When using a manual machine tool such as a lathe or milling machine, there can be a lot of pressure to read the position and feed the axes at the correct rate. That’s why modern machines typically have some form of digital read-out (DRO). [Stefano Bertelli] has created a simple Raspberry Pi based DRO with
Read MoreBoom Supersonic’s first aircraft, the XB-1, completed its first flight today and met “all of its test objectives.” From a report: This initial test only saw the aircraft 7,120 feet above sea level and fly at a top speed of 238 knots (274 mph) — far from Mach 1, the speed of sound. The first
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites. The move comes just days after a report by
Read MoreImage: Mozilla Mozilla is ending its partnership with Onerep after the company’s CEO admitted to having ties to a data broker, as first reported by Krebs on Security. “Though customer data was never at risk, the outside financial interests and activities of Onerep’s CEO do not align with our values,” writes Mozilla’s vice president of
Read MoreIllustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge United States v. Apple is a lawsuit written for the general public, an 88-page press release designed to be read aloud on cable news shows. A lawsuit is, functionally speaking, a communication between lawyers and a judge. Because it is a specialized missive to a specialized audience, it
Read MoreAmazon’s five-day sale is the perfect chance to start fresh with new tech, including headphones, video doorbells, and chargers.
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge It’s all about Apple’s vise grip over the smartphone market and the iPhone’s locked-down ecosystem. Continue reading…
Read MoreMacworld A group of university researchers has revealed a vulnerability in Apple’s M-series chips that can be exploited to gain access to cryptographic keys. Dubbed “GoFetch,” the vulnerability can be used by an attacker to access a user’s encrypted files. On the GoFetch overview website, the researchers explain that GoFetch targets the M-series chips’ data
Read MoreDOJ, in the court filing (PDF): Many prominent, well-financed companies have tried and failed to successfully enter the relevant markets because of these entry barriers. Past failures include Amazon (which released its Fire mobile phone in 2014 but could not profitably sustain its business and exited the following year); Microsoft (which discontinued its mobile business
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A new report claims Apple has ended its initiative to develop MicroLED smartwatch displays in-house. Apple reportedly canceled the project after finding the displays too complex and costly to develop. In-house MicroLED displays would have allowed Apple to decrease its reliance on suppliers like Samsung. Rumors have suggested that
Read MoreThe developers of the Vue JavaScript framework have launched VitePress 1.0, a static site generator (SSG) for building fast, content-centric websites. Built on top of Vue and the Vite build tool (pronounced “veet”), VitePress takes source content written in Markdown, applies a theme, and generates static HTML pages for deployment. VitePress 1.0, announced March 21,
Read MoreSince there’s no shortage of apps for Android and iPhone, we often install more apps than we need. When we run out of storage space, we uninstall apps that we don’t use. It’s pretty easy to uninstall apps from Android and iPhone, but wouldn’t it be great if we had the option to delete apps
Read MoreAn Internet service provider that admitted lying to the FCC about where it offers broadband will pay a $10,000 fine and implement a compliance plan to prevent future violations. ArsTechnica: Jefferson County Cable (JCC), a small ISP in Toronto, Ohio, admitted that it falsely claimed to offer fiber service in an area that it hadn’t
Read MoreImage: The Verge / Getty Images So, what do artificial teeth have to do with the Department of Justice’s massive lawsuit against Apple? Well, they may be one of the reasons why the DOJ decided to file its lawsuit in the state of New Jersey — instead of, say, Virginia or Washington, DC, like it
Read MorePhoto by Taylor Hill / WireImage Two years after several legendary musicians broke with Spotify in protest over controversial remarks made on podcaster Joe Rogan’s show, most have now returned to the music service — with Joni Mitchell as the latest example. As noted by The New York Times, several of the singer-songwriter’s most pivotal
Read MoreImage: Marvel Animation Disney Plus’ new X-Men animated series is a throwback to the days when comics adaptations could focus on their own stories instead of cinematic franchises. Continue reading…
Read MoreIn the shadow of a massive monument glorifying nuclear power, over 30 nations from around the world pledged to use the controversial energy source to help achieve a climate-neutral globe while providing countries with an added sense of strategic security. Associated Press: The idea of a Nuclear Energy Summit would have been unthinkable a dozen
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is scrapping plans to build a MicroLED display for the Apple Watch, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company reportedly stopped working on the display “around the same time as the company’s decision to cancel work on a self-driving car,” writes Gurman, after
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Transportation has announced it will conduct a review of the data practices of the country’s ten largest airlines, amid concerns over potential misuse of customer information for upselling, overcharging, targeted advertising, and third-party data sales, as well as the security of systems handling sensitive data such as passport numbers. From a
Read MoreSwitch emulator Suyu — a fork of the Nintendo-targeted and now-defunct emulation project Yuzu — has been taken down from GitLab following a DMCA request Thursday. But the emulation project’s open source files remain available on a self-hosted git repo on the Suyu website, and recent compiled binaries remain available on an extant GitLab repo.
Read MoreAmazon is indeed a great shopping website; millions of users worldwide use it. If you are a frequent online shopper, you may sometimes want to track the price history of a specific product. For example, if you plan to purchase a laptop, you can start tracking its price to determine when it is the right
Read MoreThe stylish Victrola Stream Onyx is on sale for $334.20 as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. | Image by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge We’re two days into Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, and we’ve already seen some pretty good deals on personal audio gear and home theater equipment, including a new low on
Read MoreJava Development Kit (JDK) 22, released by Oracle March 19 as the latest version of standard Java, offers a number of security enhancements, covering areas ranging from an asymmetric key interface to a new security option for -XshowSettings that allows developers to easily display security-related settings. In a March 20 blog post on Oracle’s inside.java
Read MoreVolume unit (VU) meters are cool — it’s an undeniable fact. For some reason, humans just dig lights that flash along with sounds. You can build a VU meter using LEDs, or bulbs if you’re trapped in 1972. Or, you could use special vacuum tubes. [mircemk] did just that in their latest VU meter project.
Read MoreThe stinky stylus in question. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge I smelled the S Pen, and the reports are true: it kind of stinks. The S Pen is one of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra’s signature features — it’s a stylus that lives in the phone. A report from Reddit user LatifYil
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