10 Years That Changed PC Common Sense: The Untold Truth Tracing from the Explosive Hit of the Apple II to the Birth of the Macintosh

At the time, the Apple II was the most popular, and it was a model that had also become functionally convenient.At first ...
The Autopian

It’s Time For You To Attend RADwood, Because Now It’s Free And Also We’re Bringing A Vector

RADwood is back for the biggest, baddest, freest event ever. Will there be Autopians? Yes! Here's everything you need to know ...

Five True Technical Breakthroughs Where Apple Changed the World, Recalled by the Generation That Admired the Apple II

As one of the generation that once saw the future in the Apple II and was captivated by it, there are Apple technologies that ...
Gameranx

Rumor: Supply Chain To Make PS5/Xbox Disc Drives Is Collapsing

It’s unfortunate that memory components are also in a crisis situation. UPDATE: Digital Foundry’s Richard Leadbetter corroborates Jez Corden’s claims, stating Xbox is having trouble procuring optical ...
notebookcheck

Project Helix and PS6 consoles may be all-digital because of disc drive prices

Microsoft just announced its disc-to-digital initiative, accessible to insiders on August 31st. The program allows users to convert their physical games to digital licenses. Regardless, some fans ...
Computerworld

ChatGPT wants Full Disk Access to your Mac and Messages

Apple wasn’t joking when it warned us that competitors want access to our most private data. Now, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has introduced a new plugin that can control Apple’s Messages app on Macs. This ...
bleedingcool

Fabian Nicieza's Gambit Novel Only Exists On A Dead Floppy Disc

Chris Claremont added, "If you really want a cathartic end of something, you have the paper, you have fire, and you burn it." Fabian Nicieza repeated, "I kept the plastic disc. It says Gambit novel on ...
XDA Developers

Someone made a system that loads their Steam games using floppy disks, and it's pretty genius

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...
history-computer

The Short-Lived Floppy Disk Competitors That Failed to Make a Splash

For over 20 years, the basic 3.5-inch floppy disk was the center of all personal computing. If you needed to save data, this small plastic disk that every computer user was familiar with could be ...
Wall Street Journal

Apple Expects Slower Growth After AI Boom Drives Up Costs

Apple AAPL1.53%increase; up pointing triangle forecast for its September quarter fell short of Wall Street’s expectations, overshadowing strong iPhone and Mac sales that the company reported for its ...
notebookcheck

Xbox "Positron" disc-to-digital program signals no Project Helix disc drive but gamer reactions might change things

Whether the next-gen Xbox Project Helix will have or lack a physical disk drive has become a matter of debate online. Digital Foundry thinks that Microsoft has been moving towards ending physical ...
phoronix.com

Linux Floppy Driver For Apple's Super Woz Integrated Machine "SWIM" In Old Macs Improved

This is quite unexpected and was not on my bingo card for this year or even decade... The Linux driver for the floppy disk controller in Apple's legacy Super Woz Integrated Machine (SWIM) saw a large ...