Commentary: Four new systems coming out this fall from Nintendo, Valve and others are bringing portable gaming back into the spotlight. Here’s what to expect from all of them. …read more Source:: CNet

Commentary: With huge advances in wireless audio, is the humble 3.5mm headphone jack as crucial as it once was? …read more Source:: CNet

We look at pandemic pushback, algorithms setting the rhythms of our daily lives, an Airbnb-style business for swimming pools and much more. …read more Source:: CNet

Electronic toys of yesteryear were fantastic objects of desire, but came with the fatal flaw of requiring batteries. Batteries that cost more than the average youngster’s pocket money and for which the pestered parent were usually unwilling to fork out every couple of days to support an incessant playing habit. It’s something [Sen] has addressed…

Developer Harrison Allen has developed a playable clone of Pokemon for the Pebble smartwatch, which was officially discontinued in late 2016 after the company was sold to Fitbit. Gizmodo reports: According to the game’s developer, Harrison Allen, Pebblemon uses a graphics library they created that replicates Pokémon Yellow, which was the first version of the…

Google’s new Pixel could be coming in the next few months. Here’s every rumor we’ve heard so far about the upcoming Pixel 6. …read more Source:: CNet

Over six decades of integrated circuit production we’ve become used to their extreme reliability and performance for a very reasonable price. But what about those first integrated circuits from the early 1960s? Commercial integrated circuits appeared in 1961, and recently Texas Instruments published a fascinating retrospective on the development of their first few digital ICs….

Just ‘validate third-party code before using it’, says Euro body Half of publicly reported supply chain attacks were carried out by “well known APT groups”, according to an analysis by EU infosec agency ENISA, which warned such digital assaults need to drive “new protective methods.”… …read more Source:: Register

The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Friday denied protests from companies affiliated with Jeff Bezos that NASA wrongly awarded a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract solely to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. CNBC reports: “NASA did not violate procurement law or regulation when it decided to make only one award … the evaluation of all three proposals…

We’ve reviewed more than 20 of the top providers in Chicago, including each company’s coverage area, connection types, speeds, and customer service, to help you make your decision. …read more Source:: ZDNet