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The museum itself is a hidden gem in central Ohio (USA). There have been so many times where I've visited a city and looked for interesting tech attractions, only to find out about…

I can confirm this. A Brother HL-L3270CDW color laser worked fine with third-party toner at first, but would not recognize it after a firmware upgrade. I tried three different sets…

It's hard to trust Apple to keep their word on privacy when an "accidental" Siri activation potentially results in that recording (or related data) finding its way not just to Appl…

The org I work for recently signed a small (5-user) enterprise agreement with a popular web-based form solution provider for $5k. When I asked them to enable SSO, they asked for an…

Don't count out local hamfests. Yeah, some tiny ones are a little disappointing, but bigger cities usually have respectable events. Even if you're not into ham radio, you'll find p…

Thanks for pointing out these alternatives - I'll check them out!

Filmic was for a while the app for turning your phone into a pseudo-pro video camera. But Blackmagic Camera wasn't the executioner - it was their own doing when they abandoned what…

The failure was letting encryption into the standard in the first place. This will be a never ending game, with big broadcasters continuously lobbying the FCC and congress for the …

If there's someone with at least a little tech/mech inclination available to supervise, perhaps a 3D printer might be considered? There are sub US$200 printers available (e.g. Crea…

If you want to get a feel in real-time, visit a site offering WebSDR[1]. Look for a receiver in the US and tune between 530-1700KHz in AM mode. Note that reception will vary based …

It's hard for me to take this data seriously when I enter an address that I know to be problematic for cellular coverage and receive "100% coverage" on the mobile broadband tab, an…

Also check that the camera doesn't rely upon a proprietary configuration tool, e.g. a Windows-only IE plugin, and that the camera doesn't need internet connectivity to function. So…

Is this good or bad? I can't tell if that's a safe alternative or another potentially problematic one, and the Wikipedia entry doesn't mention safety.

Most of these live in different locations, or are portable.

The very basics of it are that I'm trying to operate portable using HF ( The simplicity of GMRS can be good, but for me I rarely use a radio to talk locally on repeaters. I like th…

Raspberry Pi B: Stream a local ham radio repeater (weather spotters) to Broadcastify Raspberry Pi Zero: Brachiograph Raspberry Pi 4B: Octoprint Raspberry Pi 4B: Home Assistant Rasp…

What throws me for a loop is that Todd Rundgren, known for his prolific career in music, was the developer of a companion program to this tablet (and more). https://www.theguardian…

I want to know if an app will launch itself on device startup, and I can't see that any longer with "data safety". There are other permissions that are now similarly hidden. I appr…

Yes. I check permissions on every app before I install it. Or, at least I did until that was recently taken away. There are some permissions given to apps without a user prompt, e.…

A huge number of consumers who can't upgrade to Windows 11 due to unsupported hardware will instead opt for an iPad or Chromebook. Everything is either web- or app-based, and peopl…

Large, semi-national pizza chain says "text your order and receive 20% off", so I skeptically text my order and promptly receive a reply with a link to continue to their website fo…

Amazon, Apple, and Google are each well-entrenched and also have a good bit of cash and patents available to pivot or crush competitors if necessary. Plus if broken up (e.g. by gov…

When troubleshooting wiring issues, a common tool used to find a specific wire pair in a bundle is the tone and probe set. The tone tool injects tones ('deedle deedle deedle') at o…

Note that Google is no longer providing updates (/maybe/ one more in 22Q1) for the OP's Pixel 3, a 3yo device which is otherwise still a great phone. It's simply not good enough. G…

Can you provide an example of such a device? I have yet to see any adapter other than those with a firewire jack on one end and USB plug on the other, but no protocol conversion/br…