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When Microsoft was developing Windows 95, developers discovered that SimCity had a severe memory bug that caused it to crash on the new operating system—but instead of forcing the game studio to fix it, Microsoft engineers actually rewrote the core Windows 95 source code to detect if SimCity was running and safely allocate memory for it.

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OneCommander Is a Great File Explorer Alternative for Power Users

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Windows 11 Has a Settings Problem — God Mode Is Still the Best Fix in 2026

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Stop Chrome from Auto-Downloading Gemini Nano in Windows

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ShellGPT: Turn Your Words into Terminal Commands

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The Easiest Way to Manage Dotfiles Using GNU Stow

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This AI Assistant Makes the Linux Desktop Much Smarter

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How to Manage Users from the Command Line in Linux

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The Myth of Linux Optimization Tools, and Why You Really Don’t Need Them At All

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Apple’s original 1984 Macintosh keyboard had no arrow keys, no function keys, and no numeric pad because Steve Jobs wanted users to reach for the mouse first. Then Apple quietly sold the missing keys as an accessory.

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Stop Forgetting Your Workday: This Mac App Tracks Everything Automatically

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Protect Yourself From the macOS Flaw that Bypasses Apple Privacy Controls

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Need to View Folder Size in macOS Finder? Use These Tricks

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You Can Finally Check Your Mac’s Clipboard History

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You Can Now Share Your Chromebook Screen With Others

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8 of the Best Games to Play on Your Chromebook at School

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New Chromebooks Aren’t That “New”

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Chromebook Buying Guide 2024: What to Look for in Your Next Machine

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How to Improve Sound and Microphone Quality in Windows

Audio performance may suffer due to different factors. This tutorial shows how to improve sound quality on a Windows PC.

By Farhad Pashaei – Jan 4, 2023

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How to Fix “This Installation Is Forbidden by System Policy” Error in Windows

When installing files, you may face the “This installation is forbidden by system policy” error. Here are some fixes that could solve it.

By Farhad Pashaei – Jan 2, 2023

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5 Reasons to Not Use PC Cleaning Tools on Windows

PC cleaning tools often do more harm than good, making your Windows system performance worse. We give you 5 reasons to not use them.

By Tanveer Singh – Jan 2, 2023

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7 Ways to Speed up Ubuntu

Most PCs become slow over time. If you feel that your Ubuntu system is becoming “slow,” here are a few ways to speed up your Ubuntu.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Dec 30, 2022

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How to Securely Transfer Files in Linux Using SCP

SCP is a powerful command-line file transfer tool for Linux. Learn about its functions and how you can make it work for your remote server.

By Ramces Red – Dec 29, 2022

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How to Fix the Time Sync Failed Issue in Windows

Have a time sync failed issue on your PC? Here are quick fixes to easily resolve the Windows time sync failed issue.

By Sandeep Babu – Dec 28, 2022

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6 of the Best Tools to Clone Windows to SSD

Cloning Windows to a new SSD instead of reinstalling it can save you hassle. Here are six of the best tools to clone Windows to an SSD.

By Tanveer Singh – Dec 27, 2022

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5 Free Music Composition Software and Web Apps for Windows

Looking for free music composition software and web apps for Windows? We rounded up the best of them so that you can end your search.

By Brandon Li – Dec 26, 2022

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How to Use Rufus to Create a Bootable Flash Drive

Rufus is an open-source application to create a bootable USB drive. Learn how you can use Rufus to create a bootable flash drive in Windows.

By Sayak Boral – Dec 25, 2022

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How to Fix the Calculator App Not Working in Windows

Is your Windows PC Calculator not working? Check out the methods described in this article to fix it for good.

By Farhad Pashaei – Dec 21, 2022

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How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for SSH Connection

SSH is a secure way to interact with remote machines. Learn how you can make SSH even more secure by enabling two-factor authentication.

By Ramces Red – Dec 21, 2022

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How to Make Windows 11 Look Like Windows 10

Are you not liking the Windows 11 look and feel? Here are a few tweaks to make Windows 11 look like Windows 10.

By Sandeep Babu – Dec 20, 2022

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How to Fix ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR in Windows

If you’re facing the ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR message in Windows, this tutorial provides several approaches to fix it immediately.

By Farhad Pashaei – Dec 20, 2022

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5 of the Best Apps to Help You Personalize Your Windows Interface

If there are some things you don’t like about your Windows 11 or 10 interface, you can personalize it with these amazing apps.

By Ademilade Shodipe-Dosunmu – Dec 19, 2022

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14 Most Common Windows Problems and How to Solve Them

If you have a Windows PC, then you’ve probably bumped into a few issues. This post looks at the most common ones that are bound to arise.

By Sayak Boral – Dec 19, 2022

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5 Simple Git Hooks to Manage Your Repository

Git hooks are a simple way to automate common repository tasks. Learn about a few hooks that you can quickly deploy in your project.

By Ramces Red – Dec 19, 2022

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6 Ways to Develop iOS Apps on Windows

You can develop, test, build, and publish iOS apps on a Windows computer! Check out all the different options.

By Brandon Li – Dec 16, 2022

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How to Fix High CPU Usage on Your Mac

This complete guide shows the steps you should take when a process is consuming high CPU usage on your Mac.

By Rahul Saigal – Dec 15, 2022

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How to Connect a Chromebook to a TV

If you have a Chromebook, know that it’s pretty easy to connect it to your TV and stream from it. Learn how in this tutorial.

By Mehvish Mushtaq – Dec 15, 2022

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How to Resolve Error Code 43 in Windows and Fix a Malfunctioning GPU

The Windows error code 43 mostly affects graphics cards. Here are a few fixes you can try to revive your dead GPU.

By Tanveer Singh – Dec 15, 2022

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When Sony shipped the first Walkman in 1979, chairman Akio Morita insisted on a second headphone jack and a “hotline” talk button, convinced it would be rude for one person to listen to music alone — and within a few years buyers had ignored the sociable features so completely that Sony quietly dropped them

Jun 15, 2026

Russia still custom-builds the Soyuz return seats for ISS crew members using plaster casts taken weeks before launch, because astronauts grow as much as five centimetres taller during a long-duration stay and a seat moulded to their Earth-shaped spine would no longer fit the body that comes home

Jun 12, 2026

Mycorrhizal fungi colonised plant roots roughly 450 million years ago and biologists now suspect plants could never have moved out of the oceans onto bare rock without them, meaning every forest on Earth — including the redwoods, the Amazon, and the boreal belt — is still running on a partnership older than trees themselves

Jun 11, 2026

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The “CrackBerry” nickname stuck for a reason — and the variable-reward psychology that hooked early-2000s executives on their BlackBerrys is the exact same machinery now running every push notification on every smartphone in your pocket

Jun 11, 2026

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Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

Jun 10, 2026

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A species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its adult cells back to a juvenile polyp stage when injured or starving, effectively restarting its life cycle, and biologists have so far failed to identify any natural limit to how many times it can do this.

Jun 10, 2026

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