Internet-connected robots that can stream audio and video are increasingly helping housebound sick children and elderly people keep in touch with teachers, family and friends, combating the scourge of isolation and loneliness. BBC: Zoe Johnson, 16, hasn’t been to school since she was 12. She went to the doctor in 2014 “with a bit of…

It’s so easy and so cheap to order things like CNC routers and 3D-printers off the shelf that we can be forgiven for forgetting what was once involved in owning machines such as these. It used to be that you had no choice but to build your machine from the ground up. While that’s less…

Websites dedicated to “stream ripping” music from YouTube represent the biggest threat to the global music business, UK news outlet The Independent reported this week, citing industry figures, who added that that these shady sites are also posing business threat to “fantastic range” of legal streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. The report…

Blackouts are common in the Lebanese capital, forcing energy consumers to pay whoever can get them power. Wired looked at how the residents of Beirut keep their lights on — and their gadgets charged — in the face of the rolling blackouts. From the report: Electrical power here does not come without concerted exertion or…

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Black Pixel, which acquired popular Mac RSS reader app NetNewsWire in 2011, announced this week that the brand name is returning to the founder Brent Simmons. From the announcement: Since acquiring NetNewsWire from Newsgator in 2011, we’ve invested a great deal in the continued development and support of the product suite including the addition of…

Whether you want some quick and dirty data storage, or simply don’t have that heavy requirements for your local database system, SQLite is always a good choice. With its portable single-file approach, bindings to all major languages, and availability on systems of all sizes, it is relatively easy to integrate a SQLite database in your…

The 14-inch laptop’s upscale touches include an aluminum chassis, full HD display and Gorilla Glass touchpad, though the company has released few other specs. …read more Source:: ZDNet

You don’t really know the Note 9 until you take a seriously close look. …read more Source:: CNet

As allegedly certain rumors suggest that Apple new phone(s) will be called the XS, it seems clear that Apple is changing the way it used to do things. …read more Source:: ZDNet