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Catching the Carjackers - On the road with an elite police unit as it combats a crime wave
On August 7, 2022, Shantise Summers arrived home from a night out with friends around 2:40 a.m. As she walked from her car toward her apartment in Oxon Hill, a Maryland neighborhood just southeast of Washington, D.C., she heard footsteps behind her. She turned and saw two men in ski masks. One put a gun to her face; she could feel the metal pressing against her chin. He demanded her phone, wallet, keys, and Apple Watch. She quickly handed them over, and they drove off in her 2019 Honda Accord.
Washington's Nightmare - Donald Trump is the tyrant the first president feared.
Last November, during a symposium at Mount Vernon on democracy, John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general who served as Donald Trump's second chief of staff, spoke about George Washington's historic accomplishments— his leadership and victory in the Revolutionary War, his vision of what an American president should be. And then Kelly offered a simple, three-word summary of Washington's most important contribution to the nation he liberated.
The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books - To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities, Columbia University's required greatbooks course, since 1988. He loves the job, but it has changed. Over the past decade, students have become overwhelmed by the reading, College kids have never read everything they're assigned, of course, but this feels different. Dames's students now seem bewildered by the thought of finishing multiple books a semester. His colleagues have noticed the same problem.
The Most Remote Place in the World - Point Nemo is Earth's official "middle of nowhere." A lot seems to be going on there.
It’s called the “longest-swim problem”: If you had to drop someone at the place in the ocean farthest from any speck of land—the remotest spot on Earth—where would that place be? The answer, proposed only a few decades ago, is a location in the South Pacific with the coordinates 48 52.5291ᤩS 123 23.5116ᤩW: the “oceanic point of inaccessibility,” to use the formal name. It doesn’t get many visitors. But one morning last year, I met several people who had just come from there.
LoRaWAN Goes the Distance at Low Power
IoT’s Versatile Protocol for Long-Range, Wide-Area Connectivity
No Blues with Bluetooth!
Part 6: Bluetooth Cybersecurity Basics
Industrial Computers Boost Machine Vision Systems
GPU and CPU Performance Drive Rugged Industrial Platforms
Datasheet: Power Up With DC-DC Converters
Application Types Drive Parameters Beyond Efficiency and Density
As a 'Matter of Fact
Inside atest Home Control Consolidation Attempt via Google Home and Matter-over-Thread
Entertainment On Wheels
In-Dash Panels Control Head Units, Multiple Displays, Cameras and Sensors
Catching Lightning in an IMU
Simulating Diffusion-Limited Aggregation with a Raspberry PI RP2040 MCU
D&D Die Roller with Raspberry PI RP2040
Fantastical Project Built with MCU TFT Display and LVGL Graphics
Microchip Makes it Easier to Build Sophisticated GUIs for MPLAB Harmony v3 and Linux Environments
Designers are incorporating Graphical User Interfaces, or GUIs, into more electronic devices to enhance the user experience by providing intuitive and visually appealing interactions with today's modern applications.
Infineon Introduces Industry's First 20 Gbps Universal USB Peripheral Controller
Infineon Technologies announced the addition of the EZUSBTM FX20 programmable USB peripheral controller to its EZ-USB product family.
Using Amazon Alexa to Control Custom IoT Gadgets
Integrating Voice Recognition for Smart Home Projects
KUWAIT BANS 'CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6' VIDEO GAME, LIKELY OVER IT FEATURING SADDAM HUSSEIN IN 1990S
The tiny Mideast nation of Kuwait has banned the release of the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” which features the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and is set in part in the 1990s Gulf War.
BIG OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT PROPOSED FOR NEW YORK AS OTHER SITES ARE EVALUATED IN 3 STATES
Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals and opponents escalate their legal challenges to the work.
PELOTON PLANS TO SELL ITS DELUXE STATIONARY BIKE AT COSTCO TO REACH HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
Peloton plans to sell its deluxe stationary bike at Costco this holiday season as the struggling connected-exercise company seeks to broaden its customer base.
LOCAL NEWS SOURCES ARE STILL DRYING UP, BUT THERE'S GROWTH IN DIGITAL SITES IN METRO AREAS
Newspapers in the United States closed at the rate of more than two per week during 2023, but a burst of activity among digital entrepreneurs illustrated some tiny shoots of growth in what has become a desert-like climate for local news.
SLACK RESEARCHER DISCUSSES THE FEAR, LOATHING AND EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING AI IN THE WORKPLACE
Artificial intelligence’s recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should use the technology and whether a computer will eventually replace them.
CARBON REMOVAL INDUSTRY CALLS ON U.S.GOVERNMENT FOR REGULATION IN NEW INDUSTRY REPORT
The unregulated carbon dioxide removal industry is calling on the U.S. government to implement standards and regulations to boost transparency and confidence in the sector that’s been flooded with billions of dollars in federal funding and private investment.
JUDGE DELAYS ORDER IN ANTITRUST CASE REQUIRING GOOGLE TO OPEN UP ITS APP STORE
A federal judge delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury’s verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist.
APPLE AND GOLDMAN SACHS MUST PAY $89 MILLION FOR MISHANDLING APPLE CARD TRANSACTIONS, CFPB ORDERS
A federal regulator ordered Apple and to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers and mishandled transaction disputes of Apple Card customers.
TIM BURTON TALKS ABOUT HIS DREAD OF AI AS AN EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK OPENS IN LONDON
The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits — all on display at an exhibition that is opening in London just in time for Halloween.
NEW RULES FOR US NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCIES BALANCE AI'S PROMISE WITH NEED TO PROTECT AGAINST RISKS
New rules from the White House on the use of artificial intelligence by U.S. national security and spy agencies aim to balance the technology’s immense promise with the need to protect against its risks.
GOFUNDME BETS SOCIAL MEDIA CAN UNLOCK GEN Z GIVING.A META PARTNERSHIP AND NEW TOOLS WILL TEST THAT
New GoFundMe tools will make it easier to circulate causes across online platforms in a push to cater toward younger generations.
NETFLIX'S SUBSCRIBER GROWTH IS SLOWING, BUT ITS PROFIT AND STOCK PRICE ARE STILL SURGING
Netflix reported that its subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer, a sign the huge gains from the video-streaming service’s crackdown on freeloading viewers is tapering off.
LOWER-PRICED NEW CARS ARE GAINING POPULARITY, AND NOT JUST FOR CASH-POOR BUYERS
Had she wanted to, Michelle Chumley could have afforded a pricey new SUV loaded with options.
iPad mini AI-READY DESIGN: THE A17 CHIP POWERHOUSE IN A COMPACT SIZE
Technology continues to shrink in size yet grow in capability, and the new iPad mini is no exception.
ONE TECH TIP: HOW TO PREPARE YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNTS FOR WHEN YOU DIE
Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to it when we die?