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How to play old CD-ROM games on Windows again

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
TweakTown

GeForce Game Ready Driver 591.44 WHQL released, fixes the recent Windows 11 performance bug

TL;DR: GeForce Game Ready Driver 591.44 WHQL enhances gaming with DLSS 4 support for Battlefield 6: Winter Offensive and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, fixes Windows 11 performance drops, restores 32-bit ...
The New York Times

The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.

Dr. Slotkin is a neurosurgeon. I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash. The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew. When ...
NPR

The DOT says it wants to make trucking safer, but some see an 'immigration raid'

If the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrant truckers had a face, it would be Harjinder Singh. The Indian-born Singh was behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler in Fort Pierce, Fla. in August when ...
PC Gamer

Escape from Tarkov launch times and release date for 1.0

After a lengthy eight-year beta the Escape from Tarkov 1.0 release date is finally upon us, and after such a long wait, I'm here counting down the final hours with launch times carved up by region.
The New York Times

McLaren willing to risk losing F1 drivers’ title over ‘playing favorites’ between Norris and Piastri

Lando Norris (left) currently leads the world championship by one point from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Joe Portlock/Getty Images McLaren is willing to risk losing the Formula One drivers’ ...
CNN

Fearing ICE arrests, DC’s migrant delivery drivers are changing tactics – or leaving the city

Yakson had a delivery to pick up in Washington, DC’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, but first he scanned the street for immigration officers. A white truck parked nearby looked suspicious. He lingered, ...
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Brad Pitt played an F1 driver. But are there any Americans in F1?

There are currently no American drivers in Formula One. The last one was Logan Sargeant. Haas is the only American team in F1 right now but next year Cadillac will be joining the sport. There are ...
gadgets360

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1.1 With Bug Fixes Rolling Out for Pixel Devices: All Details

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1.1 Changes Google's release notes state that the new Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1.1 update fixes an issue where navigation buttons would become unresponsive, reported on the Google ...
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Drivers, teams for H1 Unlimiteds

Michael Kelly piloted the U-1 Beacon Electric for the Strong Racing team in 2024, following a standout 2023 season where he earned his second National Championship and his first "U-1" hull designation ...