A look at Facebook’s strong results and Samsung’s not-so-strong results. …read more Source:: CNet

For most of human industrial history, the blacksmith was the indispensable artisan. He could fashion almost anything needed, from a simple hand tool to a mechanism as complex as a rifle. Starting with the most basic materials, a hot forge, and a few tools that he invariably made himself, the blacksmith was a marvel of…

Here’s a timeline that breaks down the whole saga. …read more Source:: CNet

The week’s other news in AI Roundup Here’s a roundup of this week’s other AI news. In short: experts continue to snub Amazon’s facial recognition service Rekognition, and there’s a new deepfake for you to stare at in horror.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A Federal Communications Commission lawyer faced a skeptical panel of judges on Friday as the FCC defended its repeal of net neutrality rules and deregulation of the broadband industry. From a report: FCC General Counsel Thomas Johnson struggled to explain why broadband shouldn’t be considered a telecommunications service, and struggled to explain the FCC’s failure…

“In the last year, a swell of privacy-focused website analytics platforms have started to provide an alternative to Google’s tracking behemoth,” reports Fast Company. An anonymous reader shares their article about startups providing “privacy-centric analytics, claiming not to collect any personal data and only display simple metrics like page views, referral websites, and screen sizes…

Radioactivity stirs up a lot of anxiety, partially because ionizing radiation is undetectable by any of the senses we were born with. Anytime radiation makes the news, there is a surge of people worried about their exposure levels and a lack of quick and accurate answers. Doctors are flooded with calls, detection devices become scarce,…

Start here to see our favorite headsets to use on their own, with your phone or connected to a PC. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes TechCrunch: In September of last year, Elon Musk promised to make fixing service times a priority. On an earnings call, he outlined two ways they’re working on it: more spare parts at service centers, and giving Tesla cars the ability to automatically get the process started by calling a tow truck…

At the risk of putting too fine a point on it, Hackaday exists because people are out there building and documenting open source gadgets. If the person who built a particular gizmo is willing to show the world how they did it, consider us interested. Since you’re reading this, we’ll assume you are as well….