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Warnings About Retrobright Damaging Plastics After 10 Year Test
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Warnings About Retrobright Damaging Plastics After 10 Year Test
Within the retro computing community there exists a lot of controversy about so-called ‘retrobrighting’, which involves methods that se...
If you ever wondered what became of Radio Shack, well...
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Radio Shack Rebirth May Have Gone Awry In Alleged Ponzi-Like Scheme
Oh, Radio Shack. What a beautiful place you once were, a commercial haven for those seeking RC cars, resistors, and universal remotes. Then, the do...
Benchmarking Chinese CPUs
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Benchmarking Chinese CPUs
When it comes to PCs, Westerners are most most familiar with x86/x64 processors from Intel and AMD, with Apple Silicon taking up a significant mark...
Deep Fission Wants to put Nuclear Reactors Deep Underground
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Deep Fission Wants To Put Nuclear Reactors Deep Underground
Today’s pressurized water reactors (PWRs) are marvels of nuclear fission technology that enable gigawatt-scale power stations in a very compa...
How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare
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How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare
On November 18 of 2025 a large part of the Internet suddenly cried out and went silent, as Cloudflare’s infrastructure suffered the software ...
Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts
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Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts
Whenever there’s a superlative involved, you know that degree of optimization has to leave something else on the table. In the case of [Pegor...
Reverse Engineering the Miele Diagnostic Interface
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Reverse Engineering The Miele Diagnostic Interface
Since modern household appliances now have an MCU inside, they often have a diagnostic interface and — sometimes — more. Case in point:...
Running a Minecraft Server on a WiFi Light Bulb
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Running A Minecraft Server On A WiFi Light Bulb
WiFi-enabled ‘smart’ light bulbs are everywhere these days, and each one of them has a microcontroller inside that’s capable enou...
OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due to Financing Issues
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OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due To Financing Issues
Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often only made possible by the sheer grace and benevolence of their cre...