AmazonBasics memory foam mattresses are a thing now — and they’re some of the most affordable options we’ve ever seen. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s just a test, we’re told At 2:18 pm EDT on Wednesday (11:18 am PDT), most mobile subscribers in the US can expect a “Presidential Alert” to brighten their day.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

We like the ICE40 FPGA from Lattice for two reasons: there are cheap development boards like the Icestick available for it and there are open source tools. We’ve based several tutorials on the Icestorm toolchain and it works quite well. However, the open source tools don’t always expose everything that you see from commercial tools….

Salesforce streamlined Dreamforce 18 and put the emphasis on making the most of its extensive platform. Here’s how customers stand to benefit. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Drew Feustel collaborated with Gord Sinclair of The Tragically Hip for a song about life in orbit. …read more Source:: CNet

Four lobby groups representing the broadband industry today sued California to stop the state’s new net neutrality law. From a report: The lawsuit was filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of California by mobile industry lobby CTIA; cable industry lobby NCTA; telco lobby USTelecom; and the American Cable Association, which represents small…

Likewise recommends everything from books, movies, places and restaurants. …read more Source:: CNet

The drum beat of the Hackaday Superconference grows louder. Are you ready for it? We’re spending the week revealing the talks and on our third day we’re barely half-way through. Check out the incredible speakers who will be at Supercon to share tales of hardware creation. This is the Ultimate Hardware Conference and you need…

Experts say Friday’s breach remains a dangerous potential access point to even more third-party apps and websites. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Comms software flinger confesses to ultimate snafu, trigger still under investigation Cisco has confessed that the cause of the mega Webex outage last week – which it is still trying to clean up – was an automated script “which deleted the virtual machines hosting the service”.… …read more Source:: TheRegister