Articles by oldnetguy
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Humanoid Robots Celebrate Spring, Your weekly selection of robot videos (ieee.org)

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New Microsoft gaming chief has "no tolerance for bad AI" (arstechnica.com)

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The first cars bold enough to drive themselves (arstechnica.com)

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AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data (arstechnica.com)

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AI's Math Tricks Don't Work for Scientific Computing (ieee.org)

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The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection (ieee.org)

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Low-Cost Computers Nearly Double in Price as RAM Shortage Hits (ieee.org)

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Aldus founder PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026 (geekwire.com)

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The U.S. and China Are Pursuing Different AI Futures (ieee.org)

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We're Measuring DataCenter Sustainability Wrong, Metrics Are 30% of Emissions (ieee.org)

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Most VMware users still "actively reducing their VMware footprint," survey finds (arstechnica.com)

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GameHub will give Mac owners another imperfect way to play Windows games (arstechnica.com)

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Actual-Size Eniac Replica Is the Coolest Thing You'll See Today (pcmag.com)

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Rocket Say cheerio to Orbex; China is getting good at booster landings (arstechnica.com)

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Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say (arstechnica.com)

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LEDs Enter the Nanoscale, But efficiency hurdles challenge the smallest LEDs yet (ieee.org)

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What the FDA's 2026 Update Means for Wearables (ieee.org)

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NASA Still Has a Lot of Work to Do to Return to the Moon (ieee.org)

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How and When the Memory Chip Shortage Will End, Why Prices Will Stay High (ieee.org)

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"Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer" Audiobook, YouTube Introduction [video] (youtube.com)

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The 2025 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award Winner: Steve Wozniak (thetech.org)

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Material's Printed Batteries Put Power in Every Nook and Cranny (ieee.org)

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The Day Steve Jobs Introed the Mac to Andy Warhol,Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf (bygonely.com)

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David Alan Grier Speaks on the History of Computing: Full Interview [video] (youtube.com)

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The origin story of the modern computer you’ve probably never heard, David Grier (youtube.com)

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"Talking Eliza" from Tandy was a program for the TRS-80[video] (youtube.com)

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Apple II Computer with Early Rev. 0 Board sells for $37,646 (rrauction.com)

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Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0 Sells for $2.7M (rrauction.com)

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Computer History Museum Opens Virtually (hackaday.com)

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Dozens of CDC vaccination databases have been frozen under RFK Jr. (arstechnica.com)

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Japan lost a 5-ton navigation satellite when it fell off a rocket during launch (arstechnica.com)

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There's a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address (arstechnica.com)

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Crash Clock Measures Dangerous Overcrowding in Low Earth Orbit (ieee.org)

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Commodore 64 Helps Revive the BBS Days (hackaday.com)

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The Underground Internet of the 1980s [video] (youtube.com)

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Why the Original Apple Silicon Failed: Asianometry YouTube [video] (youtube.com)

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World's Fastest Commodore PET Using The MCL65+ (hackaday.io)

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The History Of Tandem Computers (hackaday.com)

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Zombie Netscape Won't Die (hackaday.com)

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NASA Demolishes Historic Test Stands That Built the Space Age (universetoday.com)

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The Project G Stereo Was the Definition of Groovy (ieee.org)

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How the Resistors Put Computing into 1960s Counter-Culture (ieee.org)

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Laptop Isn't Ready for LLMs. That's About to Change (ieee.org)

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Windows turns 40 – here's the 20 best (and worst) moments in Windows history (tomsguide.com)

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Windows is 40 years old today – but its future has never been less certain (windowscentral.com)

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Microsoft Windows hits 40 years old: A visual walk down memory lane (pcworld.com)

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Orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA's next Mars mission (arstechnica.com)

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Startup Using Nanotips and Naphthalene for New Satellite Thruster (ieee.org)

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11 Oddball Technology Records You Probably Didn't Know (ieee.org)

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Wipers from Russia's most cut-throat hackers rain destruction on Ukraine (arstechnica.com)

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Gemini Deep Research comes to Google Finance, backed by prediction market data (arstechnica.com)

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Inside Hyundai’s Massive Metaplant (ieee.org)

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How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 (arstechnica.com)

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Spectravideo Computers Get a Big Upgrade (hackaday.com)

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Novel Geothermal System to Come Online in Germany (ieee.org)

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Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost (arstechnica.com)

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Dune driving with Mercedes-Benz as it tests off-road systems (arstechnica.com)

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Sam Altman wants a refund for his $50k Tesla Roadster deposit (arstechnica.com)

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Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: "SpaceX will be doing this (arstechnica.com)

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Gemini for Home unleashes gen AI on camera footage, but it gets a lot wrong (arstechnica.com)

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A new oral history interview with Ken Thompson (computerhistory.org)

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A Hassle-Free Battery Charger, Put NiMH Cells Back in the Game (ieee.org)

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New Thermal Battery Supplies Clean Heat for Oil Extraction (ieee.org)

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Rocket SpaceX surpasses shuttle launch total; Skyroot has big ambitions (arstechnica.com)

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LinkedIn gives you until Monday to stop AI from training on your profile (bitdefender.com)

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Full-size Amiga A1200 retro gaming system comes armed with modern HDMI port (tomshardware.com)

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Ultrasound Makes Artificial Muscles Bubble to Life (ieee.org)

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TV-focused YouTube update brings AI upscaling, shopping QR codes (arstechnica.com)

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OpenAI data suggests 1M users discuss suicide with ChatGPT weekly (arstechnica.com)

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An autonomous car for consumers? Lucid says it's happening (arstechnica.com)

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AI Agent Is Now a Target for Email Phishing (ieee.org)

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Phases of the Internet. A map to where the Web goes next (ieee.org)

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The Classic Flying Toasters Screensaver for macOS 11 and Above (patreon.com)

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The Classic Flying Toasters Screen Saver for OS X (patreon.com)

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Early research on economies of scale for computer systems (shape-of-code.com)

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The Console That Wasn't: How the Commodore 64 Outsold Game Consoles (slicker.me)

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General Motors will integrate AI into its cars, plus new hands-free assist (arstechnica.com)

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Watch the NEW Commodore 64 Ultimate being made – Exclusive Major Update [video] (youtube.com)

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Data Centers Look to Old Airplane Engines for Power (ieee.org)

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Real-Time Audio Deepfakes Have Arrived (ieee.org)

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Future Nostalgia: Safeguarding the knowledge of floppy disks (cam.ac.uk)

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Why Mesh Networks Break When Big Crowds Gather (ieee.org)

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Live Updates: Amazon Says Website Outages Ease After Disruption (nytimes.com)

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Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden 2004 Creator Tomonobu Itagaki Dies Aged 58 (ign.com)

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Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You're Doomed (theverge.com)

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Yes, Gemini, a Wii Server Is Possible (hackaday.com)

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IEEE Spectrum the Hidden Behemoth Behind Every AI Answer (ieee.org)

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Hack a Day "YouTube over Dial Up" (hackaday.com)

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Discovering early Activision history in the William Volk papers (gamehistory.org)

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IEEE Build Your Own Commodore 64 Cartridge (ieee.org)

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Sony and Honda's Afeela electric car will start at $89,900 (theverge.com)

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AMD Announces Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9060 Series (novapcbuilder.com)

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U.S. org suffered four month intrusion by Chinese hackers (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Microsoft still recommends 15-year-old backup solution for Windows 11&10 users (neowin.net)

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China launches new Long March rocket 12, carrying test satellites for broadband (scmp.com)

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TikTok will block beauty filters for teens over mental health concerns (theverge.com)

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Beijing's official messaging needs AI, algorithms to counter Western media (scmp.com)

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Your Undocumented Project May Also Baffle People Someday (hackaday.com)

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Chinese EVs are coming to the U.S., tariffs or no tariffs (autoblog.com)

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Why the US wants to force Google to sell Chrome (theguardian.com)