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This Raspberry Pi and Arduino developer bundle is on sale for under £40

TL;DR : The 2022 Complete Raspberry Pi and Arduino Developer Bundle is on sale for £32.71, saving you 97% on list price. Looking for an educational present to hand out this Christmas? If you have someone on your gifting list who dreams of building their own electronic devices, the 2022 Complete Raspberry Pi and Arduino Developer Bundle helps give them the gift of a well-rounded education in this fascinating space. They'll be creating their own devices in no time with help from these nine informative courses.  There's no need to have any prior Raspberry Pi experience to dig into this fleet of courses. If they're brand-new to this world, they can kick things off with Raspberry Pi for Beginners, a highly rated course taught by Edouard Renard, a software engineer and entrepreneur. He gives students a hands-on, step-by-step course that targets the newest version of Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 4.  That same awesome instructor teaches Arduino for Beginners as well, providing

Don’t stop writing, or your words will vanish off the page

The year is coming to an end, and with it, I continue an annual tradition of writing a x words about x piece. This year, that means trying to cram the year 2022 into 2,022 words. As you might imagine, that’s a lot. I usually write 5,000-6,000 words and then have to ruthlessly edit it down to try to hit my word cap. Part of the challenge, though, is to re-live all the highs and lows of the year without getting overwhelmed. The trick is to keep your fingers moving no matter what. And recently, I found an app for that, which I’d love to share with y’all. ’tis the season, after all. As a writer, you’ll often find yourself reaching for the save button. It is your lifeline, after all. A short power cut or a computer snafu is all it takes to make all of your hard work crumble to nothingness, after all. But what if there was no save button? What if there was no staring out of the window for inspiration, no pauses to think of a witty turn of phrase, and no way to stop for a break? What if thi

'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical' review: How Netflix's West End adaptation compares to the beloved 1996 movie

Tim Minchin's smash hit  Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical has grown up — or rather, grown into a movie musical of the same name, featuring revolting children, a certain forbidden chocolate cake, and fiction's most formidable headmaster. Describing the new movie musical is almost as wordy as Minchin's spectacularly smart lyrics. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is a Netflix film adapted from his Olivier-winning West End musical, which was based on Roald Dahl's 1988 children's book. That book inspired Danny DeVito's beloved 1996 film, and that movie clearly inspired some of the characterisation and aesthetics of the new movie musical. (More on that in a bit!) Netflix's adaptation was in knowledgeable hands, with the show's writer Dennis Kelly and director Matthew Warchus taking on the screen version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production. SEE ALSO: 15 catchiest, most dazzling musicals on Netflix How does the stage musical compare to Netfli

Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for December 25

Merry Christmas! Our gift? Of course, it’s a Wordle ! (We may not be that creative here at Mashable’s Wordle Central, but we’re consistent!) Also, you get the tips and hints you love. So it’s a big win today. If you want to bypass the struggle, you can jump to the bottom of this article to get December 25's Wordle solution straight up. But if you prefer to work it out yourself, keep reading for a few clues, tips, and strategies to help you get there. Where did Wordle come from? While engineer Josh Wardle originally created Wordle for his partner, the word guessing game has since become a daily habit for thousands of players across the globe. In fact, Wordle became so popular that it was eventually purchased by the New York Times .  Wordle has also inspired numerous fanmade clones and alternate iterations , such as battle royale Squabble , music identification game Heardle , and variations like Dordle and Quordle that have you trying to guess multiple words at once . It

'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for December 25

If Quordle is a little too challenging today, you've come to the right place for hints. There aren't just hints here, but the whole Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe you just need a strategy guide. Either way, scroll down, and you'll get what you need. What is Quordle ? Quordle is a five-letter word guessing game similar to Wordle , except each guess applies letters to four words at the same time. You get nine guesses instead of six to correctly guess all four words. It looks like playing four Wordle games at the same time, and that is essentially what it is. But it's not nearly as intimidating as it sounds. Is Quordle harder than Wordle? Yes, though not diabolically so. Where did Quordle come from? Amid the Wordle boom of late 2021 and early 2022, when everyone was learning to love free, in-browser, once-a-day word guessing games, creator Freddie Meyer says he took inspi

A lifetime subscription to Degoo Premium is on sale for 94% off

TL;DR : A lifetime subscription to a Degoo Premium Lifetime 10TB Backup Plan is on sale for £163.58, saving you 94% on list price. Your Christmas memories may last forever, but you might want to make sure your photos and videos do, too. Keeping all your photos on your phone may be convenient, but it’s not exactly safe. Make sure your memories last forever and get a digital backup for all of your devices. Degoo Premium has a lifetime 10TB backup plan, and you can get it for £163.58. Whether it’s a child’s first gift or that perfect dinner table full of food, there are a lot of photo opportunities. Unless you actively ask for photos, you might never see all those precious moments. Degoo lets you pair an unlimited number of devices, so you can create one file hub that everyone can upload to. 10TB is more storage space than Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive combined, so there’s going to be room for everyone to share.  Files aren’t removed from your device once they’re uploaded. De

Daily Crunch: Meta to pay $725M settlement in Cambridge Analytica data access case

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . Today we celebrate a bit of oversight over an industry that has been allowed to prey on those less fortunate for way too long — Devin reports that the FCC is taking a more firm hand in overseeing the prison phone system in a simple bill, giving the regulatory body the power “to ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities.” In other captivating news, the Daily Crunch will be back next week in a slightly diminished form, as both Christine and Haje disappear for the holidays. The full newsletter will be back soon, and the two of us wish you a very happy Christmas if you celebrate, a very peaceful holiday if you do not, and a magnificently prosperous 2023, in either case. Much love, Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 4 Meta settles : After years of pushing back aga