When you’re looking to add some wireless functionality to a project, there are no shortage of options. You really don’t need to know much of the technical details to make use of the more well-documented modules, especially if you just need to get something working quickly. On the other hand, maybe you’ve gotten to the…

The PurrSong Pendant is a tiny device that measures your cat’s activity and sleep. …read more Source:: CNet

Caviar nachos, anyone? …read more Source:: CNet

The Spitzer Space Telescope is riding off into the sunset, but not before gifting us with a gorgeous nebula glamour shot. …read more Source:: CNet

Join us on Wednesday, January 29 at noon Pacific for the Open-Source Medical Devices Hack Chat with Tarek Loubani! In most of the developed world, when people go to see a doctor, they’re used to seeing the latest instruments and devices used. Most exam rooms have fancy blood pressure cuffs, trays of shiny stainless steel…

An anonymous reader shares a report: On January 9, the World Health Organization notified the public of a flu-like outbreak in China: a cluster of pneumonia cases had been reported in Wuhan, possibly from vendors’ exposure to live animals at the Huanan Seafood Market. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had gotten the…

Hackers launched more attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges in 2019, but stole fewer funds. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Everybody and their grandparents are on social media these days — for better or worse. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Still seeking some general intelligent action The UK government’s procurement arm has floated the creation of a framework to allow public sector techies to buy something that hasn’t been invented yet: artificial general intelligence, er… general artificial intelligence.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The launch of the iPad ten years ago was a big surprise to everyone in the industry — including to Microsoft executives. Steven Sinofsky, the former President of the Windows Division at Microsoft, shares Microsoft’s perspective as well as those of the other industry figures and press on the iPad: The announcement 10 years ago…