Long-time Slashdot reader foxalopex writes: It looks like Nvidia is going to be hit with a class action for investors who lost big when their stock price crashed more than 50% due to an overstock of GPU cards that were produced for the crypto-currency craze back in 2018. The suit claims investors were told Nvidia…

Drop what you’re doing and get thee to thy workshop. This is the last weekend of the Hackaday Circuit Sculpture Contest, the perfect chance for you to exercise the creative hacker within by building something artistic using stuff you already have on hand. The concept is simple: build a sculpture where the electronic circuit is…

Singapore carrier points to “a software bug” as the cause of the breach that occurred when changes were made to its website, compromising personal data of 284 customers including seven whose passport details were exposed. …read more Source:: ZDNet

General Motors was once the world’s most profitable company — for two decades — and by 1970 its revenue was $22.8 billion (or $152 billion in today’s dollars). But five weeks ago GM announced that it was finally ending small-car production and closing its Lordstown Assembly plant in Youngstown, Ohio. So what went wrong? Quartz…

We’ll keep a running list of new, Google-compatible product announcements from Las Vegas. …read more Source:: CNet

Commentary: As the tech world descends on Las Vegas next week, these are the issues that dominate the landscape. …read more Source:: CNet

XInput is an API that is used by applications to interface with the Xbox 360 Controller for Windows. The 360 controller became somewhat of a “standard” PC gamepad, and thus many games and applications support the XInput standard. [James] is working on an entry for a robotics competition, and wanted a controller to use with…

You’ll soon be able to check on your laundry appliances remotely via Wear OS. …read more Source:: CNet

Devices from Asus, BlackBerry, Huawei, Lenovo, LG, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, and Xiaomi failed a basic “photo test.” …read more Source:: ZDNet

Plus, London Gatwick drone comedy quiets down Welcome to 2019, just a few days into the year and we already have Chromecast chaos, Skype backdoors, and a Weather Channel privacy suit.… …read more Source:: Register