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We have probably all seen the marketing blurbs on packaging and elsewhere promoting the amazing lifespan of LED lighting solutions. Theoretically you should be able to install a LED bulb …read more Continue reading Lies, Big Lies and LED Lightbulb Lifespan Promises
With the latest release of Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) the end of the X Window System has become reality, completing a years-long transition period. Although this change between display …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi OS’s Wayland Transition Completed With Switch to Labwc
Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first …read more Continue reading FreeBSD at 30: the History and Future of the Most Popular BSD-Based OS
![A stack of Activation Locked MacBooks destined for the shredder in refurbisher [John Bumstead]’s workshop.](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/locked_macbooks_3x2_john_bumstead.jpg?w=800)
Over the years, Apple has gone all-in on parts pairing. Virtually every component in an iPhone and iPad has a unique ID that’s kept in a big database over at …read more Continue reading Apple iOS 18’s New Repair Assistant: Easier Parts Pairing Yet With Many Limitations
In 2020 international shipping saw itself faced with new fuel regulations for cargo ships pertaining to low sulfur fuels (IMO2020). This reduced the emission of sulfur dioxide aerosols from these …read more Continue reading How Pollution Controls for Cargo Ships Made Global Warming Worse
A joke in networking circles is that the switch from IPv4 to IPv6 is always a few years away. Although IPv6 was introduced in the early 90s as a result …read more Continue reading The Glacial IPv6 Transition: Raising Questions on Necessity and NAT-Based Solutions
As natural as walking is to us tail-less bipedal mammals, the fact of the matter is that it took many evolutionary adaptations to make this act of controlled falling forward …read more Continue reading Chinese Humanoid Robot Establishes New Running Speed Courtesy of Running Shoes
These days displays are increasingly expected to be bidirectional devices, accepting not only touch inputs, but also to integrate fingerprint sensing and even somehow combine a camera with a display …read more Continue reading Using an OLED Display’s Light for Embedded Sensors
Over at the University of Wisconsin’s Undergraduate Projects Lab (UPL) there’s been a way to check whether this room is open for general use by CS undergraduates and others practically …read more Continue reading Keeping Tabs on an Undergraduate Projects Lab’s Door Status
Recently Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) granted Sun Cable conditional approval for its transmission line with Australia. Singapore has been faced for years now with the dilemma that its population’s …read more Continue reading Singapore’s 4300 km Undersea Transmission Line With Australia Clears Regulatory Hurdle