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First post: A history of online public messaging

Come with us on a tour of messaging platforms and their evolution over the years.
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There’s never been a better time to get into Fallout 76

Fallout 76 is good now. Actually, it’s always been good.
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Putting Microsoft’s cratering Xbox console sales in context

Why declining quarterly numbers might not be awful news for Microsoft's gaming business.
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Hackers make millions of attempts to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability

WP Automatic plugin patched, but release notes don't mention the critical fix.
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Microsoft and IBM release source code for one of the weirdest versions of MS-DOS

DOS 4.00 was supposed to add multitasking to the OS, but it was not to be.
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Switch 2 reportedly replaces slide-in Joy-Cons with magnetic attachment

Design choice may have implications for current Joy-Con compatibility.
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Apple releases eight small AI language models aimed at on-device use

OpenELM mirrors efforts by Microsoft to make useful small AI language models that run locally.
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Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

Preservationists propose access limits, but industry worries about a free "online arcade."
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Qualcomm says lower-end Snapdragon X Plus chips can still outrun Apple’s M3

Same NPU, same architecture as X Elite, but fewer cores and lower clock speeds.
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Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective

Before smartphones, we had PDAs in our pockets. Palm did them best.