Engineers Patrick Slade, Mykel J. Kochenderfer, Scott L. Delp and Steven H. Collins of Stanford University published a paper this week detailing their Raspberry Pi-based fitness tracking project. Using a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, the team developed a more accurate method for tracking how many calories your workout is actually burning in real-time. According to…
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Valve’s Steam Deck handheld gaming device may not be able to play all titles from the Steam library like Valve promised, due to compatibility issues with anti-cheat services. The ProtonDB compatibility layer SteamOS 3.0 uses, which is the Steam Deck’s operating system (OS), is currently not compatible with any games supporting anti-cheat services. ProtonDB is…
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As you can see in the video below, Police in the Malaysian city of Miri steamrolled an estimated $1.6 million (RM5.3 million) worth of equipment that was being used to illegally mine Bitcoin. Miri District Police Chief ACP Hakemal Hawari told Dayak Daily that 1,069 mining rigs were gathered over the course of six raids…
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One of the best photography-related April Fools of recent years was the RE35. It purported to be a 35mm film canister from which you could withdraw a digital sensor, which would allow you to snap pictures up to 12MP from your favorite old manual film SLR. It wasn’t real of course, as the website now…
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Today, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced the country’s digital currency, e-CNY, has surpassed more than $5.3 billion (34.5 billion yuan) in transactions amid increased restrictions on the mining and usage of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. That amount was spread across more than 70.7 million transactions, PBOC said, between the 20.8 million individuals and 3.5…
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German site PCGamesHardware managed to lay their hands on AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Cooled graphics cards that is exclusively available from select system builders and will not be sold in retail. The card features slightly higher clocks than originally advertised and therefore its performance is a bit higher than one might think. But is it radically…
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The illustrious AMD Ryzen 3 3300X has finally been brought back from the dead, with the CPU appearing back in stock on Newegg and B&H Photo for $140-$150 — only $20-$30 over MSRP. This is a good sign, demonstrating a strong comeback for the CPU market as a whole. Note that B&H had the 3300X…
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The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU is now $280 over on Antonline’s eBay — taking the price down to its lowest yet! Earlier this year, we were struggling to find availability for this chip, and dedicated ourselves to updating you on that availability with the 5600X stock tracker. But now, while we see all other…
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So far, quantum computing has been a prerogative of large and well-funded research institutes and commercial companies with deep pockets. But every new technology becomes democratized sooner or later and it looks like this is about to happen to quantum computing as QuantWare, a startup from the Netherlands starts to offers its Soprano quantum processing…
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Valve announced its portable PC gaming machine, the Steam Deck. While the device, which starts at $399, begins shipping in December, it will be available for a reservation starting today (Friday, July 16). This isn’t a standard pre-order. You’re not putting money down now and getting it shipped later. Instead, you’re reserving a spot in…
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