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CT Scans of Health Wearables
Experience the engineering behind today’s leading health wearables including Oura Ring, Dexcom G7, and Jabra Hearing Aids. Industrial CT scans reveal how these devices merge medical precision with consumer design.
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The Great CPU Stagnation
A blog by and for database architects.
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Ghosts in the rom
While digging through dumps generated from the Apple Mac SE ROM images we noticed that there was a large amount of non-code, non-audio data. Adam Mayer tested
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Intro to SDR and RF Signal Analysis
A beginner's introduction to Software Defined Radio (SDR) and RF signal analysis, covering theory, tools, and visual signal characteristics.
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RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops
So we have two jobs openings in the Red Hat desktop team. What we are looking for is people to help us ensure that Fedora and RHEL runs great on various desktop hardware, with a focus on laptops. Since these jobs require continuous access to a lot of new and different hardware we can not...
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Pwning the all Google phone with a non-Google bug
It turns out that the first “all Google” phone includes a non-Google bug. Learn about the details of CVE-2022-38181, a vulnerability in the Arm Mali GPU. Join me on my journey through reporting the vulnerability to the Android security team, and the exploit that used this vulnerability to gain arbitrary kernel code…
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The Dyson Battery Electric Vehicle
In his own words, James Dyson reveals the Dyson electric vehicle.
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New Lower-Cost, AMD-Powered M5a and R5a EC2 Instances
From the start, AWS has focused on choice and economy. Driven by a never-ending torrent of customer requests that power our well-known Virtuous Cycle, I think we have delivered on both over the years: Choice – AWS gives you choices in a wide range of dimensions including locations (18 operational geographic regions, 4…
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A new class of tiny, self-propelled robots that can zip through liquid at speed
CU Boulder engineers have designed a new class of "microrobots" several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses
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Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel
Unum builds the Search, Storage, and Networking engines powering the modern data stack. Deployed on 100M+ devices, our technology serves DBMS unicorns and frontier AI labs.
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GlobalFoundries to Acquire MIPS
Acquisition will expand GF portfolio with cutting-edge RISC-V processor IP and software tools for real-time computing in autonomous mobility, industrial automation, datacenter and intelligent edge applications MALTA, N.Y., and San Jose, Calif., July 8, 2025 – GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) today announced a…
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Raspberry Pi Build HAT – Controls Lego Technic motors and sensors
Priced at $25, the Raspberry Pi Build HAT brings Raspberry Pi computing to the LEGO components we love: control LEGO Technic motors and sensors from your Raspberry Pi.
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Microsoft announces Surface Go
Today, Microsoft announces Surface Go: the most portable and affordable Surface product yet.
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SoftBank Group to Acquire Ampere Computing for 6.5B
(TOKYO, Japan) and (Santa Clara, CA) – SoftBank Group Corp. (TSE: 9984, “SoftBank Group”) today announced that it will acquire Ampere® Computing, a leading independent silicon design company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.5 billion.
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The hidden JTAG in a Qualcomm/Snapdragon device’s USB port
Learn about JTAG and EUD
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Team from ETH Zurich make high quality quantum swap gate using a geometric phase
Researchers at ETH Zurich have realised particularly stable quantum logical operations with qubits made of neutral atoms. Since these operations, called quantum gates, are based on geometric phases they are extremely robust against experimental noise and can be used in quantum computers in the future.
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Google Cast is now built-in to Chrome
With a couple of clicks you can view content on your TV or listen to music on your speakers, right from Chrome.
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Meta's open AI hardware vision
At the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2024, we’re showcasing our latest open AI hardware designs with the OCP community. These innovations include a new AI platform, cutting-edge open rac…
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A Modern C Development Environment
A community and blog for embedded software makers
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Google Acquires North
Google has acquired North, a pioneer in human computer interfaces and smart glasses.
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Pine64 November Update: KDE PinePhone CE and a Peek into the Future
Welcome to this month’s community update! We’ve got exciting news to share, but before I proceed in doing so I’d like to thank Gamiee, JF, and PizzaLovingNerd for contributing to this blog entry and Clover for the final edits and proof-reading. As the PINE64 device-family grows larger and becomes more diverse, I find…
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Beginners guide to building a hardware hacking lab
VSS Hardware Hacking Wiki and Blog Entries
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Sony develops energy harvesting module from electromagnetic wave noise
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group develops device business which includes Micro display, LSIs, and Semiconductor Laser, in focusing on Image Sensor.
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Open-Source Controller for the IKEA Bekant Standing Desk
Standing desks have become incredibly popular, and for good reason. Sitting for long periods of time can have long-term effects on your health, so if you work at a computer each day, the ability to…
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Infineon RSA Key Generation Issue
Learn more about what's happening within the tech and cybersecurity industry and the developments in our business and security keys within our Yubico Blog.