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October 12, 2025
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How BlackBerry Messenger set texting free
It’s important to remember that two decades ago, text messages cost 10 cents. Each. Back when we measured our cell…
October 12, 2025
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ChatGPT is becoming an everything app
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 101, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re…
October 12, 2025
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Specialized S-Works Levo 4 Electric Mountain Bike Review: The Best Electric Mountain Bike
The next ride was on singletrack from my house to Spirit Mountain, Duluth’s downhill lift-accessed park with 24 trails ranging…
October 12, 2025
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A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often…
October 12, 2025
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I significantly cut my PC’s boot time and it wasn’t from disabling startup apps
A Windows PC can spend anywhere from 10 to 20 seconds just booting up, and that’s assuming everything is working…
October 12, 2025
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Should You Cancel Xbox Game Pass? Everything to Know on the Price Hikes and New Features
Like it or loathe it, we live in a subscription economy. Music, movies, meal boxes, and more are no longer…
October 12, 2025
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Stradex1 is a Homebrew Violin That Hits All the Right Notes, Thanks to 3D-Printing and a Raspberry Pi
Brady Y. Lin treats the Stradex1 like an old friend; it’s been four years since he originally attempted to create…
October 12, 2025
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Dacia’s Hipster EV Concept Arrives as a Boxy Family-Carrying Transporter
Dacia debuted the Hipster last week, a small electric vehicle with four seats and a foldable trunk in a box…
October 12, 2025
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RedMagic 11 Pro Gaming Smartphone Puts Water Where It Counts in the Form of Liquid Cooling
Nubia is very familiar with designing phones for users who use their phone as a controller extension. The RedMagic brand…
October 12, 2025
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These superhero movies make The Toxic Avenger look tame
I finally got around to watching the new version of The Toxic Avenger, and it pretty much delivered what you’d…