Enlarge / A photo of Dmitry Grinberg’s custom Linux/4004 circuit board. reader comments 99 Hardware hacker Dmitry Grinberg recently achieved what might sound impossible: booting Linux on the Intel 4004, the world’s first commercial microprocessor. With just 2,300 transistors and an original clock speed of 740 kHz, the 1971 CPU is incredibly primitive by modern ..
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reader comments 113 In May, Sonos updated its mobile app—to the dismay of many users. With missing features and bugs, customers complained about a loss of functionality and hardware not working the way it should. As Sonos deals with the expensive repercussions, a report from Bloomberg today highlights how Sonos allowed the release of an ..
Enlarge / Control Center has a whole new customization interface. Samuel Axon reader comments 43 iOS 18 launched this week, and while its flagship feature (Apple Intelligence) is still forthcoming, the new OS included two significant new buckets of customization: the home screen and Control Center. We talked about home screen a few days ago, ..
Enlarge / An Anker 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K) on an iPhone. reader comments 36 Anker is recalling three models of MagSafe iPhone batteries due to a fire risk, it said yesterday. The models being recalled are the Anker 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K, model number A1642), Anker Power Bank (model number A1647), and Anker ..
reader comments 44 Hundreds of owners of smart TVs and streaming devices from United Kingdom telecom Sky reported that their hardware stopped powering on Thursday. Sky hasn’t confirmed the cause of the problem, but a botched update is largely suspected. Sky, a Comcast company that sells Internet, mobile, and satellite TV service in the UK, ..
Enlarge / If you get hired for this position, you’ll be provided an assistant. It’s this guy. This guy is your assistant. His name is “Googly.” reader comments 179 Update: We’ve resurfaced this posting one more time to make sure everyone who might be interested can see it. If it sounds like your jam, be ..
Enlarge / The Windows App runs on Windows, but also macOS, iOS/iPadOS, web browsers, and Android. reader comments 72 Microsoft announced today that it’s releasing a new app called Windows App as an app for Windows that allows users to run Windows and also Windows apps (it’s also coming to macOS, iOS, web browsers, and ..
Enlarge / An image from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where in 1874, the newest thing was not software or genetic compositions, but shutter fastenings from H.L. Norton. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 68 The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider two bills Thursday that would effectively nullify the Supreme Court’s ..
Enlarge / iPads running iPadOS 18. reader comments 36 Apple has temporarily paused the rollout of the iPadOS 18 update for M4 iPad Pros. The company has stopped signing the update for these iPads, meaning it will no longer be offered to users when they check, and Apple’s servers won’t activate the update if it’s installed ..
Enlarge / TCL’s C655 Pro TV is advertised as a quantum dot Mini LED TV. reader comments 58 TCL has come under scrutiny this month after testing that claimed to examine three TCL TVs marketed as quantum dot TVs reportedly showed no trace of quantum dots. Quantum dots are semiconductor particles that are several nanometers ..
