Motorola has really been pumping out phones in 2020 including the Moto Razr, two models of the Moto Edge, and a seemingly endless string of various Moto G phones. But out of all those, the new Motorola One 5G almost certainly packs the best bang for your buck.
Source: Gizmodo – The Motorola One 5G Might Be the Best New Phone for Under 0
Lenovo makes some of the best 2-in-1s on the market, and for its upcoming premium Yoga convertibles, aside from updated specs and components, some are also getting fancy leather backs.
Source: Gizmodo – Lenovo’s Latest 2-in-1s Have Leather Backs and Invisible Trackpads
Over the last year, Netflix has faced increasing competition from streaming newcomers like Disney+, so the company is taking the somewhat surprising step of giving away some original content for free. Starting today, you can visit a “watch free” page…
Source: Engadget – Netflix offers a collection of original movies and shows for free
Samsung is keeping its foot firmly pressed on the gas pedal by entering into mass production of its third-generation 16-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR5 memory chips for mobile devices, like its upcoming Galaxy S21 handset. Leveraging its most advanced process node (dubbed 1z), this is the first version of 16Gb LPDDR5 to be mass produced using extreme
Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Is Mass Producing Fast 16Gb LPDDR5 For A New Generation Of 5G Smartphones
The third 5.9 kernel prepatch is out for
testing. “On the whole it’s been pretty calm for being rc3. This is
actually one of the smaller rc3’s we’ve had in recent releases.“
Source: LWN.net – Kernel prepatch 5.9-rc3
How many sentences, since March, have started with the words “when all this is over”? Billions, probably, but fewer of late, as each of us reckons with the fact that this will never be over, not really. Psychologically, economically—we’re wrecked. A vaccine will certainly help, but it can only fix so much. Already I…
Source: Gizmodo – What Will Post-Coronavirus Social Life Really Be Like?
Edison Software, the company behind the popular Edison email app (that recently suffered from a serious security bug) has unveiled a new privacy-focused email app called Onmail. Arriving in a public beta, it includes features that allow you to cut of…
Source: Engadget – Edison’s new email app lets you block senders before they hit your inbox
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. The deadly adventure game Shadowgate was an unlikely hit on the NES, and I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest its tremendous soundtrack played a role in that.
Source: Kotaku – Shadowgate’s Simple Melodies Conjure Danger And Unease
Through Digital Making at Home, we invite your and your kids all over the world to code and make along with us and our new videos every week.
Since March, we’ve created over 20 weeks’ worth of themed code-along videos for families to have fun with and learn at home. Here are some of our favourite themes — get coding with us today!
Follow along with our code-along video released this week and make a digital stress ball with us. In the video, we’ve got 6-year-old Noah trying out coding for the first time!
Creating your own video games is a super fun, creative way to start coding and learn what it’s all about.
Check out our code-along videos and projects where we show you:
If you have a Raspberry Pi computer at home, then get it ready! We’ve got make-along videos showing you:
Digital making isn’t all about video games and robots! You can use it to create truly artistic projects as well. So come and explore with us as we show you:
You’ll find many more code-along videos and projects on the rpf.io/home page. Where do you want your digital making journey to take you?
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Source: Raspberry Pi – Coding for kids and parents with Digital Making at Home
After being announced by the Fedora Linux team back in April, the rollout of Fedora across Lenovo laptops appears to have begun along with a sale.
Source: LXer – Lenovo begins rollout of Fedora Linux on their laptops, Ubuntu systems due soon
In 2016, comedian Pikotaro went viral with his song “PPAP.” Earlier this year, he released a song to encourage people to wash their hands. Now, he’s back, and this time he’s hanging out with an electric rodent.
Source: Kotaku – Pikachu Stars In The PPAP Singer’s New Music Video
SkyDrive is yet another flying car startup, but one that has the backing of auto giant Toyota. That means we kinda have to pay attention. Fortunately, we did: SkyDrive finally achieved the first public crewed test flight for its flying car prototype,…
Source: Engadget – The Morning After: A Toyota-backed flying car completes piloted test-flight
Twitter user Annkoromoti makes incredible models, bringing them to life in anime-like dioramas.
Source: Kotaku – This Isn’t Anime, But A Model Diorama
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Former presidential hopeful Herman Cain died of covid-19 on July 30, but that hasn’t stopped the man from tweeting. In fact, Cain (or whoever is running his account, if you don’t believe in ghosts) has been tweeting about a subject near and dear to his lifeless heart: How the coronavirus pandemic is overblown and not…
Source: Gizmodo – Man Who Famously Died From Covid Says Covid Isn’t Very Deadly
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Source: Kotaku – Save up to 30% on Dell Gaming Laptops and Alienware Gear, Today Only
America’s House of Representatives proposed a new structure for the U.S. Space Force in what’s being called “the Starfleet amendment”. Space News reports:
Before the House passed the so-called “Starfleet” amendment, Space Force officials had been internally debating a new rank structure to set the space branch apart from its parent service the U.S. Air Force. The amendment in the House version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Space Force to use the Navy’s rank structure. The proposal will be debated later this year in a House and Senate conference. The Senate would have to support the amendment for it to become law.
The amendment was introduced by a former Navy SEAL (now a Republican congressman from Texas), the article reports. But more importantly, the amendment “got a prominent endorsement from the Starfleet captain himself, William Shatner.” In a special editorial in Military Times, Shatner wrote:
It’s been captains throughout entertainment history that have gone into space and been the heroes that saved the day, the planet, the galaxy and the universe. Where in any of this rich history of inspired heroes travelling into space was there a…colonel…?
“Star Trek” has borrowed so much of its iconic rank symbols from the U.S. military and NASA. When you unveiled the Space Force logo, many immediately saw it as an homage to “Star Trek” (even though our Delta was an homage to the previous military space insignias). Why not borrow back from “Star Trek” and adopt our ranks as well? We took them from the Navy for good reason, even though Gene Roddenberry was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps. They made better sense when talking about a (space) ship.
So wrapping this up, I’m going to say that if you want the public to believe in heroes, that you should adopt the Navy ranks as they are the ones the public is most used to being heroes. So please reconsider and name the Space Force ranks after the U.S. Navy.
Space News reports that officials from Space Force “declined to comment on Shatner’s article, or on whether his views might carry any weight with lawmakers.” But the site’s source said there’s polarized feelings inside real-world Space Force about the Starfleet amendment.
“Some view the prospect of using naval ranks as an insult that would permanently turn the service into a Star Trek punchline.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – For U.S. Space Force Ranks, William Shatner Endorses ‘Starfleet Amendment’
Originally a light novel, Haruhi Suzumiya launched an iconic anime and manga in the 2000s. But there hasn’t been a new Haruhi novel since 2011. Until now.
Source: Kotaku – After Nine Years, New Haruhi Suzumiya Novel Will Be Released
For those who don’t know, Google Chrome is built on the top of the Google Chromium browser, which is an open source browser released under BSD license having almost the same features as in Google Chrome. Don’t use Chrome nor Chromium… Instead, use this fully Google-free Ungoogled-Chromium if you want to stay away from Google’s eyes.
Source: LXer – Break Free from Google’s Tracking With Ungoogled-Chromium
While SpaceX didn’t pull off a doubleheader Sunday launch like it planned, the company still managed a rare feat. Instead of launching eastward like every other Cape Canaveral rocket, the Falcon 9 headed south toward Cuba, close to populated areas on…
Source: Engadget – SpaceX makes first polar orbit launch from Florida in ‘decades’