New 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 option knocks the price down to $50 Despite changes, 2GB Pi 5 is "functionally identical" to other iterations.
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$50 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 comes with a lower price and a tweaked, cheaper CPU
Despite changes, 2GB Pi 5 is "functionally identical" to other iterations.
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TV industry’s ads, tracking obsession is turning your living room into a store TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.
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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.
TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.
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Meteorites give the Moon its extremely thin atmosphere Impacts that vaporize bits of the lunar surface maintain the Moon's thin atmosphere.
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Meteorites give the Moon its extremely thin atmosphere
Impacts that vaporize bits of the lunar surface maintain the Moon's thin atmosphere.
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Judge calls foul on Venu, blocks launch of ESPN-Warner-Fox streaming service Upcoming launch of $42.99 sports package likely to "substantially lessen competition."
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Judge calls foul on Venu, blocks launch of ESPN-Warner-Fox streaming service
Upcoming launch of $42.99 sports package likely to "substantially lessen competition."
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Viral trend sees humans simulating bizarre AI video glitches TikTok and Bilibili users transform nonsensical AI glitches into real-world performance art.
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Chinese social media users hilariously mock AI video fails
TikTok and Bilibili users transform nonsensical AI glitches into real-world performance art.
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Epic Games Store and Fortnite arrive on EU iPhones Epic also launched its store on Android.
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Epic Games Store and Fortnite arrive on EU iPhones
Epic also launched its store on Android.
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The Crimson Diamond is a wonderful EGA-like graphic adventure game for 2024 The text works much better than you'd think, and the mystery is pitch-perfect.
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The Crimson Diamond is a wonderful EGA-like graphic adventure game for 2024
The parser works much better than you'd think, and the mystery is pitch-perfect.
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Itchy in Illinois? A mite-y boom in the wake of cicadas may be to blame The good news: There's little risk beyond the rash. The bad: The rash is awful.
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Explosion of cicada-eating mites has the state of Illinois scratching
The good news: There's little risk beyond the rash. The bad: The rash is awful.
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New Windows 11 build removes ancient, arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 disks But the Windows NT-era disk formatting UI hasn't been fixed yet.
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New Windows 11 build removes ancient, arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 disks
But the Windows NT-era disk formatting UI hasn't been fixed yet.
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ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy Cox tries to get contributory infringement ruling in Sony lawsuit overturned.
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ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy
Cox tries to get contributory infringement ruling in Sony lawsuit overturned.
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