A second (or third) monitor can make working from home much more productive. You don’t have to pay much to get a decent one from Dell, LG, BenQ or others ASAP. …read more Source:: CNet

All this working from home is pretty great, but we have to admit that we miss packing up the Hackaday office and heading for the local coffeehouse once in a while to spend a few hours writing against the buzzing background. One thing we don’t miss about the experience is that you’re never guaranteed a…

Phones have gotten boring, but foldables offered a glimmer of excitement. It didn’t last. …read more Source:: CNet

It may seem like the iPhone 12 just came out, but Apple is already looking towards the iPhone 13. Here’s what we know about a potential release date. …read more Source:: CNet

We live in a time where our phones have computing power that would have been the envy of NASA a few decades ago. So, in theory, we should be able to simulate just about anything. Thanks to [rhoban], robots you design in OnShape — a popular CAD tool — are now easier to simulate using…

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shares this report from ProPublica: As Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish minorities in neighboring Syria in early 2018, Facebook’s top executives faced a political dilemma. Turkey was demanding the social media giant block Facebook posts from the People’s Protection Units, a mostly Kurdish militia group the Turkish government had…

We put many popular cold-brew coffee makers through their paces to find out which is best. On the list are models from Oxo, Takeya, Filtron, Espro and others. …read more Source:: CNet

Apple’s third-generation AirPods may have a lot in common with the AirPods Pro. …read more Source:: CNet

Does anyone actually enjoy the sensation of being squeezed by a blood pressure cuff? Well, as Mom used to say, it takes all kinds. For those who find the feeling nearly faint-inducing, take heart: researchers at UC San Diego have created a non-invasive medical wearable with a suite of sensors that can measure blood pressure…

“The impressive performance and battery life gains of the new M1 MacBooks have created a historic discontinuity in the normally placid resale market,” reports ZDNet: Should you spend $800 for a one year old MacBook Air when for $200 more you could get a MacBook Air with several times the performance and 50 percent better…