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Google and iFixit team up to offer Pixel parts online
Enlarge (credit: iFixit) iFixit has signed a deal with Google to make Pixel repairs much easier. iFixit.com will sell genuine Google parts individually and in kits later this year. Both companies have published blog posts about the collaboration. Google says that parts will be offered for the “Pixel 2 through Pixel 6 Pro, as well […]
Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes
Enlarge / The lighting puns write themselves. (credit: Insteon) The smart home company Insteon has vanished. The entire company seems to have abruptly shut down just before the weekend, breaking users’ cloud-dependent smart-home setups without warning. Users say the service has been down for three days now despite the company status page saying, “All Services Online.” […]
As gonorrhea becomes untreatable, a repurposed vaccine may prevent it
Enlarge / A scanning electron micrograph of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. (credit: NIH) An existing vaccine that prevents meningococcal disease may also be up to 40 percent effective at preventing gonorrhea infections, which are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, with some strains completely incurable. This discovery is according to a series of studies and commentaries published Tuesday in […]