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(0) Short scroll today because I need to hit the road. Am driving up to my brother’s for a birthday party – mine! Toot your party horn, or leave your own news links in comments…. (1) LACEY LEAVES CANSMOFS. Diane Lacey has announced her resignation from CanSmofs on Facebook. CanSmofs is a Canadian sf convention

(0) Short scroll today because I need to hit the road. Am driving up to my brother’s for a birthday party – mine! Toot your party horn, or leave your own news links in comments…. (1) LACEY LEAVES CANSMOFS. Diane Lacey has announced her resignation from CanSmofs on Facebook. CanSmofs is a Canadian sf convention

Mozilla has added support for browser extensions after removing them in 2020. There are over 450 add-ons available at launch, including uBlock Origin and Dark Reader.

The Internet Archive has launched a new section on its website dedicated to the games consoles of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Called The Console Living Room, it provides information on many of the systems you might have owned in the past including the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, Magnavox Odyssey (or Philips Videopac G700, if you live in Europe) and the Astrocade.

Office Insiders testing updates on iOS can download a fresh build with new features for PowerPoint and Word. The former got portrait slides support, and the latter received improved dark mode.

From Zoom Scheduler to Facebook Container, browser extensions helped remote workers make the most out of lockdown.

As late-stage tech startups face the changing environment in the public markets, their early-stage counterparts are in a different world altogether.

Why do some songs can stick with us for a long time, even when other memories start to fade? Science reporter (and former Short Wave intern) Rasha Aridi explains the neuroscience behind that surprising moment of, "Wow, how do I still remember that song?!" Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.

Mit dem Redesign wollte die Plattform seinen Nutzern eigentlich einen Gefallen tun, doch nun sollen die Aktualisierungen zum Teil wieder verändert werden.

Die Linux-Distribution Elementary OS legt Wert auf konsistente Bedienung. Version 6 kommt mit pfiffigen Gesten. Das modernisierte AppCenter führt zu Schwund.