I was clearing up some clutter this week, and I came across my old childhood TV. This is the screen I had in my room to play games on consoles like the Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation 2. Now it’s set back up in my room (my adult one, not my childhood room). It’s … Read more
Month: October 2020
The Best Home Projectors for 2020
Home projectors have come a long way over the past few years. Today’s models can handle a wide variety of multimedia content—films, photos, documents, and games—with aplomb, and many can play music files, as well. Although models with resolutions of 720p or less are still being sold, higher resolutions, from 1080p (1,920 by 1,080 pixels) and up … Read more
Best MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Builds
Find out a tech expert’s picks for the best Mac laptop for mobile professionals, the best Mac laptop for replacing a desktop, and more. Matching a computer’s build to its intended use isn’t a perfect science, but thankfully Apple makes it easy to customize various Mac laptop configurations. Whether you usually perform tasks that don’t … Read more
Bill Nye is pissed | Engadget
“When it’s science fair time in your elementary school,” he said, “What does everybody do? They make a volcano, right?” That time-honored tradition is one of the projects you’ll be able to create in the kit, along with some other fun and familiar experiments that Nye will guide your child through with some AR popups … Read more
Zvox AccuVoice AV157 review: A hearing aid you plug your TV into
Zvox Audio would prefer you call its new AccuVoice AV157 soundbar a “hearing” product rather than a “home theater” or “audio” component. Pretty much anyone will find that it sounds significantly better than the utilitarian speakers built into the average television, but the target audience is people with impaired hearing. Folks who stress out when … Read more
How can employers hire & comply with all this new H-1B craziness? – TechCrunch
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Is it easier and … Read more
Pocketnow Daily: Apple Event Leaked: EVERYTHING is Here!? (video)
Apple’s latest 13-inch MacBook Air, and many more devices on sale today The official news today begin with Deals, and seriously let’s end the week with Apple deals because I know they’re your favorite. The MacBook Air is currently $100 off, that leaves the Intel Core i5, 8GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD variant … Read more
Disney Plus finally understands how fans want to watch Marvel movies
My biggest complaint about Disney Plus for the longest time was that it didn’t seem to understand how people (read: me) want to watch movies. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a perfect example. When Disney Plus launched, the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies weren’t exactly organized. There were rows for featured titles, movies, and TV shows, … Read more
This AI lyrics generator strings your random words into songs
Songwriter‘s block can be a problem for even the world’s most successful musicians. They can sometimes overcome it by taking breaks, seeking new forms of inspiration, or simply pushing through. And if none of that works, they could try out a new AI lyrics generator called keyword2lyrics. The system was created by Mathi Gatthi, a data scientist from Argentina, … Read more
FBI/DHS: Government election systems face threat from active Zerologon exploits
Getty Images The FBI and the cybersecurity arm of the Department of Homeland Security said they have detected hackers exploiting a critical Windows vulnerability against state and local governments and that in some cases the attacks are being used to breach networks used to support elections. Members of unspecific APTs—the abbreviation for advanced persistent threats—are … Read more