LattePanda Mu is a $139 computer-on-a-module with Intel N100

The LattePanda Mu is a 70 x 60mm (2.8″ x 2.4″) compute module with an Intel Processor N100 chip, 8GB of RAM, 64GB of onboard storage, 9 PCIe 3.0 lanes, and support for up to three displays, two SATA drives, or other hardware. Available fro…

The LattePanda Mu is a 70 x 60mm (2.8″ x 2.4″) compute module with an Intel Processor N100 chip, 8GB of RAM, 64GB of onboard storage, 9 PCIe 3.0 lanes, and support for up to three displays, two SATA drives, or other hardware. Available from DFRobot with a list price of $139, the LattePanda Mu will […]

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5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

“We have a technical debt that stretches back many decades.”

Floppy disk with hourglasses

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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which runs the city's Muni Metro light rail, claims to be the first US agency to adopt floppy disks. But today, the SFMTA is eager to abandon its reliance on 5¼-inch floppy disks—just give it about six more years and a few hundred more million dollars.

Members of the SFMTA recently spoke with the ABC7 Bay Area News and detailed the agency's use of three 5¼-inch floppy disks every morning. The floppies have been part of Muni Metro's Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) since its installation in the Market Street subway stop in 1998. The ATCS has multiple components, "including computers onboard the trains that are tied into propulsion and brake systems, central and local servers, and communications infrastructure, like loop cable signal wires," Michael Roccaforte, an SFMTA spokesperson, told Ars Technica.

The floppy disks are for loading the software running the central servers, Roccaforte said:

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US Internet Service Providers now display FCC-mandated “nutrition labels,” or “Broadband Facts”

The largest ISPs (Internet Service Providers) in the United States are now showing broadband “nutrition labels” that make it easier to compare plans. The move comes a year and a half after the US Federal Communications Commission adopted r…

The largest ISPs (Internet Service Providers) in the United States are now showing broadband “nutrition labels” that make it easier to compare plans. The move comes a year and a half after the US Federal Communications Commission adopted rules requiring major ISPs to add these labels by April 10, 2024. Basically, these new boxes list […]

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Is this plug taken? EV charging etiquette comes to “Modern Manners” book.

Be polite, plan ahead, don’t jump the line, and other charging tips to ensure harmony.

A driver charges an electric vehicle at an Electric Circuit fast-charging point at the La Porte de l'Erable rest area in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec, Canada, on Monday, April 1, 2024. The charging point is the largest of its kind in Quebec and can charge 24 electric vehicles simultaneously.

Enlarge / Don't be a bad charging neighbor. (credit: Graham Hughes/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Modern life can be fraught with confusion. Should I answer my cellphone in a crowded place? (No.) Where do I stand on an escalator? (On the right—let people walk on the left.) And what are the social rules when it comes to recharging my electric vehicle? Thankfully, that last question has now been addressed by Debrett's, a British publisher with a name now synonymous with etiquette, in the recently published 2024 edition of "A-Z of Modern Manners."

Debrett's has been publishing guides on manners and etiquette since the last time electric vehicles were a thing, but it first put together a list of dos and do-nots for EV drivers last year as a standalone guide with British car brand Vauxhall. Now, it has added the advice to this year's edition of the general etiquette guide.

Although Debrett's is writing for a UK audience, with its ingrained ideas about class structure, the advice also applies to this side of the Atlantic, and it's probably timely now that Tesla is opening up its Supercharger network to non-Tesla EVs. Here is some of the advice.

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Kobo’s first color eReaders are coming April 30th for $150 and up

E Ink has been making paper-like displays for decades, but up until a few years ago most of the company’s screens have been black and white displays that support 16 shades of grey, but no color. That started to change in 2020 when the first eRea…

E Ink has been making paper-like displays for decades, but up until a few years ago most of the company’s screens have been black and white displays that support 16 shades of grey, but no color. That started to change in 2020 when the first eReaders and eNote devices with E Ink Kaleido displays started […]

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