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…
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