders for three different
Read MoreWhatever the 2024 sound of the summer is, you’ll want your parties to feel it. The LG XBOOM RNC5 Audio System is the next-level Bluetooth speaker your gatherings deserve, and it has its best price drop to date in the Best Buy Spring Audio Event. Usually selling for $350, you can pick it up this
Read MoreC’mon, how cute is this? | Image: Things Inc. The similarities between Rooms — a simple, charming game for iOS and the web where you design rooms — and Minecraft are easy to spot. Both share a blocky visual style and a design-your-own-retreat objective. But describing Rooms as a scaled-down Minecraft for people over the
Read MoreA dip meter is basically a coil of wire that, when you excite it, you can use to tell if something inside that coil is resonating along. This lets you measure unknown radio circuits to figure out their resonant frequency, for instance. This week, we featured a clever way to make a dip meter with
Read MoreTechCrunch reports this week that Meta “is denying that it gave Netflix access to users’ private messages…” The claim references a court filing that emerged as part of the discovery process in a class-action lawsuit over data privacy practices between a group of consumers and Facebook’s parent, Meta. The document alleges that Netflix and Facebook
Read MoreThe first wireless earbuds with solid-state drivers are here, and they sound incredible.
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