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The rise of the greatest video streaming service

YouTube is here, there, and everywhere

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IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer broke the 1 petaflop barrier during the 2008 financial crisis

MEEP! MEEP!

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Will the CHIPS Act survive the Trump presidency?

The CHIPS and Science Act might be in danger under the 47th President of the United States of America, and that might scare some businesses.

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Microsoft keeps betting on AI for Windows 11, and Arm PCs get even better

I can't stop being excited about Windows on Arm

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Remember Bricopacks? They could transform Windows XP into something special

CrystalXP was at the forefront of custom UI development.

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Your iPhone and Mac might stop working in 2554

Apple's operating systems have a fixed shelf life.

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Windows 11's biggest AI feature gets recalled yet again as we approach Windows 10's demise

Will Microsoft ever release Recall?

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How the Apple II became one of the most innovative PCs (not Macs)

Apple had roaring success in the 1980s with the Apple II ... a PC.

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Computers can't generate random numbers, so how do they?

Games use RNG for everything, but how do they do that?

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AI in Windows 11 is finally getting (kind of) interesting

Can Microsoft actually overcome the stigma of AI?

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The marvel of the microprocessor that gave rise to the PC as we know it today
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Microsoft needs to change how it processes Windows Insider feedback

The Feedback Hub doesn't hold up anymore

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LLMs like ChatGPT can't "think" and we need to stop pretending that they can

People talk about LLMs and reasoning, but the truth is that LLMs can't think, and they're just operating off of patterns.

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Bit by Bit weekly: Counter-Strike: Neural Offensive, Large Language Models are destroying the internet, and you might be able to run Linux apps on Android soon

In this week's edition of Bit by Bit, you can read about running Counter-Strike in a neural network, LLMs ruining the internet, and Linux on Android.

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Looking back at 20 years of Ubuntu, the world's most popular Linux distro

Take a quick look at the history of Ubuntu.

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Microsoft reminds us that the Windows Insider Program is meaningless

You can sign up to get the latest Windows features... eventually?

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The Drive: The Return of Modularity

Looking at some incredible things in the technology world.

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The Windows Forecast: The big 2024 Update is here, and more AI features coming soon

It was a big week for Windows fans

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