Last minute geek

1. Father of hobby robotics, Gordon McComb, has died
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... got me into robot building, and by extension, all forms of hardware hacking... Gordon was an encyclopedist, a collector of useful information and ideas. His Robot Builder’s Sourcebook, an outsized, sort ...

2. Google changed the settings on Android phones without their owners' permission
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

A decade ago, Steve Jobs admitted in an interview that Apple had the means to remotely kill core functionalities and apps on iOS devices. Apple purportedly made this possible to ensure that their hardware ...

3. Review: This case for my Surface Go is wicked heavy but wicked good
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... worthwhile. That said, when I'm traveling to ill-advised locals or using my Surface to record data while I'm doing a hardware roundup and in other scenarios where it's likely to get bounced around, the ...

4. Apple's claims about recycling and sustainability are kinda entirely nonsense
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... your smartphone every year? If you replace the battery in your computer instead of buying a new laptop, will it continue to serve you well? Instead of recycling your hardware, would giving it to someone ...

5. Pennsylvania to end prison book donations, forcing inmates onto pricey eBook platform
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... not intended for reading at length, rudimentary hardware and translucent materials to prevent them being used to hide contraband. They cost $147 plus tax, about three times the price of the only extant ...

6. NVIDIA’s RTX cards are a gamble on the future of gaming
(English/engadget)

NVIDIA's RTX series of GPUs has been a long time coming. The company's last meaningful hardware revision, the 10 series, came out back in May 2016. And real-time ray-tracing, the intensive rendering ...

7. JBL Link View: A Google Smart Display that puts audio centerstage
(English/engadget)

... hardware strategy: It partners with different manu... Read all  ...

8. Apple's new iPhone hardware will have more renewable materials
(English/engadget)

Earlier this year, Apple announced that it is now globally powered by 100 percent renewable energy. At the iPhone event earlier today, the company reiterated its commitment to the environment and announced ...

9. Apple's iPhone event will be livestreamed on Twitter, too
(English/engadget)

... a sponsored Tweet from the hardware juggernaut yesterday, a... Read all  ...

10. FIFA 19, ecco i requisiti PC
(Italiano/webnews)

EA Sports svela i requisiti PC minimi e consigliati per giocare a FIFA 19 su PC: ecco che configurazione hardware occorrerà avere. The post FIFA 19, ecco i requisiti PC appeared first on Webnews. Read ...

11. Microsoft Surface, evento il 2 ottobre
(Italiano/webnews)

Microsoft ha annunciato un evento hardware dedicato al mondo Surface; probabile il debutto di un refresh hardware dei Surface Pro e dei Surface Laptop. The post Microsoft Surface, evento il 2 ottobre ...

12. Microsoft is hosting a Surface event in NYC on October 2nd
(English/engadget)

It's that time of the year again! Microsoft just sent out invites for its next major Surface hardware event on October 2nd. It'll be set in NYC, just like last year when it showed off the Surface ...

13. Google will reveal its latest Pixel phones October 9th
(English/engadget)

Google has confirmed that its upcoming hardware event will take place October 9th in New York City at 11AM Eastern Time. The company is likely to reveal the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones, though plenty ...

14. Native Instruments’ latest performance controllers do beats on a budget
(English/engadget)

If you're into digital DJing or music production, you'll be very familiar with Native Instruments. For disc jockeys, Traktor (software) in combination with the Kontrol S series of hardware is ...

15. Galaxy Note 9 ottimizzato per il mobile gaming
(Italiano/webnews)

Samsung ha descritto i miglioramenti hardware e software che permettono di utilizzare il Galaxy Note 9 per il mobile gaming alle massime prestazioni. The post Galaxy Note 9 ottimizzato per il mobile gaming ...

16. This year's Electromagnetic Field hacker campout demonstrated the awesome power of DIY cellphones and DIY stingrays
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Every year, security researchers, hardware hackers and other deep geeks from around the world converge on an English nature reserve for Electromagnetic Field, a hacker campout where participants show ...

17. Forty-eight minutes of gameplay from Cyberpunk 2077? Yes please!
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... currently don't own a single piece of hardware capable of playing it. With the release of this 48 minute gameplay video, I'm having lusty thoughts about investing in a new console or gaming computer, for ...

18. This long read provides a rare glimpse into the secretive world of B2 Bomber pilots
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... into the little known world of some of the most elite pilots on the planet, the billions of dollars of hardware they're responsible for and the greasy politics that keep the plane flying made for an absolutely ...

19. iPhone 8 users may be entitled to a free logicboard repair
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... like the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus. Word around the campfire is that iOS 12 will speed up older hardware and provide for more efficient battery usage. I'm still rocking my iPhone 7 Plus, on iOS 11, and am pretty ...

20. Linus Torvalds: Open Source Is The Way To Combat Software Complexity
(English/Linuxtoday)

eWEEK: At the Open Source Summit, Linus Torvalds the creator of Linux talks about the Linux development process, security challenges and why hardware performance declines are a good thing for software ...

21. Lenovo's Legion gaming PCs get GPU upgrades up to an Nvidia RTX 2080
(English/Neowin)

Along with announcements for various new Windows 10 PCs, Lenovo also announced some new hardware features for its newest Legion gaming PCs. They now come with new options for the GPU. Read more... Read ...

22. ZTE Axon 9 Pro
(Italiano/webnews)

ZTE Axon 9 Pro è il nuovo smartphone Android di ZTE, un fiore all'occhiello con notch, dual-camera, ampio display e hardware piuttosto potente. The post ZTE Axon 9 Pro appeared first on Webnews. Read ...

23. The Age of the Heroic Inventor Is Over
(English/ieespectrum)

Today, business disruptors get the attention that hardware innovators used to Read all  ...

24. New Acer gaming chair certainly is something
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

This is a chair? The contraption looks straight out of Robocop. Acer has announced, and Tom's Hardware Guide has tested, the PREDATOR THRONOS. This is a robotic, tilting, rumbling, video game chair ...

25. Hackers can listen to smartphone and computer displays to know what content you're consuming
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... from LCD screens." Synesthesia, at its core, is pretty much just Van Eck phreaking with a twist. Where Van Eck phreaking typically uses radio signals leaking from display hardware to snoop on what a ...