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On this day in 1956, IBM announced the RAMAC 350 Disk Storage Unit, packing an awe-inspiring 3.75MB of data across 50 magnetic platters, each spanning 24-inches in diameter and spinning at 1,200 RPM.
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Political satire has long been a hallmark of "Saturday Night Live." The climate for late-night comedy, however, has changed. Read more âș
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"When someone searches for 'James Bond' on Prime Video now, all of the classic films will show up..." notes Parade. But recently Amazon's streaming service had tried new thumbnails with "matching minimalist backgrounds," so every Bond actor â from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig â "had a stylish image with '007' emblazoned over a color background." But in most of those "stylized" images, James Bond's guns were edited out. It... Read more âș
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Doogee launched the Fire 5 last month, and we've learned that the brand will add two more models to the series this month, called the Doogee Fire 5 Pro and the Doogee Fire 5 Ultra. We have received the images and specs of both smartphones from a reliable source, so let's take a look at what's on offer. The Doogee Fire 5 Pro and Fire 5 Ultra are basically the... Read more âș
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Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1568 on October 5 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself. Read more âș
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Hyundai has been around for a while, but before considering one, you should know how they hold up after 100k miles. Here's what owners have to say. Read more âș
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A rare Intel engineering sample from the twilight of the Pentium 4 era has surfaced on social media. Read more âș
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company will give rightsholders more control over the use of their characters. Read more âș
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A Wisconsin bill named after Taylor Swift wants to bring down the price of concert tickets. Read more âș
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Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a new, ad-supported free tier of Xbox Cloud Gaming very soon. You'll have to watch two-minute ads before each session, which will be limited to one hour in duration. You get a total of five hours each month, and only a limited number of games will be available in this tier. Read more âș
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AOL's 34-year established dial-up service was finally shuttered this week. Read more âș
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This year's iPhone Pros bring an almost unusual amount of changes, including an all-new build and two new cameras, in addition to the typical chipset upgrades. As is customary, Apple has discontinued the previous-gen Pros, but retailers and carriers have plenty of stock, so it's worth exploring whether saving some money and going for last year's iPhone 16 Pro Max is a good idea or the new 17 Pro Max... Read more âș
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If you upload an image to serve as the inspiration for a Sora video, "the app will reject your image if it detects a face â any face," writes Mashable." (Unless that person has agreed to participate.) All Sora videos also include a watermark, notes PC Magazine, and Sora banned the creation of AI-generated videos showing public figures. "But it turns out the policy doesn't apply to dead celebrities..." Unlike... Read more âș
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If you start going through holiday decorations and realize you're still using incandescent Christmas lights, it might be time to consider safer alternatives. Read more âș
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Redemption Road's time-travelling bring-an-assault-rifle-to-a-medieval-sword-fight shooter and strategy game, Kingmakers, has been indefinitely delayed. Read more Read more âș
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The calendar has flipped over to October, but that doesn't mean Apple is done with product launches for 2025. We're still expecting updates to several product lines, and Apple has a history of making announcements in October so we'll be keeping a lookout for news. Several of those upcoming products have already leaked thanks to Russian YouTubers and U.S. regulatory databases, although release timing remains a bit unclear. This week... Read more âș
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Just a day after dethroning SpaceX as the most valuable private company in the world, OpenAI has acquired another startup. This time, the AI giant acquired Roi, an app that offers a one-stop shop for all your financial portfolios and an AI chatbot that provides personalized investing advice. Details of the acquisition weren't made public, but TechCrunch reported that Sujith Vishwajith, the startup's CEO and co-founder, will be the only... Read more âș
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My 76-year-old mother moved to New York to live with me, but we realized she's more social than I am. She moved back to Florida and is much happier. Read more âș
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Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," on Friday and its already breaking records. Read more âș
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Tom's Hardware
The White House wants to move at least 50% of U.S.-bound chip production into the United States, but Taiwan says no. Read more âș
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AMD is in early talks to be an Intel Foundry customer, according to reports from Semafor. It's the latest in a line of companies considering an investment in the American fab. Read more âș
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Saturday that a major semiconductor deal with Taiwan was coming âpretty soon,â signaling a potential breakthrough in U.S. efforts to shore up domestic chip production. Read more âș
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M5 chip beats every PC CPU in GeekBench single-threaded tests Read more âș
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says China is just ânanoseconds behindâ the U.S. in chipmaking and that Washington should stop trying to wall off the market. Read more âș
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Aqua Computer launches the Ampinel, an active power management module for graphics cards that utilize the 16-pin power connector. Read more âș
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BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners set to buy out Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion. Read more âș
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A new report documents how a Russian military spy ship has been tracked surveilling and mapping undersea cables in Europe's Atlantic coastline. Read more âș
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