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Back in 2021 a young engineering student named Ken Pillonel modified his own iPhone X to replace the Lightning port with USB-C, which became a small viral sensation. He’s back at it, with a far more ambitious project: iPhone cases with USB-C ports for the last five or so years of models with Lightning ports. He’s produced three batches of cases so far, but is currently sold out.

Even if you’re not interested in buying one of these cases, Pillonel’s video documenting how he brought the concept to fruition is quite clever and fun.

In October 2023, Junior turned 49. That’s the same age his dad was in 2001, when, before the last turn on the last lap of the Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s car bumped into Sterling Marlin’s, sending the iconic No. 3 careening into the wall at 160 mph. Reporter Kent Babb ...

Max A. Cherney and Stephen Nellis, reporting for Reuters: Those customers for the company’s so-called 14A manufacturing process are crucial to the success of the technology — so much so that if it fails to secure a big one, it could shut down its cutting-edge manufacturi...

The other day, I finished reading 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster. It was a Christmas gift from my dad, who apparently picked it without even knowing what the book was about. It sat there, in my bedroom, for more than 6 months because it’s a 950-page novel, and I was convinced that I...

Emma Roth, The Verge: Google will officially deprecate links generated with its URL shortening tool next month. On August 25th, 2025, all links in the https://goo.gl/* format will no longer work and return a 404 error message. Google shut down its URL shortener in 2019,...

Ask five companies to define the role of a Product Manager, and you’ll get ten different answers. Modern product teams

The post Product Manager vs. Product Owner: Why Teams Get These Roles Wrong appeared first on The New Stack.

Did you know that you can open Bluesky starter packs in Micro.blog and follow people directly? I’d like to work on expanding this soon. Some more details and an example in this post last year. Micro.blog is small so it’s a good way to branch out.

Emanuel Maiberg and Joseph Cox, reporting for 404 Media: Users from 4chan claim to have discovered an exposed database hosted on Google’s mobile app development platform, Firebase, belonging to the newly popular women’s dating safety app Tea. Users say they are rifling t...

Oh, Budgie, how I’ve adored you for such a long time. That’s right, I said it… I used the word

The post Linux Budgie Desktop: A Perfect Blend of Aesthetics and Power appeared first on The New Stack.

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In a world filled with mediocre ready-to-eat meals, CookUnity is the first I’ve tried that feels like real cooking. Not every meal hits, but enough do.

Researchers witnessing warming in Svalbard worry that “we have been too cautious” with climate warnings.

The Pro Click V2 Vertical has a steep learning curve but effectively brings the ergonomic benefits of a vertical mouse to the gaming peripheral.

Nemo’s updated Dagger Osmo 2-person tent is a well-designed, spacious palace of a tent.

Got milk? From wearables to popular portables, these are the breast pumps we recommend for your nursing era.

In my journey through agentic command-line interfaces (CLI), I have finally come to a community-led open source effort, Aider. Ironically,

The post Developer Walk-Through of Aider, an Open Source Agentic CLI appeared first on The New Stack.

Mounting evidence shows no US state is safe from the flooding that ravaged Texas’ Kerr Country.

Plus: Google Photos lets you convert images to videos, Microsoft has a 5G Surface, and Palmer Luckey asks if you’d buy a US-made laptop.

A network of local officials in Italy want to turn their cities into laboratories for the vehicles of tomorrow in the hope of catching up with the US and China.