Wait, wait, wait: These 70-inch smart TVs are how much?! Meanwhile, we’ve found an all-time-low $199 price on the Apple Watch GPS + Cellular and more. …read more Source:: CNet

“Technically, it’s illegal for Chinese merchants to refuse payment in cash, but this rule is hardly ever enforced,” writes BoingBoing, “and China has been sprinting to a cashless society that requires mobile devices — not credit-cards — to effect payments, even to street hawkers.” ttyler (Slashdot reader #20,687) shares their report: This has lots of…

WIth the 50th birthday of the UNIX operating system being in the news of late, there has been a bit of a spotlight shone upon its earliest origins. At the Living Computers museum in Seattle though they’ve gone well beyond a bit of historical inquiry though, because they’ve had UNIX (or should we in this…

Only 7% of the U.K. has access to full-fiber broadband, according to the country’s telecommunications regulator. But now long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo writes: With a General Election next month the UK’s Labour Party has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030. The party would nationalise OpenReach, which…

Is the iPad Pro the only future for productive computing? It isn’t. At last Apple acknowledges it. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Commentary: Google’s new Messages app is a throwback locked to a single phone and laptop. …read more Source:: CNet

Most readers will be familiar with the ESP32, Espressif’s dual-core processor with integrated WiFi and Bluetooth. Few of us though will have explored all of its features, including its built-in encryption facilities and secure booting capability. With these, a developer can protect and secure their code, and keep their devices secure. That sense of security…

If your friends list on social media is over 150 people, it might be time to clean house this Sunday. …read more Source:: CNet

Gizmodo reports that Sony “will happily sell you make-believe virtual meals” for their robotic Aibo dog to unlock tricks, one of several new features added since its re-launch in 2017: The new feature that will appeal to most owners, however, is Aibo Food, which allows the robot to be virtually fed using augmented reality through…

Before graphic calculators and microcomputers, plotting functions were generally achieved by hand. However, there were mechanical graphing tools, too. With the help of a laser cutter, it’s even possible to make your own! The build in question is nicknamed the Harmonic Analyzer. It can be used to draw functions created by adding sine waves, a…