What Ever Happened to ICQ?
ICQ, short for the phrase "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for standalone instant messaging clients when it arrived in November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and th.....»»
Ars system mini-guide: Summer GPU refresh edition, aka “can it run Starfield”?
New GPUs and new games prompt minor refreshes to our bang-for-buck PC builds. Enlarge / The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, 7800 XT, and 7600. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Two big things have happened since we last updated our PC.....»»
The internet just learned how the dinosaurs went extinct
Apparently, the internet thought the asteroid obliterated every dinosaur on impact — like they all happened to be having a meeting in that exact spot. The online jokes have been great. The internet got to talking about dinosaurs and, frankly,.....»»
Why I went back to the iPhone 14 Pro Max (and why I still love it)
Earlier this year, I stopped using the iPhone 14 Pro Max because of its size and weight. But I recently went back to it, and something interesting happened......»»
I used an iPhone case that claims to improve battery life. Here’s what happened
The Paradigm Pro case from BodyGuardz claims to keep your iPhone 14 Pro cool with heat dissipation and extend battery life. Does it actually work? I found out......»»
EE and Vodafone customers able to call after bug fixed
The two providers have offered different accounts of what happened to their networks......»»
EE and Vodafone: Technical bug hits mobile networks
The two providers have offered different accounts of what happened to their networks......»»
What Ever Happened to the Tiny House Movement?
Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic......»»
Exclusive: How Apple inspired creators to take a risk on its $3,500 Vision Pro
Apple’s Vision Pro headset couldn’t have happened without developers. In an exclusive interview, Apple and third-party app designers tell us how it went down......»»
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has new developer, fall 2024 release date
Vampire: The Masquerade -- Bloodlines 2 has a new developer, and Digital Trends spoke to the team behind the game to learn how that happened......»»
The Equalizer 3’s ending, explained
Denzel Washington wraps up his time as Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3, and we're going to explain what happened to McCall during the ending......»»
Algae provide clues about 600 million years of plant evolution
Earth's surface is covered by plants. They make up the majority of biomass on land and exhibit a wide range of diversity, from mosses to trees. This astounding biodiversity came into existence due to a fateful evolutionary event that happened just on.....»»
Toyota plant shutdown happened during system update, report says
The full-day outage at its Japan plants could be equivalent to $356 million in revenue, Reuters calculations based on output data and financial reporting showed......»»
What happened to shut down Toyota"s production in Japan?
Toyota's system of lean production and just-in-time parts delivery, known as "kanban," is at the heart of the shutdown......»»
Google Makes It Official: Text Formatting Arrives in Keep
About a week ago, the first signs of rich text formatting in Google Keep showed up as if Google was preparing to make an announcement or start a wider rollout. Fast forward to today, and that has happened. It’s official – Google Keep now.....»»
"Society of the Snow" trailer recreates the real plane crash survival tale
Yellowjackets may be fiction, but this tale of survival actually happened. In Society of the Snow, The Impossible director J.A. Bayona delves into the plight of the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the snowy Andes on Oct......»»
Observation of autonomous crack healing in metal confirms 2013 prediction
A microscopic crack grew in a very small piece of platinum when placed under repetitive stretching. The experiment, designed to study fatigue crack growth, continued as predicted for a while before something unexpected happened. The crack stopped gro.....»»
MacWhisper audio transcription is a big time-saver, days after discovering it
I love it when a piece written by one of my colleagues alerts me to an app which then turns out to be incredibly useful, which is exactly what happened when I read Filipe’s piece about MacWhisper audio transcription. A combination of my belt-and.....»»
I did a camera test with two $1,800 phones. Then something annoying happened
I compared the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5's camera with the Galaxy Z Fold 4's, and the results were quite frustrating......»»
How NASA Nearly Lost the Voyager 2 Spacecraft Forever
The space agency lost touch with the beloved spacecraft following a faulty command signal. Here’s how it happened—and how engineers worked to bring it back......»»
Simple ballpoint pen can write custom LEDs
The invention of the printing press revolutionized duplication of the written word, giving the hands of tired scribes a break and making written material more accessible. A similar breakthrough has happened in reverse in the McKelvey School of Engine.....»»