Jalopnik reports:
The United States government operates a fleet of about 645,000 vehicles, from mail delivery trucks to military vehicles and passenger cars. On Monday, President Joe Biden announced that his administration intends to replace them all with American-made, electric alternatives… In 2015, the government operated 357,610 gasoline vehicles and 3,896 electric ones; in 2019, those numbers grew to 368,807 and 4,475,…
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The Verdict After Hackaday’s Teardown of a Raspberry Pi 400: ‘Very, Very Slick’
“You can’t send Hackaday a piece of gear without us taking it apart,” warns an article shared by Slashdot reader beggarwoman. Hackady’s verdict? The new Raspberry Pi 400 “is very, very slick.” Inside, there’s a flat-flex that connects the keyboard, and you see that big aluminum heat sink. It’s almost the full size of the keyboard, and it’s thick and heat-taped…
Inside the secret lives of synchronous fireflies
In the Smoky Mountains, thousands of fireflies flash in unison. Researchers want to know how. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/inside-secret-lives-synchronous-fireflies-video…
Comcast is Looking To Enter the Smart TV Wars
Comcast wants to turn the software running on its set-top boxes into an operating system for smart TVs, Protocol reported Friday, citing multiple industry insiders with knowledge of the company’s plans. From the report: The company began pitching TV manufacturers on the idea in recent months and had some conversations on the subject at CES in January. It’s unclear how far…
Porsche Found a Way To 3D-Print Lightweight Pistons That Add More Horsepower
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: With select bucket seats from the 911 and 718 as well as various classic car parts — including clutch release levers for the 959 — already being produced using 3D printing, Porsche is more familiar with the technology than most. Now, the automaker is taking things even further, 3D printing entire pistons…
Google Resumes Its Senseless Attack On the URL Bar, Hides Full Addresses On Chrome 85
Google is pressing on with new plans to hide all parts of web addresses except the domain name. Android Police reports: A few new feature flags have appeared in Chrome’s Dev and Canary channels (V85), which modify the appearance and behavior of web addresses in the address bar. The main flag is called “Omnibox UI Hide Steady-State URL Path, Query, and…
Amazon, Owned by World’s Richest Man, Soliciting Public Donations To Pay Workers’ Sick Leave
While much of the economy grinds to a halt, Amazon is doing more business than ever. The company has announced it is hiring 100,000 workers to try to meet surging demand. In 2019, Amazon had over $280 billion in revenue and $11.9 billion in profits. As more Americans shift their shopping online, it will likely do better this year. But, as…
Samsung’s ‘Ultra Thin Glass’ On Galaxy Z Flip Is Basically Just Plastic
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: YouTuber JerryRigEverything regularly does destructive durability tests on phones, partly by attacking a device with a set of Mohs picks. These pointy metal tools that are calibrated to the Mohs scale of mineral hardness allow a user to determine the hardness of a surface by doing a scratch test. You start with…
Do Proof-of-Concept Exploits Do More Harm Than Good?
secwatcher writes:
When it comes to the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits, more security experts agree that the positives outweigh the negatives, according to a recent and informal Threatpost poll. In fact, almost 60 percent of 230 security pundits thought it was a “good idea” to publish PoC code for zero days. Up to 38 percent of respondents, meanwhile, argued it wasn’t…
NBC’s New Peacock Streaming Service Is Just One Big Ad-Injection Machine
Comcast’s NBCUniversal is launching a new streaming service in April called Peacock. With three pricing tiers from free to $10 per month, Comcast wants Peacock “to be an ad delivery system to destroy all others in its path,” writes Ryan Waniata via Digital Trends. From the report: In a shockingly long investor call, NBC revealed its big new strategy for delivering…