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How to Farm Chia Coin, the New Storage-Based Cryptocurrency

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The new Chia cryptocurrency has already started making waves in the storage industry, as we’ve reported back in April. With Chia trading now live, it looks set to become even more interesting in the coming months. The total netspace for Chia has already eclipsed 2 exabytes, and it’s well… Read more

How To Wirelessly Transfer Files With a QR Code

There are a number of different options available to move files between your desktop and mobile devices. The most common method is to use a USB cable, but this only works if you have access to the correct cable. What if we could send files between devices on the same network using nothing more than… Read more

Linux Foundation Issues Frosty Final Judgment in UMN Scandal

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) The Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board has released its findings regarding the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) contributions to the Linux kernel—including those related to the research projects that got the university banned from working on that kernel. The group also explained how the school might be able to earn some… Read more

Google’s Nest Mini is only $19 at Adorama

Whether you’ve fully committed to the smart home ecosystem or are just dabbling in the space for the first time, picking up a smart speaker is a no-brainer for most people. If you haven’t yet grabbed an Amazon or Google smart speaker, however, Adorama is taking $31 off the Google Nest Mini as part of… Read more

The autonomous vehicle world is shrinking — it’s overdue

Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge ‘The AV industry has promised too much for too long, and has delivered too little’ After years of positive vibes about the future of autonomous vehicles and nearly unrestricted access to cash from Kool-Aid-drunk venture capitalists, the AV industry is confronting some hard truths. The first is… Read more

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Why the bad iPhone web app experience keeps coming up in Epic v. Apple

Safari just doesn’t support key features — and Safari’s the only option Something keeps coming up at the Epic v. Apple trial as a potential alternative for getting Fortnite on the iPhone: web apps. It’s an intriguing idea, as web apps are able to do surprisingly complex things: just look at a Chromebook or even… Read more

Xiaomi is getting back into the premium tablet game, MIUI reveals

The premium Android tablet range for the past few years has been limited to say the least with Samsung and Huawei being the only viable options. According to new info uncovered in MIUI 12.5 system apps by Xiaomi tipster kacskrz and the XiaomiUI Telegram group, we’re in for at least three premium Snapdragon 8-series powered… Read more

Google ‘arguably violated’ labor law by illegally firing three workers claims NLRB

The acting head of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said Google “arguably violated” US labor law by illegally firing three workers in 2019 amid their organizing activities, Bloomberg reports. On Wednesday, the NLRB reversed an earlier decision which had dismissed claims from Sophie Waldman, Rebecca Rivers, and Paul Duke that Google had retaliated against… Read more

Nintendo’s next big Switch title is aimed at budding game designers

Nintendo’s next game for the Switch is one you build yourself. Today the company revealed Game Builder Garage, a new software title that’s designed to teach beginners the basics of programming and game design. It utilizes visual programming, has pre-built lessons and games, and will be launching on the Switch next month. Game Builder Garage… Read more

Your Raspberry Pi Pico Could Soon Be Online

Home News (Image credit: Phil Howard @Gadgetoid) The $4 Raspberry Pi Pico may be great value, but it had to lose something in order to keep the price low, and that was WiFi. Sure, we can hack our own solution, but Pimoroni’s upcoming Pico Wireless board, demonstrated by Pimoroni employee Phil Howard (better known as… Read more

Thousands of Dell PCs Are Vulnerable To Attacks Due to A Flawed Dell Driver

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) A huge security flaw has been found in Dell’s latest dbutil driver (version 2.3) that can allow hackers to escalate privileges on a Dell machine, use a denial of service attack and access sensitive information. The flaw, which requires physical access to a machine, could potentially affect hundreds of… Read more

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Raspberry Pi Pico Powers Online Game Boy Multiplayer Tetris

Home News (Image credit: Stacksmashing) We’ve all been there before—you want to play Tetris with your friends but a 20 mile Game Boy link cable is impractical. That’s where Stacksmashing’s incredibly clever Raspberry Pi Pico project comes into play. The best Raspberry Pi projects are ones that bring us together, especially right now. Stacksmashing’s using… Read more

It’s once again time to update your iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch as soon as possible

I know there’s a ton of other Apple news happening today, but if you’re reading it on a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch (okay, that last one may be a stretch), you should probably pause and update that device — today’s update fixes a security issue that Apple says may have been actively exploited…. Read more