Jaguar drove the I-PACE electric SUV from London to Brussels on a single charge with some range to spare. It was a 229-mile (369 km) trip, part of which was through the Channel tunnel. Electric vehicles have long been criticized for their lack of range. However, it is now common for them to exceed 200…
The Raspberry Pi is a simple single board computer (SBC) that you can use for basic web browsing, turning things on and off via software, and setting up home media centers. However, it isn’t exactly plug and play. This article is specifically for the Raspberry Pi 3 B. If you purchased a Raspberry Pi 3…
Fujifilm has unveiled the X-T3 4K mirrorless camera, adding to the (still small) pool of truly compact 4K cameras on the market and joining the early birds such as Blackmagic Design with their pocket 4K cinema camera, the Panasonic Lumix LX100 II, among others. The X-T3 has that classic Fujifilm look, and its chassis is…
Dodge has released the 2019 Ram 1500 pickup with a 48-Volt eTorque mild-hybrid powertrain and up to 5,788 kg (12,750 pounds) of towing capacity. The use of higher voltages helps designers to augment the truck’s electrical system without excessively thick, heavy, and expensive wires. Consider the following example: A 12-Volt, 100 Amp (1,200 Watt) circuit requires…
BlackBerry has announced a new iteration of the BlackBerry Key smartphone series — the Key 2 LE. The Key 2 LE is a smartphone with a 35-key keyboard and touch screen resembling that of previous Key models, although the keyboard isn’t touch-sensitive. The Key 2 LE runs an up-to-date version of Android — Oreo 8.1,…
If you intend to use Bitcoin on your computer, smartphone, or even on a bunch of other devices, you can substantially reduce the risk of losing it all to theft by allocating funds to two different wallets. What I’m referring to specifically is creating a mobile wallet and a separate desktop wallet (and not trying…
GMC has released the 2019 Sierra Denali pickup truck with a ten-speed automatic transmission in the 6.2L V8 and 3.0L Turbo Diesel models, and an eight-speed automatic transmission with the 5.3L V8 powertrain. The full-size pickup goes on sale in fall of 2018, and sports a modern, aggressive look with features including, but not limited…
Is your hard drive getting old, or you bounced your laptop and are worried about your data? You can check for bad sectors on the drive with a simple scan.
Panasonic has released an upgraded version of their Lumix LX100 4K camera (the LX100 II), and it now offers Bluetooth, among other improvements. The previous LX100 came out in 2014 as an impressively compact 4K camera, which was not something you saw every day back then. The Lumix LX100 II’s new Micro Four Thirds sensor…
Rooftop solar systems have been catching on in recent years, and the three most common configurations for these systems are: Net metered with no energy storage: This feeds the power generated by your solar system to the power grid where it can be sold to your neighbours. Depending on your region and utility company, you…
NVidia has released the new GeForce RTX 2080 GPU with GDDR6 RAM and ray-tracing. Ray-tracing is a rendering feature that facilitates real-time light reflections, something gamers have anticipated for years. It is also equipped with faster memory (described below). The RTX 2080 sports a Turing processor capable of a boost frequency of 1,710 MHZ, unlike…
Encryption is imperative to our security, but don’t overestimate its capabilities. There are things it can’t protect you from, some of which I mention here.