AC induction motors are everywhere, from ceiling fans to vehicles. They’re reliable, simple, and rugged — but there are some disadvantages. It’s difficult to control the speed ...

If you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you may have noticed a certain fondness for Meshtastic devices, and the LoRa protocol ...

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has sued the District of Columbia to end a ban on assault-style weapons, including the AR-15. In a nine-page lawsuit filed on Monday, the DOJ's Civil ...

Driving authorities must crack down on a “number plate wild west”, an MP has said, after figures showed just a fraction of suppliers faced an audit this year. Sarah Coombes said the DVLA’s work “doesn ...

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With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Artificial intelligence has become almost ...

The fight over gun laws in the nation’s capital now turns on a deceptively simple phrase: whether certain firearms are in “common use.” You are watching a technical legal standard evolve into the ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Inside our homes, though, Amazon Alexa has become the most popular virtual assistant in the US and around the world, as a widely adopted virtual ...