A Proposed Database of Food Stamp Recipients Isn’t Only Cruel, It’s a Security Risk

The House Agriculture Committee passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill last month and it includes plans to build a massive database in order to catch food stamp participants who register in more than one state. Continue reading A Proposed Database of Food Stamp Recipients Isn’t Only Cruel, It’s a Security Risk

The New Snapchat Design Is a Colossal Mess. And It Won’t Go Away. Here’s Why.

Snapchat’s new design changes so much of the app, it’s turned into a colossal app for long-time users. And it likely won’t go away.
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Wearable Breadboard

We all know what a short circuit is, but [Clement Zheng] and [Manasvi Lalwani] want to introduce you to the shirt circuit. Their goal is to help children, teachers and parents explore and learn electronics. The vehicle is a shirt with a breadboard-like pattern of conductors attaching snaps. Circuit elements reside in stiff felt boxes with matching snaps. You can see it all in action in the video below.

We imagine you could cut the felt pieces out by hand with the included patterns. However, they used a laser cutter to produce the “breadboard” and the component containers. Conductive thread …read more

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Yext is set to raise $115.5M in its IPO after final pricing

 Yext today said it would price its initial public offering at $11, meaning the company will raise around $115.5 million in its IPO as it sets up for a debut tomorrow. Yext will be the second enterprise company in the past week alone that will make its public debut tomorrow following this pricing. With Snap’s IPO seen as successful, as well as tech IPOs in general looking good so far,… Read More Continue reading Yext is set to raise $115.5M in its IPO after final pricing