If there’s one thing we like around here more than seeing an improved version of a project we’ve already covered, it’s when the improvements make the original project cheaper. In the case of this LED ring light for pots and encoders, not only is it cheaper than its predecessors, it’s better looking and easier to
Read MoreAfter installing the iOS 17 v3 Beta update, many users face problems with the Apple ID Verification. According to users, the ‘Apple ID Verification’ error appears out of nowhere, preventing access to iCloud. The error could frustrate you since the login credentials being used are correct. The ‘Verification Failed’ Apple ID error can prevent you
Read MoreInfoWorld reports: Don’t look now, but 25% of organizations surveyed in the United Kingdom have already moved half or more of their cloud-based workloads back to on-premises infrastructures. This is according to a recent study by Citrix, a Cloud Software Group business unit. The survey questioned 350 IT leaders on their current approaches to cloud
Read MoreWe always admire when companies produce useful tools or documentation that aren’t specific to their products. For example, consider LTSpice. Sure, it has the company’s models baked in. But there’s no reason you can’t use it for anything. Thanks! We were interested to see Texas Instrument’s fifth edition of the “Analog Engineer’s Pocket Reference” is
Read MoreMacworld Whether the information you need is a file in someone’s Google Drive or Dropbox, a video posted to YouTube, a song on SoundCloud, or even via a file-sharing platform like BitTorrent, Offcloud is the universal upload and download manager that can save, sync, share, and even unlock content, all without compromising your security. Now, lifetime
Read MoreAmerica’s Federal Aviation Administration “is midway through a review of manufacturing at Boeing,” reports the Associated Press, but “already knows that changes must be made in how the government oversees the aircraft manufacturer.” FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker suggested that Boeing — under pressure from airlines to produce large numbers of planes — is not paying
Read MoreAfter installing the iOS 17 v3 Beta update, many users face problems with the Apple ID Verification. According to users, the ‘Apple ID Verification’ error appears out of nowhere, preventing access to iCloud. The error could frustrate you since the login credentials being used are correct. The ‘Verification Failed’ Apple ID error can prevent you
Read MoreAfter installing the iOS 17 v3 Beta update, many users face problems with the Apple ID Verification. According to users, the ‘Apple ID Verification’ error appears out of nowhere, preventing access to iCloud. The error could frustrate you since the login credentials being used are correct. The ‘Verification Failed’ Apple ID error can prevent you
Read MoreIn 2022 Apple filed a lawsuit against startup Rivos. The lawsuit said that in one year Rivos had hired more than 40 former Apple employees to work on competing system-on-a-chip technology, according to Reuters, “and that at least two former Apple engineers took gigabytes of confidential information with them to Rivos.” But Friday Bloomberg reported
Read MoreImage: LucasFilm / Disney Pod races, trade negotiations, and Darth Maul will be on the big screen once more when Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comes back to theaters on May 3rd, 2024. The return is meant to celebrate the 1999 movie’s 25th anniversary, reports Empire. The return to theaters comes during a
Read MoreOne of the problems with laser cutting projects is that while they look good, they often look like they were laser cut. [Timber Rough] has a wooden desk lamp that not only looks good but has one of the most unusual dimming features we’ve seen. One thing that stands out is the lamp is made
Read MoreThe Kansas City Chiefs play against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII for 2024. Here’s how you can watch all the action on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, or even Apple Vision Pro. Super Bowl LVIII Super Bowl VLII will kick off on Sunday, February 11 at 6:30P.M. Eastern, and will include
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this report from Reuters: Nvidia is building a new business unit focused on designing bespoke chips for cloud computing firms and others, including advanced AI processors, nine sources familiar with its plans told Reuters. The dominant global designer and supplier of AI chips aims to capture a portion of an exploding
Read MoreImage: LucasFilm / Disney Pod races, trade negotiations, and Darth Maul will be on the big screen once more when Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comes back to theaters on May 3rd, 2024. The return is meant to celebrate the 1999 movie’s 25th anniversary, reports Empire. The return to theaters comes during a
Read MoreHave you seen the whole “aesthetic” movement on social media lately? It usually refers to visually pleasing content, whether through the use of photographic style, color schemes, order, composition, or design. Some have even related it to fashion. It’s hard to explain, but easy to recognize. And if you are a fan of this trend,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: A California state lawmaker introduced a bill on Thursday aiming to force companies to test the most powerful artificial intelligence models before releasing them — a landmark proposal that could inspire regulation around the country as state legislatures increasingly tackle the swiftly evolving technology. The
Read MoreApple Vision Pro is the most exciting new Apple device and/or it’s the least useful. Host Wes Hilliard and AppleInsider managing editor Mike Wuerthele have both had the Apple Vision Pro since the day it was released yet they have dramatically different perspectives. Apple Vision Pro See who you agree with, see who convinces the
Read MoreApple Vision Pro is the most exciting new Apple device and/or it’s the least useful. Host Wes Hilliard and AppleInsider managing editor Mike Wuerthele have both had the Apple Vision Pro since the day it was released yet they have dramatically different perspectives. Apple Vision Pro See who you agree with, see who convinces the
Read MoreApple Vision Pro is the most exciting new Apple device and/or it’s the least useful. Host Wes Hilliard and AppleInsider managing editor Mike Wuerthele have both had the Apple Vision Pro since the day it was released yet they have dramatically different perspectives. Apple Vision Pro See who you agree with, see who convinces the
Read MoreTesla owners will soon find unlocking their electric car will be easier using their iPhone, with the car maker rolling out Ultra-Wideband support that will improve the mobile app experience. Tesla The 2024.2.3 update for Tesla vehicles introduces support for Ultra Wideband communications, specifically for use with the Phone Key. The update, which is slowly
Read MoreEarth had its first year-long, 1.5-degree rise in temperature. But does this mean we’ve already missed our goal of limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees? No, argues the Washington Post: There’s actually some disagreement about what exactly counts as breaching that threshold — but scientists and policymakers agree that it has to be a multiyear
Read MoreListening to police and fire calls used to be a pretty simple proposition: buy a scanner, punch in some frequencies — or if you’re old enough, buy the right crystals — and you’re off to the races. It was a pretty cheap and easy hobby, all things considered. But progress marches on, and with it
Read MoreFormer FTX customers “have reasons to believe they could actually recoup their money,” reports CNBC: Bankman-Fried, who could spend the rest of his life behind bars, was found guilty in November on seven criminal counts after roughly $10 billion in customer funds from his company went missing. Some of that money went to pay for
Read MoreSince 2006 Baldrson (Slashdot reader #78,598) has been part of the team verifying “The Hutter Prize for Lossless Compression of Human Knowledge,” an ongoing challenge to compress a 100-MB excerpt of Wikipedia (approximately the amount a human can read in a lifetime). “The intention of this prize is to encourage development of intelligent compressors/programs as
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Samsung and Apple now dominate the smartphone market, but if you want to talk about the best-selling phone of all time, you have to go all the way back to the pre-smartphone era. It was a time when Snake II was the biggest mobile game around, and camera phones were still
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