Image: Microsoft Microsoft is launching a new “Hardwear” clothing collection that includes a Windows XP T-shirt. If you’ve always wanted to wander the streets with the Windows XP bliss wallpaper strapped to your back, now is your time. The famous blue sky and green hill are emblazoned on a mustard or black tee, available for…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Doom Eternal and its expansions are included in the deal. | Image: Bethesda The GPU shortage is over, and if you’re considering picking up one of Nvidia’s RTX 30-series graphics cards, the company is running a deal until August 1st that tosses in some Bethesda games for free. Beginning Tuesday, if you buy “a select…
You can now split your trip into segments. Whenever I plan a trip, especially a road trip that will last more than a day, I always plan more than one stop. Not only bathroom and meal breaks, but interesting attractions, public parks and nature preserves, friends who may live along the route — I like…
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Elon Musk’s short-lived push to buy Twitter has made him a lot of enemies — but it’s delivering exactly what a certain set of Republican influencers want. Right-wing figures like Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Jr. have already hailed Musk’s decision to back out of the deal. For them, the…
Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Once again, search and social media platforms are facing moderation challenges tied to data allegedly leaked from the president’s son’s devices. Over the weekend, users of 4Chan’s /pol/ messageboard were whipped into a frenzy of excitement by one poster claiming to have hacked into Hunter Biden’s phone. Exact…
Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register announcing that the agency would be revising its rules of practice to require that information disclosure statements related to patent term adjustments (PTAs) be submitted on Form PTO/SB/133. The use of this document is expected to…
Enlarge / The Nothing Phone (1) basically bets the farm that you’ll instantly fall in love with this back design. If you don’t, there’s not much else to see. (credit: Nothing) The company “Nothing” is the latest startup to try to make something of itself in the smartphone market. The company is led by Carl Pei,…
The United Nations just released world population estimates for the end of 2022 and beyond. Deposit Photos A United Nations (UN) population report published on July 11 reported the world’s population will reach 8.5 billion by November 15, 2022. The latest projections indicate the slowest population growth in decades. Sixty-one countries are expected to see…
We’ve researched plenty of vacuums in the past, like ones that are best on stairs and the best cordless vacuums. Shark vacuums remain a mainstay on many of these lists thanks to their power and their price. Lucky for you—but unlucky for the dirt and debris on your floors—Shark has a variety of vacuums and…
On October 21, 2011 at 10:20 a.m. I joined more than 8.5 million other Californians for the Great Shake Out, an annual earthquake preparedness drill. Four hours later, the Bay Area was jolted by a temblor that measured 3.9 on the Richter scale. Even though we’d just been trained for exactly this scenario, many colleagues…