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File this under possible, being patched, and not currently being exploited in the wild. Chromecast and Google Home can be

AI Amazon Google Hacks

Is your home spying on you? Maybe, who’s asking?

April 30, 2018 Ben C 0 Comments alexa, amazon, amazon echo, Google, google home, malware spying

Can you say your home assistant isn’t spying on you? As voice AI from Siri, to Cortana, Echo, Alexa, and

Accessories Hacks Switch

Make your own Nintendo Switch portable dock by buying or 3D printing a replacement dock case

April 5, 2018April 17, 2018 Andreas Ødegård 0 Comments DIY, From the DIY drawer, Nintendo

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about how third party Nintendo Switch portable docks are bricking the system

AI Hacks IoT Linux Tutorials

Video Tutorial Building Your 1st Mycroft skill with python & an API 6:30pm EDT

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 Ben C 0 Comments AI, live, mycroft, opensource, raspberrypi, Tutorial

We’re excited to announce that guest poster Brian Hopkins @br1anhopkins @btotharye is back with another Mycroft adventure! As you’ll remember from Brian’s last Pocketable’s

AI Free Hacks IoT Linux Pocketables

Guest Post: Out with the Alexa and in with the new J.A.R.V.I.S courtesy of Mycroft AI

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 Ben C 0 Comments AI, guest, guest post, mycroft, open source, opensource, Raspberry Pi, rpi

Today’s guest post is courtesy of: Brian Hopkins @br1anhopkins @btotharye So after spending a good bit of time at Pycon over

Android Good and EVO Hacks Pocketables

Root tool allows you to partition some of the SD card as adoptable storage

April 5, 2017 Paul E King 0 Comments

Adoptable storage is something that was introduced in Android Marshmallow. It allowed you to take your SD card and have

Amazon Apple Chrome OS Chromebooks Deal Hacks Laptops Linux Microsoft Pocketables Tablets Tips & Deals

[Deal] $430 Certified Refurbished Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (256 GB/8GB/i5-4300U) @AMZN; Linux, OSx86, ChromeOS Support!

March 7, 2017April 18, 2018 Ben C 0 Comments amazon, Chrome OS, Chromium OS, Deal, deals, Hackintosh, Hardware, linux, microsoft, Surface, Surface Pro, Surface Pro 3, ubuntu

First: No Keyboard & No Pen Included…. But this is for $430, not close to the late 2014 $1299 MSRP.

Accessories Hacks IoT Linux MiniPCs Pocketables

Pi Zero W US Availability!

March 6, 2017April 18, 2018 Ben C 0 Comments adafruit, canakit, microcenter, Raspberry, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 3, raspberry pi zero w

The Pi is coming! The Pi is coming! The Pi 0 W is Here!!! Go order yours then come check

Hacks IoT Tasker

Smart ceiling light fixtures on the budget

February 7, 2017February 8, 2017 Mat Zolnierczyk 0 Comments esp8266, IoT, light, smart ceiling light, Tasker

I have been working on this for some time now. It took me ages to get to the working prototype

Accessories Deal Hacks Pocketables Tips & Deals

[Deal] ASUS RT-AC68U AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router JUST $59

November 21, 2016 Ben C 0 Comments 802.11, 802.11ac, ASUS, ddwrt, Deal, firmware, openwrt, router, T-Mobile, tomato

The T-Mobile Wi-Fi CellSpot Router is on sale for $99; but we’re Pocketables; We wouldn’t leave you there! With code “WIFI40”

Android Chrome OS Chromebooks Deal Google Hacks Laptops Linux Pocketables

Dell Outlet Chromebook 13 7310 $171 Celeron $210 i3-5005U 2GHz [SSD Upgradable|Soldered RAM]

November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 Ben C 0 Comments Android, Chrome OS, Chromebook, Coupon, Deal, Dell, Laptop, Laptops, linux

Dell Chromebook 13 7310 Refurbished on sale at Dell Outlet starting from $229 w/o coupons. Update: RAM in current Rev/Model

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Paul King also as a note I dropped all of the Twitter feeds because the plugin that was pulling the Twitter feeds was taking 6 seconds to run. I'll get something for our contributing editors that doesn't show...
Look ma, no ads! · April 21, 2019
Paul King It appeared it was mobile only, although the code was in the header section so it should have been affecting everyone, it wasn't. We'll see if it pops up anywhere else.
Look ma, no ads! · April 21, 2019
Paul King I see it now. Appears to rear it's head only on mobile. Will remove if I can figure it out from mobile... Gitaa be a contextual widget
Look ma, no ads! · April 21, 2019
LockeCJ I check every once in awhile, and I'm still genuinely surprised that I'm the only supporter on Patreon. I'd really like to hear what it is that is keeping people from committing to even paying $1 a...
Look ma, no ads! · April 20, 2019
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Look ma, no ads! · April 20, 2019