Dead-blow hammers are well-known in the construction industry for minimizing rebound. [Jacob Fischer] is on a mission to bring this concept to splitting axes. Over the course of several months, [Fischer] has been working on adding a dead-blow to a splitting axe. This fifth iteration uses a custom-forged head from blacksmith [Todd Elder] with a
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A new iOS and Android trojan named ‘GoldPickaxe’ employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorized banking access. The new malware, spotted by Group-IB, is part of a malware
Read MoreFamily reunion! Usually my younger siblings wait until I’m done with work — they’re in earlier time zones than I am, so they’re being polite — then the group chat lights up: “Splat.” “Splat.” “Splat.” This is our shorthand for “It’s time to play Splatoon 3.” I am not what you would call a gamer,
Read MoreDart 3.3, the latest update to Google’s programming language for building mobile, desktop, and web applications, has arrived, bringing experimental support for web applications compiled to WebAssembly. Google also released an SDK for building generative AI capabilities into Dart and Flutter apps. Dart 3.3 was launched February 15. Instructions on downloading the Dart SDK can
Read MoreLindsay Clark reports via The Register: In a statement on the Azure console, Microsoft confirmed the Azure IoT Central service is being retired on March 31, 2027. “Starting on April 1, 2024, you won’t be able to create new application resources; however, all existing IoT Central applications will continue to function and be managed. Subscription
Read MoreThe prototype satellites hitched a ride on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Read MoreImage: OpenAI The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has denied OpenAI’s application to register the word GPT, which means generative pre-trained transformer, saying GPT is too general a term to register and can prevent competitors from correctly describing their products as a GPT. OpenAI argued in its application that GPT is not a descriptive
Read MoreAfter a 6-1 vote by the district board, San Francisco middle schools will teach Algebra I again this fall. Axios reports: Roughly a third of SFUSD middle schools this fall will begin offering the course to eighth graders at about a third of its 13 middle schools as well as six of its K-8 schools,
Read MorePhoto by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony’s PlayStation Portal is a bit of an odd, single-purpose device but it’s been flying off shelves since it came out in mid-November — and right now it’s back in stock. The dedicated Remote Play device for the PlayStation 5 is available once again for its
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Epic is one step closer to opening its iOS games store in the European Union. As part of its 2023 year in review, Epic Games announced Apple has reinstated its developer account, which means it will finally be able to let users download Fortnite on iPhones
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Android 15 is introducing a feature called “Notification cooldown.” This new feature gradually lowers the volume of successive notifications from the same app. Notification cooldown offers three options: cooldown all notifications, cooldown conversations, and don’t use. Today is the day Google announced the first developer preview for Android
Read MoreMicrosoft says it wants to bring its games to any screen. Let’s start with one we can play in bed.
Read MoreYou can do some wild things with sound waves, such as annoy your neighbours or convince other road users to move out of your way. Or, if you get into sonolithography like [Oliver Child] has, you can make some wild patterns with ultrasound. Sonolithography is a method of patterning materials on to a surface using
Read MoreWho knew stainless steel might not be such a good idea for the exterior of an electric SUV? The entire automotive industry, that’s who.
Read MoreNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing legislation that would criminalize some deceptive and abusive uses of AI and require disclosure of AI in election campaign materials, her office told Axios. From the report: Hochul’s proposed laws include establishing the crime of “unlawful dissemination or publication of a fabricated photographic, videographic, or audio record.” Making
Read MorePixel smartphones, Sony headphones, and Apple iPads are all on sale. Save big over the long weekend.
Read MoreCredit: Curtis Joe / Android Authority A new report claims an internal delay has caused Nintendo to change the launch date of the Switch 2. The Nintendo Switch 2 is now expected to launch in Q1 2025. Sources claim Nintendo wants to strengthen its first-party offerings for the launch. It was believed that this would
Read MoreThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied OpenAI’s attempt to trademark “GPT,” ruling that the term is “merely descriptive” and therefore unable to be registered. From a report: […] The name, according to the USPTO, doesn’t meet the standards to register for a trademark and the protections a “TM” after the name affords. (Incidentally,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Switch 2 rumor mill continues to grind. The original reporting on the Switch 2’s release date pegged it for a fall 2024 release in time for the holiday rush. Now, according to sources speaking to VGC, Nintendo is telling publishers the console’s release date is slated for
Read MoreYou wouldn’t often associate Chromebooks with gaming, but Acer is dispelling that notion with the Chromebook 516 GE Cloud Gaming Laptop. It was already affordable for a gaming machine at $649, and now’s your first chance to pick it up at a 26% discount. It’s down to just $479 in the Best Buy President’s Day
Read MoreLots of things beep these days. Washing machines, microwaves, fridge — even drill battery chargers. If you’re on Team Makita, it turns out you can actually change the melody of your charger’s beep, thanks to a project from [Real-Time-Kodi]. The hack is for the Makita DR18RC charger, and the implementation of the hack is kind
Read MoreApple is officially cutting support for progressive web apps for iPhone users in the European Union. While web apps have been broken for EU users in every iOS 17.4 beta so far, Apple has confirmed that this is a feature, not a bug. Commenting on Apple’s move, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted: I suspect Apple’s
Read MoreImage: Wyze Wyze owners reported this morning that they couldn’t access their smart home devices and that its apps returned error messages. Users in the Wyze Discord report the problems began as early as 4AM ET, and reports of the issue popped up widely by 6AM ET, according to Down Detector. Just before 1PM ET,
Read MoreImage: Francois Guillot / AFP via Getty Images Remember Tommy Tallarico? The famous video game composer who claimed he created Roblox’s infamous “oof” sound effect, then got into a legal dispute with the game’s developers asking for an unspecified amount of money for continued use of the sound effect? Eventually, the matter was settled, and
Read MoreIf you’re a regular user of WhatsApp, you may know how the app works. It requires your phone number to create an account, and then it syncs all your contacts from your phone’s contact book. While the WhatsApp setup part is pretty straightforward, sometimes you may experience a few problems. For example, sometimes, you delay
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