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Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 02:35:19

Fifty Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio 📻 Last week, I went on an adventure through the electromagnetic spectrum! It’s like an invisible world that always surrounds us, and allows us to do many amazing things: It’s how radio and TV are transmitted, it’s how we communicate using Wi-Fi or our phones. And there are many more things to discover there, from all over the world. In this post, I’ll show you fifty things you can find there – all you need is this simple USB dongle and an

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Fifty Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 12:35:19

Fifty Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio 📻 Last week, I went on an adventure through the electromagnetic spectrum! It’s like an invisible world that always surrounds us, and allows us to do many amazing things: It’s how radio and TV are transmitted, it’s how we communicate using Wi-Fi or our phones. And there are many more things to discover there, from all over the world. In this post, I’ll show you fifty things you can find there – all you need is this simple USB dongle and an

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Facebook's settlement payments are on the way - here's how much you can expect

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-24 23:45:57

Maria Korneeva/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Payments have started going out in the 2023 Facebook privacy suit. Each user who filed will get between $5 and $40. Your amount depends on how long you used the site. If you filed a claim in the $725 million Facebook privacy settlement back in 2023, your payment might be on the way. Several years ago, Facebook, its parent company Meta, and political marketing company Cambri

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Millions of Facebook users are finally getting their payouts from the $725M privacy settlement

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-25 16:43:12

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In 2022, Meta agreed to pay a $725 million settlement to millions of users for allegedly selling their personal information to Cambridge Analytica. The company handling the payments has confirmed that the distribution of the money has commenced and will continue over the next 10 weeks. If your claim was approved, you’ll receive an email three to four days before your payment is sent. It was a while ago, but you may remember when Meta got in trouble f

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Save $60 on the DJI Mic Mini Kit—Price Drops to Just $109 Today

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-10-07 16:52:41

Looking to upgrade the audio for your phone or action camera footage? Amazon is offering $60 off the DJI Mic Mini kit. Our reviewer gave DJI's lavalier mic a 7/10 and this kit includes two mics, a receiver, and a handy charging case. That's the lowest price yet for this bundle at just $109, and a great value on this easy to use and lightweight microphone. These little mics and their fuzzy windscreens have become increasingly popular over the last year, popping up on collars and in the hands of

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Android’s Quick Share upgrade is here to make file transfers more convenient

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-14 04:00:19

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Google is widely rolling out its redesign of Quick Share. The redesigned UI introduces separate “Send” and “Receive” screens. Users can select files directly from the Send screen and preview them. Google’s Quick Share makes it easy to share files between devices wirelessly, whether that’s with another Android device, Windows PC, or Chromebook. Since April, we’ve been aware that Google was working on a major revamp to the UI. That redesign even started r

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Why the wireless mic I recommend to content creators is made by a drone company

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-22 01:00:17

DJI Mic 3 ZDNET's key takeaways Big upgrade on the previous-generation hardware 32-bit float makes recording tricky situations a lot easier Battery life has been significantly improved. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. DJI isn't just the best civilian drone maker; it also makes some of the best cameras and microphones available for creatives. The company has just unveiled its third-generation microphones, packed with advanced features that make captu

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DJI's ultralight wireless Mic 3 captures great audio - even in tricky situations

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-23 12:32:00

DJI Mic 3 ZDNET's key takeaways Big upgrade on the previous-generation hardware 32-bit float makes recording tricky situations a lot easier Battery life has been significantly improved. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. DJI isn't just the best civilian drone maker; it also makes some of the best cameras and microphones available for creatives. The company has just unveiled its third-generation microphones, packed with advanced features that make captu

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DJI’s new Mic 3 aims to make multicam audio recording pain-free

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-24 04:00:48

DJI TL;DR DJI has launched its new wireless microphone, featuring improved functionality and a compact design. The DJI Mic 3 now supports setups with up to four transmitters and eight receivers for cohesive multi-cam audio. It also features on-device tone adjustment, along with adaptive gain, for cleaner recordings. After recently exploring unfamiliar territories with a new robot vacuum, DJI is back to its forte with a new portable wireless microphone. The new DJI Mic 3 comes with improved e

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Google says it never received a UK demand for encryption backdoor, unlike Apple

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-17 15:22:00

A hot potato: Google says that unlike rival Apple, it has not received a demand from the UK government to build a backdoor in its encrypted services. The tech giant had refused to answer a US Senator's question on the matter, but it has since confirmed it is not subject to a similar order as Apple. In a letter to the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, Senator Ron Wyden, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote about the UK's "reported secret surveillance demands of

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Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-19 05:50:00

The U.K. government is reportedly backing down from its earlier demand that Apple build a secret backdoor allowing its authorities access to customer data worldwide, following a harsh rebuke from the U.S. government. But one U.S. senator wants to know if other tech giants, like Google, have also received secret backdoor demands from the U.K. government. Google refused to answer the lawmaker’s questions but has since told TechCrunch that the technology giant has not received a backdoor demand, m

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Google won’t say if UK secretly demanded a backdoor for user data

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-19 21:07:56

The U.K. government is reportedly backing down from its earlier demand that Apple builds a secret backdoor allowing its authorities access to customer data worldwide, following a harsh rebuke from the U.S. government. But one U.S. senator wants to know if other tech giants, like Google, have also received secret backdoor demands from the U.K. government, and Google has so far refused to say. Earlier this year, The Washington Post reported that the U.K. Home Office sought a secret court order i

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The Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitor Receiver Recall: What You Need to Do to Stay Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-25 20:05:03

Some of Dexcom's continuous glucose monitoring receivers have been recalled due to speaker malfunctions, which can cause you to miss alerts or alarms for dangerous blood sugar levels. According to the Class I recall, there have been 112 complaints globally, with 56 reported injuries, since May 2025. Missing an alert from your continuous glucose monitor may result in health consequences like vomiting, seizures, loss of consciousness and hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic symptoms. Certain Dexcom G6,

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People are getting over $4,000 each from the T-Mobile data breach settlement — here’s why

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 06:22:12

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile’s 2021 data breach victims have started receiving payments from the $350 million settlement. While most users received around $56 or $226 each, those who proved extensive financial harm received much more — over $4,000 in two cases. Such submissions required verifiable losses, such as identity theft, and included claims for associated expenses like legal fees and credit repair fees. Last month, users began receiving their share of the $350M settl

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These Continuous Glucose Monitors Have Been Recalled Due to Faulty Speakers. What You Need to Do to Stay Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-07 05:27:58

Dexcom customers, listen up: Certain continuous glucose monitoring receivers have been recalled due to speaker malfunctions, which can cause you to miss alerts or alarms for dangerous blood sugar levels. Since May 2025, there have been 112 complaints globally, with 56 reported injuries. Missing an alert from your continuous glucose monitor may result in health consequences like vomiting, seizures, loss of consciousness and hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic symptoms. Certain Dexcom G6, G7, One and

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Best AV Receiver for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-14 09:00:00

AV receivers are notoriously complex, with reams of features and confusing technical specifications. (For example, what's 4K/120Hz anyway?) Yet, what are the things that really matter when buying a new model? I'm going to sum up the most important ones right here. HDMI inputs With most TVs and set-top boxes supporting HDMI, you should buy a receiver that has as many of these HDMI input ports and outputs as possible. Front-mounted HDMI ports are kind of like a human appendix -- unneeded, becaus

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Severance, The Last of Us and Andor just nabbed dozens of Emmy nominations

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-16 02:46:07

The nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards just dropped and, unsurprisingly, Apple TV+'s Severance led the pack with a whopping 27, including Best Drama. The streamer has another bona-fide hit with the Seth Rogen-led The Studio, which captured 23 nominations. However, HBO Max received the most kudos by platform, with 142 nominations in total. This is thanks to the second season of The Last of Us , with 16 nominations, and the Batman-adjacent The Penguin. The White Lotus, The Pitt and Hacks also g

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Bluesky users can customize their notifications, including activity alerts from their favorite accounts

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-02-01 02:18:47

On Monday, Bluesky announced three updates to enhance notifications, allowing users to personalize their experience while decluttering their notification center and reducing unnecessary alerts. The updates include the ability to receive activity notifications for specific accounts, as well as options to adjust notification preferences to control which alerts you receive. For instance, users can choose to be notified only when certain accounts reply to them. Bluesky users can now navigate to Se

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NIH budget cuts affect research funding beyond US borders

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-15 11:07:50

Rory de Vries, an associate professor of virology in the Netherlands, was lifting weights at the gym when he noticed a WhatsApp message from his research partners at Columbia University, telling him his research funding had been cancelled. The next day he received the official email: “Hi Rory, Columbia has received a termination notice for this contract, including all subcontracts,” it stated. “Unfortunately, we must advise you to immediately stop work and cease incurring charges on this subcont

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Insta360’s new wireless mic looks no bigger than an Apple AirTag

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-02-23 16:10:45

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Having already secured a strong foothold in the action cam market with its Ace Pro lineup, Insta360 is now challenging DJI, Shure, and Rode with the company’s first wireless microphone. Looking comparable in size to an Apple AirTag, the Insta360 Mic Air is one of the smallest and lightest wireless mics now available while still offering up to 10

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DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-14 04:40:40

In a series of recent tests in New Mexico, the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program achieved several new records for transmitting power over distance. The team recorded more than 800 watts of power delivered during a 30-second transmission from a laser 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) away. Over the course of the test campaign, more than a megajoule of energy was transferred. Previously, the greatest reported distance records for an appreciable amount of optical power (>1 microwat

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CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry Step by Step Guide

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-10 08:42:50

In the fast-paced world of CI/CD, understanding the performance and behaviour of your pipelines is crucial. GitHub Actions has become a popular choice for automating builds and deployments, but anyone who's debugged a flaky workflow or long-running job knows how challenging it can be to get visibility into what's happening under the hood. We usually rely on build logs, timing data, or guesswork when something goes wrong. Wouldn't it be nice to trace a pipeline run step-by-step, or have metrics o

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Latest Tech News

Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (2024)

Fifty Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio

Facebook's settlement payments are on the way - here's how much you can expect

Millions of Facebook users are finally getting their payouts from the $725M privacy settlement

Save $60 on the DJI Mic Mini Kit—Price Drops to Just $109 Today

Android’s Quick Share upgrade is here to make file transfers more convenient

Why the wireless mic I recommend to content creators is made by a drone company

DJI's ultralight wireless Mic 3 captures great audio - even in tricky situations

DJI’s new Mic 3 aims to make multicam audio recording pain-free

Google says it never received a UK demand for encryption backdoor, unlike Apple

Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data

Google won’t say if UK secretly demanded a backdoor for user data

The Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitor Receiver Recall: What You Need to Do to Stay Safe

People are getting over $4,000 each from the T-Mobile data breach settlement — here’s why

These Continuous Glucose Monitors Have Been Recalled Due to Faulty Speakers. What You Need to Do to Stay Safe

Best AV Receiver for 2025

Severance, The Last of Us and Andor just nabbed dozens of Emmy nominations

Bluesky users can customize their notifications, including activity alerts from their favorite accounts

NIH budget cuts affect research funding beyond US borders

Insta360’s new wireless mic looks no bigger than an Apple AirTag

DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming

CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry Step by Step Guide

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