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Unreleased Nintendo Game Boy Keyboard Brought Back to Life
Unreleased Nintendo Game Boy Keyboard Brought Back to Life

Gaming history YouTuber Liam Robertson has gotten his hands on a Work Boy — possibly the last one in the world, and it's working thanks to that giant Nintendo data leak from a few months back.

Gaming Laptop With Ryzen 7 5800H, Mobile RTX 3080 Leaked
Gaming Laptop With Ryzen 7 5800H, Mobile RTX 3080 Leaked

The new variant of Acer's Nitro 5 has an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 mobile GPU. However, neither of those parts officially exist yet. Oops.

Astronomers Spot Potentially Artificial Radio Signal From Nearby Star
Astronomers Spot Potentially Artificial Radio Signal From Nearby Star

We don't yet know what this signal is, but there's a (very) small chance it could have alien origins.

DOSBox Pure Launches to Make Classic Games Easier to Play
DOSBox Pure Launches to Make Classic Games Easier to Play

There are a lot of amazing games these days, but they sometimes take years to develop, and they might still launch in a sorry state at release — looking at you, Cyberpunk 2077. If you want to return to a simpler time, the games of yesteryear are now easier to play thanks to the new DOXBox Pure.

The Best Outdoor Tech for Socializing in Cold Weather
The Best Outdoor Tech for Socializing in Cold Weather

Now that winter is upon most of us, and we're still trying to socialize outside, it's worth taking a look at some of the tech that can help make the experience more comfortable and successful.

Meteorite Fragment Points to Missing Dwarf Planet in Early Solar System
Meteorite Fragment Points to Missing Dwarf Planet in Early Solar System

Every asteroid that falls to Earth is a potential window into the origins of the solar system, but scientists have stumbled upon something quite strange when studying a fragment of the Almahata Sitta asteroid.

NASA Begins Planning Mars Sample Return Mission
NASA Begins Planning Mars Sample Return Mission

The recently launched Perseverance rover will lay the groundwork by collecting samples for return to Earth. NASA has now announced it will work with the European Space Agency (ESA) to get those samples back to Earth, but it won't be cheap.

Cyberpunk 2077 Save Files Will Break Forever If You Collect Too Many Items
Cyberpunk 2077 Save Files Will Break Forever If You Collect Too Many Items

Gamers have griped loudly about the bugs and performance issues, and there's a new issue to note today: if you collect too many in-game items, your save file will break forever.

It’s Finally Illegal for ISPs to Charge Rental Fees for Equipment You Own
It’s Finally Illegal for ISPs to Charge Rental Fees for Equipment You Own

A new law went into effect on Sunday that prevents your ISP from making equipment rental fees mandatory.

A Massive Chip Shortage Is Hitting the Entire Semiconductor Industry
A Massive Chip Shortage Is Hitting the Entire Semiconductor Industry

COVID-19, economic disruptions, yield issues, and the impact of scalping bots have all affected technology purchases this year, but there's a new argument for what's causing such general problems across so many markets: Insufficient investment in 200mm wafers.

Microsoft Is Building Its Own ARM CPUs for Servers, Surface PCs
Microsoft Is Building Its Own ARM CPUs for Servers, Surface PCs

Microsoft is reportedly working on its own ARM-based CPU design to give it more flexibility and potentially better performance than x86 cores.

Astronomers Have Detected a Planet’s Radio Emissions 51 Light-Years Away
Astronomers Have Detected a Planet’s Radio Emissions 51 Light-Years Away

The researchers claim this marks the first time an exoplanet has been detected in the radio bands.