Last minute geek

1. Xiaomi takes over Meitu’s struggling selfie-focused phone business
(English/engadget)

Chinese selfie app and smartphone company Meitu announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Xiaomi. Going forward, Meitu will license its brand, technologies and hardware to China-based ...

2. For $20, you can make a DIY Stingray in minutes, using parts from Amazon
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... and neighbors. Let's fix phones, OK? As the name implies, a software defined radio, or SDR, is simply a radio that instead of having its feature baked in at a hardware level, can be controlled by a ...

3. Microsoft’s Surface Headphones are a good first try
(English/engadget)

... been diving head first into hardware from mice to the Xbox... Read all  ...

4. HDHomeRun gets into the streaming TV business with $35 Premium service
(English/engadget)

For years SiliconDust has built hardware and software that helped cord cutters and home theater PC users control their own TV experience. Now it's going a step further by launching its own TV streaming ...

5. MacBook Pro: disponibili le nuove GPU Radeon Vega
(Italiano/webnews)

Sono finalmente disponibili gli aggiornamenti hardware per MacBook Pro da 15 pollici, con la possibilità di scegliere le nuove GPU Vega 16 e Vega 20. The post MacBook Pro: disponibili le nuove GPU Radeon ...

6. Samsung's new phone processor has hardware for on-device AI
(English/engadget)

Samsung has announced its latest system-on-chip (SoC), the Exynos 9 Series 9820 processor, geared specifically towards managing on-device artificial intelligence applications. Unlike its predecessors, ...

7. How many computers are in your computer?
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... BadUSB was a wake-up call on this, and then Bloomberg's controversial story about tiny backdoor chips in server hardware came as an important reminder about all the ways that a computer can be compromised. But ...

8. Masks designed to filter smoke will filter smoke, beards will not
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... at hardware stores and pharmacies. Learn how to properly use one here: https://t.co/yH09rfUpue#CampFire #WoolseyFire #CDPH pic.twitter.com/DRKzCRCJ4M — CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) November ...

9. Apple's new bootloader won't let you install GNU/Linux
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Pixel Chromebooks come with hardware switches that can be activated during the bootup to allow their owners to change which signatures the system trusts (users can initialize these systems with passwords ...

10. Apple's war on repair continues: Amazon now bans refurb Apple products from third parties
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Apple has long understood that hardware products that last a long time result in falling unit sales, as customers opt to keep their old machines instead of buying the latest models; that's part of why ...

11. Windows 10 1809, problemi per i produttori di PC
(Italiano/webnews)

I problemi di Windows 10 October 2018 Update si sono estesi anche ai produttori che hanno messo in vendita PC con hardware non supportato. The post Windows 10 1809, problemi per i produttori di PC appeared ...

12. iFixit takes a peek inside the new MacBook Air
(English/engadget)

You know the drill -- new hardware arrives and iFixit pulls it apart. Apple's revised MacBook Air just hit the shop table, so you can look inside while figuring out which of the company's portable ...

13. Anche MacBook Air 2018 ha la guaina antipolvere
(Italiano/webnews)

I nuovi MacBook Air incorporano la stessa guaina antipolvere per la protezione della tastiera, nonché altre importanti novità hardware: ecco il teardown. The post Anche MacBook Air 2018 ha la guaina antipolvere ...

14. NIU presenta a Eicma gli scooter elettrici smart
(Italiano/webnews)

Il colosso dei motori cinese NIU ha presentato a EICMA 2018 la sua offerta di scooter elettrici smart sviluppati con hardware Bosch e Panasonic. The post NIU presenta a Eicma gli scooter elettrici smart ...

15. Facebook Portal and Portal+ review: Video chat takes center stage
(English/engadget)

Facebook was set to launch Portal -- its first consumer hardware -- at this year's F8 developer conference. However, with the Cambridge Analytica scandal still fresh in people's minds, the ...

16. Gorgeous, stylized portraits of vintage computing hardware
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Docubyte's Visual History of Computing 1945-1979 is a mix of superb staging, outstanding photography, and intense nostalgia, and it just made my day. (Thanks, /nev/dull!) Read the rest Read ...

17. Comcast may debut a set-top box for internet-only customers in 2019
(English/engadget)

Comcast hasn't been completely averse to cord cutters, but there are now hints that it might design hardware with those people in mind. CNBC contacts say Comcast is planning a streaming set-top box ...

18. Spotify's connected device streaming is now open to free users
(English/engadget)

... In order to take advantage of the perk, hardware-... Read all  ...

19. Extreme Networks Launches Agile Data Center Networking Products (Linux-Powered!)
(English/Linuxtoday)

EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: Extreme Networks details its new Agile Data Center Networking strategy which integrates automation, visibility, software and hardware elements. Read all  ...

20. Huawei Watch GT
(Italiano/webnews)

Huawei Watch GT è un aggiornamento corposo del più recente Watch 2. Al di là delle novità hardware, degna di nota è la decisione della compagnia di abbandonare il sistema operativo Wear di Google a favore ...

21. Apple's New Hardware With The T2 Security Chip Will Currently Block Linux From Booting
(English/Linuxtoday)

Phoronix: Apple's MacBook Pro laptops have become increasingly unfriendly with Linux in recent years Read all

22. The Steam Hardware Survey for October 2018 shows a small drop for Linux, a look at daily and monthly active users
(English/Linuxtoday)

GamingOnLinux: A look at last months reported Linux market share on Steam Read all

23. What’s Next in the Hardware Revolution
(English/makezine)

We’re now entering what we think of as “Phase 2” of the Hardware Revolution, where the bar is much higher for design, customer experience, quality, and overall usefulness of product. Read more on MAKE ...

24. SAM is a virtual alarm for a physical mailbox
(English/the-gadgeteer)

NEWS – Smart Alert for Mail has developed a hardware gadget called SAM – the world’s first purpose-built cloud-enabled alert system for a residential mailbox. This patent-pending system is composed of ...

25. iPad Pro preview (2018): Early signs point to a powerhouse with potential
(English/engadget)

Apple's newly updated iPad Pro is, to put it bluntly, a spectacular bit of hardware. In fact, it's so spectacular that we haven't been able to completely put it through its paces yet. Frankly, ...