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Infinite Mac project works to create lightning fast, browser-based Macintosh Quadra emulation

This is an incredibly cool retro project and will make you wish your Macintosh Quadra from the 90’s ran anywhere near this fast. A developer has extended on the work of James Friend’s Basilisk II and PCE.js with the Infinite Mac project to create an improved version of a Quadra emulator. This arrives at a […]

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Apple patent explores ideas, practices for flexible battery that can be bent, rolled up within devices

If you’re looking to make a device that bends, folds, or can be rolled up, it’s important that the battery be able to do this too. A recently published Apple patent, entitled “Flexible battery structure,” highlights how to power a foldable display, and also seems to be looking to fix a recurring issue with similar […]

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NAB adds Apple Pay support, adds to “The Big Four” of Australian banking

If you’re headed to Australia, this could come in handy. National Australia Bank (NAB) on Monday announced immediate support for Apple Pay, becoming the third of Australia’s “big four” banks to integrate with Apple’s payments platform after a failed boycott. NAB announced the launch via the following tweet to its official account: “It’s here. NAB […]

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Developers uncover hints as to HomePod’s RAM, display specifications in latest firmware update

Deep within Apple’s firmware update for the upcoming HomePod, some of the critical specs have been found. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith shared last week that HomePod will run a full iOS stack and uses a shell app called SoundBoard. He also mentioned more specifics about the display/touch surface stating “The center part of the HomePod surface […]

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Google Nest picks up additional collaboration partners in ‘Works with Nest’ program

Google’s Nest project is starting to get some promising collaboration partners. Per CNET, Nest has been tacking on product partners since its initial developer program announcement last June. With several big-name integrations already secured — Dropcam, Mercedes-Benz, Whirlpool — this open-software-collaboration, dubbed “Works with Nest,” appears to have caught on. August, LG, Philips Hue and […]