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The original Apple iPod debuted 25 years ago today — Steve Jobs’ $399 device fit 1,000 songs into a package the size of a deck of cards with 5 gigabytes of storage

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The chunky little original iPod packed a 1.8-inch Toshiba HDD, and used FireWire because the USB of the era was too slow and didn't offer charging.

#tomshardware #ipod #photo #englishlanguage

about 17 hours ago

Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers — forest where wolf packs used to live is now an expanse of mud

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This is thankfully a less common but still very serious side effect of an AI data center being built nearby.

#tomshardware #forest #acres #google #finland #country #photo #englishlanguage

about 17 hours ago

Retro Atari VCS platform will end with the closure of its software store in February 2027 — OS update will be released removing reliance on Atari servers and opening up homebrew development

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The modern VCS with its AMD APU-powered architecture only received a tepid response when it arrived in 2021.

#tomshardware #atari #software #store #machine #photo #video #englishlanguage

1 day ago

Claude Code AI agent caught a crypto miner hiding on a developer’s overheating Mac — XMRig task was hogging ‘about 1175% CPU, roughly 12 cores’ pushing temps to 112 degrees

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'Explains why my Mac has been running like s**t,' said the afflicted Redditor.

#tomshardware #developer #using #help #agent #running #photo #discussion

2 days ago

French rioters ransack eSports team premises and are seen looting RAM sticks from PCs — Team Vitality’s ‘V.Hive’ Paris HQ was wrecked during unrest

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Reports also highlight eSports trophies being stolen, with gaming chairs being piled up in street fires.

#tomshardware #team #notre #club #smashed #looted #photo #video

2 days ago

Ukraine rescues wounded soldier using drone in daring 'world's first' UAV evacuation of a human — heavy-lift hexacopter carried injured 176-pound soldier 11 miles back to safety from minefield

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In heavily mined terrain and surrounded by Russian kamikaze drones, 'Kostya' was hoisted by a Gurzuf Defence heavy UAV and guarded to safety by a fleet of smaller drones.

#tomshardware #first #ukrainian #military #claiming #photo #englishlanguage

2 days ago

Electronics hobbyist converts $120 DDR5 SODIMM kit into ‘$1000’ desktop kit to fight RAM crisis — ICs from SK hynix DDR5-5600 16GB modules used to create DDR5-7800 desktop sticks

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You have to be lucky to find such cheap DDR5 SODIMMs, and specialist equipment and skills are required for success.

#tomshardware #ddr5 #desktop #around #sodimm #memory #photo #englishlanguage

2 days ago

Windows 98 SE users get a Thunderbolt 4 driver, thanks to AI assistance — vibe-coded xHCI98 driver works in…

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If you've ever wanted to run Windows 98 SE on your mid-2010s or newer PC with fast USB hub support, here's your chance.

#tomshardware #windows #usb4 #thunderbolt #xhci98 #host #photo #englishlanguage

2 days ago