Commentary: Lightning looks like it’s turning right into MagSafe. But USB-C shouldn’t be shut out. …read more Source:: CNet

Phoronix ran a story this morning with this provocative headline: “It’s Time To Admit It: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware.” The last major release of the X.Org Server was in May 2018 but don’t expect the long-awaited X.Org Server 1.21 to actually be released anytime soon. This should hardly be surprising but a prominent Intel…

Plus, the first-ever deal on the new Nest Audio smart speaker. …read more Source:: CNet

If you’ve been waiting for a sale on Paravel’s sustainable luggage, now’s your chance to save on this mostly recycled but elegant bag. …read more Source:: CNet

Here’s a neat little trick: take the jaggies out of scaled fonts on the fly! This technique is for use on graphic displays where you might want to scale your fonts up. Normally you’d just write a 2×2 block of pixels for every area where there would have been one pixel and boom, larger font….

America’s national health agency “halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.” The Wall Street Journal reports: As part of the plan, a top Trump administration official wanted the Santa performers to promote…

“A movement known as ‘right to repair’ is starting to make progress in pushing for laws that prohibit restrictions…” reports the New York Times: This August, Democrats introduced a bill in Congress to block manufacturers’ limits on medical devices, spurred by the pandemic. In Europe, the European Commission announced plans in March for new right-to-repair…

Want to keep an eye on things for less? We’ve got you covered. …read more Source:: CNet

“This is the perfect moment to do this. This is an age of conspiracies for boomers… Let’s kindle their mistrust in Snopes and other fact checkers,” wrote one 4chan poster. Snopes.com later reported: In October 2020, a series of threads was posted to the anonymous internet forum 4Chan as part of operation “Snopes-Piercer,” a smear…

Cord-cutters can stream games live from CBS, Fox, NBC and NFL RedZone. Here’s how. …read more Source:: CNet