Raspberry Pi 5 powers a physical chessboard that it plays on

Raspberry Pi 5 powers a physical chessboard that it plays on

Resume The Pi 5 controllable wooden chessboard shows the bot moving with magnets and tracks your moves. Equipment: Pico SKR, CoreXY solenoid, 64 Hall sensors, 5-inch LCD; Run by Stockfish, Maia3, Rodent IV, Patricia. Stores games on PGN and plans to sync Lichess/Chess.com for mirrored online play; the code has not been released yet. Playing … Read more

Android Auto signal bars will eventually return to dashboards

Android Auto signal bars will eventually return to dashboards

Andy Walker / Android Authority Add Android authority to Google: TL; DR Earlier this year, Android Auto’s cellular signal bars disappeared. Google is currently addressing this issue. The fix is ​​not yet widely available. If you want to see how strong your cellular signal is while driving, you can look at the signal bar icon … Read more

Windows has a compression mode that Microsoft never mentioned and it gave me 38GB on the C: drive.

Windows has a compression mode that Microsoft never mentioned and it gave me 38GB on the C: drive.

Whether it’s a multi-terabyte Gen 5 NVMe or a 500GB SATA SSD, everyone wants a little more space on their drive. If you can’t afford to buy more, the next best thing is to soften your drive as much as possible by freeing up space for the apps and services you use. Many third-party utilities … Read more

ChatGPT adds virtual try-ons for clothing and accessories

ChatGPT adds virtual try-ons for clothing and accessories

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Add Android authority to Google: TL; DR ChatGPT now lets you virtually try on clothes with a selfie or full-body photo powered by ChatGPT Images 2.5. You can also upload clothing links or clothing photos, ask ChatGPT to find similar products, and use those recommendations virtually. OpenAI also adds Favorites … Read more

Synology’s health check missed 9527 errors on the drive, which I only found by direct querying.

Synology’s health check missed 9527 errors on the drive, which I only found by direct querying.

My first NAS was an unfamiliar device to me. I accidentally won it, and for the first two years it sat in my storage room because I was a sophomore living in the dorms. After graduating and returning home, I started using it. For years it was just used for volume storage, as it was … Read more

This open source mouse-controlled ESP32 desktop runs in a terminal

This open source mouse-controlled ESP32 desktop runs in a terminal

Resume TinyDesk turns your ESP32 terminal into a mouse-controlled graphical desktop with ANSI/VT rendering. It works entirely on ESP32; your computer only displays ANSI and sends keyboard/mouse – no desktop application required. Includes draggable windows, taskbar, file manager, editor, shell, system monitor, as well as MQTT and Modbus tools. Terminal is one of those things … Read more

Samsung’s smart glasses have taken the next step in their launch

Samsung’s smart glasses have taken the next step in their launch

Paul Jones / Android Authority Add Android authority to Google: TL; DR Two pairs of Samsung smart glasses have been found in the FCC database. The smart glasses come with model numbers SM-O200J and SM-O200P. Both styles of smart glasses come in several variants. Samsung has been working on smart glasses for a long time, … Read more

I ditched the official Jellyfin app for alternative clients that fit my devices better

I ditched the official Jellyfin app for alternative clients that fit my devices better

While the official Jellyfin client works well on most platforms, having the right client for my devices and media type is essential to getting the most out of my self-hosted media server. I can consume all media through the official app, but some third-party clients work well for video on Android, while others suit movies … Read more

Google is giving the Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight a much-needed boost

Google is giving the Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight a much-needed boost

Joe Maring / Android Authority Add Android authority to Google: TL; DR Android 17 QPR2 Beta 6.1 brings HiLight LED support for notifications. If enabled, the HiLight LED will blink twice when you receive a message from your preferred contact. A stable build of Android 17 QPR2 is expected in December. Pixel 11 Pro HiLight … Read more