The savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. The larger of the two was, naturally, the electric Atlas announcement. As I write this, the sub-40 second video is steadily approaching five million views. A day prior, the company tugged at the community’s heart strings when it announced that the original hydraulic Atlas was being put out to pasture, a … [Read more...]
Mastering MERN: A Beginner's Guide
Introduction to MERN DevelopmentOverview of the MERN Stack The MERN stack is a powerful combination of four technologies which is used for building modern web applications. It's consist of four main components: MongoDB : These is a NoSQL database used for storing data in a JSON-like document. It's store data in a flexible way. Express : It's is a web application framework that runs on node.js. … [Read more...]
Journey from Housekeeper to Self-Taught Dev
I guess I should start off my introducing myself and a little bit about where I started. My name is Emily and I can't say my life has always been the most stable. At one point my son and I were living in a shelter for about a month, then some extended family reached out and I accepted their offer to move in with them. It was here my life slowly began inching more towards this stability I never had … [Read more...]
Four reasons why Llama 3 is a big deal for Meta and AI
Meta's long-awaited Llama3 (stylized LlaMa3) model is here, and it brings a host of technical improvements. While it's another relatively small model, with variations in 8B and 80B parameters, Llama3 retains a focus on high quality training data and effective guardrails. Meta used a training dataset seven times larger than their previous model (Llama2), training Llama3 on 15 trillion tokens and … [Read more...]
An iPad version of the Delta game emulator is officially on the way
The popular Nintendo emulator, Delta, that arrived on the App Store for iPhone to much fanfare a few weeks ago is now getting a version that’s optimized for the iPad. Developer Riley Testut shared an update on Threads this weekend revealing that an iPad app has been in the works, and is now being prioritized since Apple changed its tune on game emulators. The iPad app is “near completion,” and … [Read more...]
You can make your own handheld XS2040 emulator with a Pi Pico
The Pi Pico is an even smaller variant of the already-tiny Raspberry Pi, which makes it fantastic for making miniature devices. With so little space on the motherboard, it's hard to run anything seriously intensive on it, but it does make for a great way to emulate your games. Now, someone has build a full ZX2040 emulator with their Pi Pico, complete with a portable shell so you can take it … [Read more...]
Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welp, Tesla earnings happened this week — and yeah that was a lot. A lot of what, you ask? A lot of the same kinds of promises and hand waving … [Read more...]
The best movie trailers for the week of April 21st
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Remembering Netbooks, some of the worst laptops ever made
Do you remember netbooks? I'd forgive you for not. The next big thing of a bygone era, netbooks were a short-lived and much-derided product of the late 00s. Born before the iPad and the iPhone, and just as the modern internet was starting to find its feet. Not necessarily a commercial failure, and ultimately replaced by the far more successful Ultrabook, Netbooks are a fascinating tale of public … [Read more...]
How to reset a Spectrum router
If youre troubleshooting connectivity issues with your Spectrum router, one of the first pieces of advice youll receive is to turn it off and then back on. While this can help with a lot of software issues, it leaves all of your settings the same and doesnt fix any settings that might have been messed up. Restarting your router like this is known as a soft reset, but if you want to clear all of … [Read more...]
Hackers Claim to Have Infiltrated Belarus’ Main Security Service
A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of over 8,600 employees of the organization, which still goes under its Soviet name. The authorities have not commented on the claim, but the website of the Belarusian KGB was opening with an empty page on Friday that said it was “in the process of … [Read more...]
Apple’s OLED iPad Pro may come packing an M4 chip and an emphasis on AI
Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad event is just over a week away, and the rumors in the leadup are starting to get interesting. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the much-anticipated OLED iPad Pro may arrive not with the new M3 chip as we’ve all been expecting, but the next-gen M4 instead. In the Power On newsletter on Sunday, Gurman wrote that he’s “hearing there is a strong possibility” that this … [Read more...]
Anker Nano Portable Charger for iPhone drops to lowest price yet
Although power banks are a great tool to charge while on the go, sometimes, the size can be a little overwhelming. For that reason, a highly compact power bank is always good to have on hand, as it provides the perfect balance of portability and power. Of course, you never want to spend a lot on these smaller models, which is why we've found a great deal on this Anker Nano model that's perfect for … [Read more...]
These 15 insane laptops are what happens when tech goes too far (in a good way)
There has been a lot of development in the laptop sector over the last few decades. As such, weve seen the emergence of several new laptop categories, like convertibles and chromebooks. But sometimes, manufacturers decide to venture into uncharted design territories, which results in the creation of rather interesting-looking laptops. Today, well recount 15 of the most unhinged laptop designs of … [Read more...]
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria talks AI hype and the database evolution as he crosses 10-year mark
A lot has happened since Dev Ittycheria took the reins at MongoDB, the $26 billion database company he’s led as president and CEO since September 2014. Ittycheria has taken MongoDB to the cloud, steered it through an IPO, overseen its transition from open source, launched a venture capital arm, and grown the customer base from a few hundred to something approaching 50,000. “When I joined the … [Read more...]
Meta’s ‘set it and forget it’ AI ad tools are misfiring and blowing through cash
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The Delta emulator will soon turn your iPad into a giant Nintendo DS
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Stripe’s big changes, Brazil’s newest fintech unicorn and the tale of a startup shutdown
Fundid's founder shares how rising interest rates, VCs and partners killed the business finance startup Mary Ann Azevedo 8 hours Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Stripe’s big product announcements, a bump in valuation for a Brazilian fintech startup and much more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and … [Read more...]
A beginner's guide to programming your Raspberry Pi
If youre even remotely active in the computing landscape, you must have heard of the Raspberry Pi boards. Highly versatile, inexpensive (well, mostly), and backed by one of the largest tinkering communities, youre bound to find some use for these SBCs regardless of your interests or experience. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
Where to get started with Fallout
A sampling of the four modern games in the series for those jumping in after the Amazon show. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Image: Bethesda Game StudiosSo I’ve decided, … [Read more...]
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