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Raspberry Pi Matrix Cube Takes LEDs to a New Dimension

Home News (Image credit: M4ngolicious) Matrix panels are awesome to play with using a Raspberry Pi but why limit yourself to a 2-dimensional plane? This maker, known as M4ngolicious online, is using six panels of 64 x 64 pixels, 24,576 pixels in total, to create a portable, wireless matrix cube. This isn’t the first Raspberry… Read more

Hands On: Acer’s RGB-Everything Predator Helios 500 Is a Disco Gaming Animal

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) It’s been a couple of years now since Acer overhauled its big-screen Helios 500 desktop replacement rig. But the laptop is back in a 17-inch shell that’s a bit of a departure from the 2018 model . As expected, it brings current top-end 11th Gen Intel/Nvidia components, plus perhaps… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Pong Plays on Pimoroni Unicorn

Home News (Image credit: Pip Austin) If there’s one thing we’ve noticed over the years, it’s that the Raspberry Pi is deeply intertwined with retro gaming. This project, created by developer Pip Austin, proves this by bringing Pong’s classic game to our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico. According to Austin, who shared the development… Read more

Friends reunion will premiere on HBO Max May 27th

The Friends reunion special finally has a release date: Thursday, May 27th. The episode was was meant to launch with HBO Max in May 2020 but was delayed due to the pandemic. It will feature all six original cast members, as well as guest stars like Malala Yousafzai, Lady Gaga, and BTS, according to The… Read more

Robotic Raspberry Pi Co-Host Streams Games Live on Twitch

Home News (Image credit: HotSparkLab) One maker’s Raspberry Pi is another maker’s fun robotic co-host. Chris from HotSparkLab is all about streaming cool games like Star Citizen but it turns out his stream was missing something—a custom Raspberry Pi-powered counterpart to help liven up the show! This custom robot co-host is named Hot Spark and… Read more

Asus Announces New Zephyrus M16 and S17 With a Keyboard That Rises up

Home News (Image credit: Asus) Asus is announcing a slew of new gaming notebooks today, timed with Intel’s 35-65W Tiger Lake H processors and Nvidia’s new RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti. The new gaming laptops are a mix of old and new designs, flagship Zephyrus notebooks, more affordable TUF laptops, Strix G refreshes, and… Read more

How To Make A Magic 8-Ball With Raspberry Pi and Sense HAT

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The Raspberry Pi Foundation released its Sense HAT add on back in 2015 and yet this board remains one of the best Raspberry Pi HATs, because it still packs a full scientific platform and an 8×8 RGB LED matrix for a little fun in your Raspberry Pi projects. The… Read more

HBO Max’s cheaper ad-supported tier will reportedly cost $9.99 per month

HBO Max’s upcoming ad-support tier will cost $9.99 per month, or $5 less than the standard $14.99 per month that the regular version of HBO Max costs, according to a new report from CNBC. The upcoming ad-supported tier is still set to launch in June and will feature a few major differences from the $15… Read more

Skoda Enyaq iV 80 review: Smooth operator

(Pocket-lint) – Flick your eyes over the Skoda Enyaq fast enough and, shocker, you might kind-of mistake it for a Tesla Model X from certain angles. No, there’s no crazy gullwing doors here. No, there’s not quite as much real-world range either (it’s not far off, on paper, at least). But, heck, the Skoda doesn’t… Read more

Longer Orange 10 3D Printer Review: Cheap Price, Poor Performance

Our Verdict A small-format resin 3D printer with a bargain-basement price, the Longer Orange 10’s weak output and wobbly build quality make it a poor bargain. For + Inexpensive price + Small footprint Against – Laser-cut UV lid feels wobbly – Low XY resolution – Small build volume The Longer Orange 10 is the entry-level… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Powered Keypad Has All the Shortcuts You Need

Home News (Image credit: Katie Dumont, Element14) Keyboard shortcuts should make life easier, not more complicated—that’s why we love Katie Dumont’s Raspberry Pi Pico Macro Keypad project! This custom-made Pico keypad not only stores macros but also helps you keep track of different keyboard shortcut profiles for multiple applications. The device was designed entirely from… Read more

Garmin Venu 2 initial review: The AMOLED display is back

(Pocket-lint) – The original Garmin Venu was Garmin’s stab at something more like a smartwatch. It was designed to address the display above all things, sporting an AMOLED screen – and looking better than all the other devices in Garmin’s range. That’s true of the Venu 2 too and we’ve had one on the wrist… Read more

Raspberry Pi Vending Machine is Stocked Full of Creativity

Home News (Image credit: iSnowfall) Imagine the vending machine of your dreams — now you can make it a reality with the help of a Raspberry Pi! This project was created by a maker who goes by iSnowfall online. The machine was made entirely from scratch and uses a Raspberry Pi as the main controller…. Read more

Big iPad, Mini LED: why Apple’s new iPad Pro display is better and brighter

Apple’s latest iPad Pro might look very similar to the model it’s replacing, but it contains several major upgrades on the inside. It’s got the same powerful, energy-efficient M1 chip as the latest MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and now the redesigned iMac. Cellular models have made the jump to 5G. The front-facing… Read more

Chinese Exascale Supercomputer Prototype Tested with AI Workloads

Home News (Image credit: Top500.org/News.cn) Chinese scientists have started to test a prototype of locally developed exascale supercomputer using convolutional neural networks (CNN) AI workloads. As reported by Next Platform the Tianhe-3 machine runs Armv8-based Phytium 2000+ (FTP) and the Matrix 2000+ (MTP) processors that were primarily designed for traditional supercomputing with full FP64 precision. Supercomputing and artificial… Read more