Ask Hackaday: What is Amazon Thinking by Entering the Palm-Reading Business?

Have you heard about this One? At least three United States senators have, and they want to know what Amazon plans to do with all the biometric data collected by …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: What is Amazon Thinking by Entering the Palm-Reading Business?

Convenience and Privacy in Online Business Communications: Can You Have Both?

Using online communication tools at the office has become second nature—it just makes life easier and business more efficient. Need to drop a quick note to a co-worker with a project update? Send it on Slack. Need to discuss a deal with a potenti… Continue reading Convenience and Privacy in Online Business Communications: Can You Have Both?

Ask Hackaday: What Tools Do You Reach For First?

Let’s face it, in your workshop there are convenient tools, and there are quality tools, but so often they aren’t both. Think back to the tools you reach for first. Very often for me, speed and convenience win out. I don’t want to look too hard for that drill or saw, and want them to work as expected when I reach for them. At the same time, there are some tools that simply must be stored away, and can’t perch on my workbench forever or sit on a shelf.

It really is a balancing act sometimes. I don’t have a …read more

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