A salmonella outbreak in humans has been traced back to a very-not-human source: dog food. Federal health officials determined that at least seven people, mostly infants, have gotten sick from certain brands of dry dog food. Mid America Pet Food, the company implicated in the outbreak, recalled all of its dog and cat…
Source: Gizmodo – Stop Letting Your Babies Play With Dog Food
In an effort to secure precious access to low Earth orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an agreement with Airbus and Voyager Space for the use of their commercial space station which is currently under development as a replacement for the International Space Station (ISS).
Source: Gizmodo – After ISS Retires, European Astronauts Might Hop on Airbus’s Commercial Space Station
Wine 8.20 is out today and it takes care of quite a vintage bug report… A feature request from 2010 to be able to register URL protocol handlers under Linux…
Source: Phoronix – Wine 8.20 Closes 13 Year Old Bug To Register URL Protocol Handlers On Linux
Enlarge / The Apple Watch Ultra using the Backtrack breadcrumb feature within the compass. (credit: Corey Gaskin)
Today’s Dealmaster piles up some sweet headphone deals, more TV and soundbar sales as brands look to move last year’s models, excellent Apple deals, the continuation of Herman Miller’s close-out for gaming and office chairs, and much more.
Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.
Read on Ars Technica | Comments
Source: Ars Technica – Dealmaster: Apple watches, TV mega-deals, headphone sales, and more
If you’re reading HotHardware, there’s a solid chance that you recall a time when device makers were going completely insane with the designs of their hardware. Just about everything now is a very boring slab or block with inoffensively-rounded corners and a neutral color scheme, but around the turn of the millennium, you could find music
Source: Hot Hardware – Ayaneo Remake Collection Hat Tips NES And Macintosh With Slick Retro Gaming Systems
Baking a pie or tart is theoretically simple—filling goes in the crust, bake, and eat. But the devil is in the details, as they say, and one part of the fine print is blind baking. In order to prevent a gummy, soggy crust from plaguing your pie’s undercarriage, you’ll need to master this technique. Luckily, it’s…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Blind Bake a Pie Crust (Because You Probably Should)
The Humane AI Pin. It has a magnetic back, so it sticks to your clothing like a name tag. [credit:
Humane ]
Not since Magic Leap has a “next-generation” hardware company been so hyped while showing so little. Everyone in the tech world has been freaking out about this new pocket protector thing that wants to “replace your smartphone.” It’s called the “Humane AI Pin.” As far as we can tell, it’s a $700 screenless voice assistant box and, like all smartphone-ish devices released in the last 10 years, it has some AI in it. It’s as if Google Glass had a baby with a pager from the 1990s.
It’s a voice assistant box, so that means it has a microphone and speaker. There’s no hot word, and it’s not always listening, so you’ll be pressing a button to speak to it, and you’ll get a response back. There’s also a camera, and because you’re expected to mount this on your clothing at chest level via a magnetic back piece, you’ll be creepily pointing a camera at everyone the whole time you’re using it. It claims to be “screenless,” but it has a pretty cool 720p laser projection system that seems to function as a fine monochrome screen that projects a smartwatch-like UI onto your hand. It shows some super basic UI elements, like a circular media player or a scrolling wall of text. A few hand gestures, like tapping your fingers together, will let you interact with it.
Despite claiming to be able to replace a smartphone, the Humane AI Pin is going back to the Dark Ages and not supporting any apps. We’ve seen so many devices live and die by their app ecosystems, and the matter-of-fact quote from the presentation was, “We don’t do apps.” You’ll be locked into whatever features and services Humane has built into the Android-based “Cosmos” OS. So if you want to play music, it needs to be from Tidal, a service with 0–2 percent market share, because that’s who the Humane people have partnered with. It’s unclear if there is any other third-party functionality other than that. Humane’s “Cosmos” page shows logos for Slack and then logos from Microsoft and Google, which could mean anything.
Read 21 remaining paragraphs | Comments
Source: Ars Technica – The Humane AI Pin is a bizarre cross between Google Glass and a pager
We’re going to be waiting a long while before Geralt’s live-action adventures—complete with a new face—continue on Netflix. But that’s not to say the Witcher won’t be witching any time soon either, thanks to a new movie—starring a very familiar voice.
Source: Gizmodo – The Witcher Is Returning to Animation, and Bringing a New-Old Voice With It
An ongoing Domino’s free pizza promo turned into chaos as people walked out of stores with multiple pizzas that didn’t cost them anything due to an exploitable glitch that got spread around on social media. At least one manager, amid the free pizza chaos, reportedly texted a Domino’s employee: “Don’t make any free…
Source: Kotaku – Chaos At Domino’s After Free Pizza Glitch Goes Viral
Nerf was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame Friday, as the longtime fan favorite secured its legacy as one of the greatest toys of all time. Nerf blasters were the coveted toy of any 90s child, and its foam balls, originally released in the 1960s, unleashed indoor sports for countless children when the…
Source: Gizmodo – Nerf, Cabbage Patch Kids Inducted Into the National Toy Hall of Fame
In this article, you will find a brief description of the best collaborative platforms for Linux in 2023 so that you can compare their potential and features and make the perfect choice.
The post Top 5 Open-Source Collaboration Platforms for Linux in 2023 appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – Top 5 Open-Source Collaboration Platforms for Linux in 2023
You could hand Keith David a phone book to read and he’d make it sound commanding and impressive—but it’s even cooler to hear him voicing Hordak on Netflix’s upcoming Masters of the Universe: Revolution, the follow-up to Kevin Smith’s hit Masters of the Universe: Revelation.
Source: Gizmodo – Masters of the Universe: Revolution Teases Keith David’s Hordak
Ben Starr, the actor behind the best part of Final Fantasy XVI, steely protagonist Clive Rosfield, has been promoting the game for a hot minute. As you can imagine, he’s talked to a lot of people and has probably answered a lot of questions about his performance and the franchise. But it seems there’s one thing about…
Source: Kotaku – The Voice Of FFXVI’s Protagonist Stans His Favorite Final Fantasy During Acceptance Speech
The Digi Pen is a lower-cost alternative to the Apple Pencil, and it’s on sale for $39.99 right now (reg. $99). The Digi Pen is iPad compatible and has a 1.2mm fine tip that can be used for drawing, writing, sketching, or painting, the it also has palm rejection, so you can touch the screen while drawing on it. It has…
Source: LifeHacker – You Can Get a Digi Pen for Right Now
The Canadian federal government hired KPMG consultants at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars for advice on how to save money on consultants, documents show. From a report: New spending details tabled in Parliament show the department of Natural Resources, led by minister Jonathan Wilkinson, approved $669,650 for KPMG, a global professional services company, to provide managing consulting advice. The department said this work involved developing “recommendations that could be considered as options to ensure that Canadians’ tax dollars are being used efficiently and being invested in the priorities that matter most to them.”
Treasury Board President Anita Anand is currently leading a federal effort to save about $15-billion over five years from existing spending plans. She has promised to release the first wave of details this month. The Natural Resources contract work was part of that department’s contribution to the spending reduction effort. The Globe and Mail has reported that federal spending on outsourcing has grown sharply from when the Liberals promised in 2015 to cut back on the use of external consultants. The government has since singled out spending on outsourcing and consultants as an area of focus to find cuts. All federal departments were given a target of Oct. 2 to submit their proposed cuts to Ms. Anand’s department for review.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Ottawa Paid Nearly 0,000 for KPMG’s Advice on Cutting Consultant Costs
It’s never good when your TV stops working—for many reasons, some of which Netflix itself could quickly rattle off. But it’s really never good when the forces of nature around you start acting very oddly, as we see in this new clip from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail’s new Netflix film, Leave the World Behind.
Source: Gizmodo – Doomsday Lurks in New Clip From Netflix’s Leave the World Behind
The Core i9-14900K and Core i9-13900KS are essentially the same CPU, featuring practically identical stock frequencies, but for overclocking it wasn’t clear which one would be better. For such highly clocked CPUs, binning is the deciding factor, and although the 14900K is newer, it doesn’t have that special -KS suffix that denotes a Special
Source: Hot Hardware – Huge CPU Binning Test Compares Intel’s Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refresh To 13900KS
The Federal Bureau of Investigations confiscated New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ two cell phones and his iPad this week in a federal corruption investigation into his 2021 campaign, according to The New York Times.
Source: Gizmodo – NYC Mayor’s Phones and iPad Seized by FBI, Report Says
We’ve known since 2020 that Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would be shepherding 3 Body Problem, Netflix’s series adaptation of Chinese author Liu Cixin’s acclaimed sci-fi novel—and we’ve known since 2021 who was going to star in it. Now, we know when it’s arriving: March 21, 2024.
Source: Gizmodo – Netflix Reveals a New Look at Its 3 Body Problem Adaptation—and Its Release Date
SpaceX has undoubtedly cemented its position as a leader in the emerging space industry, but that may have come at a painful price. A shocking new investigation by Reuters documents 600 workplace injuries and one death at Elon Musk’s rocket company, highlighting a dangerous disregard for safety practices for the sake…
Source: Gizmodo – SpaceX Employees Suffer Broken Bones, Head Injuries Due to Company’s Disregard of Safety, Report Claims
