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'iPod archaeology' inspires joy, nostalgia through old technology and music
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (103+ words) 'iPod archaeology' inspires joy, nostalgia through old technology and music'WLRN 'iPod archaeology' inspires joy, nostalgia through old technology and music You've probably long forgotten all the songs stored on your iPod. The digital music players were all the rage 20 years…...
This week's Short Wave news roundup
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (64+ words) Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave talk about spider web architecture, storytelling and memory, and why more TV pixels may not translate to a better viewing experience. This week's Short Wave news roundup Regina Barber and Emily Kwong…...
ROG Xbox Ally X sells out, despite disdain for shifts in Microsoft's gaming strategy
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (416+ words) Tech manufacturer ASUS is struggling to keep up with demand for its new ROG Xbox Ally X, released on Thursday. After testing a review unit of the handheld gaming PC, I can attest that it's a powerful, if pricey, alternative…...
Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (457+ words) Craig Clark is a good neighbor to have. After he retired from managing a chain of convenience stores, he became a computer technician. That's when he got the idea to provide laptops for those who couldn't afford them. Clark, who…...
You can now experience Björk's heartbreak in VR
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (563+ words) Bj'rk's 2015 album Vulnicura tells the story of the Icelandic pop artist's emotional journey following a painful breakup with her then-longtime partner, American artist Matthew Barney. "I realized that I'd written a whole heartbreak album," said Bj'rk in an exclusive interview…...
The U.S. government is taking a stake in Intel. It's rare — but not unprecedented
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (527+ words) FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT: At 10 o'clock yesterday morning, Saturday, the government took over the mines. JOE BIDEN: And this historic funding will be used to build new semiconductor fab facilities and modernize and expand existing ones in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico…...
Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here's why
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1242+ words) Delivery drones are so fast they can zip a pint of ice cream to a customer's driveway before it melts. Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More than six years after the…...
Engineer restores pay phones for free public use
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (436+ words) Patrick Schlott often finds himself in a cellular dead zone during his drive to work. "You go down the road, you turn the corner and you're behind a mountain and you'll lose cell coverage pretty fast," he says. The 31-year-old…...
How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (990+ words) STANFORD, California " Scholars in the U.S., Taiwan and China are buzzing about the discovery of an old typewriter, because the long-lost machine is part of the origin story of modern Chinese computing " and central to ongoing questions about the politics of…...
Nintendo Switch 2 and launch games reviewed: everything you need to know
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (389+ words) Nintendo announced that it sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 consoles less than a week after its June 5 release. That feat makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo game system of all time. Most online retailers have run out of the console, and…...