IT News 8 months ago

A Second Chance for the Single Wheel Monorail? - Lately, this peculiar little single wheel monorail came to our attention. Built by... -

Hackaday

A Second Chance For The Single Wheel Monorail?

Lately, this peculiar little single wheel monorail came to our attention. Built by [extraglide1976], all from Meccano. His build started with modes...

#transportationhacks #locomotive #gyroscope #toyhacks #monorail #brennan #meccano #gimbal #track #train #gyro

IT News 8 months ago

Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline - Who knew zero-days could be so useful to highway speedsters? The lingering effects of a c... -

theregister

Dutch prosecution service attack keeps speed cameras offline

: Who knew zero-days could be so useful to highway speedsters?

IT News 8 months ago

Bezos-backed Perplexity AI makes surprise bid for Google Chrome - One technology investor called the $34.5bn offer a "stunt" that is much lower than Chrome... -

AI start-up Perplexity makes $34.5bn bid for Google Chrome

One technology investor called the $34.5bn offer a "stunt" that is much lower than Chrome's true value.

IT News 9 months ago

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU face-off: how much difference does twice the memory make for the same chip? - Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti comes paired with 8GB and 16GB... -

Tom

Is 8GB of VRAM enough for gaming? GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU face-off — how much difference does twice the memory make for the same chip?

How much VRAM do you really need?

#pccomponents #gpus

IT News 9 months ago

Flyback Converter Revealed - As [Sam Ben-Yaakov] points out in a recent video, you don’t often see flyback conv... -

Hackaday

Flyback Converter Revealed

As [Sam Ben-Yaakov] points out in a recent video, you don’t often see flyback converters these days. That’s because there are smarter w...

#flyback #parts #spice

IT News 9 months ago

Datacenter diplomacy: Australia commits to help Vanuatu build bit barns - $79 million is a small price to pay to keep China at bay Australia will help to fund the ... -

theregister

Datacenter diplomacy sees Australia fund builds in Vanuatu

: $79 million is a small price to pay to keep China at bay

IT News 9 months ago

No more 'Sanity Checks.' Inclusive language guide bans problematic tech terms - 'Hung' is out and 'Unresponsive' is in, according to the Academy Software Foundation and ... -

theregister

Inclusive language guide bans problematic tech terms

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IT News 9 months ago

This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it's powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 - Maker Sector 07 has created a 3D-printed cyberdeck that fea... -

Tom

This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it

Portrait mode or landscape mode? Yes.

#3dprinting

IT News 9 months ago

LLMs' 'Simulated Reasoning' Abilities Are a 'Brittle Mirage,' Researchers Find - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In recent months, the AI in... -

LLMs

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In recent months, the AI industry has started moving toward so-called simulated reasoning mo...

#ai

IT News 9 months ago

Cheap Thermal Camera Fits the Bill - If you want to save a little money on a thermal camera, or if you just enjoy makin... -

Hackaday

Cheap Thermal Camera Fits The Bill

If you want to save a little money on a thermal camera, or if you just enjoy making your own, you should have a look at [Evan Yu’s] GitHub re...

#digitalcamerashacks #ircamera #mlx90640

IT News 9 months ago

One File, Six Formats: Just Change The Extension - Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything posi... -

Hackaday

One File, Six Formats: Just Change The Extension

Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything positive. It just makes the file open in the wrong progra...

#softwarehacks #fileformats #fileformat #mp4 #pdf #png

IT News 9 months ago

LG unveils world's first 540 Hz OLED monitor with 720p dual mode that can boost up to 720 Hz — Features a 27-inch 4th Gen Tandem OLED panel with QHD resolution and up to 1,500 nits of peak brightness - LG has just launched its 540 Hz OLED gaming monitor featuri... -

Tom

LG unveils world

The "world

#gamingmonitors

IT News 9 months ago

Amnesty slams Elon Musk's X for 'central role' in fueling 2024 UK riots - Human rights org calls for greater accountability and stronger enforcement of Online Safe... -

theregister

Amnesty slams X for

: Human rights org calls for greater accountability and stronger enforcement of Online Safety Act

IT News 9 months ago

Real estate agents use the power of AI to command plumbing, layout to disappear - Lightsockets lovingly hooked up to power supply by passionate, vivacious owners. Would su... -

theregister

Estate agents

Feature: Lightsockets lovingly hooked up to power supply by passionate, vivacious owners. Would suit professional who wants to read after dark

IT News 9 months ago

Mistakenly sold NASA command trailer could be yours – for $199K - Former Space Shuttle support vehicle surfaces after surplus slip-up Space fans looking to... -

theregister

NASA Airstream trailer for sale. One previous owner

: Former Space Shuttle support vehicle surfaces after surplus slip-up

IT News 9 months ago

A politician made an AI clone of himself. The outrage was real. - British lawmaker Mark Sewards released an artificial intelligence prototype of himself to... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/06/ai-chatbot-mp-britain-labour/

IT News 9 months ago

A Speed Loader For Your 3D Printer Filament - Reloading filament on a 3D printer is hardly anyone’s favorite task, but it’s even... -

Hackaday

A Speed Loader For Your 3D Printer Filament

Reloading filament on a 3D printer is hardly anyone’s favorite task, but it’s even worse when you’re trying to shove stiff filame...

#speedloader #3dprinting #toolhacks #bowden

IT News 9 months ago

The history behind the QR code - It's used by millions of us every day, but why was the Quick Response code invented? -

The history behind the QR code

It's used by millions of us every day, but why was the Quick Response code invented?

IT News 9 months ago

Fungus-inspired Linux hack gives Amiga a Doom-only brain - PiStorm adapter and a parasitic OS hijack classic 68000 hardware in the name of retro car... -

theregister

Fungus-inspired Linux hack gives Amiga a Doom-only brain

: PiStorm adapter and a parasitic OS hijack classic 68000 hardware in the name of retro carnage

IT News 9 months ago

Tech Life - China’s DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? And: AI doomsday?... -

BBC

Tech Life - What happened to DeepSeek? - BBC Sounds

China’s DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? And: AI doomsday?