When you’re building your own custom electronics projects, a simple power switch isn’t always easy to find. If you have some DIY projects that use 9V batteries , this super small power switch is fairly easy to build and is mostly made from an old 9V battery. Read more…
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Make a Tiny 9V Battery Power Switch From Parts of an Old 9V Battery
One of the most exciting additions to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 10 operating system is the IE browser killer, Project Spartan. We’ve been excited for months and months, but Spartan was never even meant to be the new browser’s final name, but today Microsoft revealed the official moniker of its next-gen window to the internet—Microsoft Edge! Read more…
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Microsoft Edge Is the Official Name of the IE-Slaying Spartan Browser
You’ve heard that Microsoft is trying to build the holodeck, yes? With a visor called Hololens you wear on your head? It turns out Hololens is a full Windows 10 computer, and using it looks totally awesome. Read more…
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Windows 10 with Holograms Looks Freaking Awesome
citpyrc writes: TeslaCrypt, the latest-and-greatest ransomware branch off of the CryptoWall family, claims to the unwitting user that his/her documents are encrypted with “a unique public key generated for this computer”. This coudn’t be farther from truth. In actuality, the developers of this malware appear to have been lazy and implemented encryption using symmetric AES256 with a decryption key generated on the user’s machine. If any of your machines are afflicted, Talos has developed a tool that can be used to generate the user’s machine’s symmetric key and decrypt all of the ransomed files. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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TeslaCrypt Isn’t All That Cryptic
If you’re over the age of thirty, you’re a musical dinosaur. You probably don’t understand the garbage those “damn kids” are listening to and you don’t want to. You’re not cool. When did this happen? Spotify may have just figured it out. Read more…
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Spotify Data Proves You’re Not As Cool As You Used To Be
It’s been 7 years, and the great iOS vs Android debate rumbles on—in internet forums and real life. But these platforms have come a long way even in the last year or two. Do the old arguments still apply? What features separate iOS 8.3 from Android 5.1 Lollipop? We used a Nexus 6 and an iPhone 6 to investigate. Read more…
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iOS vs Android: The 2015 Edition
LED lighting panels for photography can cost around $500, but if you’re willing to put in a little of your own elbow grease, Make shows you how build your own for about $100. Read more…
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Build Your Own LED Light Panel with a Brownie Pan
Ever since Nintendo made its surprise announcement that Mario Kart 8 was getting a new high-speed difficulty level, excited fans have had one question: what would it do to Mario Kart? Read more…
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Mario Kart 8’s 200CC Mode Changes Everything
Who needs a bird’s eye view when you could go with an astronaut’s? One company’s partnering with NASA to give us just that. Read more…
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You’ll Be Able To Watch Hi-Def, Live Feeds From the ISS Soon
It seems that Google Glass is down, but not out: Italian eyewear maker Luxottica — better known as the company behind Oakley and Ray-Ban — has confirmed that it’s working with Google to make version 2.0 of the company’s faceputer. Read more…
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Google Glass 2.0 Is Coming, According To a Google Glass Partner