John Biggs
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AirTags Are the Perfect Dog-Tracking Device — With the Right Accessory
Nina is a 9-year-old doggie from South Carolina who we adopted last March. She is also a runner. One evening, a week into her time with us, she wandered off for two days, freaking us out quite a bit.
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The Fender Mustang Micro Puts a Tiny Amp In Your Pocket
Most guitar gear is pretty simple: You plug a cable designed in the 1950s into a jack that’s just as old and start playing. The electronics inside the various amps and pedals are where things get interesting, which is why Fender has created the $219 Mustang Micro.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Is Racing Back to Earth With a Scoop of Asteroid
OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft tasked with collecting rocks and dust from a nearby asteroid named Bennu, is coming back home after almost five years away. The spacecraft, officially named Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, officially fired its engines to begin its Earthward journey on May 10. Its return trip will take two…
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Hardware Hacker Breaks the DRM on a Mini Dishwasher
In what amounts to a very clever bit of hardware hacking, developer dekuNukem (the hacker who created a little device that automatically switches your screen to work when a boss walks by) has detailed a methodology for refilling the DRM-protected detergent cassettes for a $US486 ($627) portable dishwasher called Bob.