Day: January 26, 2020

Best shower filters for 2020: How they work and why you should get one – CNET

Wash away all the chemicals that are hiding in your shower water. …read more Source:: CNet


Attention Mars Explorers: Besides Low-Gravity, There’s Also Radiation

The director of astrobiology at Columbia University saw something this week that he just had to respond to: Elon Musk “talking about sending 1 million people to Mars by 2050, using no less than three Starship launches per day (with a stash of 1,000 of these massive spacecraft on call).” Iwastheone shared this article from…


Best dog food delivery services: Pet Plate, NomNomNow and more – CNET

It’s a dog’s life. You and your furry friends will love these healthy meals delivered to your door. …read more Source:: CNet


Boeing’s New 777X, the World’s Largest Twin-Engine Jet, Completes Maiden Flight

Today Boeing’s new 777X aircraft completed its maiden flight, reports CNBC: The plane is the largest twin-engine jet ever built and has a wingspan so wide — more than 235 feet — it features folding wingtips that reduce that width by more than 20 feet so the plane can fit into various airport taxiways and…


A Custom Raspberry Pi 4 Arcade Cabinet

Over the years we’ve covered quite a few Raspberry Pi based arcade cabinets, and admittedly many of them have been fairly similar. After all, there’s only so much variation you can make before it stops looking like a traditional arcade machine. But even still, we never tire of seeing a well executed build like the…


2009 Crash of Boeing 737 NG Now Receiving New Scrutiny

Slashdot reader JoeyRox shares a disturbing story about a Boeing 737 NG flight carrying 128 passengers that crashed in 2009, killings its three pilots, another crew member and five passengers. But “the Dutch investigators focused blame on the pilots for failing to react properly when an automated system malfunctioned and caused the plane to plummet…


Coronavirus in pictures: Scenes from around the world – CNET

From China to South Korea, Scotland to Russia, the world reacts to a novel health threat. …read more Source:: CNet


Consider Switching From Internet Explorer, Says US Homeland Security

Slashdot reader SmartAboutThings writes: While Microsoft Edge is right on track to replace Internet Explorer, it seems that the last one is a bigger security liability then you may think. In a newly released advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) [an agency within America’s Department of Homeland Security] is warning users about an…


Porting Quake to an iPod classic is no Easy Task

We didn’t think we’d see another hack involving the aging iPod Classic here on Hackaday again, yet [Franklin Wei] surprises us with a brand new port of Quake for the sixth-generation iPod released some thirteen years ago. Is Quake the new 90s FPS that’ll get put into every device hackers can get their hands on?…


What Happens When ‘Ring Neighbors’ Are Always Watching?

The New York Times reports on “Ring Neighbors,” a local social networking service launched by Amazon in 2018 where users “share videos of delivery people carelessly throwing packages, or failing to wait for an answer at the door; others share footage of mail people navigating treacherous ice, or merely waving at the camera.” On a…