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Democrats call on FCC to expand remote learning connectivity

In an open letter on Thursday, dozens of Democrats called on Federal Communications Commission Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to expand the use of broadband funds for students struggling to stay connected and participate in remote learning. In a letter to Rosenworcel, signed by over 30 Senate Democrats, including Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Maria Cantwell… Read more

Check out these new videos from Super Nintendo World in Japan

Today, the fan site Universal Parks News Today dropped a slew of videos from inside Japan’s Super Nintendo World that show what the whole experience of going to the park is like. It’s a cool look at what’s sure to be a very popular post-COVID destination for Nintendo fans. From what I can tell, the… Read more

Best Raspberry Pi Projects

(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) January was a huge month for Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi Foundation released the Raspberry Pi Pico, a brand new board that serves as a microcontroller and uses the organization’s first custom silicon, the RP2040 CPU. There’s now an entire ecosystem of Pico products to go along with all the traditional… Read more

Free Open Source GPU Under Development for RISC-V

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The days of open-source GPUs may soon be upon us. The RISC-V architecture enables small companies to develop purpose-built processors and microcontrollers without paying a royalty. There are numerous free and commercial IP building blocks for RISC-V-based system-on-chips (SoCs), but the portfolio lacks a graphics option. This will change in a… Read more

Peacock hit 33 million signups before The Office even arrived

NBC Universal’s Peacock streaming service hit 33 million signups in the fourth quarter, parent company Comcast reported Thursday, an addition of 11 million signups from the third quarter. While the company’s overall revenues beat Wall Street’s expectations, Comcast continued to see the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its filmed entertainment and theme park divisions…. Read more

Bridgerton is Netflix’s biggest show ever, but here are the caveats

Netflix has a new worldwide mega-hit on its hands with the Regency-era British drama Bridgerton, which the streaming service says is its biggest show ever with more than 82 million households tuning in to at least one partial episode in its first 28 days. It beats out the previous record-holder The Witcher, which was watched… Read more

Samsung Galaxy SmartTag review: Getting lost in Samsung’s walled garden

(Pocket-lint) – Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag is a Bluetooth tracker, looking to extend the reach of SmartThings Find beyond those devices with their own connection, like a phone or a tablet. It follows very much in the mould of Tile, the company that basically created and has dominated the Bluetooth tracker market up to this point…. Read more

Raya and the Last Dragon looks like a fantastical Ocean’s Eleven in the latest trailer

Disney has released the second trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon, giving the best look yet at the upcoming animated fantasy film, which is set to hit both theaters and Disney Plus’ Premier Access program on March 5th. The new trailer sees Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) putting together a crew of warriors… Read more

Lego Vidiyo is a new augmented reality-powered version of TikTok — for your Minifigures

Lego is launching a new, augmented reality social video service called Vidiyo that will let users create their own music videos and dance clips and share them with friends, all while applying their own effects and styles to the videos. It sounds a lot like TikTok but aimed at younger children with strict moderation built… Read more

Apple’s 2021 MacBook Pros will reportedly bring back the SD card slot

Apple may finally be bringing an integrated SD card slot to its upcoming 2021 models of its MacBook Pro laptops, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, in a move that would restore the popular port standard to the company’s computers. The MacBook Pro lineup hasn’t offered an SD card slot since Apple… Read more

Beeper: 15 messaging apps in one service! It's the bet of the former CEO of Pebble (at $ 10 a month)

One service with 15 messaging applications. It is not a dream but the new platform of the former CEO of Pebble. It’s called Feeber and gathers all messaging services (even iMessage) in one place. The price? 10 $ per month. by Bruno Mucciarelli published 22 January 2021 , at 10: 41 in the web channel… Read more

End for connector and electronic health card: Gematik presents TI 2.0

By the year 2025 a “telematic infrastructure 2.0” should replace the networking of the healthcare system that exists today. With this TI 2.0, the Gematik project company draws the conclusions from the network failure in the year 2020. The connectors used in medical practices, hospitals and pharmacies are being replaced as “proprietary IT solutions” by… Read more

Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app

Beeper is a new universal chat app that’s an attempt to unify 15 different chat platforms into a single interface. The app is the work of a team that includes Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, who announced its launch on Twitter. Beeper’s site notes that the project was previously… Read more

Raspberry Pi Universal Lego Sorter Recognizes Any Brick

Home News (Image credit: Daniel West) Looking for a Lego brick? Daniel West’s Raspberry Pi universal Lego sorting machine is just what you need. It’s made of Lego bricks, for Lego bricks, and can recognize any brick shape! The machine is made with 10,000 individual Lego bricks. To power the main sorting operation, a Raspberry… Read more

What DDR4 memory would you like in CPU tests? A short survey on the new measurement procedure

The holidays are getting closer, the holidays are getting closer … Maybe not just such traditional holidays, but slowly a great event for equipment enthusiasts is approaching, because on the horizon there are already Intel Rocket Lake processors (Core 11 Gen ). In turn, the recent debut of AMD Ryzen processors 5000 meant that I… Read more