Don't ask 'why?' but this tech tinker turned the audio jack on their PC into a power button. A kinda borked power button

The person in question is Adam Lee, better known by his YouTube channel name of mryeester, and his latest endeavour sounds simple in principle but is actually quite hard to do: powering on a PC using ...

Today I learned Motorola was once developing a password pill that turns your body into an authentication token: 'We have demoed this working and authenticating a p…

At the time, Motorola were also intent on 'fixing' the "mechanical mismatch between humans and electronics" with a password ...
CNX Software

Add a tiny desktop monitor to your PC with the ESP32 Desktop Monitor project

D0WD, a low-cost alternative to LilyGo T-Display, lets you mirror your desktop monitor over Wi-Fi with an ESP32 ...
abc7NY

NYC Council passes bill requiring gun stores to display graphic warning images

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City will soon start requiring gun stores to display graphic warning images to show the dangers of having a firearm in your home. The City Council passed legislation making ...
Automation World

How Modern Industrial Interfaces Reduce Operator Errors and Boost Efficiency

Mitsubishi Electric GOT3000 HMI screen. Modern high-performance HMIs have moved away from the overwhelming "Christmas tree effect" of cluttered, colorful displays to embrace minimalist, monochromatic ...
Android Authority

Android will soon run Linux apps better, and that's great for Google's PC plans

Google is working to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android, which currently run slowly using inefficient CPU-based rendering. This will be achieved by implementing gfxstream, a ...
Android Authority

Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden 'Immersive' mode for true full screen

Samsung’s new DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden “Immersive” mode that enables a true full screen experience, hiding the app header and taskbar. To enable it, you must first maximize an app, then long-press ...
IEEE

An attractive way to teach programming basics based on a graphical display module

Abstract: This article describes some ideas how to make a C programming course more interesting for students. Nowadays, students prefer classes using modern technologies rather than more traditional ...
Business Wire

Renesas Extends RZ/A MPU Line-up with RZ/A3M for Cost-Sensitive, Advanced HMI Solutions

Built-in 128MB DDR3L SDRAM for System Cost Reduction with 30fps Video/Animation and Camera Display up to 1280x800 Resolution TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a ...
powerelectronicsnews

RP2040 + INA219: A 3.2-inch GUI for DC Voltage, Current, and Power

This project includes the RP2040 Zero microcontroller, precision INA219 sensor, and 3.2-inch ILI9341 SPI 320 × 240 TFT display. This project introduces a voltage, current, and power meter circuit, ...
USA Today

2025 survey named Trump as top peace threat? No, that's from 2019 | Fact check

The claim: 2025 report identifies Trump as 'greatest threat to world peace' A Feb. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a Fox News graphic with survey results that list President Donald ...
Cult of Mac

Another Studio Display alternative for Mac graphic designers [Review]

★★★★☆ It fits in nicely in any Mac setup. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac As you’ll read in our hands-on review of the BenQ DesignVue PD2730S, this Apple Studio Display alternative offers similar ...