Day: February 9, 2020

Woz Remembers Steve Jobs’ Ambition to Change Humanity

The Bay Area Newsgroup reports on Steve Wozniak’s new interview with longtime Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki on Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. Woz reveals he’s still on the Apple payroll — he never left it — and he’s still receiving about $50 a week “out of loyalty. Because what could I do that’s more important in…


Rental Home Thermostat Gets Smart Upgrade Without Modifying the Dumb Controller

A problem facing those who live in rental properties comes with two prongs: that such properties rarely have up-to-date facilities such as heating controllers, and that landlords tend to take a dim view of tenants installing their own alternatives. [Andy] wanted to upgrade the heating controller in his home and was in this situation, so…


Fatigue, dry skin and brain fog: How to tell if you have a thyroid issue – CNET

A doctor explains five common symptoms that point to thyroid disease. …read more Source:: CNet


Google Experimented on Its Own Employees To Get Them To Eat Healthier

This week Medium’s tech blog OneZero published a 4,500-word look at Google’s “methodical, iterative” and massive “living experiment” on its own employees to see if they can nudge them into making healthier choices when they eat: The campaign isn’t changing just the food itself, but how it’s presented. Google’s tactics include limiting portion sizes for…


iPhone 9 (aka iPhone SE 2): Apple’s budget iPhone needs to be small and affordable – CNET

Commentary: The time is ripe yet again for a truly budget iPhone. …read more Source:: CNet


Comcast kept calling me. It was the beginning of a little nightmare

Comcast’s customer service used to be the stuff of distraught legend. The company put a lot of effort into making it better. But then something went wrong with my cable service. …read more Source:: ZDNet


With the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung looks for its foldable do-over – CNET

The company’s new device, with a design similar to Motorola’s Razr, could give the foldables market a boost. …read more Source:: CNet


Robot farmers are changing the future of agriculture – CNET

A robot named Sam rules over this atypical Ohio farm. …read more Source:: CNet


More than manuals: Inside the Haynes International Motor Museum – Roadshow

It’s one of the UK’s biggest car collections, all made possible by the sales of the eponymous guides known to car enthusiasts everywhere. Here’s a look inside. …read more Source:: CNet


See In The Dark, The Simple Way

Night vision googles used to be the exclusive preserve of the military, and then of the well-heeled. Image intensifier tubes were very expensive, and needed high-voltage power supplies to keep them going. Now that we have solid-state infra-red cameras the task of seeing in the dark had become much simpler, and [Alex Zidros] is here…