Apr 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Framework Designs Wireless TouchPad Keyboard I power my non-internet connected TV with a mini PC. To control the mini PC, I usually use a Logitech K400 keyboard. However, as Brad Linder if Liliputing aptly notes, the K400 “isn’t actually all ...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Game Pass gets cheaper as new Call of Duty titles will no longer be included on day one The recently appointed new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma, has announced an immediate price cut for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, lowering the monthly cost from $29.99 to $22.99, nearly 25% off. P...
Apr 21, 2026 from Personal Log at usebox.net Playing White Box again I played a lot of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) at the end of the 90s: a little of AD&D, lots of Middle-earth Role Playing and Rune Quest, some Vampire and Call of Cthulhu, and many others. ...
Apr 21, 2026 from Hackaday The Electromechanical Computer of the B-52’s Star Tracker In the ages before convenient global positioning satellites to query for one’s current location military aircraft required dedicated navigators in order to not get lost. This changed with increasin...
Apr 21, 2026 from Hackaday Analog Circuitry Lets You Blow This LED Out LED candles are neat, but they’re very suboptimal for wish-making: you can’t blow them out. Unless you take the circuit from [Andrea Console]’s latest project that lets you do just …read more
Apr 21, 2026 from Hackaday 2026 Green Powered Challenge: A Low Power Distraction Free Writing Tool Distraction free writing tools are a reaction to the bells and whistles of the modern desktop computer, allowing the user to simply pick up the device and write. The etyper …read more
Apr 21, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 21 April 2026 Stack Em, Pack Em, And Rack Em Edition Top Story Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO after fifteen years of keeping the company in a very profitable holding pattern. (Tech Crunch) A visionary? N...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net WhatsApp to launch WhatsApp Plus subscription with new features and customization options WhatsApp is set to introduce a premium subscription plan called WhatsApp Plus, targeting users seeking more advanced personalization options without changing the standard app experience. While the ...
Apr 21, 2026 from Hackaday The Splice Must Flow There are plenty of electronic components out there, but the one we tend to forget is the most basic: wire. Sure, PC boards have largely replaced wire with copper traces, …read more
Apr 21, 2026 from Peter's Path Veluwe Wander Trail part 18 Hiked part 18/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 13.6 kilometres from Rheden to Rozendaal. From Rheden the trail climbs into the Veluwezoom National Park and crosses the rolling heath of the Posbank, w...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Atlassian will start collecting Jira & Confluence user data to train AI by August 17, 2026 Atlassian has announced changes to its customer data usage, effective August 17, 2026, impacting users of products such as Confluence and Jira. These updates will introduce new controls over how me...
Apr 21, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-21-26 Let us see what is happening around the world wide web with today’s collection of Pook-Emu Bee links. 1. Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it. (Emile Ma...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Threema 7.1 brings liquid glass design and UI improvements to iOS Threema 7.1 for iOS introduces the Liquid Glass design, adding transparent surfaces and a lighter look in line with iOS 26’s appearance. The Contacts tab, Threema Safe, and message forwarding inter...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Git 2.54 brings 'git history' command & enhanced hooks for better repo management Git 2.54 introduces the experimental git history command for targeted rewrites, allowing users to reword or split commits without impacting the working tree. Hooks can now be defined in configurati...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Grafana 13: improved dashboard suggestions & Data visualization tools Grafana 13 introduces suggested dashboards that match users’ data sources, now with compatibility scores and improved search for easier dashboard setup. Visualization suggestions are refined to use...
Apr 21, 2026 from Peter's Path The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote The Weight of Glory. It is a collection of nine essays, most originally delivered as sermons or lectures during the Second World War. The book includes well-know...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Qwen3.6-Max-Preview delivers major agentic coding and knowledge gains Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is now available as a preview on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, bringing major improvements in agentic coding with significantly higher benchmark scores compared to Qwen3.6-Plus. T...
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net GIMP 3.2.4: new WIA plug-in, and bug fixes for Windows users GIMP 3.2.4 restores Windows scanner functionality by introducing a new WIA-based plug-in, replacing the old TWAIN-dependent version. The release addresses multiple vulnerabilities in popular image ...
Apr 21, 2026 from Hackaday CAN Bus Analyzer Runs In Your Browser If you’ve got a modern car, truck, or tractor, it’s probably got a CAN bus or three that is bouncing data all around the vehicle. Listening in on these transmissions …read more
Apr 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Kimi K2.6 released with long-horizon execution, agent swarms, and full-stack AI coding Moonshot AI has released its latest flagship model, Kimi K2.6, introducing advanced coding features, long-horizon execution, and a collaborative agent swarm system. This release delivers strong gai...
