Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs(twitter.com)

466 points by naves 6 months ago | 210 comments

Tinygrad/Tiny Corp's announcement, covered by The Verge, that Apple signed its driver letting Nvidia eGPUs work on Arm Macs without disabling SIP.

Microsoft Has a Surface Laptop 'Smurface Edition' for Smurfs Fans(theverge.com)

4 points by zdw 1 year ago | 2 comments

HP is in the rent-a-printer business now(theverge.com)

7 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 5 comments

HP Plus prevents printer from using non-OEM ink for the life of the printer(theverge.com)

28 points by bmo-at 3 years ago | 9 comments

1.56M dehumidifiers recalled due to fire and burn hazards(theverge.com)

284 points by DemiGuru 3 years ago | 140 comments

Gmail's blue checkmarks are coming to iOS and Android(theverge.com)

12 points by rae-calder 2 years ago | 2 comments

A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices(devblogs.microsoft.com)

349 points by luu 1 year ago | 122 comments

Raymond Chen's The Old New Thing post explaining how the passive USB-to-PS/2 adapter bundled with Microsoft mice worked, with the mouse handling both protocols.

So you want to parse a PDF?(eliot-jones.com)

369 points by UglyToad 1 year ago | 199 comments

Blog post by Eliot Jones explaining how PDF parsing should work per the spec, covering headers, cross-reference tables, object offsets and trailers, and its real-world pitfalls.

Apollo 11 vs. USB-C Chargers (2020)(forrestheller.com)

453 points by raimue 2 years ago | 178 comments

A comparison table of the CPUs in modern USB-C wall chargers versus the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer, covering clock speed, RAM, storage, and instruction sets.

Making USB devices – end to end guide to your first gadget(popovicu.com)

361 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 60 comments

Uros Popovic's blog post offering an end-to-end beginner guide to building your first USB device that a computer recognizes.

Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023)(jordemort.dev)

325 points by goodburb 1 year ago | 130 comments

A blog post by Jordan Webb investigating, detective-style, why Android cannot use USB CDC Ethernet adapters despite supporting USB ethernet.

Why is my CPU usage always 100%?(downtowndougbrown.com)

505 points by pncnmnp 1 year ago | 137 comments

Part 9 of a blog series on upgrading the Chumby 8's Linux kernel from 2.6.28 to 6.x, investigating why top always reports 100% CPU usage.