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Raspberry Pi Pico: Tutorials, Pinout, Everything You Need to Know

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The Raspberry Pi Pico is a radical change from previous Pis, because it’s not a Linux computer, but a a microcontroller board like Arduino . The biggest selling points of the Raspberry Pi Pico are the price, $4 and the new RP2040 chip which provides ample power for embedded… Read more

No brand is safe from Fortnite

Starting this week in Fortnite, you can have the Predator doing a Pelé victory dance while wielding TheGrefg’s gamepad pickaxe. On Thursday, a Faze Clan streamer played Fortnite with a Manchester City star while wearing Manchester City skins. The battle royale hit has long been known as a cross-promotional juggernaut, but developer Epic Games has… Read more

Sky WiFi increasingly widespread, reached more than 1500 cities thanks to Fastweb

Sky triples the availability of the Sky service WiFi, which allows access to the network, voice and TV with a single offer, thanks to an agreement with Fastweb. More than 1500 city reached and coverage increased in Rome, Florence and Genoa. by Manolo De Agostini published 21 January 2021 , at 18: 01 in the… Read more

Mobile networks: the federal government and the industry rely on Open RAN

The federal government is promoting the further development of the open mobile communications standard Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) as part of the Corona economic stimulus package decided last summer with around 2 billion euros. According to media reports, the funding is now to be distributed by four ministries. Accordingly, the research ministry 635… Read more

heise + | Build a bat scanner with a MEMS microphone

Bats communicate and orientate themselves outside of our hearing range. With a MEMS microphone you can quickly track down the night owls. As I sat on the terrace on long and warm summer evenings, I noticed that there was a lot of bat flying in our garden at dusk. This is probably the best hunting… Read more

heise + | Evernote 10 put to the test and an interview with Evernote CEO Ian Small

The Evernote note-taking program is reinventing itself. When changing to a modern substructure, however, many functions fell by the wayside. Evernote 10 in the test and Evernote CEO Ian Small in the interview Missing functions and test table Interview with Evernote CEO Ian Small Article in c’t 3 / 2021 read Evernote has been one… Read more

Document trading in the Darknet: Police dig out forger workshop

In Magdeburg, investigators have discovered an alleged forgery workshop for ID cards. On Wednesday, about 220 officials searched three apartments and the workshop disguised as an office, as the Federal Police Department for Combating Crime announced on Thursday. They secured data carriers and counterfeit items such as printers, printing plates, seals, chemicals and foil elements…. Read more

Samsung plans to mass-produce 90 Hz OLED displays for laptops

Samsung announced in a press release that the first OLED panel for notebooks with a refresh rate of up to 90 Hz will offer. Joo Sun Choi, Display Chief Executive Officer at Samsung, announced that already in March very large numbers of items 14 – inch panels with 90 Hz should be available. This speaks… Read more

heise + | Search engine optimization: be found better with SEO

Search engine optimization: Better to be found with SEO SEO myths disenchanted Understand search engines, robots.txt, bounce rate Set goals, metadata, keyword research Success control, comparison of competitors, visibility and traffic Longtail, set links, optimize loading speed Article in Mac & i 12 / 2020 read The beginning of every web search is always a… Read more

Volkswagen strategy: Trinity electric car comes in 2026

Volkswagen is still struggling with the aftermath of the parallel introduction of two platforms. The giant has imposed a tight pace of development, which is a challenge even with the enormous resources of this group. The pressure is unlikely to ease because, on the one hand, Volkswagen has to make the current modular kits for… Read more

Nehalem Lead Architect Returns to Intel

Home News (Image credit: ksl.com / Hinton family) In a sign that Intel’s efforts to rebuild its engineering corps might be swift under the new incoming CEO, Glenn Hinton, the lead architect of Intel’s Nehalem processors and several other programs, announced that he is returning to the company after a three-year retirement. In a LinkedIn… Read more

Glenn Hinton: Nehalem Architect Returns to Intel

After Bob Swan had to resign as CEO of Intel and has now taken over Pat Gelsinger as a longtime, former engineer and later CTO, further new hires are on the horizon. Glenn Hinton, the head behind the development of the Nehalem architecture, is also returning to Intel after three years of retirement. Hinton announced… Read more

PS5: Job advertisements suggest new secret projects

In the past, job advertisements from various companies indicated planned projects. So also in the current case of the games company Naughty Dog and the Santa Monica Studio. As can be seen from a corresponding publication on Twitter, the Santa Monica development studio is currently looking for a director for an unannounced game. This could… Read more

heise + | The right streaming client for video, television, music and games

A streaming client often significantly expands the functionality of a television. But not everyone may support your favorite service. The right streaming client for video, television, music and games Classic television, music and games Older televisions are also compatible Movies, series, television Music Play Conclusion Test table Do you want your TV over ya re… Read more

“Usable” Linux lands on the M1 Mac

Since Apple launched ARM Macs, various groups have tried to port Linux to the machines. The software provider Corellium, known for its practical tools for iOS virtualization, which Apple would like to prevent, has now had its first success. The developers were now able to boot a full Ubuntu rpi desktop on the M1 Mac…. Read more