If you want to remember feeling hopeful for the future, you can read over 200 issues of the legendary Byte magazine for free on the Internet Archive

If you want to remember feeling hopeful for the future, you can read over 200 issues of the legendary Byte magazine for free on the Internet Archive

Thanks to user DamnInteresting on Hacker News, I’ve found my latest rabbit hole obsession on the Internet Archive: A significant portion of the English back catalogue of Byte Magazine, the granddaddy of personal computing periodicals, stretching all the way back to 1975. If you’re unfamiliar with Byte, the magazine basically grew up alongside personal computing….

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Elden Ring Nightreign has a new exploit which allows you and your friends to duplicate weapons and talismans until you’re just as godly as the Nightlords

I’m not too proud to admit that some of the Nightlords in Elden Ring Nightreign have pushed me to the brink. Working together with a couple of mates, we’ve managed to get everyone except for that damn goat and Snappy McJawface, the Gaping Jaw. The goal is to defeat everyone before coming for the head…

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Fallout: New Vegas lead writer ‘loved writing’ Yes Man, but thinks his questline may have been a mistake: ‘It lets you get through the game without getting your hands dirty’

There are no squeaky-clean factions in Fallout: New Vegas. Caesar’s Legion is outright authoritarian and psychopathic, Mr. House‘s ruthlessness and egomania make him hard to trust, and while the New California Republic is comparatively easier to live with, it’s far from heroic. As lead writer John Gonzales told PC Gamer in an interview with associate…

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Intel’s next-gen Panther Lake CPU pops up in Geekbench with decent but not exactly spectacular benchmark numbers

Intel’s long awaited Panther Lake CPU has made an appearance in the Geekbench results browser (via Videocardz). And the early numbers look, well, kind of okay. According to the Geekbench entry, we’re talking 2,849 single-core points and 15,434 multi-core points. Arguably, it’s the single-core result that’s most interesting as it theoretically allows for a direct…

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