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The Analog Embrace: How Some Experiences Are Surviving the Digital Age
Zeroes and ones were promised to be the future, with digital media taking over in several ways. But...
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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Solid State Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio i...
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Anatomy of a Graphics Card
Almost every desktop PC has one. They have billions of transistors, can use hundreds of watts of pow...
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Don't Bother with A320 Motherboards, Go for AMD's B350 Instead for Raven Ridge
We've learned most of what there is to know about AMD's new Vega-infused CPUs, but those of you thin...
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TechSpot's Annual Guide to Buying a Used Graphics Card
If your gaming PC is in desperate need of a GPU upgrade and you want to save as much money as possib...
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What is a Checksum, and What Can You Do With It?
You're about to click on a download button and notice a weird looking code next to it. It doesn't se...
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A Look at the Possible Future of 3D Graphics: How More Real Than Real Can You Get?
As CPUs and GPUs continue to get more powerful with each new generation, the push for ever more real...
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Sustainable Computing, Explained
When it comes to the topic of greenhouse gas emissions, the traditional culprits usually fall under...
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The Dark Web: Exploring the Hidden Internet
In the realm of the Internet, few things carry as infamous a reputation as the Dark Web. Widely util...
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10 Tips to Get You Started with Microsoft PC Game Pass
When Microsoft changed the name of "Xbox Game Pass for PC" to the much simpler PC Game Pass, it was...
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3D Game Rendering 101
You're playing the latest Call of Mario: Deathduty Battleyardon your perfect gaming PC. You're looki...
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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...