Month: March 2024

Modular Vacuum Table Custom-Fits The Parts

[enhydra] needed to modify a bunch of side inserts from some cheap ABS enclosures, and to save time and effort, he created a simple vacuum table with swappable inserts to …read more


Samsung’s chip division wants the top spot back: What’s happening?

Samsung wants to become the world’s largest vendor of chips again within three years as it locks horns with SK Hynix, Intel, and TSMC. Will it succeed?…


Have you heard the one about Samsung hiring Grandma to disrupt technology?

The Korean company launches an entirely different way of approaching gadgets….


Liverpool vs. Brighton Livestream: How to Watch English Premier League Soccer From Anywhere – CNET

The Reds could move to the top of the EPL table with a win at Anfield….


Microsoft has a clever way of showing you AI is normal (especially if you’re alone)

When it says Copilot is your AI companion, Microsoft really means it….


Bad News for Wells Fargo Active Cash? New Robinhood Gold Card Earns 3% Cash Back on Everything – CNET

Even without a welcome bonus, Robinhood’s flat-rate rewards card has a competitive edge….


A Threat Level Monitor For Everyone

A TV news pundit might on any given evening in 2024 look at the viewers and gravely announce that we are living in uncertain times. Those of us who’ve been …read more


WSJ: ‘America Made a Huge Bet On Sports Gambling. The Backlash Is Here’

In 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the outlawing of sports betting in America.

But the Wall Street Journal reports that since then all the major professional sports bodies “now realize just how much they have to lose as the new era unfolds.”

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Playing Chess Against Your Printer, with PostScript

Can you play chess against your printer? The answer will soon be yes, and it’s thanks to [Nicolas Seriot]’s PSChess. It’s a chess engine implemented in PostScript, of all things. …read more


Do Age Verification Laws Drag Us Back to the Dark Ages of the Internet?

404 Media claims to have identified “the fundamental flaw with the age verification bills and laws” that have already passed in eight state legislatures (with two more taking effect in July): “the delusional, unfounded belief that putting hurdles betwe……