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The Zotac Zone Pro running its Manjaro Linux fork. (Image source: Notebookcheck) Zotac has re-branded its second Zotac Zone gaming handheld. Initially shown in January, the device now known as the Zotac Zone Pro is slated to launch this October running Linux with OLED display and dual trackpads but a comparatively small battery. A few …

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Viture and 8BitDo have released new translucent versions of the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C controller. (Image source: Viture) The 8BitDo Ultimate 2C controller is now available to buy in two new colors. The colors have a translucent design and were made in partnership with Viture. However, they cost more than the other color options. While Viture …

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The Arzopa Z3FC portable monitor is an excellent choice for gaming, thanks to its 180 Hz 2.5K IPS panel. (Image source: Arzopa) The Arzopa Z3FC is a fresh addition to the brand’s lineup of portable displays. Featuring a 2.5K IPS display with a refresh rate of 180 Hz, the 16.1-inch portable display appears to be …

Arzopa Z3FC: Portable 180 Hz 16.1-inch gaming monitor boasts 2.5K resolution and a sizeable launch discount Read More »

Garmin’s latest update for the Instinct 3 introduces various features and bug fixes. (Image source: Garmin) Garmin has started updating several of its popular rugged smartwatches. Rolling out globally as a free update, System Software 10.30 brings new features and plenty of bug fixes to the table for not just the Instinct 3 and Instinct …

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Image: Amicool Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An external DVD drive is an uncomplicated and practical solution for those things. And right now, the best-selling external DVD drive on …

No DVD drive in your laptop? Grab this USB add-on for just $20 Read More »

I want you to read that title as literally as possible. Harper is now capable of evolution. This past week, I’ve been working on a system that should allow us to handle more complex grammatical cases and contexts, faster. I believe it will improve our ability to add new grammatical rules to Harper by somewhere …

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Aging is particularly harsh on the hippocampus — the brain region responsible for learning and memory. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a protein that’s at the center of this decline. They looked at how the genes and proteins in the hippocampus changed over time in mice and found just one that differed …

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What is the issue with the HTML Standard? Background This is a follow-up to #11523. That issue raises concerns regarding security issues, code maintainability, and the complexity of aging browser code currently used for rendering XML with XSLT stylesheets. I highly recommend reading through that issue first as it includes a good background of XSLT …

Should the web platform adopt XSLT 3.0? Read More »

Friday, Aug 22, 2025 I replaced my ChatGPT personalization settings with this prompt a few weeks ago and promptly forgot about it: Be extraordinarily skeptical of your own correctness or stated assumptions. You aren’t a cynic, you are a highly critical thinker and this is tempered by your self-doubt: you absolutely hate being wrong but …

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What is the issue with the HTML Standard? One of the issues we’ve seen in #11523 and #11563 is that the proposal to remove XSLT from the spec doesn’t acknowledge existing use cases beyond Chrome Status counter stats. According to Chrome’s own Blink principles of web compatibility: The primary signal we use is the fraction …

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