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Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
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Opening Up the Samsung Q60 Series Smart TV (2019)
True cyber security combines advanced technology and best practice. Get tips and read articles on how to take your online security even further.
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GPU Architecture Types Explained
The behavior of the graphics pipeline is practically standard across platforms and APIs, yet GPU vendors come up with unique solutions to accelerate it, the two major architecture types being tile-based and immediate-mode rendering GPUs. In this article we explore how they work, present their strengths/weaknesses, and…
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The next generation of AirPods
The third-generation AirPods deliver powerful audio features and a magical wireless headphone experience in a new contoured design.
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Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data
Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers at the Cambridge Graphene Centre have shown.
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Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have developed an ultracompact camera the size of a coarse grain of salt. The new system can produce crisp, full-color images on par with a conventional compound camera lens 500,000 times larger in volume.
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A long-lasting, stable solid-state lithium battery
Researchers demonstrate a solution to a 40-year problem
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OK Lenovo, we need to talk
I’ve been wanting to publicly comment on Lenovo’s statement on Linux support for a while, as there’s much to say about it, and my failing attempt at finding a suitable replacement for my venerable T510 gave me an excuse to document …
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Chrome 89 Beta: advanced hardware interactions, web sharing on desktop
Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Wi...
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The most powerful MRI scanner in the world delivers its first images
September 2021, the 11.7 Tesla MRI of the Iseult project, the most powerful in the world for human imaging, has just unveiled its first images.
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Farm equipment security at DEF CON 29
At DEF CON 29, a security researcher exposed the vulnerabilities of farm equipment manufacturers.
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Writing embedded firmware using Rust
AnyLeaf Articles: Writing embedded firmware using Rust
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Electric vehicles could fully recharge in 5 minutes with new cable design
Purdue University is a world-renowned, public research university that advances discoveries in science, technology, engineering and math.
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YubiKey Bio Series
The YubiKey Bio Series delivers secure second factor and passwordless logins for desktop-based FIDO-supported services and applications.
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The Soviet 1801VM2 LSI-11 Processor
The Soviet-made 1801VM2 CPU (a binary-compatible implementation of the PDP11 instruction set and QBUS interface) was developed in 1982. The 1801VM2 is a further development of the earlier 1801VM1 doubling the original 5MHz clock speed. From a constructive standpoint this CPU is a completely independent development.
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Colour-changing magnifying glass gives clear view of infrared light
By trapping light into tiny crevices of gold, researchers have coaxed molecules to convert invisible infrared into visible light, creating new low-cost detectors for sensing.
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This Year in Embedded Rust
As 2021 draws to a close, we thought we'd take a look back at what's happened over the last year in Embedded Rust, both within the working group and in the larger community.
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Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design
Apple today introduced the powerful new iPad mini with a larger 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display in four gorgeous finishes.
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The Ball and Supply Chain
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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Unveiling our new Quantum AI campus
Google is unveiling a new Quantum AI campus in Santa Barbara, California.
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NitroPhone – Pixel 4a phone with GrapheneOS
Nitrokey launches the NitroPhone, the most secure Android smartphone on the planet. Based on Pixel 6 and GrapheneOS with no Google, no backdoors and hardware security.
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NEC’s Forgotten FPUs
NEC had a cross license agreement with Intel dating back to April of 1976 that allowed each company to make/sell products based on each others patents. This was particularly important in the 1970’s as having a viable ‘second source’ for your designs was considered critical for it to be viable in the market. This was…
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ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM
Today, we’re announcing ARM64EC (“Emulation Compatible”), a new way to build apps for Windows 11 on ARM. With the latest Visual Studio tools in preview and the Windows 11 Insider SDK, you'll be able to take advantage of ARM64EC to incrementally