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Raspberry Pi Transforms Nerf Gun Into Call of Duty Controller

Home News (Image credit: Alfredo Sequeida) If you don’t know what to do with your old Nerf guns or maybe just want to upgrade them, you could always turn them into working video game controllers as Alfredo Sequeida did with his latest Raspberry Pi project. The best Raspberry Pi projects offer more than just proof… Read more

Google is shutting down its mobile Shopping app

Google is shutting down its mobile Shopping apps for both iOS and Android and directing users to its web Shopping site instead, 9to5 Google reported. On Friday, Xda Developers discovered that the term “sunset” had been added to several strings of code in the Shopping app, suggesting the apps were being discontinued. A Google spokesperson… Read more

Nvidia’s Virtualization Unlocked On Gaming GPUs via Hack

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) A group of enthusiasts has unlocked vGPU (GPU virtualization) capability, which is only supported on select datacenter and professional boards, on standard consumer Nvidia GeForce gaming graphics cards. Since the vGPU capability is supported by the silicon but locked out by software, it was only a matter of time and effort… Read more

Nvidia Gives Away GeForce RTX 3090 In GTC 2021 Treasure Hunt

Home News GeForce RTX 3090 (Image credit: Nvidia) Stealing a page out of Intel’s playbook, Nvidia is holding a treasure hunt leading up to GTC (Graphics Technology Conference) 2021. To give the public an extra bit of motivation to participate, the chipmaker is offering up a ton of prizes, including the elusive GeForce RTX 3090… Read more

Crowbits’ Programmable Magnetic Blocks STEM Kit Review: Build, Code and Play

Our Verdict Crowbits’ progressive STEM kits teach future engineers (ages 6-10 and up) the basics of electronics and programming, but nondurable paper elements and poorly translated documentation could lead to frustration and incomplete projects. For + 80+ Lego-compatible electronic modules and sensors + Helpful programming software + Progressive learning kits + Examples are very helpful… Read more

Samsung tries to woo iPhone users with a browser-based Galaxy test drive

Samsung has released a new website to give iPhone users “a little taste of Samsung” from their mobile browser. When visited on an iPhone, the site prompts users to add it to their phone’s home screen, after which it turns into a shortcut to a simulated Samsung Galaxy device. The site appears to be the… Read more

Three questions that will decide Epic v. Apple

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge New filings show both sides’ legal strategies at work On May 3rd, Fortnite publisher Epic Games will finally have its day in court, forcing Apple to defend kicking Fortnite off the iOS App Store last year. Epic’s antitrust lawsuit is bigger than a single game; it’s a direct… Read more

Skoda Octavia iV plug-in hybrid review: A step into the future?

(Pocket-lint) – Electrification is the future. Policy makers as well as car makers have asserted that. So while the revolution’s wheels begin to turn, there’s a good interim point to jump in – a hybrid plug-in, such as this, the Skoda Octavia iV. The “iV” part of the equation is what tells you this is… Read more

AMD Rolls Out Patches To Disable Predictive Store Forwarding on Zen 3 CPUs

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Making good on its promise, AMD has deployed new patches to the Linux kernel to mitigate the potential security risk with the Predictive Store Forwarding (PSF) feature. Linux publication Phoronix spotted five patches that allow users to disable Predictive Store Forwarding if security is a concern. Predictive Store Forwarding is… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Guitar Hero Controller Is Ready to Rock

Home News (Image credit: Arlan Prado) We’ve seen it time and time again—one maker’s old controller is another maker’s Raspberry Pi project. Such is the case with Arlan Prado‘s awesome Raspberry Pi Pico controlled Guitar Hero guitar! To pull this rockin’ project off, Prado modified an old Nintendo Wii Guitar Hero controller. In his upgrade,… Read more

Intel Ice Lake Xeon Platinum 8380 Review: 10nm Debuts for the Data Center

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s long-delayed 10nm+ third-gen Xeon Scalable Ice Lake processors mark an important step forward for the company as it attempts to fend off intense competition from AMD’s 7nm EPYC Milan processors that top out at 64 cores, a key advantage over Intel’s existing 14nm Cascade Lake Refresh that tops out… Read more

Play Pico Pong on a Raspberry Pi Pico or Tiny 2040

Home News (Image credit: Gurgle Apps) The team at Gurgle Apps is always getting creative with microelectronics but their latest project has us seriously excited! This time the family developed a Pong replica just for the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller. Some of the best Raspberry Pi projects are compatible with different boards, and this one… Read more

AMD X570S Motherboard Listings Suggest Impending Chipset Refresh

Home News X570 Aorus Elite (Image credit: Gigabyte) Today, Gigabyte (via Komachi_Ensaka) registered a ton of X570S motherboards with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). The new submissions hint to a potential chipset refresh on AMD’s part. EEC listings are a bit hit or miss. Vendors often register their products with the organization, but not all… Read more

A Sealed Super Mario Game Sold for $660,000

Home News (Image credit: Nintendo) We all buy things that we never unpack. Normally, we pass those items to someone who might need them. But some of us are smart enough not to do so and get rich instead. This is exactly what occurred to a copy of a Super Mario game titled ‘Super Mario… Read more

Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle’s API copyright case

In a ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court found that Google could legally use elements of Oracle’s Java code when building Android. “Google’s copying of the API to reimplement a user interface, taking only what was needed to allow users to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program, constituted a… Read more