Day: December 9, 2018

Attention Xbox One owners, this wireless headset deserves consideration – CNET

The LucidSound LS35X has premium looks, good audio quality and built-in Xbox Wireless. …read more Source:: CNet


2019 Chevy Silverado gets worse gas mileage than the truck it replaces – Roadshow

It’s not often anymore that we see a reversal of fuel economy numbers, so why did the Silverado’s numbers get worse? …read more Source:: CNet


Congress should dig in on Google’s China and data issues, not just bias – CNET

As CEO Sundar Pichai goes to Capitol Hill this week, experts say there’s more to discuss than just perceived bias against conservatives. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple’s iPhone XR isn’t selling? I went to Best Buy to find out

The rumors are flying. So I tried to get some objective information. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Linux.org’s DNS Got Hijacked

Linux.org reports: Wednesday afternoon around 5pm EST someone was able to get into the registrar account for our domain and point DNS to another server — as well as lock us out from changing it. They pointed the domain name to a pretty rude page for most of the evening until Cloudflare stepped in and…


Your 5G phone reality in 2019: A trickle, not a flood – CNET

45 carriers and device makers are committing to Qualcomm’s 5G vision. Here’s what to really expect. …read more Source:: CNet


See trains from all over the world – CNET

From high-speed electrics to workhorse diesel-electrics, here’s a selection of trains from other countries. …read more Source:: CNet


Are US trains really that bad? It’s complicated – CNET

With limited routes and low-speed diesel locomotives, train travel in the US seems far behind the rest of the world. That’s not going to change anytime soon. …read more Source:: CNet


FPGA used VHDL for Fractals

Over on GitHub, [ttsiodras] wanted to learn VHDL. So he started with an algorithm to do Mandelbrot sets and moved it to an FPGA. Because of the speed, he was able to accomplish real-time zooming. You can see a video of the results, below. The FPGA board is a ZestSC1 that has a relatively old…


Easily Deboss Notebooks with a 3D Printed Stamp

While it’s arguably a bit closer to the “Arts & Crafts” region of the making spectrum upon which we don’t usually tread on account our l33t sense of superiority, we’ve got to admit that the quick and easy notebook customization demonstrated by [Sean Hodgins] is very compelling. We don’t put ink to dead trees with…