$100 Steam Machine : How to Turn a Server Blade Into a Gaming Powerhouse

The ASRock BC250, a server blade repurposed for gaming, features a PlayStation 5-based APU with a Zen 2 CPU and RDNA2 GPU. According to ETA Prime, the GPU is configured with 24 compute units (CUs) by ...

10 Video Game Bugs That Accidentally Made Games Better

From Minecraft's Creeper to Street Fighter's combos, these ten video game bugs were so good that developers kept them.
Hackaday

Three Arduinos Team Up To Make 80s-Style Computer

Back in the 80s, buying a home computer could easily mean an inflation-adjusted cost of thousands of dollars (or your equivalent currency unit of choice), and all for an 8-bit machine that might ...

America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices

Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was that technology is the future, ...
Scientific American

How mathematicians use Minecraft to calculate pi

A battle between “slimes” and “zoglins” could be the best way to calculate pi—at least for fans of this megahit game ...
Beebom

How to Get New Crafter and Builder Capes in Minecraft

The Crafter Cape is earned at TwitchCon Rotterdam by collecting three Emerald stickers through Minecraft activities. The Builder Cape will be obtainable online during the Minecraft Live on May 30.
IGN

Updating Minecraft Through PC Xbox App Could Cause You to Lose Your Worlds, Mojang Warns

Minecraft developer Mojang has warned players not to update the game through the official Xbox app on PC because it may delete their worlds. The Minecraft support page on Mojang owner Microsoft's ...
IGN

How to Play Minecraft For Free on PC, Mac, PS5, and Xbox

Minecraft is a phenomenon that continues to take the world by storm even 12 years after its full release. Selling over 238,000,000 copies worldwide, the game is just as captivating an experience now ...
Sportskeeda

Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 5: All main features and changes

Mojang has released the fifth snapshot for the upcoming Minecraft Chaos Cubed game drop. In Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 5, players can discover erupting geysers, a new archetype of sulfur cubes, and ...
BGR

5 PC Upgrades You Can Actually Afford

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Upgrading a PC, gaming or otherwise, is a struggle when it comes to keeping costs low. The world of memory, GPUs, and storage is under massive ...
Wall Street Journal

How to Find Out Whether Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software is so bad, and how to check whether the malware is installed on your home network. Photo: Sean Havey The price might be right, but if ...