Новости за 12.10.2021

If you’ve ever ridden a VanMoof ebike, you know that they’re freaking amazing. So let me excite you even more by saying that the company has revealed its very first hyperbike. Behold the VanMoof V! Boy, does it look sleek! Credit: VanMoof The VanMoof V enters the brand’s line up as the first high-speed ebike, which is said to take you as fast as 50km/h. That’s double the speed of the company’s current models, S3 and X3, and of the bikes of this category in general. I mean there is the Delfast TOP 3.0 at 80km/h... Читать дальше...

TLDR: The 2021 All-in-One Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Bundle offers the training and hands-on practice to learn how to hack systems responsibly and join the growing industry. Between TV like Mr. Robot or 24, movies as diverse as Blackhat or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and videogames like Cyberpunk 2077 or Watch Dogs, it probably feels like hacking is pretty simple. All you’ve gotta do is slide around a couple firewalls and crack a whozawhatsit with your thingamajigger and bam — you’ve got... Читать дальше...

TLDR: The Complete 2021 Beginner to Expert Guitar Lessons Bundle offers all the training needed to pick up guitar playing as a hobby or even a profession for only $20 to get started. It usually takes until the teenage years for kids to develop enough appreciation for music that they decide it’s time to pick up a guitar and learn how to play. But that’s not a hard and fast rule by any means. While many kids don’t develop the manual dexterity and hand strength to pull off chord changes and general strumming until they’re 8 or 9... Читать дальше...

Before Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The progenitor of today’s US$175 billion industry debuted on Oct. 15, 1971, at the Music Operators of America trade show in Chicago. Housed in a futuristic-looking cabinet, Computer Space took its place alongside the latest jukeboxes, pinball machines and other coin-operated games manufacturers were pitching to arcade and bar owners. Computer Space, made by the small company Nutting Associates, seemed to have everything going for it. Читать дальше...

All of us have been praying and wanting to see Apple adopt USB-C for iPhones, instead of the current lightning port. While we don’t know when we’ll see such an official model, a robotics engineer has modded an iPhone X with a USB-C port. Ken Pillone’s YouTube Shorts video, first spotted by Apple Insider, shows a working iPhone X model with the new charging port. The video shows the phone charging with a USB-C-based Mac charging brick.  His blog post written in May describes how he aimed to use a... Читать дальше...

Every year, more and more money is being poured into driverless car tech, with car makers and other huge corporations betting that this’ll be the next big “thing” in the automotive industry. A new study by Leasing Options, a British car rental firm, reveals which companies have been making the largest investments from 2014 up until now. And, yeah, we’re talking about a lot of money. In the following graph we can observe the various annual investments per corporation: The total investment in driverless tech has reached a whopping $44 billion. Читать дальше...

Have you ever been in a situation where your car suddenly stops for no obvious reason? Ok, no worries, you are thinking, you can just push your car to the side of the road. But in the case of a Tesla or other electric vehicle, this is not always possible. Well, this happened to Alan Puccinelli, who shared his experience on Twitter. I recommend reading the whole thread published a few hours after the event.  The joys of living on the bleeding edge- a thread: On the way to dinner tonight my @Tesla literally locked up IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY!

The vast majority of websites you visit now greet you with a pop-up. This annoying impediment to your seamless web browsing is called the “cookie banner”, and it’s there to secure your consent, as per online privacy laws, for websites to retain information about you between browsing sessions. The cookie banner purports to offer you a choice: consent to only the essential cookies that help maintain your browsing functionality, or accept them all – including cookies that track your browsing history to sell on to targeted advertising firms. Читать дальше...

Disclaimer: This post is for educational purposes only. Do not perform similar activities without explicit permission. On April 30th, 2021, I rickrolled my high school district. Not just my school but the entirety of Township High School District 214. It’s the second-largest high school district in Illinois, consisting of 6 different schools with over 11,000 enrolled students. This story isn’t one of those typical rickrolls where students sneak Rick Astley into presentations, talent shows, or Zoom calls. Читать дальше...

You started with an idea. With hard work and a little luck, you secured your first round of funding and hired a few people. Fast forward a few years — you have your product, maybe some customers — you’ll inevitably ask yourself, “Is this working? Is now the time to go all-in and scale up my sales and marketing? Or do I need to pivot?” This is a question many founders run into early in their company’s life. As a leader at Atlassian and now Freshworks, I’ve learned that it’s your job to stay focused... Читать дальше...