The Reference Premiere 600M is full of surprises, at every turn it’ll make you reconsider what a mid-size bookshelf speaker can do. …read more Source:: CNet

It is easy to forget how disconnected computers used to be. There was a time when sites with similar computers would do a tape rotation where a tape (or whatever media) would arrive in the mail. You’d spend some time looking at what was on it and then add anything interesting that you had to…

Chris Reeve writes: Wired Magazine is reporting that astronomers have since 2014 witnessed up to 100 possible instances of quasars transforming into galaxies over very short timespans, but the article leaves no hint of the trouble this spells for the Big Bang cosmology. The article begins, “Stephanie Lamassa did a double take. She was staring…

In this edition of Show Us Yours, we get a look at a crazy audio setup from a sound-obsessed audiophile who makes his own high-resolution recordings. …read more Source:: CNet

“The Linux Foundation and RISC-V Foundation announced yesterday a joint collaboration project to promote open source development and commercial adoption of the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA),” reports TechRepublic: Though some devices that integrate RISC-V will use real-time operating systems rather than Linux, the use of Linux in development will be instrumental as existing tools…

“Bitcoin miners hit hard by the cryptocurrency’s crash may be throwing in the towel,” reports Bloomberg: The Bitcoin network’s hash rate, one way of gauging the computing power dedicated to mining the digital currency, dropped about 24 percent from an all-time high at the end of August through Nov. 24, according to Blockchain.com. While the…

Move over, Micro-USB. The USB Type-C standard is here, faster and (best of all) flippable — so you can plug it in right the first time, every time. …read more Source:: CNet

We all the know the basic components for building out an electronics lab: breadboards, bench power supply, a selection of components, a multimeter, and maybe an oscilloscope. But what exactly do you need when you’re setting up a biohacking lab? That’s the question that [Justin] from The Thought Emporium is trying to answer with a…

Oxford uni gets a wad of cash to study AI and law, Qualcomm invests in startups, etc Roundup Hello, welcome back to The Register‘s weekly AI roundup. There is news who is funding who for AI projects, but things have also got a little weird as popstars start making AI-inspired hits. Listen below!… …read more…

Compare these cat photos taken by 30 different phones. It’s the cutest camera comparison you’ll ever experience. …read more Source:: CNet