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    News McDonald's McHire bot exposed personal information of 64M people by using '123456' as a password in 2025

    Clown! :p
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    News Linux developers want to remove i486 and i586 Pentium CPU support to unburden kernel developers

    What would be the minimum supported CPU after that? Pentium Pro?
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    News LG stops making Blu-ray players, marking the end of an era — limited units remain while inventory lasts

    I wonder what percentage of PS5 disc vs. digital consoles Sony was able to sell. Still hoping PS6 has a disc version for sale.
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    News Retro beige PC case goes from April Fools' joke to retail — SilverStone's sleeper PC with modern internals ships in Q1 2025

    I'd really like to see a Gateway 2000 retro case, cow spots and all!
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    News Pocket-size AMD Ryzen PC in a folding keyboard hits Kickstarter — Hawk Point portable has up to 10 hours of battery life

    If the memory and storage is upgradable, I'd take a second look at it.
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    News Isambard 2, the world's first Arm-based supercomputer, retires after six years of service — Isambard 3 will tap Nvidia's Grace CPU Superchips

    What is the typical lifespan of a super computer?
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    News 5-foot-long mechanical RGB keyboard is fully functional — MCHOSE super-sizes its newest budget keyboard

    Where's Tom Hanks when you need him?
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    News Electronics builder qualifies for ‘Father of the Year’ with this Raspberry Pi-enhanced kids’ electric car

    What? It's not self driving? Shame! :LOL:
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    News Enthusiast sets world record with 444 consoles connected to a single TV

    I'd agree with the Sega Genesis being the most badass console of its time.
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    News Secure Boot key compromised in 2022 is still in use in over 200 models — an additional 300 more use keys are marked ‘DO NOT TRUST’

    No one saw that coming? Tell that to all those decrypted DVDs!
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    News CrowdStrike issues go beyond Windows: company's security software has reportedly been causing kernel panics since at least April

    The null pointer reference heard 'round the world!
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    News Samsung and SK hynix abandon DDR3 production to focus on unrelenting demand for HBM3

    It had 16GB before but that wasn't enough to run all the stuff I needed to.
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    News Samsung and SK hynix abandon DDR3 production to focus on unrelenting demand for HBM3

    I recently bought four 16GB sticks for an old Xeon computer I use at work. Thank goodness I bought them when I did!
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    News Commodore 64 can use AI to generate 8x8 sprites — takes 20 minutes for 90 iterations

    What I mean is that the C64 only came with one CPU type, one sound chip type, one configuration of memory, etc. There was no variations coming from the factory. Once people got there hands on it however...
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    News Commodore 64 can use AI to generate 8x8 sprites — takes 20 minutes for 90 iterations

    The Amiga/Atari ST *family* might have sold more but the catch is that the C64 was not configurable. All the C64 came with one configuration (then eventually the C64C came along) and that's where the trick is.
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