Stewart Cheifet, Host of TV’s ‘Computer Chronicles,’ Dies at 87

He spent two decades hosting the PBS series, during the formative years of personal computing. It was seen in more than 300 ...
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Linux made my old PC fast again, and it hasn’t slowed down since

Windows 11 slowed my hardware to a crawl. Linux runs lighter with rolling updates, and keeps older PCs fast for years instead ...

A year after Eaton fire, Altadena man fights to honor late sister’s memory. ‘Can’t replace what I lost’

Lora Swayne was a lifelong Altadenan who loved her community and family. Her brother worries that she and the 30 others who ...
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Repairing Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases

As computers like the venerable breadbox Commodore 64 age, their plastic doesn’t just turn increasing shades of yellow and brown, the ABS plastic also tends to get brittle. This is a problem ...

Did an exploding comet end the age of the wooly mammoths? New evidence says yes

Almost 13,000 years ago, North America underwent drastic changes at a rapid rate. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, ...

Nvidia, AMD consider reviving old chips to combat soaring PC costs

What's old in PCs could be new again to battle component shortages and skyrocketing prices, AMD and Nvidia execs said at CES ...