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Timex Reissues One of Its First Attempts to Get Analogue Watch Lovers to Switch to Digital
Having a hard time deciding between the Apple Watch Series 6, the Apple Watch SE, or a heavily discounted Apple Watch Series 3? Why not go with none of the above and let Timex take you back to a time when digital watches weren’t harassing you with notifications all day long and were desperate to…
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The Burrito Pop Will Ensure You’re Only a Mess on the Inside
When done properly, eating a burrito should be a hopelessly messy experience, with a paper wrapper doing nothing to contain its contents’ endless drippings. But that messiness limits when and where you can eat a burrito (if you care about how you look, that is), which is why a device called the Burrito Pop exists.…
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If You Hate Your Ears, Then Why Not Build a Portable Floppy Disk Walkman?
There have been a lot of questionable portable music player formats over the years (does anyone remember the Iomega HipZip?), but Terence Eden’s homebrew Walkman that plays entire albums off of old-school 3.5-inch floppy disks is an obscure masterpiece. If you consider yourself an audiophile, you’ll want to look away immediately.
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Nvidia Buying Arm Means Nothing for Apple, but Maybe Good Things for Nintendo
After weeks of rumours, Nvidia announced last night that it was ready to plop down $US40 ($55) billion to acquire Arm Limited, better known as that company that designs Arm architecture behind CPUs in practically every gadget you use on a day-to-day basis.