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Deskpad virtual desktop with Mona moving up into it coming up from below

Create a Virtual Display on Your Mac with DeskPad

March 14, 2025
by podfeet

I’ve got one of the weirdest and head-bendy tool reviews for you today. Let’s see if I can set up a problem to be solved to get you interested first. The Problem to be Solved Let’s say you’re doing a presentation and you need to share your screen. This causes a few challenges, especially if […]

End view of the Zoox autonomous Robotaxi showing a black rounded-rectangular vehicle with red taillights, wheel fenders highlighted in red, a blackened-out window, and a red light bar at the top of the vehicle. Also visible are radar/camera sensors at the top left and right corners of the vehicle and another sensor on the roof. The company name Zoox is visible in the lower left of the window and also on the license plate. The background is black as well.

CES 2025: Zoox Robotaxi Funded by Amazon

Allison discusses the Zoox Robotaxi, an operational vehicle built for riders, not drivers, and funded by Amazon. Zoox is a full Level-4 autonomous vehicle designed to hold four passengers and pick up, navigate, and drop off passengers in a city environment. The seating positions are symmetrical so each rider gets the same level of comfort […]

Photo of a city map generated by the HERE Maps and Navigation system as it appears on an automotive display. The city map shows a home location designated by a small graphic of a house from which a navigation route throughout the city is displayed as a blue path. The route connects 8 stops across the city starting and ending with the home location.

CES 2025: HERE Automotive Navigation Solutions

March 11, 2025
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Sowmya Gopal from HERE about their unified navigation solutions for electric vehicles, including automated driving, EV routing/charging, and a digital cockpit for driver interface. Sowmya demonstrates the HERE’s Maps and Navigation system on a hyper-SUV, the Lotus Eletra Carbon, and explains how it integrates the navigation experience with range management. The HERE system […]

CES 2025: j5create Matter-Enabled Smart Plugs and Thunderbolt 5 Dock

Allison interviews Brandon Thweatt from j5create about their Matter-enabled Smart Plugs and new Thunderbolt 5 dock. Brandon starts by explaining that Matter allows smart devices made by different companies to interact with various home automation systems using a common standard. So Matter-enabled devices can be controlled through and work seamlessly across Apple, Android, and Alexa […]

CES 2025: Maono Podcasting and Lavelier Microphones

Allison interviews Tobias Helenstein from Maono about their collection of microphones designed for podcasting as well as their wireless lavalier mics. Tobias starts with their podcasting mics including the PD200X and PD400X, both of which are dynamic and have XLR and USB outputs. The more affordable PD100X has colored lights on the rear of the […]

Sorry Steve, I’m Having an Affair with Claude

Like most developers, I’ve been using AI to help me with my little coding projects. In case you doubt that “most” devs are using AI, in June of 2023, which is a long time ago in AI years, Inbal Shani reported on the GitHub blog the results of a survey of developers. They wrote: A […]

Front view of the Xebec Snap used with a MacBook Pro laptop. The laptop sits on a table with a Zoom call in progress showing on the main display. Two additional displays are attached to the main display, one on the immediate right and the other on the immediate left. The left display is mounted in a portrait orientation while the right display is in landscape. The left display shows a graph and spreadsheet of a Monthly Budget while the right display show a presentation entitled Understanding the Market. Two USB-C cables are attached the left two ports on the laptop with their cables neatly tucked behind the computer. Above the laptop and displays are the words XEBEC SNAP.

CES 2025: XEBEC Portable Snap-On Monitors

Allison interviews Alex Levine, XEBEC CEO & Cofounder, about their portable monitors that snap onto any laptop to expand your display area and optimize your work setup. Alex describes their Xebec Snap which can turn a regular laptop into a modular portable workstation for office productivity on the go. Up to three additional displays can […]

Oblique view of iFixit’s Portable Smart Soldering Iron. It has a rounded rectangular base that holds a built-in rechargeable battery. The base has a small bracket at one end that, when flipped down, makes the base slant upward slightly as it sits on a white surface. The base has a blue on/off button and a nickel adjustment knob on the raised end. It has also a USB-C cable attached to the front between the buttons. At the other end of the cable is a tapered cylindrical soldering iron that is mounted on the side of the base. The base, USB cable, and soldering iron are black with blue highlights.

CES 2025: iFixit Smart Soldering Iron and Electronics Toolkit

Allison interviews Eric Essen, iFixit’s Chief Tool Officer, about their new smart soldering iron and electronics toolkits. Eric describes iFixit’s FixHub Smart Soldering Iron designed to bring soldering to people without experience. It is powered through any powered USB-C port and has an adjustable soldering temperature through a web interface. When connected to a PD […]

Security Bits — 2 March 2025

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Yet another reminder that developers are in the attacker’s sights: VSCode extensions with 9 million installs pulled over security risks — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Microsoft’s prompt and very effective response to proactively disabled the plugin in […]

View of the Shiftcam ShiftGrip Pro from the side that attaches to the phone. It has an ergonomic handle on the side with a flat extension ending in a 2" circular ring that magnetically attaches to the Qi2 or MagSafe port of the back of the phone. The device is grey in color and has shutter button on the top of the handle. Shown behind the ShiftGrip Pro and slightly out of focus is an iPhone 16 Pro in a desert sand color.

CES 2025: Shiftcam Accessories for Mobile Phones

Allison interviews Benson Chiu from Shiftcam about their wide array of accessories for mobile phones including iPhones, Samsung, and Android. Benson starts with their Planck SSD which attaches to the bottom of mobile phones with a USB-C port. They support 1 or 2TB of storage and can handle data rates over 1 GBps. This product […]

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