Day: June 2, 2018

Store your vinyl in style with these affordable, handcrafted LP racks – CNET

Most of Pratherteam’s racks, made by a husband and wife outfit based in Ohio, cost less than $100. …read more Source:: CNet


Tour a gorgeous vintage audio treasure trove in Brooklyn – CNET

The Audiophiliac visits Stereo Buyers, where rarified gear from hi-fi’s heyday dazzles the eye and ear. …read more Source:: CNet


‘Why I’m Switching From Chrome To Firefox and You Should Too’

An anonymous reader quotes an associate technology editor at Fast Company’s Co.Design: While the amount of data about me may not have caused harm in my life yet — as far as I know — I don’t want to be the victim of monopolistic internet oligarchs as they continue to cash in on surveillance-based business…


Buck Converter Efficiency

We always appreciate when someone takes the time to build something and then demonstrates what different design choices impact using the real hardware. Sure, you can work out the math and do simulations, but there’s something about having real hardware that makes it tangible. [Julian Ilett] recently posted two videos that fit this description. He…


NASA Wants 40 Social Media Users To Attend SpaceX’s Next Launch

An anonymous reader quotes NASA.gov: Social media users are invited to register to attend the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This launch, currently targeted for late June, will be the next commercial cargo resupply services mission…


Atari Launches Linux Gaming Box Starting at $199

An anonymous reader quotes Linux.com: Attempts to establish Linux as a gaming platform have failed time and time again, with Valve’s SteamOS being the latest high-profile casualty. Yet, Linux has emerged as a significant platform in the much smaller niche of retro gaming, especially on the Raspberry Pi. Atari has now re-emerged from the fog…


Emacs 26.1 Released With New Features

There’s a new version of the 42-year-old libre text editor with over 2,000 built-in commands, reports LWN.net: Highlights include a built-in Lisp threading mechanism that provides some concurrency, double buffering when running under X, a redesigned flymake mode, 24-bit color support in text mode, and a systemd [user] unit file. The Free Software Foundation has…


Singapore, India to boost fintech collaboration

The two Asian countries, which already have partnered on cross-border payment services, will create a joint working group to explore opportunities for further collaboration in fintech. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Print Your Own Filament

Ask anyone with a 3D printer what they make the most. They’ll probably say “trash.” There are extra pieces, stuff that oozes out of the extruder, support material, parts that didn’t stick to the bed, or just parts that needed a little tweaking to get right. No matter what you do, you are going to…


Singapore authorities highlight sharp spike in online trading fraud

Some S$7.8 million was lost to unlicensed online trading platforms, with 142 registered complaints from consumers in 2017 compared to 40 the year before. …read more Source:: ZDNet