Category: Technology

[ad_1] TL;DR Backbone has launched the Backbone Pro mobile controller. The new gamepad supports both wired and wireless connections, has larger analog sticks, and a pair of back buttons. The Backbone Pro has a recommended price of $169.99. There’s no shortage of great mobile controllers out there, but we thought the Backbone One was one…

[ad_1] Today, I finally decided to spend some time around Travis. It’s been a few weeks since that little green image on top of many GitHub homepages has been buzzing me. Well, to be totally honest, this isn’t how I started my evening. First, after 2 years of good and faithfull service, I decided to…

[ad_1] TL;DR Google is pushing out an improved version of Gemini 2.5 Pro. This version of Gemini 2.5 Pro has enhanced coding capabilities, especially for creating web apps. The company was saving the update for I/O 2025, but it has decided to release it today. It’s been a little over a month since Google debuted…

[ad_1] I just read that one on the mailing list. I found it relevant enough to share it with those who did not subscribe to it: First Lothar Pfeiler: I still wonder, if it’s cool to have such a big discussion on how to convert a string into an integer, or if all the java…

[ad_1] TL;DR Nintendo is suing Genki over its unauthorized Switch 2 mockup. The filed legal complaint accuses the defendant of infringing on the plaintiff’s trademark, unfair competition, and false advertising. The game accessory maker has now responded to Nintendo’s lawsuit. Before Nintendo finally revealed the design of the Switch 2 in mid-January, you may remember…

[ad_1] I am publishing two new Hive UDAF to help with maps in Apache Hive. The source code is available on GitHub in two Java classes: “UDAFToMap” and “UDAFToOrderedMap” or you can download the jar file. The first function converts an aggregation into a map and is internally using a Java HashMap. The second function…

[ad_1] C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung Galaxy devices have a limit of 100 alarms. This is actually an increase over the limit of 50 from about five years ago. Is waking up every morning a struggle for you? We know the feeling. A common way of trying to get up from your…

[ad_1] A few days ago, we have conducted a test in order to compare various Hive file formats and compression methods. Among those file formats, some are native to HDFS and apply to all Hadoop users. The test suite is composed of similar Hive queries which create a table, eventually set a compression type and…

[ad_1] Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon is about to end Kindle content download support in old versions of its Android app. The move would close a loophole used to retrieve files vulnerable to DRM removal. This follows Amazon ending “Download & transfer via USB” support. Getting new books for your Kindle is just…

[ad_1] The Node CSV parser in its version 0.2 has just been released. This version is a major enhancement as it aligned the parser with the best Node.js practice in respect of streams. The CSV parser behave both as a Stream Writer and a Stream Reader. Be carefull, to achieve this goal, a few changes…