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19 links, first saved March 23, 2007, latest June 26, 2025.
- See the Mind-Blowing First Images From a Revolutionary New Telescope
This is incredible. 🔭
- Onyx Boox Nova Air Review: A Practically Perfect E Ink Tablet
Another option in the digital notebook space. Some interesting things, but I think it lacks the polish I would want in one of these devices. I'd still stick with the reMarkable 2 .
- You Need to Opt Out of Amazon Sidewalk
We used to just need to worry about our government creating a surveillance state. Now it turns out the biggest tech companies are going to allow us to all opt-into fear tactics to…
- Ring's Neighbors Data Let Us Map Amazon's Home Surveillance Network
I despise Ring's marketing tactics. A look at this map shows that it works. It turns out we don't need the government to create a surveillance state. If we sell people fear and…
- Chernobyl's Infamous Reactor 4 Control Room Is Now Open to Tourists
Not sure this is a tour I would want to take. Chernobyl isn't that far from where I go when I visit Ukraine. I think I should visit the site on a future visit. Probably pass on…
- Crypto Exchange Says It Can't Repay $190 Million to Clients After Founder Dies With Only Password
This isn’t the first time that large amounts of cryptocurrency have been lost. Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX says it cannot repay most of $190 million in client holdings…
- Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
Another in the endless series of findings on how Facebook uses your data to target you. I was helping him test the theory by targeting him in a way Facebook had previously told me…
- The House That Spied on Me
A fun experiment to show what behavioral information your ISP can mine from your families use of Internet of Things devices. I like that they specifically didn’t try to break…
- How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met
There is an aspect of social networks, particularly big ones like Facebook, that most people don't think of at all – the information you are giving up on your friends and family.…
- Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site
Those millions of Ashley Madison men were paying to hook up with women who appeared to have created profiles and then simply disappeared. Were they cobbled together by bots and…
- Barbie F*cks It Up Again
I recently paid a visit to my sweet friend Helen Jane and was excited to find this book at her house.
- How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet
A good article that is begun with a ridiculous and dumb assertion about code making people rich. Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the…
- We're Done With Kickstarter
I'm done. Over it. Completely fed up. Kickstarter is ruining the world I live in. I used to love crazy gadgets, because I had some measure of confidence that, behind the idea, was…
- The Case Against Google
It has been curious to me for years how so many truly technically awesome geeks implicitly trust Google. I stopped trusting them a long time ago, seems like more may be doing that…
- The Canon Lens Thermos
- Zune HD Hands On: Photos and Video Tour
Having just played with a prototype for a few minutes, I'm really impressed with the Zune HD. I've got a video, too, showing off how well the animations work. Brian Lam said: The…
- How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required - Gizmodo
If you wanted to install third-party native software in your iPhone but you didn't had the necessary technical knowledge or courage, the newly updated iPhone Installer.app will…
- Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded to 120GB
In case you were wondering, it is possible to upgrade that measly 40GB hard drive on Apple TV, in this case to 120GB. Tipster Jonathan Bare says he's done it, resulting in a…
- DIY: Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded to 120GB - Gizmodo
In case you were wondering, it is possible to upgrade that measly 40GB hard drive on Apple TV, in this case to 120GB. Tipster Jonathan Bare says he's done it, resulting in a…