Tony Tan, a Google shareholder, has obtained and published a set of letters the Trump administration sent to multiple tech companies, essentially saying: don’t worry about the law, the president has your back, keep TikTok online.
However, Mr. Tan disagrees. And he’s taking legal action to prove it.
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Ploopy has announced another desktop accessory called the Ploopy Knob that can function like a control dial for adjusting volume, scrolling documents, or scrubbing through media on a computer. The Canadian company isn’t exactly a household name like Logitech, but Ploopy’s open-source peripherals offer a lot of customizability, and like its mouse and trackballs, you can customize the look of the Knob by 3D-printing your own hardware.
The Ploopy Knob is available now through the company’s website for $49.99 CAD (around $37). Unlike many of the company’s other products, which can be purchased as cheaper DIY kits you build yourself, the Knob is only available as a fully assembled product with software preinstalled that works right out of the box. However, since it’s open-source, you can download all the design files and software on Ploopy’s GitHub page if you want to source the parts and build your own from scratch.
Powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller, the Ploopy Knob uses a position sensor with a 12-bit resolution and a polling rate of over 1kHz to track its rotational movements. The company says the Knob supports high-resolution pixel-by-pixel scrolling on Windows and Linux, but warns that the experience may not be as smooth on Apple computers. “macOS does smoothing for input devices automatically. This interferes with the code that runs on the Knob, meaning that pixel-by-pixel high-resolution scrolling doesn’t work on macOS. It still functions as a scrolling device, but the scrolling is in discrete steps.”
As with the company’s other peripherals, the Ploopy Knob uses the open-source QMK firmware, which runs entirely on the device so you don’t need to install additional software on your computer.
Once upon a time in America, there was a tyrant. And Congress rejected him totally.
The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the Declaration was an enormous political innovation - in it, the country that became the United States of America laid claim to certain "unalienable" rights, rights that took precedence over any king or crown.
To protect those rights, our Founders declared that the People were allowed to "alter" or "abolish" the government - in this case, British rule over the American colonies.
The idea that 'the People' have 'unalienable rights' b …
This is your roundup of all the most notable 4th of July deals we have gathered today and over the last week. The are inbound next week, so we have a tighter list of discounts to browse today in anticipation of even lower prices next week. That said there are also plenty of early Prime Day deals already live alongside some notable Google exclusives, and return lows on Samsung gear as well as a host of accessories, home goods, smart home upgrades, e-bikes, and much more.
Following a hands-on image leak earlier this week, an Amazon listing has surfaced with what seems to be a quick look at the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and its super-thin profile.
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We are now ready to scope out all of the best Android game and app deals ahead of the July 4th holiday tomorrow. Just remember to go secure your FREE $50 Samsung credit by dropping your email down here (no commitments to buy anything) and check out the ongoing $300 in FREE credit you can score on the new Samsung Smart Monitors. We also have a new all-time low on the Kindle Scribe tablet-meets-reader as well as 20% off the official Galaxy Watch Ultra Marine Band, and Google Pixel Watch 3 at up to $132 off. As for the apps, you’ll find everything waiting for you down below.
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