“Its sound kicks the ass of amps three times its size”: Slash’s latest Magnatone Lil’ Viper 8-watt combo can go toe-to-toe with the big boys

At Slash’s request, the Lil’ Viper was kitted out with a speaker-emulated 1/4” headphone output to mimic the internal speaker ...

The 50 must-watch BBC iPlayer shows to stream right now

The BBC’s iPlayer service isn’t the biggest or the most showy streamer out there, but it was one of the first… and it’s still one of the best. At a time when TV is global and sometimes a little ...
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FOSDEM 2026 schedule – Embedded, RISC-V, Robotics, Rust, Open Hardware, and more

FOSDEM 2026 will take place on January 31-February 1, with thousands of developers meeting in Brussels to discuss open-source ...
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Whisper Mountain Outbreak Is A Promising Bobble-Headed Horror Game

Resident Evil... But Cute! If you find Resident Evil a bit too scary and not sufficiently cutesy, you might find a bit of a compromise in Whisper Mountain Outbreak, an isometric shooter and puzzler wi ...
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Expired Oracle Patent Opens Fast Sorting Algorithm to Open Source Databases

A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...