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1. Share Your Project At The Next Open Source Hardware Summit
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The Open Source Hardware Summit (OHS) is inviting talk/demo proposals for the tenth annual summit! To be held on Friday, March 13,2020 at the NYU School of Law. The Open Source Hardware Summit is for presenting, ...

2. TV-B-Gone, the hidden-in-your-glasses edition
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Facelesstech created a fun pair of "smart glasses" with an embedded a miniature attiny85 Arduino controller, and followed it up with a pair that concealed a TV-B-Gone (Mitch Altman's open source hardware ...

3. Q: What do you do with leftover IKEA hardware?
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Over at the IKEAhackers Community FB Group, Christina posted an interesting question: “What do you all do with leftover IKEA hardware? I have so many bits of things even for pieces I no longer own ...

4. Open Source Hardware Certifications For October
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October Certified Open Source Hardware The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) runs a free program that allows creators to certify that their hardware complies with the community definition of open ...

5. Surface Pro X review: Gorgeous hardware marred by buggy software
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For years now, the Surface Pro has been the best Windows 2-in-1. It delivers a useful, familiar desktop environment for multitasking in a lightweight tablet body. But the line hasn't changed ...

6. How computational photography is making your photos better
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Phone cameras have undergone huge improvements in recent years, but they've done so without the hardware changing all that much. Sure, lenses and sensors continue to improve, but the big developments ...

7. Smugglers are sawing through Trump's border wall with a $100 cordless cutter
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... breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little as $100. When fitted with specialized blades, the saws can slice ...

8. The Morning After: Google bought Fitbit
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Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend! On Friday, Google made a major acquisition to boost its wearable hardware, and Apple TV+ debuted to a lukewarm reception. We'll dig ...

9. Get System and Hardware Details with uname and lscpu on Debian 10
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This tutorial shows how to get system details on your Debian 10 system Read all

10. Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
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Fitbit is to be acquired by Google in an all-cash deal worth around $2.1 billion, the two companies announced today. The company will be folded in to the search giant, forming part of its hardware team, ...

11. Google update makes Chrome ready for web-based VR
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VR systems are getting more advanced, but they're still primarily available on niche hardware and software. That could be about to change, with the latest beta version of Google's Chrome browser ...

12. SiriusXM radio finally plays nice with the Google Assistant
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Starting next week, SiriusXM will be available through Google Assistant-powered hardware in the US and Canada. That means you can ask "Hey Google, play Howard 100 on SiriusXM or request an artist ...

13. What's on TV this week: 'The Morning Show'
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This week Apple TV+ debuts with new series like The Morning Show, See and For All Mankind. So far, reviews are uneven, but if you have Apple's hardware then you'll get a free trial to decide ...

14. BYU researchers extend WiFi range by 200 feet with a software upgrade
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As we fill our homes with connected devices, we'll need WiFi to reach around every corner. One solution is hardware like Amazon's Eero routers and Google's Nest WiFi, physical devices that ...

15. The tactical evolution of #HongKongProtests: bolted-down barricades and calling out businesses
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Two new notes from the tactical evolution of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, which continues to build on its incredible iconography and its DIY hardware. Protesters in Hong Kong are now bolting ...

16. The Morning After: Nike's accessible AJI
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Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend! This morning is a great time to catch up on all of Google's new hardware, our re-review of the Galaxy Fold and some exciting news items ...

17. Is the OnePlus 7 Pro worth the upgrade from its predecessor?
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OnePlus had already earned plenty of fans with affordable high-end phones like the 6T; our reviewer Richard Lai praised that handset's solid hardware and slick software performance while our user ...

18. What it's like to have Apple rip off your successful Mac app
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... help us out with whatever business and engineering challenges we faced. They also ordered thousands of dollars’ worth of our hardware, and we naively thought it was because they were interested in our ...

19. The Morning After: Google finally reveals the Pixel 4
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Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Now that Google's big hardware event has happened, we can end the leaks and start playing around with the Pixel 4. Tuesday also brought in big news about League ...

20. Here's everything Google announced at the Pixel 4 event
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Pixelbook Go Despite all of the leaks ahead of Google's Pixel 4 hardware event today, the company still had plenty to share. Of course, we got our first official look at the Pixelbook Go and ...

21. Google is adding new Nest routines to further automate your home
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While a lot of today was about new hardware, Nest also made time to talk about how its devices will work within the Works with Google Assistant platform the company announced in August. In a blog post ...

22. A closer look at the new Google Pixel Buds
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We weren't really expecting Google to debut the long-awaited follow-up to its Pixel Buds here at its hardware event today, but the company surprised us. It unveiled the new headphones (with no "2" ...

23. The Pixel 4's Recorder app can capture and transcribe simultaneously
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Google's Pixel 4 smartphone will come with a nifty new Recorder app that is sure to earn fans among journalists and students. In one of the more show-stealing parts of the company's fall hardware ...

24. New leak shows Google’s Nest Mini comes with a wall mount
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We're less than a day away from the start of Google's 2019 fall hardware event, but that doesn't mean the leaks have to stop. WinFuture's Roland Quandt, a frequent leaker with a solid ...

25. Proof-of-concept supply-chain poisoning: tiny, undetectable hardware alterations could compromise corporate IT
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A little over a year ago, Bloomberg stunned the world with a report that claimed that Chinese intelligence services had figured out how to put undetectable, rice-grain-sized hardware implants into servers ...