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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Before Louisa May Alcott published the bestselling “Little Women” in two volumes – the first in 1868, the second in 1869 – she wrote melodramatic thrillers, selling these short stories to magazines to bring in cash for her impoverished family.On a cold November day in 2021, I was rereading Madeleine B. Stern’s introduction to her 780-page edition of “Louisa May Alcott’s Collected Thrillers.”In the…

Dutch startup Nuwa claims to have invented the “world’s most advanced pen” that digitises notes written by hand. Nuwa plans to launch the device this March. The Groningen-based company today announced a fresh cash injection of €1.5mn to boost the development of the product, which uses an inbuilt camera system, motion sensors, and algorithms to capture text written on paper. “Just write, and Nuwa Pen digitises,” Marc Tuinier, Nuwa’s CEO, told TNW. All the notes are then stored on the startup’s…

Samsung launches at least one rugged smartphone or tablet every year. It has been over a year since the company launched a rugged tablet, and Samsung will soon launch a new rugged tablet called the Galaxy Tab Active 5. The upcoming tablet made its presence felt through some reports over the past two months, and its images and full specifications have now leaked. Galaxy Tab Active 5 features an S Pen and an IP68 rating The design and full specifications of the Galaxy Tab Active 5 have been published by MSPowerUser.…

Before his death in 2015, Terry Pratchett left instructions that his hard drive should be flattened by a steamroller, thereby ensuring that no incomplete projects, or any work he deemed not for public consumption, could be published posthumously. The 20 stories that make up A Stroke of the Pen, written by Pratchett under the pen name Patrick Kearns in the 70s and 80s and published in the Western Daily Press, escaped destruction since no one, least of all their author, knew where to find them. But now they’ve been dug out…

Honor announced the Tablet 9 alongside the 90 GT. The new mid-range slate is aimed squarely at multimedia consumption and content creation. The tablet has a thin and light all-metal body - it's 6.96mm thin and weighs 555g (559g in the Soft Light version,). You can have the Honor Tablet 9 in White, Blue, or Gray, and with either 8GB with 128GB or 256GB of storage, or 12GB with 256GB or 512GB of storage. The chip in charge is the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 - an efficient 4nm SoC with an eight-core processor (4x Cortex-A78, 4x…

Last updated: December 18th, 2023 at 09:25 UTC+01:00 Samsung devices have offered the ability to write directly on the text field using an S Pen. However, the feature was limited to the Samsung Keyboard app, which needed to be used if you wanted to write on the text field. Now, even Gboard has started supporting such a handwriting feature. Gboard app gains Samsung Keyboard's write on text field feature The Gboard app now supports writing directly on the text fields using a stylus on supported devices. There is a new…

Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series `Homicide: Life on the Street` and `Brooklyn 99`, died Monday at age 61. Andre Braugher was most loved for his role as the strict Captain Raymond Holt on the police procedural comedy show `Brooklyn Nine-Nine`. The show starred Andy Samberg in a pivotal role as `Detective Jake Peralta. His character`s stoic personality and deep sense of right and wrong made him an instant favourite of the show. Andre Braugher also worked closely with Joe Lo…

Jack Wallen/ZDNETI understand that everyone's taste varies, which very much applies to writing utensils. You might prefer a fine point, or maybe a medium point. Your penchant may lean toward very thin pens or thicker barrel types. Maybe your preference is for "clicky tops," or you'd rather twist. And of course, not everyone even bothers with pens and pencils these days. If you do, I want to draw your attention to a pen I've found to be an absolute delight to use and show off.Also: Best back to school tech deals for…

Last updated: December 5th, 2023 at 16:30 UTC+01:00 It's the season of giving, and Samsung seems to be pulling one good deal after another from its endless bag of products. For the next few days, Galaxy Z Fold 5 buyers are getting a free accessory. New Galaxy Z Fold 5 buyers can now add a Slim S Pen Case to their shopping cart for free. The accessory costs $99.99 when purchased separately, but new Galaxy Z Fold 5 customers can enjoy the S Pen experience without paying extra. Samsung won't be gifting the…

Alongside a rugged smartphone, the Galaxy Xcover 7, Samsung may also be readying a rugged Android tablet. The unannounced tablet was recently certified by the FCC, revealing a few key specs in the process. The device will succeed last year’s Galaxy Tab Active 4 Pro and may arrive as the Galaxy Tab Active 5 Pro or Galaxy Tab Active 5. Galaxy Tab Active 5 Pro certified by the FCC The new Samsung tablet has model numbers SM-X300 and SM-X306B, which are Wi-Fi and cellular (5G) variants of the same product. The FCC certified…