Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Tesla US sales drop to nearly 4-year low in November despite launch of cheaper versions

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Tesla's (TSLA.O), opens new tab U.S. sales dropped to a near four-year low in November, despite the automaker's rollout of new, cheaper versions of its best-selling ...
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 ...
PCGamesN

Grab a free key for Escape From Tarkov as the extraction shooter finally hits 1.0

For almost ten years now, Battlestate Games has toiled away on Escape From Tarkov with the help of its community. The hardcore, realistic survival FPS game birthed the extraction shooter genre, paving ...
The Boston Globe

Doritos and Cheetos dial back the bright orange in new versions without artificial ingredients

Doritos and Cheetos are getting a makeover. PepsiCo said Thursday it’s launching toned-down versions of its bright orange snacks that won’t have any artificial colors or flavors. Doritos and Cheetos ...
The New York Times

Northern Lights Shine for a Second Night

A geomagnetic storm made the aurora borealis visible across a swath of the United States again on Wednesday, illuminating the skies as far south as Arizona. By Nazaneen Ghaffar and Amy Graff Weather ...
PBS

Severe solar storms could hit Earth, space forecasters say. Here’s how to see auroras

NEW YORK (AP) — Space weather forecasters issued an alert on Tuesday for incoming severe solar storms that could produce colorful northern lights and temporarily disrupt communications. In the past ...
PCGamesN

Escape From Tarkov dev has "a few tricks up our sleeve" to stop cheaters and "undesirable elements" when 1.0 lands

Escape From Tarkov's big day approaches. One of the most popular and best FPS games for those thirsting for a hardcore, survival-based shooter, it has a chance to ascend to new heights with its debut ...
IFLScience

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Can Now Be Seen From Earth – Even By Amateur Telescopes!

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
The Conversation

In her revenue era: the economics behind Taylor Swift’s 34 versions of The Life of a Showgirl

Paul Crosby does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Scientific American

How to Catch a Rare Comet and a Meteor Shower

A comet discovered earlier this year, now just bright enough to be visible to the naked eye, is poised to be among the top celestial events of 2025. Known as C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), this celestial ...