The Free Library of Philadelphia has made it easier for people to obtain library cards. Now, any Pennsylvania adult or teenager can submit an online application, the library said. Library cards also ...

If you’re still paying full price for audiobooks while you’re in uniform, you’re probably leaving money on the table. Between public libraries, free apps, and the DoD’s own digital library, you can ...

The Cecil B. Moore Library will start extending hours this weekend, and the Chestnut Hill will do the same Oct. 18. Frankford, Lawncrest and Roxborough all resumed Saturday hours on Sept. 20, and ...

The new PBS Independent Lens documentary about America's public library system arrives with a very clever, two-edged title: Free for All: The Public Library. The "Free for All" part refers, of course, ...

Children who are surrounded by books spend more time reading—particularly those in underserved school districts. Such is the conclusion of a recent study conducted by Little Free Library and the ...

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The Arduino platform offers a variety of affordable toys used by DIY enthusiasts for simple electronics projects. It is known for being easy to learn and is built on a variant of the C++ programming ...

If you're into robotics or electronics, you've likely come across Arduino—a small microcontroller that can control sensors and motors for nifty DIY projects. Like the Raspberry Pi, the Arduino is ...

If you have an RTL-SDR compatible radio there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard of the rtl_433 project, which lets you receive and decode signals from an ever-expanding list of supported devices in ...

While U.S. authorities were taking down the free and popular (and potentially illegal) e-book download site Z-Library, and arrest those affiliated with it this past month, internet archivers were ...

The popular e-book download site Z-Library was shut down earlier this month by U.S. federal authorities, as we reported last week, likely for the distribution of pirated materials. This left students ...

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