Why set your refund aside for a boring old college fund when there are so many great ways to spend that windfall? …read more Source:: CNet

Save $16 on a charger that can keep the charges flowing for a week-long trip. Plus, a bonus deal on a two-port Quick Charge 3.0 wall charger! …read more Source:: CNet

Despite his best efforts to repair the LCD on his Casio FX-702P, it soon became clear to [Andrew Menadue] that it was a dead-end. Rather than toss this relatively valuable device in the trash, he wondered if would be possible to replace the LCD with a more modern display. Knowing that reverse engineering the LCD…

Save $100 on the HomePod, $50 on a great massage gun and hundreds on Apple and Dell laptops. …read more Source:: CNet

The five years between 2013 and 2017 saw a 200% increase in the number of commercially-insured Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or early-onset dementia between the ages of 30 to 64. “While the underlying cause is not clear, advances in technology are certainly allowing for earlier and more definitive diagnosis,” says a Blue Cross executive….

Interactive feature highlights achievements of some of today’s most influential women. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes SD Times: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced plans to launch a public code hosting and collaboration platform (“forge”) this year. Members of the FSF tech team are currently reviewing ethical web-based software that will help teams work on their projects, with features like merge requests, bug tracking, and other common…

“If you live in California, under the rules of the newly enacted California Consumer Privacy Act, you can see what Clearview has gathered on you, and request that they stop it,” writes Vice. I recently did just that… 11 days later, Clearview emailed me back asking for “a clear photo” of myself and a government-issued…

Walmart and Best Buy have a variety of Nintendo Switch games and hardware on sale now through Mar. 14. …read more Source:: CNet

Fighting fire with robots may take jobs away from humans, but it can also save lives. [Mell Bell Electronics] has built a (supervised) kid-friendly version of a firefighting robot that extinguishes flames by chasing them down and blowing them out. This hyper-vigilant robot is always on the lookout for fire, and doesn’t waste movement on…