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Using Aqara Magic Cube with Pushcut | Home Assistant and Node-RED

Using Aqara Magic Cube with Pushcut | Home Assistant and Node-RED

In this guide I will show you guys how I am using the Aqara magic cube and Pushcut to control my smart home. My house runs on Homekit so majority of my scenes are already configured in the Home app. The benefits of this is that I do not need

Datohome Smart Door Lock L-B400 - Home Assistant Integration

Datohome Smart Door Lock L-B400 - Home Assistant Integration

I recently purchased a Datohome smart lock model L-B400 for my room's door. The initial setup was a breeze through the Datohome App. I was able to set my passcode, add fingerprints, and nfc cards to unlock my door lock. All was good except the fact I hated

WhatsApp Announces transaction through chat

WhatsApp Announces transaction through chat

Facebook-owned messaging service application WhatsApp has announced a payment system in Brazil that will enable its users to send or receive the money within the chat

Everything Announced at Apple's WWDC | TLDR

Everything Announced at Apple's WWDC | TLDR

Here's a quick TLDR rundown of everything Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2020. We'll leave the research to you! iOS 14 Interface changes: * App Library * Widgets * Picture-in-picture on iPhone: * Siri * Messages * Maps * CarPlay * App Clips iPad OS-specific: * New “universal search” * Apple Pencil/Scribble AirPods:

Uber to acquire Cornershop that Walmart failed to buy

Uber to acquire Cornershop that Walmart failed to buy

The National Economic Prosecutor’s Office of Chile approves Uber’s deal to acquire Chilean grocery start-up Cornershop.

Playstation 5 Revealed

Playstation 5 Revealed

The console will arrive in classic and digital editions, with launch aimed at late 2020. Here is a run down of it's specs: * CPU: AMD Zen 2-based CPU with 8 cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency) * GPU: 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency) * GPU

Urbit: A OS and Peer-to-Peer Network Owned by Users

Urbit: A OS and Peer-to-Peer Network Owned by Users

What is Urbit or Arvo? Urbit OS is another name for Arvo; they can be interchanged similar to Mac and Apple. Urbit OS or Arvo are an operating system. Will it replace Windows Mac OS, or Linux? No, it will not. Think of Urbit as a gateway to a new

PUBGM: Not Just Any Mobile Game

PUBGM: Not Just Any Mobile Game

I was astonished when I accidentally came across the gaming hours I spent on PUBGM (PUBG Mobile). It was 658 Hours, in 6 months almost 4 to 5 hours a day! It made me curious why every other young male and female my age, including me, is playing this game

Human IPO

You may have heard of IPO (initial public offering) of companies, ICO (initial coin offering of cryptocurrency but never IPO of humans. HumanIPO is a start up leading the next wave of IPO in humans. It works the same as traditional investing, you believe in a company you invest in

Homebridge: Add 3rd Party Smart Devices to your Home App

Homebridge: Add 3rd Party Smart Devices to your Home App

What is Homebridge Homebridge is an open source software written by a large community to provide HomeKit support for almost any smart device on the market. Anyone can buy a smart device, set it up, and control it from an app on their phone but the problem lies with the

Successfully add PS4 to Homekit using ps4-waker and ps4-waker-platform

Successfully add PS4 to Homekit using ps4-waker and ps4-waker-platform

After days of trying to get my PS4 to wake or sleep from my Home app via Homebridge, I finally made it happen! To some it may have been a simple process but for others, like myself, it was definitely a challenge. Sometimes it was a minor config.json issue

Urbit OS1 Launch

Urbit OS1 Launch

Urbit is a decentralized personal server platform. It has been in existence since 2013 the platform is written in Nock, Hoon. They are currently having a online launch party tonight. This is the link to the launch.

What You Should Know About Online Tools During the COVID-19 Crisis by EFF

What You Should Know About Online Tools During the COVID-19 Crisis by EFF

Since the COVID-19 epidemic started there has been a influx utilization of online or remote working tools. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is one of the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world, which has posted an article titled “What You Should Know About Online Tools During

The Ultimate Gaming Bed and More.

The Ultimate Gaming Bed and More.

Quarantined? City on shutdown? Curfew? Borders closed? Travel restricted? Social gatherings prohibited? Isolation from society? It is the perfect time to get the ultimate gaming bed the recent events of COVID-19, everyone is planning on staying indoors until the epidemic is over. Odditymall has the perfect gaming bed for anyone

Apple now requires 'Sign in with Apple' - iOS Development

Apple now requires 'Sign in with Apple' - iOS Development

Apple now requires developers who use 3rd party sign-in options, such as 'Sign-in with Google', to also include 'Sign in with Apple'. There are some exceptions but only a handful. You can check them out on section 4.8 Sign in with Apple in Apple'

Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness Guide 2020

Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness Guide 2020

Theprepared is the overview guide for anyone who feels under prepared, or wants to filter out the noise and read impactful information about COVID-19. The article begins by stating why they are reliable source and caution readers from believing untrustworthy resources. It proceeds by stating important goals one should have

Robinhood App and Website Down

Robinhood App and Website Down

Robinhood, the free trading app that has signed on more than 10 million users, went down this Monday morning. The app just shows an empty dashboard, buying power, and a message at the bottom saying, "There was an error loading your notifications". The trading app's status

COVID19

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is not related to or a form of the flu (Influenza), it is part of the family of Coronaviruses which includes MERS and SARS. The virus is very serious, please follow the guidance of your local authorities and if you believe you may have symptoms contact them immediately.

The Information Cage: Data Consumption vs Human Perception

The Information Cage: Data Consumption vs Human Perception

In an era where data is increasing, both in the volume it is produced and the manner in which it is commoditized, it's worthwhile to ask what impact data has on our everyday thinking patterns.

LibreTaxi2 - The Craigslist of Uber/Lyft

LibreTaxi2 - The Craigslist of Uber/Lyft

LibreTaxi2 is an open source and free alternative to Uber and Lyft that cuts out the third party between passengers and drivers. Its dubbed the Craigslist of Uber and Lyft as prices are negotiable and cash is preferred, although, there are plans to fully integrate bitcoin as a method of

In the Heart of Silicon Valley Lies Uncanny Valley

In the Heart of Silicon Valley Lies Uncanny Valley

In the Haight – Ashbury lies Uncanny Valley (UV), a creative cyberpunk community space in San Francisco with a dystopian ambiance designed to inspire creativity. It is a cyberpunk space in which there are events like movie nights, digital art nights, game jams, and more to come. UV is for creative

PRAW: The Python Reddit API Wrapper

PRAW: The Python Reddit API Wrapper

"PRAW, an acronym for “Python Reddit API Wrapper”, is a python package that allows for simple access to reddit’s API. PRAW aims to be as easy to use as possible and is designed to follow all of reddit’s API rules. You have to give a useragent that

Google AdSense - Bitcoin Scheme

Google AdSense - Bitcoin Scheme

An interesting Bitcoin scheme has been going around targeting publishers who are using the Google AdSense program to display ads on their websites. This one definitely lives up to this site's name! Reported by the one and only Brian Krebs, of Krebs on Security, this extortion is an

Neurotypical Slate Star Codex

Neurotypical Slate Star Codex

What is Slate Star Codex (SSC)? SSC is a blog about science, medicine, philosophy, politics, and futurism by Scott Alexander in 2013. According to some critiques his blog is about anti-feminism, scientism, reductionism, rape culture, cultural relativism, scientific racism, nerd mythology, intellectual elitism, transhumanism, colonialism, anti-AI craze, pro-AI craze, and

Apple Edge Cache - What is Edge Caching?

Apple Edge Cache - What is Edge Caching?

Apple Inc. offers a program for businesses called Apple Edge Cache (AEC). Before we elaborate on Apple's Edge Cache, let's understand edge caching in general first. Edge caching is a method of using dedicated network servers (cache servers) to save web pages or other Internet content