Day: February 16, 2021

Best resistance bands in 2021 – CNET

These resistance bands are available online. …read more Source:: CNet


Harvard scientists have a new take on what wiped out the dinosaurs – CNET

The kind of comet that killed T. rex and friends from our planet might be more common than previously thought. …read more Source:: CNet


The best phone to buy for 2021 – CNET

The phone you need right now — hand-picked by CNET editors. …read more Source:: CNet


New Contest: Earth Day Challenge

The Earth Day Challenge is now under way! Spin up your take on an Earth-Day-themed electronics project and you’ll be in the running for one of the three $200 shopping sprees at Digi-Key, who are sponsoring this contest. Gutters to Gardens is a great project example; using a rain barrel and solar panel for off-grid…


LastPass’ free service will add a major limitation next month – CNET

You’ll have to choose between desktop or mobile. …read more Source:: CNet


Misconfigured Baby Monitors Allow Unauthorized Viewing

Hundreds of thousands of individuals are potentially affected by this vulnerability. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Microsoft Pulls Bad Windows Update After Patch Tuesday Headaches

Microsoft released a new servicing stack update (KB5001078) after an older one caused problems for Windows users installing Patch Tuesday security updates. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Palo Alto Networks Plans to Acquire Cloud Security Firm

…read more Source:: DarkReading


A Hydraulic Bench Vice, Made On The Bench

When we sit down to a build video and see that it’s from [Workshop From Scratch], we know it’ll be a good one, full of plenty of gratuitous metal-wrangling with the promise of an ingenious and useful take on a workshop essential at the end. The home made hydraulic bench vice is the latest from…


Kafka backer Confluent introduces Premium Connector for Oracle Database

The new connector integrates Oracle and Kafka, as well as the traditional OLTP and modern big data technology ecosystems. But it’s not free and it’s not for use with open source Kafka clusters. …read more Source:: ZDNet