Month: May 2020
Linux chief says he’s picking AMD over Intel
Linux overseer Linus Torvalds has revealed he has replaced the Intel processor on his PC with the 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970x. Furthermore, he dropped hints that he hopes to someday have an ARM-powered system. In his weekly State of the Kernel blog post, Torvalds announced that the development process…
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What we’re watching: ‘Deep Space 9,’ ‘Kingdom’ and ‘Solar Opposites’
This month, Buyer’s Guide Editor Kris Naudus digs into ‘Deep Space Nine’ and how binge-watching changes the show’s impact, while Cherlynn Low highlights ‘Kingdom’ as an example of the international content you need to give a chance and Andrew Taranto… Source
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Go read this incredible history of the SimCity studio’s forgotten business games division
Popular “simulation games” like SimCity aren’t literally training players to run something like a city. But what would happen if they did? In the 1990s, SimCity studio Maxis tried to find out. In an exhaustively researched essay at The Obscuritory, librarian and writer Phil Salvador recounts the fascinating history of…
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33 Best Memorial Day Sales of 2020: Tech, Headphones, TVs, and More
Today, you can save on everything from headphones to an iPad. These are our favorite outdoors, gaming, and tech deals. Source
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Save $70 on a Nest WiFi bundle at Best Buy and the Google Store
If WiFi coverage in your home is spotty in some parts, you may want to look into a mesh router system. Luckily, a pretty good one is on sale at the moment. Bed Bath and Beyond and Best Buy have discounted the Google Nest WiFi router and access point… Source
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Newton Mail founder returns with launch of personal net worth tracker, Kubera
Serial entrepreneur Rohit Nadhani, who last sold his Newton email app to Essential in 2018— an app so popular it’s been saved from shutting down multiple times — is today launching a new startup, Kubera. The service aims to offer an alternative to using a spreadsheet to keep track of…
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