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Google Drive Alternatives: Improving Privacy and Security
In an age of eroding online privacy and increasing corporate surveillance, many are looking for a go...
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7 Red Flags When Choosing Cheap PC Components
Building your own gaming PC is once again an option, even if your budget is small, after over a year...
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Optogenetics: A Virtual Reality System for Controlling Living Cells
Our brains communicate with electrical and chemical signaling, but scientists have discovered that l...
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Explainer: What Are Processor Threads?
In the beginning, it was just one. Years went by before it became two, and then four. Now you can ha...
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I have a confession to make: I've spent several hundred dollars on Steam Controllers
No, I'm not crazy, and I'm not a collector of failed tech, either. Over the past five years, the Ste...
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50 Years Later: The Revolutionary 8008 Microprocessor
Guest author Ken Shirriff is a Silicon Valley-based computer enthusiast who enjoys reverse-engineeri...
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4 Years of AMD RDNA: Another Zen or a New Bulldozer?
In 2019, AMD introduced a new GPU architecture, marking its first major graphics chip design in seve...
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The Evolution of Ransomware
These days, not a month goes by that we hear about a new major ransomware attack. Initially, the ran...
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Video Games Are Better The Second Time You Play Them
Everyone remembers the first time they played a really good video game. The constant surprises of Ha...
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Windows 8.1: Six Things Microsoft Got Right and Others That Are Still Missing
Not unlike previous releases of Microsoft's ubiquitous desktop OS, Windows 8 has faced a lot of scru...
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DisplayPort vs HDMI: What's Best for High Refresh Rate Gaming?
Modern graphics cards and monitors usually offer two port options for connecting them together: Disp...
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Xbox One: Entertainment Hub First, Gaming Console Second
Microsoft may have been the last of the major console makers to announce their next generation syste...