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1. ASUS ROG Zephyrus review: Gaming laptops will never be the same again
(English/engadget)

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus is an entirely new breed of gaming notebook. It packs in the most powerful laptop graphics hardware on the market, NVIDIA's GTX 1080, in a frame that's almost half the size ...

2. The Italian Jobs: Bloke thrown in the cooler for touting Apple knockoffs
(English/TheRegister)

Feds made Naples man an offer he can't refuse A scammer who imported fake iPods, iPads, iPhones, and Sony hardware worth $15m into America was today sent down for 37 months.… Read all  ...

3. Microsoft <i>finally</i> allows hosted desktops on multi-tenant hardware
(English/TheRegister)

... hardware.… Read all  ...

4. Intel-owned Movidius debuts $79 USB Compute Stick with 12-core Myriad 2 VPU that increases host hardware's AI capabilities (James Vincent/The Verge)
(English/Techmeme)

James Vincent / The Verge: Intel-owned Movidius debuts $79 USB Compute Stick with 12-core Myriad 2 VPU that increases host hardware's AI capabilities  —  The Neural Compute Stick from ...

5. Genius Converts an '80s Intercom Into a Google Home With Raspberry Pi
(Italiano/gizmodo)

... into its hardware and make it their own. The latest example of this fine tradition helped one crafty British man turn… Read more... Read all  ...

6. Arduino Portable EKG Monitor
(English/instructables)

Build a Portable EKG / ECG Monitor for less than 70U$!What a great time it is to be a maker! The proliferation and popularity of Open source hardware and software, like the Arduino and Raspberry PI, have ...

7. Microsoft brings its Surface Diagnostic Toolkit to the Windows Store
(English/Neowin)

"Part educator, part detective, part doctor, the Surface Diagnostic Toolkit guides you through repairs and hardware diagnostics to quickly and efficiently uncover and resolve issues on your device." Read ...

8. How to Build DIY Floating Shelf With Invisible Hardware
(English/instructables)

In this Instructable project, I'll show you how to build a DIY floating shelf, which can be built with only a circular saw, drill, and doweling jig. This easy-to-build project looks awesome and can be ...

9. Hello There Boxes
(English/instructables)

Developed by the Tech Instructors at Rev Hardware Accelerator as part of a IoT product development workshop, this project is a pair of connected devices that “wave” at each other. Pushing the ...

10. NAND then there was a second growth quarter... IBM reports flash surge
(English/TheRegister)

A bit of goodish news from Big Blue Analysis  IBM's systems segment brought in $1.7bn, 10 per cent down year-on-year. Systems hardware was $1.3bn with operating systems software at $400m.… Read all  ...

11. Microsoft: Full Windows 10 is not coming to smartphones
(English/Betanews)

... After all, the ARM hardware that underpins the upcoming PCs is also available on smartphones. The first processor to power these devices is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, which is found on Android flagships ...

12. Google wants to get devs to embrace quantum computing
(English/Betanews)

... quantum data center," as well as the ProjectQ -- an open-source effort to get devs to write code. "They’re pretty open that they’re building quantum hardware and they would, at some point in the future, ...

13. Samsung finally launches its voice assistant Bixby in the US
(English/Betanews)

... takes to bring the long-awaited voice assistant to Samsung flagship smartphones. The update means that the hitherto useless hardware Bixby button now has a purpose, and Galaxy S8 and S8+ users can start ...

14. Eero's Latest Router Is So Easy I Don't Care How Much It Costs
(Italiano/gizmodo)

Let me make one thing brutally clear: I love Eero’s wi-fi routers. I love how the company brought mesh networking into the mainstream. I love how the hardware’s designed. I love how elegant the software ...

15. Google announces Transfer Appliance, a new hardware appliance and service for moving up to 480TB from corporate data centers to Google Cloud Platform via FedEx (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
(English/Techmeme)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google announces Transfer Appliance, a new hardware appliance and service for moving up to 480TB from corporate data centers to Google Cloud Platform via FedEx  ...

16. Mad Genius Brings Flappy Bird Back From the Dead on Dreamcast Memory Card
(Italiano/gizmodo)

As Sega’s Hail Mary pass on hardware, the Dreamcast wasn’t exactly the miracle the company prayed for. But the long-dead console still has a massive fanbase, as a clever hacker who managed to port the ...

17. Just add an iPhone to experience AR with Mira's $99 headset
(English/engadget)

... be prepared to shell out at least $950 on hardware like the Meta... Read all  ...

18. End of the line for Remix OS as Jide shifts its energy towards the enterprise
(English/Neowin)

After appearing in beta form early in 2016, Remix OS, an Android fork for PCs, will be wound up after Jide Technology made the decision to focus on bringing its hardware and software to enterprises. Read ...

19. Android-ocalypse postponed: Jide withdraws Remix OS from consumer frontline
(English/TheRegister)

... its Android-for-PCs (which also runs on cheap ARM hardware) will no longer be sold to consumers any more.… Read all  ...

20. How to Install a Passage Door Lever
(English/instructables)

... this guide is for the 'Mucheln HERO' door lever from HardwareBox Determine the height ... By: hardwarebox Continue Reading » Read all  ...

21. UK startup WaveOptics raises $16M Series B for its waveguide-based optics for AR devices (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
(English/Techmeme)

... technology based on hologram physics and photonic crystals — for augmented reality hardware, has raised $16 million (£12 million) … Read all  ...

22. Intuition Robotics raises $14M Series A for its intelligent hardware assistant for senior citizens, led by the Toyota Research Institute (Gali Weinreb/Globes Online)
(English/Techmeme)

Gali Weinreb / Globes Online: Intuition Robotics raises $14M Series A for its intelligent hardware assistant for senior citizens, led by the Toyota Research Institute  —  Intuition Robotics' ...

23. Arduino - Programmable Robotic Arm (Record and Repeat of the Servo Positions)
(English/instructables)

... micro servos for create simple robot arm. Required Hardware Required HardwareArduino Board - ... By: MertArduino Continue Reading » Read all  ...