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Summary Long HDMI cables can get expensive, especially for higher quality ones. Watch out for cheaper, lesser-known brands. Longer cables can introduce more points of failure and signal issues, especially…

Google held its annual Made by Google showcase this week, during which it unveiled the latest Pixel phones and various new AI features. What it didn’t announce is a Gemini-powered…

Chris and Elecia talk about their favorite processors, their breakfast preferences, large language model ethics, presents, and Eeyore's birthday.Elecia’s new edition of her book  Making Embedded Systems is finished! (Except…

On Friday, Ubisoft announced… something. The company describes The Division 2: Survivors as "an updated take on the survival extraction experience." Is it DLC? Is it a new game mode?…

Yanina Bellini Saibene joined us to discuss teaching, localization, barriers to learning coding, and global communities. Yani works on Teach Tech Together (https://teachtogether.tech/) with Greg Wilson. It is a fantastic resource…

Summary ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X hit stores Oct 16 — Asus hardware meets Xbox design. Ergonomics nailed: Xbox-style handles, comfy weight distribution, refined ROG design. Windows 11 gains…

August is almost over, which means we're getting closer to the Apple iPhone event — it usually takes place in mid-September. That also means we'll finally get to officially lay…

Ralph Hempel spoke with us about the development of Lego Mindstorms from hacking the initial interface to running Debian Linux as well as programming Mindstorms in Python. Happy 25th birthday…

Summary Google TV and Android TV will support 64-bit apps for faster performance; standard starts Aug 2026. 32-bit apps will continue to work; Google Play will keep delivering apps to…

Ooni is currently running a nice little , which includes discounts on a number of pizza ovens and related products. The highlight here is likely the , which has been…