Gaming PCs will get faster, smaller and smarter. …read more Source:: CNet

If you must know, 2020 was a blast NSFW: Something for the Weekend, Sir? Happy 2021, everyone! No, I haven’t typed that wrong, I really do bring greetings from the future. Someone launched a handheld short-jump time machine at CES 2021 and I persuaded them to let me test a review unit before they find…

Whether it’s driving a hot new car that recently debuted, or finally seeing a long-awaited model, here’s what we’re looking forward to most in the new year. …read more Source:: CNet

Kyle Wiggers, writing for VentureBeat: Ever notice that underwater images tend to be be blurry and somewhat distorted? That’s because phenomena like light attenuation and back-scattering adversely affect visibility. To remedy this, researchers at Harbin Engineering University in China devised a machine learning algorithm that generates realistic water images, along with a second algorithm that…

A Google Chrome extension named Shitcoin Wallet is stealing passwords and wallet private keys, security researcher says. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Have any last-minute projects you finished just before the end of the decade? To help pass the time, [Erich Styger] decided to build a meta digital clock made up of 24 individual analog clocks, the perfect item to help welcome in the new year. The stepper clock is controlled by a network of LPC microcontrollers,…

Chinese startup Mobike has announced that it lost more than 200,000 bikes in 2019. From a report: The company said in a blog that 205,600 “dockless” bikes were lost to theft and vandalism. In 2018, it pulled out of Manchester after a series of incidents. Shared dockless bikes, which are hired via an app, have…

Addressable LEDs are a staple of homemade Christmas decorations in our community, as is microprocessor control of those LEDs. So at first sight [Glen Akins]’ LED decorated Christmas tree looks pretty enough, but isn’t particularly unusual. But after reading his write-up you’ll discover there’s far more to the project than meets the eye, and learn…

Positive affectivity, or the characteristic that describes how people experience affects (e.g., sensations, emotions, and sentiments) and interact with others as a result, has been linked to increased interest and curiosity as well as satisfaction in learning. Inspired by this, a team of Microsoft researchers propose imbuing reinforcement learning, an AI training technique that employs…

What is the point of spending time, resources and money on your security program if you can’t tell whether it’s working or not? It’s just as important to establish the right metrics for a security program as it is to have such a program in the first place. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine