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Let the Dogs Out! How to Make a Raspberry Pi Pet Detector

Working from home gives you more opportunities to spend time with your family – pets included. My office is upstairs and occasionally my dog wants to go outside. I could put a bell on the door that she could ring, but why waste the opportunity to build an over-engineered solution. This project uses a field… Read more

9 brilliant albums recorded in self-isolation

Home Features (Image credit: The Streets) Novelty of working from home wearing a little thin? Children climbing the walls? Missing those carefree double-kisses and bear hugs from relatives and acquaintances? Or are you feeling something else? Whisper it lest she disappear, but might that something actually be the muse descending? “An artist is always alone… Read more

Caterpillar is bringing its newest rugged phone to the US for $699

The Cat S62 Pro — and that’s Cat as in Caterpillar, the construction company — is now available in the US. The rugged smartphone is the latest device to feature Cat branding (it’s technically a product of licensee Bullitt Group) and builds on its predecessors’ integrated thermal camera capabilities. It’s designed with construction and industrial… Read more

The Louvre’s collections are online so I curated some good paintings for you

The Louvre Museum announced Friday that its entire collections are now available to view online at collections.louvre.fr. This includes pieces that are on loan or in storage, which is exciting for museum nerds like me who have ever expressed woe at the number of cool things museums have kept away from my eager eyeballs. “The… Read more

Apple iPhone SE (2020) vs iPhone XR vs iPhone 11: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – The iPhone SE (second generation) is essentially an iPhone 8 externally but with the innards from the iPhone 11. It’s the natural successor to the long-discontinued but very popular iPhone SE from 2016. squirrel_widget_167218 That means you’re getting some flagship features for a mid-range price. Wireless charging and waterproofing stick around, plus the single-camera… Read more

Your million-dollar NFT can break tomorrow if you’re not careful

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Without maintenance, an NFT’s art could disappear Open up the $69 million NFT that Beeple sold at Christie’s, and you won’t find much. The name of the artwork isn’t there. The name of the artist is missing. And crucially, you won’t even find the actual piece of art…. Read more

Fnatic React+ Gaming Headset Review: Bargain Surround Sound With Premium Quality

Our Verdict With clear audio, a great microphone and an understated but attractive design, the Fnatic React+ is aimed at eSports gamers, but it’s a great all-around headset for media and working from home too. The bundled USB sound card adds great-sounding 7.1 virtual surround sound to PC gaming, and a 3.5mm jack means you… Read more

Dota: Dragon’s Blood on Netflix fails to show what makes Dota 2 special

Competitive games like Magic: The Gathering and League of Legends are absolutely dripping with lore. While they might not tell a story in the traditional sense, they have surprisingly robust fantasy worlds. Usually, you can only catch this in brief snippets through flavor text or character bios. But increasingly, game studios are attempting to build… Read more

What’s on your desk, Mitchell Clark?

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. There are a lot of topics, both serious and fun, that are out there to be covered by The Verge, and it falls on our news writers to cover them: from coronavirus and space exploration to YouTube… Read more

What day is it? Twitter’s got you covered

What day is it? Wednesday? Can someone please tell me? I don’t have a paper calendar, so there’s no way to know. And I can’t trust Dieter. What’s that? There are Twitter accounts and bots that can tell me the days of the week? Perfect, I never stop scrolling. INT. STUDIO APARTMENT — AFTERNOON A… Read more

Nvidia Cops to Uncapping Crypto Performance on RTX 3060

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Nvidia’s now taken full culpability for accidentally removing its own RTX 3060 anti-mining lock, according to a statement the company made to The Verge earlier today. This follows a recent RTX 3060 beta driver release that seemed to inadvertently unlock the card’s full crypto mining potential, despite claims that multiple… Read more

Arlo Essential Video Doorbell Wire-Free review: Ding dong

(Pocket-lint) – Arlo is a big name in home security, with a wide range of cameras, so extending its offering to the front door makes a lot of sense. Having originally launched an Audio Doorbell – which connected to an Arlo system – the obvious leap was to integrate video and audio to make it… Read more

Nvidia Hacks Its Own GeForce RTX 3060 Anti-Mining Lock (Updated)

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Early reports are piling up that cryptominers have deciphered Nvidia’s anti-mining algorithm on the GeForce RTX 3060. Theoretically, it’s one of the best graphics cards, if you could find one for anything close to the official $329 MSRP. The Ampere graphics card was also supposed to be less attractive to… Read more

Nyan Cat’s creator is running an event to sell memes like Bad Luck Brian and Keyboard Cat as NFTs

After selling Nyan Cat as an NFT, its creator, Chris Torres, has found himself working on an even bigger event: a week-long series of auctions where classic memes are being sold on the blockchain by their original creators. Torres calls the event Memeconomy, and he’s hoping it’ll bring both recognition to the meme creators, as… Read more

The Fitbit Ace 3 is its latest fitness tracker for kids

Fitbit has introduced the third iteration of its Ace activity and sleep tracker for kids. The Fitbit Ace 3, designed for kids ages six and up, adds new animated clock faces, customizable accessories, and claims eight days of battery life in a “swim-proof” design with new color options, too. In addition to improved battery life,… Read more