Elektor Magazine

Designing a Smart IoT Vending Machine with ESP32 and Cashless Payments

Our team designed and built a fully functional prototype from the ground up. We handled the firmware, the PCB layout, the 3D ...
Eurogamer

It sure looks like Nintendo is planning to upgrade the Switch 2's oft-criticised LCD screen

The Nintendo Switch 2 is an impressive piece of hardware we mostly love, but some players have complained over time about its LCD screen's shortcomings. Now, we've learned some changes could be coming ...
Circuit Digest

DIY World Cup Live Score Gadget

With football fever reaching its peak, DHK DUDE from youtube built this pocket-sized, real-time World Cup score gadget for his desk. Powered by a Wemos D1 Mini microcontroller, this custom IoT gadget ...
Hackaday

How To Use Those Cute But Slightly Odd 7-Segment LCDs

If you’re not aware, there is such a thing as adorable little three digit LCD 7-segment displays. They come in a ten-pin DIP ...
The Guardian

Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests

Exclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devices Screen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with ...
Mashable

LA public schools pass screen time limits for students in a first

LAUSD becomes first public school district to regulate classroom screen time. Credit: Genaro Molina / Contributor / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Los Angeles public school students may be ...
CNN

You haven’t been enforcing rules to manage your kid’s screen time. How to change that now

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...
Android Authority

Gemini 3.5 Flash can now see your screen, use your computer, take actions — all on its own

Gemini 3.5 Flash now comes with computer use built in. It can see your screen, navigate, and take actions all on its own. It’s currently available to developers and enterprise customers via the Gemini ...
Hackaday

Pinch Puts An Arduino On A USB-C Connector

Compared to the Arduino Uno of old, modern microcontrollers are absolutely tiny — especially for the amount of processing ...
KTLA

LAUSD bans classroom screen time before 2nd grade, caps use elsewhere

The nation’s second-largest school district now has one of the country’s strictest screen time policies. The Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday unanimously approved new limits for young ...
NBC Los Angeles

LAUSD tightening rules on students' use of electronic devices, screen time

A sweeping policy to monitor and limit students' screen time beginning in the coming academic year for the nation's second-largest school district was being touted on Wednesday for making Los Angeles ...
Mashable

I spent a week using AI tools in my daily life. Here's how it went.

We examine how AI is changing the future of work — and how, in many ways, that future is already here. Every tech company you can think of is jumping on the generative AI bandwagon and touting new ...