Tech Archives - LIEFFIE https://lieffie.com/tag/tech/ Digital News and Development Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:15:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://lieffie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-to-help-ais-understand-the-world-researchers-put-them-in-a-robot-32x32.jpg Tech Archives - LIEFFIE https://lieffie.com/tag/tech/ 32 32 Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts https://lieffie.com/digital-news/why-extracting-data-from-pdfs-is-still-a-nightmare-for-data-experts/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:15:36 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/why-extracting-data-from-pdfs-is-still-a-nightmare-for-data-experts/ “The biggest [drawback] is that they are probabilistic prediction machines and will get it wrong in ways that aren’t just ‘that’s the wrong...

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]]> 3D-printed “ghost gun” ring comes to my community—and leaves a man dead https://lieffie.com/digital-news/3d-printed-ghost-gun-ring-comes-to-my-community-and-leaves-a-man-dead/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:05:46 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/3d-printed-ghost-gun-ring-comes-to-my-community-and-leaves-a-man-dead/ It’s a truism at this point to say that Americans own a lot of guns. Case in point: This week, a fire chief...

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]]> Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software? https://lieffie.com/digital-news/camera-owner-asks-canon-skies-why-is-it-5-month-for-webcam-software/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:36:17 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/camera-owner-asks-canon-skies-why-is-it-5-month-for-webcam-software/ Comparison of webcam software features available to Canon’s “PRO” and “Free” users. Credit: Roman Zipp/Canon Read moreDrupal 8.8.0 is available Comparison of webcam...

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]]> The 8 most interesting PC monitors from CES 2025 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/the-8-most-interesting-pc-monitors-from-ces-2025/ Sun, 12 Jan 2025 13:00:52 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/the-8-most-interesting-pc-monitors-from-ces-2025/ The brand behind the monitor is Koorui, a three-year-old Chinese firm whose website currently lists monitors and keyboards. Koorui hasn’t confirmed when it...

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]]> Three bizarre home devices and a couple good things at CES 2025 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/three-bizarre-home-devices-and-a-couple-good-things-at-ces-2025/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:30:11 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/three-bizarre-home-devices-and-a-couple-good-things-at-ces-2025/ And yet, this week, in a CES-adjacent announcement, Google reminded me that Matter can really, uh, matter. All of Google Home’s hub devices—Nest...

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]]> Same CPU, slower GPU and NPU: Meet the rest of Intel’s Core Ultra 200 laptop chips https://lieffie.com/digital-news/same-cpu-slower-gpu-and-npu-meet-the-rest-of-intels-core-ultra-200-laptop-chips/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:00:27 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/same-cpu-slower-gpu-and-npu-meet-the-rest-of-intels-core-ultra-200-laptop-chips/ Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series is currently bifurcated between two architectures: Lunar Lake, which powers the Core Ultra 200V series of laptop chips;...

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