Rent-a-print. | Image: HP HP has a new proposition in a time when (companies like it have made sure) you don’t really control much about your computer anyway: why don’t you just let HP rent you one? The company debuted a subscription service today — just like CEO Enrique Lores said it would last month
Read More[Birdbrain] is trying to make their own microfluidic devices. To aid in this quest, they need a quality microscope to see what they’re doing. Instead of buying one outright, they purchased a cheap microscope and upgraded it to do the job instead. Usability and performance is greatly improved over the stock unit, which was really
Read MoreSpace.com writes that NASA’s plan to return samples from Mars to the earth “is facing major challenges, according to a new report. “Design, cost and scheduling are all significant obstacles, an audit report of NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) Program by the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) finds…” It involves landing on Mars to
Read More[Birdbrain] is trying to make their own microfluidic devices. To aid in this quest, they need a quality microscope to see what they’re doing. Instead of buying one outright, they purchased a cheap microscope and upgraded it to do the job instead. Usability and performance is greatly improved over the stock unit, which was really
Read MoreA class action complaint has been filed against Apple, claiming that users of iCloud are paying inflated prices for cloud storage by violating antitrust laws. iCloud logo Filed on March 1, the class action complaint handed to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accuses Apple of violations of the Sherman Act
Read MoreMicrosoft is “delighted to introduce some useful new features” for its “Copilot Preview for Windows 11,” according to a recent blog post. TechRepublic adds that “most features will be enabled by default… rolling out from today until April 2024.” Windows 11 users will be able to change system settings through prompts typed directly into Copilot
Read MoreNSO Group will have to hand over the source code of its notorious Pegasus spyware to WhatsApp, a US district court has ruled. WhatsApp has been engaged in a US-based legal battle NSO Group, alleging that over 1,400 WhatsApp users in just a two-week period have been spied on using the Israeli company’s Pegasus malware.
Read MoreOriginal retrocomputing hardware is now decades old and showing its age, so the chances are it’s more common in 2024 to experience a machine from the 1970s or 1980s by way of an emulator on a modern machine than it is on the real hardware. There’s another more limited emulation scene as similar 8-bit machines
Read MoreNSO Group will have to hand over the source code of its notorious Pegasus spyware to WhatsApp, a US district court has ruled. WhatsApp has been engaged in a US-based legal battle NSO Group, alleging that over 1,400 WhatsApp users in just a two-week period have been spied on using the Israeli company’s Pegasus malware.
Read More“The Mandalorian & Grogu and Daisy Ridley’s untitled Star Wars movie have received working titles ahead of their respective production starts,” reports CBR: According to The Cosmic Circus, The Mandalorian and Grogu will be filmed under the working title “Thunder Alley”, while Ridley’s Star Wars movie will be known as “New Jedi Order…” The Mandalorian
Read MoreFans of the ‘Call of Duty’ franchise will soon be able to play ‘Warzone Mobile’ on their iPhone, with the release of the first-person shooter set for March 21. A little over a year since preorders opened, an official worldwide release date has finally emerged for the highly-anticipated mobile version of “Call of Duty: Warzone.”
Read MoreYou know how like-charged objects repel — and do so regardless of the sign of their electrical charge? Maybe not always, according to new research published in Nature. “We demonstrate experimentally that the solvent plays a hitherto unforeseen but crucial role in interparticle interactions,” they write. But more importantly, “interactions in the fluid phase can
Read MoreAmericans filing their taxes could face privacy threats, reports the Washington Post: “We just need your OK on a couple of things,” TurboTax says as you prepare your tax return. Alarm bells should be ringing in your head at the innocuous tone. This is where America’s most popular tax-prep website asks you to sign away
Read MorePhoto by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Waymo is now allowed to operate its self-driving robotaxis on highways in parts of Los Angeles and in the Bay Area following a California regulator’s approval of its expansion (PDF) plans on Friday. This means the company’s cars will now be allowed to
Read MoreIf you want to know what’s going on with the ground, geologically speaking, a geophone is a great tool to have. It lets you listen in on the rumbles and grumbles beneath your feet, and can give you great insight into matters of seismic importance. [mircemk] has designed a very capable geophone that’s simple enough
Read MoreWe use YouTube every day to watch videos either from a computer or from a smartphone. Although YouTube is the ultimate source of distraction, it’s also a platform for video creators to showcase their creative talents. Most of the time, the media streaming site works flawlessly, but there are times when users face issues while
Read MorePhoto by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Waymo is now allowed to operate its self-driving robotaxis on highways in parts of Los Angeles and in the Bay Area following a California regulator’s approval of its expansion (PDF) plans on Friday. This means the company’s cars will now be allowed to
Read MoreGalaxy S24 Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Opinion post by Robert Triggs The new Samsung Galaxy S24 series is a bit of an odd duck; a showcase for both Samsung’s innovative side and recent complacency. On the one hand, Galaxy AI and seven years of updates are changing the way we think about smartphone
Read MoreAn anonymous Slashdot reader shared this report from The Washington Post: A YouTube contractor was addressing the Austin City Council on Thursday, calling on them to urge Google to negotiate with his union, when a colleague interrupted him with jaw-dropping news: His 43-person team of contractors had all been laid off… The YouTube workers, who
Read MoreWelcome to the 523rd 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: The biggest app news this
Read MoreIn 2005 Gabe Rivera was a compiler software engineer at Intel — before starting the tech-news aggregator Techmeme. And last year his Threads profile added the words “This is a little self-serving, but I want all social networks to be as open as possible.” Friday Threads engineer Jesse Chen posted that it was Rivera’s post
Read More“A ransomware gang once thought to have been crippled by law enforcement has snarled prescription processing for millions of Americans over the past week…” reports the Washington Post. “The hackers stole data about patients, encrypted company files and demanded money to unlock them, prompting the company to shut down most of its network as it
Read MoreHP’s “All-In Plan” requires a constant internet connection so that the company can see not just how many pages you’re printing, but what file types. It costs up to $36 per month.
Read MoreI had one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-it moments this week, reading this article about multiplexing I2C on the ESP32 microcontroller. The idea is so good, and so simple, that it’s almost silly that it’s not standard hacker practice. And above all, it actually helps solve a problem that I’ve got. This is why I read Hackaday
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Rita El Khoury I still remember when my 2007 Macbook’s battery started bulging after a few years of use, and I could just order a replacement part, pop out the old one, pop in the new one, and my laptop was back to perfect condition.
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