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    The Connected Customer Experience

    “The connected customer experience” explores how people’s feelings and expectations have changed over the course of the pandemic—and what that means for how companies engage...
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    Differentiate with cloud power

    Cloud-powered services create benefits for all types of companies, yet most enterprises are merely scratching the surface of what’s possible in the cloud. According to...
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    How to Manage Third Party Risk

    The adoption of digital transformation, cloud computing, and Infrastructure as a Service all have brought business new found success. However as an unintended consequence nearly...
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    • Money first, fun last: Former PlayStation president warns of gaming's creative decline

      Former President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, Shawn Layden, says the industry has stopped focusing on making fun games and instead spends all its energy on monetization. Developers, or rather the middle management that oversees them, worry more about making the game fit into a subscription or microtransactional...Read Entire Article

    • Insurance firms bet big on AI, but human touch remains in high demand

      IBM recently shared some notable research regarding the current state of generative AI and its implementation in the insurance industry. Big Blue said there is an apparent "disconnect" between insurance companies' priorities and their customers. However, many consider AI technology essential to keep revenue flowing.Read Entire Article

    • Euclid space telescope will produce the largest map of the universe ever

      Euclid launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral on July 1, 2023, and sent back its first test photos just one month later. The telescope is equipped with a 600-megapixel camera tasked with mapping more than a third of the sky – out to 10 billion light-years – over the coming years...Read Entire Article

    • Former Bethesda developer says studio could squash more bugs before release

      Nesmith served as the lead designer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one of Bethesda Studios' most successful role-playing games. Skyrim is also one of the most complex – and bug-ridden – experiences in modern RPG history, which is why Nesmith still harbors some frustration toward the Maryland-based studio's development practices.Read Entire Article

    • Man who threw away $500M Bitcoin hard drive sues city for right to search landfill

      Howells eventually realized what he'd done, but it was too late. His bag of trash from that day is believed to be at the local landfill, and is likely buried under several feet of garbage. Attempts to gain access to the landfill to excavate the missing drive have come up...Read Entire Article

    • Intel faces scrutiny in China over alleged security risks and vulnerabilities in its chips

      On its official WeChat account, CSAC claimed that Intel's chips are a threat due to their "frequent vulnerabilities and high failure rates." It added that the company's CPUs, including Xeon processors, have major defects when it comes to product quality and security management, indicating an extremely irresponsible attitude towards customers.Read Entire Article

    • Analysts predict Arm CPUs will power 40% of notebooks by 2029

      Semiconductor-focused analysis firm TechInsights says x86 currently accounts for 82 percent of the notebook processor market, while Arm's market share is around 18 percent. It expects Arm's footprint to grow to 20 percent by 2025 in the notebook market as more affordable Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered AI PCs hit the consumers.Read Entire Article

    • Intel releases new XTU version, exclusively for Arrow Lake

      Intel XTU is a performance tuning tool for overclocking, monitoring, and stress testing. Version 10 is exclusive to Core Ultra 200S processors and newer, while the previous version supports 14th-gen and older CPUs.Read Entire Article

    • Air Force to put not-so secret X-37B space drone through advanced orbital tests

      The US Space Force recently announced a significant development in the OTV-7 mission. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will soon execute a series of aerobraking maneuvers, using Earth's atmospheric drag to adjust its orbit more efficiently. Officially, the goal of the test is to safely discard the X-37B's service module...Read Entire Article

    • Emteq Labs unveils smart glasses that track emotions and eating habits

      Emteq Labs has announced the development of Sense, which it says is the world's first emotion-sensing smart glasses.Read Entire Article

    • More tech industry layoffs: Intel cuts over 2,000 US jobs, Meta downsizes across multiple units

      Intel's layoffs will mostly affect workers at its Hillsboro, Oregon offices, where 1,300 people are being notified that they will lose their jobs next month. The Oregonian reports that the cuts will impact 1 in every 18 Oregon workers at Intel, which is the state's largest corporate employer.Read Entire Article

    • Intel and AMD may be testing 12V-2x6 power cables for future GPUs

      Sources have informed Hungarian outlet Prohardver that AMD and Intel have begun testing 12V-2x6 power cables for their upcoming graphics cards. Market leader Nvidia already uses the standard across its latest and upcoming products, but its competitors may still harbor reliability concerns.Read Entire Article

    • Tiny LoRa GPS Node Relies on ESP32

      Sometimes you need to create a satellite navigation tracking device that communicates via a low-power mesh network. [Powerfeatherdev] was in just that situation, and they whipped up a particularly compact …read more

    • Access the Information Superhighway With a Mac Plus

      For some time now, Apple has developed a reputation for manufacturing computers and phones that are not particularly repairable or upgradable. While this reputation is somewhat deserved, especially in recent …read more

    • Ubiquitous Successful Bus: Version 2

      I’ve talked a fair bit about USB-C before, explaining how it all works, from many different angles. That said, USB-C is just the physical connector standard, plus the PD part …read more

    • The FNIRSI HRM-10 Internal Resistance Meter

      Occasionally, we find fun new electronic instruments in the wild and can’t resist sharing them with our readers. The item in question is the FNIRSI HRM-10 Internal resistance meter, which …read more

    • Mining and Refining: Mine Dewatering

      From space, the most striking feature of our Pale Blue Dot is exactly what makes it blue: all that water. About three-quarters of the globe is covered with liquid water, …read more

    • What Would It Take to Recreate Bell Labs?

      It’s been said that the best way to stifle creativity by researchers is to demand that they produce immediately marketable technologies and products. This is also effectively the story of …read more

    • Read All About It: The 2024 Supercon Site is Live

      With the 2024 Hackaday Supercon just a couple weeks away, we’re pleased to announce that the official site for the three-day event is now live! On the brand-new Supercon page, …read more

    • Cops use drug-sniffing dogs to detect abortion pills

      It sounds like something from The Handmaid's Tale, but it's happening now: Police in the United States are using drug-sniffing dogs to intercept abortion pills in the mail, according to a recent investigation by The Intercept. According to the report, in Jackson, Mississippi, a police officer and his K-9 partner were called to a post office after an employee reported someone putting pills into pink envelopes. — Read the rest The post Cops use drug-sniffing dogs to detect abortion pills appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • How Hot Wheels left Matchbox in the dust: A toy car tragedy

      The rise and fall of Matchbox toy cars is an example of failing to keep up with changing tastes. As reported by Hagerty, Matchbox began in post-war Britain and quickly grew to dominate the toy car market. "By 1969, Lesney was building a thousand toy cars per minute," the article says. — Read the rest The post How Hot Wheels left Matchbox in the dust: A toy car tragedy appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Adobe's Project Turntable: 3D rotation magic for 2D vector shapes

      Yesterday's Adobe MAX 2024 presentation of Project Turntable for Illustrator has set the design world abuzz with excitement. If the tool works as demoed, it will change how artists work with 2D vector shapes, allowing them to manipulate and rotate designs around all three axes without having to redraw them. — Read the rest The post Adobe's Project Turntable: 3D rotation magic for 2D vector shapes appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • 35-year-old Brazilian policewoman is a real life Inigo Montoya

      Gislayne Silva de Deus one-ups Inigo Montoya by spending 25 years training, leading to her non-fatal capture of her father's killer. While it does appear Silve de Deus got to deliver an "I got you line" to her father's murderer, after 25 years, I believe it inferior to, "I want father my back, you son of bitch!" — Read the rest The post 35-year-old Brazilian policewoman is a real life Inigo Montoya appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Man blames severe stomach pain on street food — but nope, it's just a live cockroach living inside his belly

      Cockroaches are known as hearty insects that can survive just about anything: sewers, decapitation, radiation after a nuclear war. And to prove the point, one cockroach was just spotted alive and well while wreaking havoc inside the stomach of a 23-year-old man. — Read the rest The post Man blames severe stomach pain on street food — but nope, it's just a live cockroach living inside his belly appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Violent anti-abortion crusader who crushed clinic worker's hand blames Biden for her prison sentence

      Bevelyn Beatty Williams, the Tennessee woman sentenced to 41 months in prison for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act), has taken to social media to cast blame on the Biden/Harris administration for her impending incarceration. Yesterday, the day she was set to begin her sentence, Williams posted on Twitter: "Biden/Harris administration has made my husband a single father today. — Read the rest The post Violent anti-abortion crusader who crushed clinic worker's hand blames Biden for her prison sentence appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Sen. Mitch McConnell calls Trump "stupid" and "despicable" behind his back, says new report

      The cowardly Sen. Mitch McConnell bows to Donald Trump in public, but behind his back calls him a "stupid" and "despicable" narcissist, as well as an "ill-tempered" liar who "has no filter now at all," according to Michael Tackett, an Associated Press staffer for nearly 30 years. — Read the rest The post Sen. Mitch McConnell calls Trump "stupid" and "despicable" behind his back, says new report appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Trump commemorates the MAGA Hat with the MAGA Hat hat

      How much hate can a hate hat hat if a hate hat does hate hats? Donald Trump is selling white hats decorated with tiny red MAGA hats. Buddy, you want some hat with your hat? It looks like someone at Trump HQ fucked up. — Read the rest The post Trump commemorates the MAGA Hat with the MAGA Hat hat appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Trump identifies himself as a Jan. 6th rioter

      As each public appearance, regardless of how curated and proctored, melts down in a shameful, cringing example of mental unfitness for the job of President, Donald Trump now openly refers to himself as a January 6th rioter. At the very top of this video, the convicted felon straight out says he was on the side of rioters. — Read the rest The post Trump identifies himself as a Jan. 6th rioter appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • World's oldest lightbulb: 123 years and still glowing

      Every few years, I remember that the world's longest continuously operating lightbulb is chugging along in a fire station in Livermore, California. It's been in operation since 1901 and has outlasted all its rivals by at least a decade. Further investigating the Centennial Bulb's brethren will lead to a charming Wikipedia page dedicated to documenting all the world's longest-lasting lightbulbs. — Read the rest The post World's oldest lightbulb: 123 years and still glowing appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Timelapse of rare Queen of the Night blooming

      Watch a timelapse of a Queen of the Night flower's brief opening. Selenicereus grandiflorus is a cactus known for its flowers' sweet fragrance and stunning white blooms. The blooms open only onece per year, for just a few hours. Consider yourself lucky if you ever experience it in person.  — Read the rest The post Timelapse of rare Queen of the Night blooming appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • ICP's Violent J will be voting for Harris

      While we have no word on Insane Clown Posse's Shaggy 2 Dope, Violent J shares excellent reasons to vote for Kamala Harris. This excellent The Daily Show segment shows that even on mushrooms, Violent J could learn to say "Kamala." Citing a love for his mother and Kamala Harris' Democratic party affiliation, the professional wrestler and beclowned rap star will not vote for Trump. — Read the rest The post ICP's Violent J will be voting for Harris appeared first on Boing Boing.

      • Future of Apple Pay could be digital keys for rental cars, says Apple Pay executive

        On the tenth anniversary of Apple Pay, the Vice President of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet has revealed new details about the future of contactless payments and digital keys on iPhones.The Vice President of Apple Pay revealed details about the future of contactless payments and digital keys on iPhones. Image credit: AppleApple's mobile payment service was launched on October 20, 2014, and the company recently celebrated 10 years since the feature's launch. Apple Pay made it possible to complete payments on an iPhone without the use of a physical card, but the service wasn't an instant hit.In an interview with The Points Guy, Jennifer Bailey, Apple's Vice President of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, explained that the company had to educate consumers and work with merchants to try and convince them to use the service. According to Bailey, Apple "worked really hard on getting a great consumer experience." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Bands can turn concert set lists into Apple Music playlists

        Music fans will be able to relive the concerts of their favorite acts, as Apple Music is now allowing artists to turn their set lists into playlists.Apple Music for Artists - image credit: AppleApple's new tool for musicians is detailed in Apple Music for Artists as a form of promotion. Musical acts can share a playlist of their concert set list with fans via their Apple Music page.While this does provide fans a way to listen to songs from the concert and relive the experience at home, it also helps before a concert. Fans will know what songs will be played ahead of time, so they will know if their favorite song will be performed. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • How to create new Apple Notes quickly on iPad with Apple Pencil

        If you've ever wanted to create a new note in the Apple Notes app almost instantly, your iPad can do that — with the help of an Apple Pencil. Here's how.All the Apple Notes tools are also available in an Instant Note.The Instant Note feature on iPad allows users to create a note in the Apple Notes app incredibly quickly. An Instant Note allows access to all the features of the program — including new features added in iPadOS 18.You must be running at least iPadOS 15 in order to use the Instant Note feature. Whether you've arrived late to class and the lecture has already started, someone is imparting important information to you over a phone call, or you've just had a brilliant idea, you can get it down right away. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black review: Same tech, but the new color is absolutely fantastic

        There is one reason to buy the 2024 Apple Watch Ultra 2, and that's the new incredibly cool and stylish black finish.Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black reviewThis is a strange review to write. The product is updated, but unchanged internally year-after-year which in itself, is unusual.The Apple Watch Ultra 2 in 2024 is, fundamentally, the same device that Apple introduced in 2023. However, the "Glowtime" update one year later offered a change that was big enough to warrant a lot of marketing from Apple. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Today's top Apple deals on Amazon start at just $15

        Halloween Boo Baskets are all the rage this year, and if you're on the hunt for non-sugary gifts for the Apple fan in your life, we've got top deals on Apple gear that's currently on sale at Amazon.Grab Apple deals from just $15 - Image source: Apple/AmazonWhile a Boo Basket filled with Apple products is a bit on the extravagant side, it is a memorable way to treat a loved one to products that will last far past Halloween. Continue Reading on AppleInsider

      • How to toggle removable and full disk access for apps in macOS Sequoia

        Apple provides security features in macOS to give apps access to files on your local storage and removable drives. Here's how to configure them.macOS file and folder security.Years ago, Apple added the ability for macOS to restrict which apps can access your files and folders stored on local volumes attached to your Mac.Some apps, such as Finder, require this access. But in the case of third-party apps, you may or may not want them to have access to your files. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Trump says Tim Cook complained to him about the EU

        Former President Trump claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook phoned him recently to complain about the billions of dollars that the EU has fined the company.Apple CEO Tim CookThe former president has previously referred to Cook as "Tim Apple," and in March 2024 said Apple should unlock shooters' iPhones because of "foreign apps." But now he says that Cook phoned him at some point after the news broke that the EU had ruled Apple should pay Ireland $14 billion in back taxes."Two hours ago, three hours ago, he [Cook] called me," Trump said on the PBD Podcast. "He said the European Union has just fined us $15 billion... Then on top of that, they got fined by the European Union another $2 billion." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • New Apple Belfast is the only Apple Store in Northern Ireland

        Apple Belfast, which opens on Friday October 18, 2024, replaces the city's previous Apple Store as the only one on the island of Ireland.Inside the new Apple Belfast — Image credit: Belfast TelegraphThe city's original Apple Store opened in 2008 as Apple Victoria Square. It closed on October 15, 2024, and has been replaced by Apple Belfast in a new location. That location is in Belfast's Cornmarket, approximately one minute's walk away from the previous location.According to the Belfast Telegraph, the move follows a similar exodus of high profile brands from Victoria Square. Apple Belfast is now situated in a new shopping location called The Keep, which reportedly also recently added a multi-floor H&M store after that departed Victoria Square. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Apple Pay adds Klarna installments now, PayPal balances later

        Apple Pay has started to offer Klarna installment plans for online purchases, while a future update will bring PayPal balances to the Apple Wallet.Klarna on Apple Pay - Image credit: KlarnaCoinciding with the tenth anniversary of the launch of Apple Pay, the mobile payments platform is gaining more features that involve other services. The changes will give shoppers more ways to buy items, while also managing their finances.The first and immediate change is support for Klarna for online and in-app purchases. Rolling out on Thursday, consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom will be able to access Klarna's flexible payment options at the time of checking out. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums