Homemade ALPR camera follows police cars, then officers show up
Anthony Sistilli built a $180 plate-reading camera that only watches police cars. Two officers came to his door with the same privacy worries citizens raise about Flock.
Anthony Sistilli built a $180 plate-reading camera that only watches police cars. Two officers came to his door with the same privacy worries citizens raise about Flock.

With online orders slipping into January, an in-store demo may be your best chance to handle Apple's first foldable this year. Here is where to find the most units.

Flagships get up to seven years, budget phones about four. Here's which Galaxy phones, tablets and watches are still supported and when each one is cut off.

Triple-A Minesweeper is a free browser joke that buries the classic Windows puzzle under engine logos, chatty characters and markers that play the game for you.

Northend Games co-founder Omer Develioğlu shows how refunds, Steam's 30% cut, taxes and a publisher shrank $560,000 in sales to about $15,000 a year each.

Sierra Space dropped its Ghost cargo pod from 68,500 feet with a radio and a bottle of whiskey inside. The 90-minute delivery from orbit is still a goal.

Samsung's 2026 tablets start at $1,400 and $1,200, both run a Dimensity 9500 chip, and the Ultra now begins at 256GB. Here's how the two compare.

The cheapest MacBook Pro is set to get Apple's new design about six months after the high-end models, with an M7 chip, as early as spring 2027.

Singapore engineers built ALBATROSS, a tiny drone that spins down like a maple seed, rights itself on the water and then sails on wind power.

Apple swapped App Limits for category-based Time Allowances and added website approvals, contact approvals and a one-tap pause. Here is how to set it all up.

A Lancet commission of 35 experts ranked 17 threats to human health through 2100. Only two could end humanity, and one of them is AI.

TCL's Google TV sets track what's on screen through two layers, TCL's and Google's. These menu steps switch off ACR, ad tracking and app snooping.
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