Day: July 8, 2020

Best smart home devices that aren’t made by Amazon or Google – CNET

We took Amazon and Google out of the running (just this once) to see what other great smart home products are out there. …read more Source:: CNet


Splash-testing survival tech: Locked in a tsunami escape pod in the middle of the ocean – CNET

The earth is shaking, the wave is approaching… how do you escape? We go inside the Survival Capsule that could help you outlast a tsunami. …read more Source:: CNet


LinkedIn wants to tell people how to pronounce your name – CNET

Here’s how you can add a 10-second audio clip to your profile. …read more Source:: CNet


You know what would look great on our database? Your machine learning model: GPUs and unstructured data on the menu for Exasol as it tries to unify BI and ML

Keeping up in performance stakes vital as data science sector explodes, says analyst Exasol, the company behind a distributed in-memory database namesake, has pushed out its latest upgrade, touting support for GPUs and semi-structured data.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


15 Billion Credentials Currently Up for Grabs on Hacker Forums

Unprecedented amounts of data for accessing bank accounts and streaming services are being flogged on the dark web. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Beat the summer heat with this smart personal air conditioner, on sale now

Keep your home workspace cool with this sub-$200 air cooler …read more Source:: ZDNet


New life for obsolete Intel Macs: Great Windows (or Linux) machines for years to come?

Now that Apple is moving away from Intel Macs, what are we to do with all that hardware? One idea is to repurpose it for Linux or Windows. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Apple will give you less when you buy your next iPhone

Chances are though that you won’t mind one bit. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Cereal Killer Cafe enters hipster heaven, heads online: Coronavirus blamed for shutters being pulled down

End of milk-based monstrosity… or overpriced harmless fun? You be the judge The hipster entrepreneur in all of us died a little bit today with confirmation that Cereal Killer Cafe, the best place in London Town for overpriced bowls of breakfast foodstuffs and milk, is not going to re-open its doors.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Animatronic Nikola Tesla Sets the Record Straight

While the Hackaday reader likely knows all about Nikola Tesla and his incredible body of work, the same can’t necessarily be said for the average passerby. Even a child can be counted on to know the names of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, but as [Daniel Springwald] laments, the name Tesla is more often…