1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (148+ words) Every modifier key starts simple and humble, with a specific task and a nice matching name. This never lasts. The tasks become larger and more convoluted, and the labels grow obsolete. Shift no longer shifts a carriage, Control doesn't send…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (141+ words) One day, I suddenly wondered how to detect when a USB device is plugged or unplugged from a computer running Linux. For most users, this would be solved by relying on libusb. However, the use case I was investigating might…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (456+ words) Apple today announced the "MacBook Neo," an all-new kind of low-cost Mac featuring the A18 Pro chip for $599. The MacBook Neo features a 13-inch Liquid Retina display with a 2408-by-1506 resolution, 500 nits of brightness, and an anti-reflective coating. The display does…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (212+ words) Chips and Cheese has an excellent deep dive into Arm's latest core design, and I have thoughts. We're several years down the line, and it's still a complete mess. And that's just one chip line, of one generation! Never bet…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (788+ words) Have you bought and set up a new phone for someone else lately, especially someone less technologically savvy? It's a bit of a nightmare, with an endless list of confusing steps and dark patterns trying to trick you into signing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (693+ words) This must be a universal experience at this point for people who aren't swayed by the latest and greatest marketing hype around new phone models: there's just nothing out there that fits one's needs. When I walked into a phone…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (560+ words) Performance of this chip is rather mid, at best. The Loongson-3A6000 is not particularly fast or efficient. At idle it consumes about 27W and under load it goes up to 65W. So, overall it's not a particularly efficient machine, and while the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (431+ words) I'm currently building an 80386-compatible core in SystemVerilog, driven by the original Intel microcode extracted from real 386 silicon. Real mode is now operational in simulation, with more than 10,000 single-instruction test cases passing successfully, and work on protected-mode features is in…...

1+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (800+ words) Cameron Kaiser comes in with another amazing article, this time diving into a unique video titler from Canada, released in 1985. The Super Micro Script was one of several such machines this company made over its lifetime, a stylish self-contained box…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (399+ words) If you use an Apple silicon Mac I'm sure you have been impressed by its performance. Whether you're working with images, audio, video or building software, we've enjoyed a new turn of speed since the M1 on day 1. While most attribute…...