Apple will sell AirPods Pro on October 30 for $249
In what can only be termed an October surprise, Apple has quietly released the AirPods Pro, a set of $249 wireless earbuds that will sell …
Author: John Biggs
John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times.
No, high-capacity electronics manufacturing isn’t coming to the heartland
As I’ve written again and again, the biggest lie major manufacturers have told the midwest is that companies like Foxconn will bring jobs and prosperity …
The Nebula Cosmos Max is a 4K projector with amazing sound
Anker, a company known increasingly for home automation and audio gear, has just announced the presale of its 4K video projector, called the Nebula Cosmos …
Researchers are letting robots push them around
MIT researchers are creating a data set of reactions designed to tell robots how various objects react to pushing. The goal? To train future robots …
I, for one, welcome our robotic wireless cat toilet overlords
I’m decidedly not a cat person but I can appreciate the value of a good, robotic cat toilet. The Litter Robot 3 is a Wi-Fi-enabled …
Vatican’s eRosary was easy to hack
A security researcher named Baptiste Robert found a vulnerability in the Vatican’s app for a “wearable eRosary,” a little IoT device that reminded users to …
Watch NASA’s all-woman spacewalk LIVE
NASA is streaming the first all-woman spacewalk on YouTube. The big walk has already happened – you can scroll back and see the Earth in …
Writer wanted
Knapsack and WWR are looking for a tech/watch/gadgets writer to bolster our team. Horrible pay, no benefits, and zero chance of promotion – for now. …
Watch this robot solve a Rubik’s Cube with one hand
A post on Specrtrum makes one thing clear: humans can be easily replaced by robots. To wit: researchers have trained a single robot hand to …
The $200 Analogue Pocket is the perfect retro gaming handheld
Analogue has been making clever remakes of old consoles and now they’ve one-upped themselves with the Pocket. The device, which is about as big as …