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ZX Spectrum Returns As Handheld Console

ZX Spectrum Returns As Handheld Console

The ZX Spectrum is being relaunched as a handheld games console, shipping with 1,000 games built in. The Vega+, currently…

8 years ago

Thingmaker Becomes 3D Printer

1960s toy the "Thingmaker" is getting a revamp for 21st century technology. What was once a set of molds for…

8 years ago

Handheld Devices Could Track Location To The Centimeter

Researchers have successfully tested a way to get GPS accurate to a matter of centimeters in handheld devices. It could…

8 years ago

Federal Law Would Ban Mandatory Smartphone Backdoors

Attempts by two states to weaken the encryption available on smartphones could be blocked by a federal law. The measure…

8 years ago

Is This The World’s Hardest Puzzle Series?

A puzzle in the Christmas card sent out by a British spy chief has successfully flummoxed around 600,000 people. The…

8 years ago

Malware Museum Celebrates Destructive Sprites

80s and 90s computer nostalgia is usually about floppy disks and waggling joysticks, but one virtual "museum" is celebrating a…

8 years ago

Google’s Go Computer Steps Up In Competition

Google's Go-playing software is to take on one of the world's best players. The match, to be shown live on…

8 years ago

GPS Glitch Causes Problems

A fleet of GPS satellites broadcasted the wrong time for several hours last week thanks to a software mistake. It…

8 years ago

Google To Warn Of Bogus Download Buttons

Google is to start warning users when a "download" button on a website might be a malware trick. Let's hope…

8 years ago

USB Cable Devotee Finds Worst. Cable. Ever.

A Google engineer with something of an obsession with USB Type-C cables has finally paid the price. Benson Leung seriously…

8 years ago