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This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it
"I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."
Read moreLinux Finally Lands Battery/Charger Driver For 14 Year Old Microsoft Surface RT Tablet
It's been 14 years already since Microsoft announced the Surface RT hybrid tablet as their first-generation Surface device for going up against the Apple iPad. All...
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MSYS2 and the No-Fuss Way to Get More GNU Into Your Windows
As great and streamlined as the Windows desktop experience is, one area where it’s at best disappointing and at worst rage-inducing is when it comes to...
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2003-era DDR2 memory prices jump up to 60% — AI-driven DRAM shortage reaches the oldest standard still in production
DDR2 contract prices rose 55% to 60% in the second quarter of the year and are projected to climb another 35% to 40% in the third.
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Astra: For All Your High Fidelity Music Needs and Absolute Control
Go old school and play local music from your Linux computer but in style with this Spotify-looking music player.
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With nearly $1000 off, I'm surprised this RTX 5080 gaming laptop also includes 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage
Who said there'd be no good deals on gaming PCs this year?
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Quake changed gaming forever 30 years ago today — seminal title established online multiplayer culture and made 3D graphics accelerators essential PC components
On this day in 1996, id Software unleashed Quake on the unsuspecting public. The game’s influence is difficult to overstate, with its pioneering 3D engine inspiring...
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Massive 3D Printer sales bonanza kicks off with Prime Day — these are the best deals we've found so far
There are some great 3D printer deals happening right now, and we've found the best and put them all into one page for you.
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How Anthropic may have talked itself into an AI export ban
The company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI.
Read moreFirst preview release of Xfce's Wayland compositor
Brian Tarricone has announced the first preview release of xfwl4, a Wayland compositor for the Xfce desktop environment. After close to six months of work, I...
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Gothic 1 Remake review – the classic RPG returns with countless subtle improvements
Old-timey German RPG Gothic had a few spiritual successors, but most were offshoots from the same studio. Thanks to pre-digital distribution limits of 2001, it was...
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