Day: June 10, 2018

Porsche Cayenne getting a coupe variant in 2019 – Roadshow

The Cayenne coupe will compete with the likes of the BMW X6 and Audi Q8. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple doesn’t want you to use your iPhone as much — it wants you to use it more

At WWDC 2018, for every feature that tried to help you use your phone less, there was at least one that tempted you to use it more. …read more Source:: ZDNet


E3 2018 is here and it’s scheduled full of games, even without a new Xbox or PlayStation – CNET

Get your controllers ready because it’s the biggest video game show of the year. …read more Source:: CNet


I saw a live demo of EA’s new cloud gaming service, and it totally works – CNET

EA isn’t ready to say how much it costs, but it’s testing a new cloud-streaming games initiative with an eye toward releasing it soon. …read more Source:: CNet


Clear Linux Beats MacOS in MacBook Pro Benchmark Tests

To celebrate its 14th birthday, Phoronix.com used a 15-inch MacBook Pro to run system benchmarking tests on the following operating systems: – Windows 10 Pro – The latest macOS 10.13 High Sierra – Windows 10 Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) using Ubuntu 18.04 – Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with the Linux 4.15 kernel, GCC 7.3.0, and…


Working out with your Apple Watch is about to get even better – CNET

The five new fitness features coming to the Apple Watch in WatchOS 5. …read more Source:: CNet


Computex 2018: Laptop innovators follow Razer’s lead – CNET

Commentary: Razer didn’t announce anything new at Computex, but its influence was evident across the show floor. …read more Source:: CNet


Fail Of The Week: Never Trust A Regulator Module

[Ryan Wamsley] has spent a lot of time over the past few months working on a new project, the Ultimate LoRa backplane. This is as its name suggests designed for LoRa wireless gateways, and packs in all the features he’d like to see in a LoRa expansion for the Nano Pi Duo. His design features…


Coming Back to Curving Bullets

What do you do when you have time, thousands of dollars worth of magnets, and you love Mythbusters? Science. At least, science with a flair for the dramatics. The myth that a magnetic wristwatch with today’s technology can stop, or even redirect, a bullet is firmly busted. The crew at [K&J Magnetics] wanted to take…


A Lesson in K40 Laser Repair

The K40 laser cutter has become ubiquitous in hackerspaces and well-equipped home workshops over the past few years, as a relatively inexpensive introduction to laser cutting and a machine that is readily hackable. Tokyo Hackerspace have one, but sadly their laser tube failed after relatively little use. Replacing a laser tube might be a routine…