We take an early look at what sets the iPhone XR apart from the XS. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s a dream job for an engineer. Rob Stevens tells us how he brings out the best in John Lennon’s solo work. …read more Source:: CNet

It’ll definitely have an in-display fingerprint scanner — and we know lots more. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s pretty hard to use the internet to complete a task without being frequently distracted. For better or worse, there are rabbit holes at every turn and whilst exploring them can be a delight, sometimes you just need to focus on a task at hand. The solution could be in the form of distraction-blocking software,…

Winamp, the world’s most famous media player, has released version 5.8 to make it compatible with today’s modern operating systems such as Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Bleeping Computer notes that there hasn’t been a new updates released since 2014, when Radionomy purchased Winamp from AOL. Some other new features include standalone audio player support,…

testssl.sh is a free command line tool to test SSL security, it checks a server’s service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as recent cryptographic flaws and more. testssl.sh is pretty much portable/compatible. It is working on every Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD distribution, on MSYS2/Cygwin (slow). It is…

Plus, hackers find a safe haven in West Haven Roundup After we encountered a libssh security blunder, a leaky Tea Party, and a dodgy Redmond sports marketer, another week is in the book.… …read more Source:: Register

We just wrapped up the Musical Instrument Challenge in the Hackaday Prize, and for most projects that meant replicating sounds made by humans, or otherwise making musicians for humans. There’s more to music than just what can be made in a DAW, though; the world is surrounded by a soundscape, and you only need to…

The European Space Agency is launching a spacecraft to explore the mysteries of Mercury. BepiColombo, named after the Italian mathematician and engineer Giuseppe “Bepi” Colombo, is set to launch at 9:45 p.m. ET Friday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from a spaceport in French Guiana. The launch will be livestreamed via ESA’s website. NPR reports:…

If it’s stupid and it works, then it’s not stupid. There’s no better evidence of that than [Tobias]’ networking setup. He recently had to distribute Ethernet through a building, and there are a few ways to do that. You can use regular ‘ol twisted pair, or fiber, but in this case running new cables wasn’t…