Day: April 18, 2020

New iPhone SE is Apple’s most affordable phone but doesn’t feel cheap – CNET

Commentary: Apple wisely designed the new SE to have the same appeal as the original from 2016. …read more Source:: CNet


iPhone SE: Unlike the original, the new one doesn’t have a headphone jack – CNET

Sorry, wired headphone users. …read more Source:: CNet


Avoid touching anything with this $18 antimicrobial hand tool – CNET

Save 28% on a device that you can use to press buttons, open doors and pull levers. If only 2018 could see us now. …read more Source:: CNet


Coronavirus means videoconference weddings now OK in New York – CNET

An executive order on Saturday permits virtual marriage ceremonies. …read more Source:: CNet


University of Washington Lab Will Begin Testing of Thousands For COVID-19 Antibodies

GeekWire reports: The University of Washington School of Medicine’s Virology Lab is reporting encouraging results from trial runs of a new test from Abbott Laboratories that detects the antibodies created by people who have had COVID-19, whether they knew they had it or not. “This is a really fantastic test,” Keith Jerome, who leads UW…


Get a pair of games worth $40 for free at Epic this week – CNET

This week’s freebies: Just Cause 4 and Wheels of Aurelia. …read more Source:: CNet


Save 20% on Replitronics’ incredibly cool Walkman-inspired power bank – CNET

It looks exactly like Sony’s classic tape player and features Qi charging, USB-C and more. The similarly cool USB Charge Machine is on sale, too. …read more Source:: CNet


Fixing An Agilent Oscilloscope Power Supply

We should all be so lucky as [Salvaged circuitry], who scored a cheap Agilent oscilloscope from an online auction. Of course, its low price had a reason behind it, the ‘scope didn’t work. At fault was its power supply, the repair of which was documented in the video below. These ‘scopes have relatively straightforward 12…


The Tor Project Lays Off 37% of Its Staff

The Tor Project’s executive director Isabela Bagueros writes: Tor, like much of the world, has been caught up in the COVID-19 crisis. Like many other nonprofits and small businesses, the crisis has hit us hard, and we have had to make some difficult decisions. We had to let go of 13 great people who helped…


16-Year-Old Beat World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to Win ‘Banter Blitz Cup’

An anonymous reader quotes CNN: A 16-year-old Iranian chess prodigy has upended the chess world by beating World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Banter Blitz Cup. Alireza Firouzja defeated the Norwegian 8.5-7.5 in the final of the online quickfire knockout contest — where players must comment verbally on their moves, and…