Day: October 28, 2018

From today, it’s OK in the US to thwart DRM to repair your stuff – if you keep the tools a secret

Selling toolsets is a no-no, distributing them for free a gray area Analysis This week the US Copyright Office ruled it’s OK for Americans to break anti-piracy protections in a bunch of home and personal devices, and vehicles, in the course of fixing or tinkering with said equipment.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


iPhone XS specs vs. XS Max, XR, X: What’s new and different – CNET

See how Apple’s new 2018 iPhones compare spec-by-spec with last year’s iPhone X. …read more Source:: CNet


Touring a 60-acre abandoned amusement park in Berlin – CNET

A look inside the decaying and spooky Spreepark. …read more Source:: CNet


An abandoned amusement park? Let the haunting begin – CNET

In Berlin’s Spreepark, a tuneful performance emerges from the eerie nostalgia. …read more Source:: CNet


Samsung Galaxy S10 will reportedly come in 5G, Plus, budget versions – CNET

We also get more hints about its first foldable phone. …read more Source:: CNet


Brain Cell Electronics Explains Wetware Computing Power

Neural networks use electronic analogs of the neurons in our brains. But it doesn’t seem likely that just making enough electronic neurons would create a human-brain-like thinking machine. Consider that animal brains are sometimes larger than ours — a sperm whale’s brain weighs 17 pounds — yet we don’t think they are as smart as…


Night Sight on the Pixel 3 makes an incredible difference – CNET

We tried the Night Sight mode on the Pixel 3 XL and the results are amazing. …read more Source:: CNet


Kids Think the Darndest Things About How Computers Work

“When visiting a series of eight primary school class rooms recently, CS professor Judy Robertson talked to children aged 5-12 about how computers work and discussed pictures they drew of what they thought is inside a computer,” writes Slashdot reader theodp: “In my view,” Robertson writes, “computational thinking has abstracted us too far away from…


It took us four drops to break the iPhone XR camera – CNET

We dropped a brand-new iPhone XR on the sidewalk to find out just how tough this phone is compared to the more expensive iPhone XS and yes, we broke the camera. …read more Source:: CNet


Doogee S70 and Game Pad hands on: A rugged phone with add-on games console

Not satisfied with introducing a new rugged model to add to its range, the Doogee S70 also turns into a gaming smartphone with the addition of its Games Pad console …read more Source:: ZDNet