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Building a retro computer of some sort is a rite of passage for many of us, with some building replicas or restorations of old Commodores, Ataris, and other machines from decades past. Others go ...

Amidst the push for more low-carbon energy, we see the demolishing of one of the pillars of electric grids: that of a careful ...

In the eternal quest to find more things to do with 3D printers, shoes have been in the spotlight for a while now. But how ...

According to Smithsonian Magazine, a salvage company in London was cleaning out a property and found an odd-looking computer device. No one knew what it was, and they couldn’t find anything ...

There was something of a mystery this week, with the c.root-servers.net root DNS server falling out of sync with it’s 12 ...

Have you ever wished for an automaton that can get the party started, raise the roof, and all that? You’ll want to meet [DJ ...

As those of us who worked in the consumer software world back when physical media was king can attest, when a master disc has ...