The Curious Technologist
Dojo is another oddly shaped solution to securing your home network
The Dojo hardware is a ‘pebble’ with a set of light rings. Green rings of light indicate that the user’s network is secured and their privacy is intact. Yellow rings indicate that a risk has been detected and automatically mitigated. Red rings of light indicate that...
Read Mary Meeker’s essential 2017 Internet Trends report
Here are a few initial takeaways: Smartphone sales and Internet penetration growth are both slowing It’s not really a “shift to mobile” as much as “the addition of mobile”, since desktop usage hasn’t declined much while mobile usage has skyrocketed to over three hours...
Hillary Clinton urges platforms to ‘hurry up’ and fix moderation
In an interview today at Code Conference, Hillary Clinton urged social media platforms to figure out new ways to slow “the weaponization and manipulation” of information, admitting at the same time that it was a difficult problem to solve. “I have a lot of sympathy at...
Build A Raspberry Pi Time Lapse In Four Dead Easy Steps
Gus at PiMyLifeUp has put together a straight forward, easy to follow guide to turn your Raspberry Pi into a simple time lapse capturing device. All you need is a Pi, the Raspberry Pi Camera, and your typical Pi accessories (SD card, power supply, keyboard, mouse,...
Bose Soundlink Revolve
Bose's latest portable speaker adds 360 degrees of coverage to the mix, making it a solid poolside choice for the summer... oh yeah, and its waterproof? We're going to have to check this thing out; Bose says you get up to 16 hours of play time from the rechargeable,...
Raspberry Pi foundation merges with CoderDojo
The Raspberry Pi Foundation and the CoderDojo Foundation have merged in order to combine forces and accelerate both organisation's mission to teach kids how to code. Raspberry Pi Foundation CEO Philip Colligan wrote that the two organisations “see an opportunity to do...