The Nvidia GeForce3 launched 25 years ago — underappreciated at launch, its impact shaped the industry
Technological evolution rarely looks important in the moment. In fact, sometimes it even looks like a regression.
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Category: Hardware & Gear
California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup
The law’s broad definition of an “operating system provider” pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve’s S…
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AMD’s K6-III ‘Sharptooth’ debuted this week in 1999 with on-die L2 cache to savage the Intel Pentium II — it also held the line against the Pentium III
AMD launched its first processors with on-die L2 cache this week in 1999, heralding the beginning of the Super Socket 7 era.
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Oricio BookDrive P10Plus (512GB) review: Magnetic back and 100W passthrough charging
Orico’s BookDrive P10Plus feels solid and has a magnetic back for snapping onto smartphones, as well as a 100w passthrough charging port. But its perf…
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Enthusiast runs desktop PC off 56 AA batteries — Intel computer lasts less than 5 minutes while playing Minesweeper
YouTube creator ScuffedBits experimented with a desktop PC and AA batteries just to see how many they needed to run and for how long will a desktop PC…
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