Last minute geek

1. Tesla granted tariff exemption on Japanese aluminum for battery cells
(English/engadget)

Tesla has won an exemption from paying the 10 percent tariffs placed on imported aluminum from Japan. It filed a request with the Commerce Department in April for a tariff exclusion on 10 million kilograms ...

2. Even wizards need a backup battery!
(English/the-gadgeteer)

... to make sure your smartphone is always charged and ready for action. The CELLder Wand (clever right?) from Gogotoro … Even wizards need a backup battery! Read More Read all  ...

3. "I Shouldn't Have to Publish This in The New York Times": my op-ed from the future
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

I was honored to be invited to contribute to the New York Times's excellent "Op-Eds From the Future" series (previously), with an op-ed called "I Shouldn't Have to Publish This in The New York Times," ...

4. Raspberry Pi 4
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) June 24, 2019 Read the rest Read all  ...

5. Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... are everywhere (looking at you, Beto O'Rourke); when all else fails, they're not above bribing judges to fill their cells with young, brown bodies. When Obama tried to sunset federal reliance on private ...

6. Riserve mondiali Unesco: entrano Po Grande e Alpi Giulie
(Italiano/Ecoblog)

Il territorio italiano è ricco di eccellenze ambientali, che ne fanno una meta privilegiata del turismo internazionale. Un'ulteriore conferma dello splendore del Belpaese giunge dall'iscrizione nella... ...

7. DC Universe cancels ‘Swamp Thing’ after a single episode (updated)
(English/engadget)

DC Universe cancelled Swamp Thing, its streaming sci-fi series, after a single episode. The live-action drama set in swamplands of Louisiana was cancelled on Thursday, less than a week after airing its ...

8. Excellent Utilities: Abricotine - open source Markdown editor
(English/Linuxtoday)

LinuxLinks: Abricotine is an open source, cross-platform Markdown editor built for the desktop with inline preview functionality. Read all

9. Listen to BBC Radio 4's "New Weird Britain" audio program
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

John Doran, founder of the excellent music news site The Quietus, and producer Alannah Chance have created a fascinating audio documentary series for BBC Radio 4 titled "New Weird Britain." Over four ...

10. A closer look at the Bose 700 noise-cancelling headphones
(English/engadget)

As great as the Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones sound, let's be real: they look like they were designed for dads on a business trip. And listen, as someone who's into the whole chunky, dad-shoe ...

11. Investigating nozzle-wear in 3D printers (with excellent cross-sections!)
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

CNC Kitchen's 18-minute video on nozzle wear in 3D printing involves sending abrasive filaments (the abrasiveness comes from pigments and additives like carbon fiber, etc) through a variety of nozzles ...

12. USA, non avrete il mio account
(Italiano/webnews)

Pronto ad aprire la tua bacheca alla polizia aeroportuale statunitense? Meglio darle una pulita e cancellare quei post contro il governo. The post USA, non avrete il mio account appeared first on Webnews. ...

13. Why is there so much antitrust energy for Big Tech but not for Big Telco?
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Karl Bode raises an excellent point when he asks why there isn't the same kind of energy to break up the telcos, whose routinely deplorable behavior make them the most loathed industry in America, and ...

14. Ted Chiang's "Op Ed From the Future": socialized transhumanism vs American oligarchy
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... also an important counterpoint to Jim Hughes's excellent 2005 Citizen Cyborg, which warns that left to its own devices, any transhumanist project will create a have/have-not dichotomy that's embedded in ...

15. Apple raises iOS cellular download limit to 200MB
(English/engadget)

Believe it or not, Apple has kept iOS' cellular download limit to 150MB per app since September 2017 -- and that's a problem when many apps can be larger. The company is changing with the times, ...

16. App Store: 200 MB il limite su rete cellulare
(Italiano/webnews)

Apple incrementa il limite di download per App Store, in vigore su rete cellulare, da 150 a 200 MB: in molti chiedono che le restrizioni vengano tolte. The post App Store: 200 MB il limite su rete cellulare ...

17. NASA, 125 milioni per razzi a propulsione nucleare
(Italiano/webnews)

La NASA ha ricevuto un finanziamento da 125 milioni di dollari per sviluppare un sistema di propulsione nucleare per le navicelle spaziali del futuro. The post NASA, 125 milioni per razzi a propulsione ...

18. 'Deadwood: The Movie' premieres this Friday on HBO, and looks great
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Deadwood: The Movie airs on HBO in the US on Friday, May 31. Can't wait for Swearingen's swears. “Thirteen years after it was abruptly cancelled, David Milch’s grimy, glorious western finally gets the ...

19. Microscopic robots carry stem cells through a mouse's body
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... magnetic field to steer microbots through a live mouse's body carrying therapeutic stem cells. From IEEE Spectrum: ..Delivering stem cells typically requires an injection with a needle, which lowers ...

20. Get 50+ hours of Microsoft Excel training for a price you pick
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... want to consider the latter option. Suitable for any level of experience, this training package covers all the essentials in 8 integrated lessons. You'll quickly learn to work with columns and cells, then ...

21. ASUS ZenFone 6, migliore fotocamera frontale
(Italiano/webnews)

Secondo DxOMark Image Labs, la Flip Camera del nuovo ASUS ZenFone 6 permette di scattare selfie di eccellente qualità, grazie al sensore da 48 megapixel. The post ASUS ZenFone 6, migliore fotocamera frontale ...

22. Skai could be the first fuel cell-powered flying taxi
(English/engadget)

... fuel cells (the first of its kind, the company... Read all  ...

23. Open Insulin: biohackers trying to create a "microbrewery" for insulin as an answer to price-gouging
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... (I gave $50). Price-gouging on insulin is literally killing Americans with diabetes, while Canadians pay only 10% of what their US cousins pay. A September, 2018 article in Cell does a good job of laying ...

24. The successor to Bose's QC35 noise-cancelling headphones arrives June 30th
(English/engadget)

Bose has a spiritual successor to its well-regarded QC35 wireless headphones... plus a little more. The company's newly unveiled Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 tout a serene listening environment ...

25. Print book reading is surging, just not in research libraries
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... who often win their battles...but then fail to patronize the libraries they've saved, a phenomenon documented in an excellent Atlantic article by Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration at ...