Many Wonderful Improvements Expected For Linux 7.1, Especially For AMD & Intel
With Linux 7.0 expected for release later today, in turn the Linux 7.1 merge window will kick off for the two week period of landing all...
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The Hisense UR9 is a great first shot against OLED’s bow
Hisense is first out of the gate with the UR9 RGB LED TV, which uses individual red, green, and blue LEDs for its backlight. RGB LED...
Read moreHow AT&T created the most iconic phone ever
For years, even decades, virtually everyone in the United States had the same phone. Nobody really thought about it, it didn’t even matter what it was...
Read moreShip 39 and Booster 19 Roll out for Static Fire Testing
Following the successful return of Orion, attention for the Artemis program has now shifted to SpaceX and Blue Origin to prepare a crewed lander in time...
Read moreAnno 117’s first DLC will let you disregard history by building your Roman city next to a massive volcano
Prophecies of Ash launches on April 23.
Read moreCursor, Claude Code, and Codex are merging into one AI coding stack nobody planned
The AI coding tool market was supposed to consolidate. One winner would emerge, developers would standardize around it, and the industry would move forward. Instead, the...
Read moreVeteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers — original utility used a smart technique to determine whether it was the only running instance
Dave Plummer used several clever techniques to ensure that Windows Task Manager will always run while cutting the performance hit on your hardware when when it’s...
Read moreTech enthusiast gets Doom to run on a 40-year-old printer controller — ancient Agfa Compugraphic 9000PS came with a Motorola 68020 onboard for fast processing
A TechTuber with a fondness for older hardware has managed to get Doom to run on a 40-year-old print controller.
Read moreHarvard Engineering Students 3D Print VTOL Drone to Improve Marine Biology Research
With all the current focus on the boom in drones used for national security, it’s easy to forget that the civilian drone market is growing, too....
Read moreKeychron Q6 Ultra 8K Review: 660 hours of battery life at 8 KHz
The Keychron Q6 Ultra 8K is a full-size wireless mechanical gaming keyboard with an 8 KHz polling rate and an impressive 660 hours of battery life...
Read moreThe AI code wars are heating up
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the AI coding and vibe-coding booms, follow...
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