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I’m dating myself here, but the operating systems I remember most clearly banging my head against in my youth were Windows 95 and Windows XP. Obviously, plenty of computer interface history predates the panel-style design we’re so familiar with now, and Microsoft has announced fresh efforts to preserve this. Microsoft has shared the source code…

Google Glass project has a new chief There are a couple of big changes to the Google Glass project that are taking place, the first of which is that it’s now being overseen Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive and founder of Nest, which Google purchased for $3.2 billion a year ago. Ivy Ross will…

In semiwork’s recent Q&A, the question of whether or not mimics would ever come to REPO was answered, and you’ll be pleased to know that it was a very firm “maybe.” But since this isn’t really a confirmation, nor is it a solid no, no details on how they’d work or what exactly this would…

Other than the AI bubble bursting or hype dying down, the other thing that could allow the RAMpocalypse to ease off is a technological change that leads to a dramatic reduction in how much memory AI needs. To that end, Google has cooked up TurboQuant, a new compression algorithm that promises to reduce memory demand…

Anthem isn’t getting shuttered for good until January 2026, but it’s already spent years as one of the industry’s preeminent tragedies. This week, former Anthem executive producer and BioWare veteran Mark Darrah published the first of a multi-video YouTube series about the game’s ill-fated production history, and how BioWare’s storytelling chops might have been too…

FPS encounters in the post-apocalypse Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve no doubt heard about Fallout 4, the latest entry in the acclaimed post-apocalyptic RPG series. And if you missed it, you might also want to check out the awesome case mod in our latest Rig of the Month! Fallout 4 uses an…