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Dreaming Up Hits? These Are Our Favorite Audio Interfaces

Dreaming Up Hits? These Are Our Favorite Audio Interfaces

While open-source crusaders and techno-libertarians are applauding Universal Audio’s recent efforts to move away from its “walled garden” approach to plug-ins, the truth is that most of the good ones still require the presence of an interface or a processor core to load up and run in your DAW of choice. As we mentioned in the write-up of the Apollo …

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In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

If you watch sci-fi movies, you’d think that flying a spaceship is just like driving a slightly more complicated car (or a Winnebago in Spaceballs). And George Lucas gave us those galactic battles with pilots who look like they’re flying fighter jets on Earth. Well, bad news: Space is really, really different. In particular, moving a vehicle in orbit around …

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How Data Centers Actually Work

How Data Centers Actually Work

Lauren Goode: Well, they’re all interested in growing more. Who among us, Mike? But the hyperscalers refers to this class of major tech companies or cloud service providers. So Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, they’re all in that category. Molly Taft: Yeah, and I think it’s important to remember that these companies have so much money and they have an ability …

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We Tested Smart Lights, Sets, and Just Really Big Ones to Find the Best Bike Lights

We Tested Smart Lights, Sets, and Just Really Big Ones to Find the Best Bike Lights

Size: If you’re a commuter, you’ll want to remove lights for safekeeping. Look for the most compact designs that fit easily in a pocket or bag. Thanks to LED bulb technology, you can find impressively bright, pocketable lights. Sizes and weights here are listed without the mounting brackets (unless they’re integral) because their size and weight in your bag is …

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Meet the Palestinian Teens Trying to Win Robotics Gold

Meet the Palestinian Teens Trying to Win Robotics Gold

Both also serve as reminders to current team members of what’s possible if they continue pursuing STEM fields. Ismail is in his third year studying computer engineering at Queen’s, while Shanti is a freshman studying business intelligence (a combination of business and tech applications) at Al-Najah National University in the West Bank. Dalia Nasr, 2025 Team Palestine student: The alumni, …

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Big tech is paying for Trump’s White House ballroom | TechCrunch

Big tech is paying for Trump’s White House ballroom | TechCrunch

While the U.S. government remains in limbo during a shutdown, the White House grounds have been busy this week. Construction workers have begun demolition on the White House’s East Wing, which will be replaced by a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that’s estimated to hold up to 1,000 guests. Taxpayers are not funding President Donald Trump’s $250 million project. Rather, he is using …

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The ‘Surge’ of Troops May Not Come to San Francisco, but the City Is Ready Anyway

The ‘Surge’ of Troops May Not Come to San Francisco, but the City Is Ready Anyway

After months of deployments by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the National Guard across American cities, federal agents have been preparing to descend into San Francisco. Local resistance groups have been coordinating with activists in other cities across the country that have been besieged by federal law enforcement. Thousands of volunteers, coordinating through Signal group chats, Zoom calls, and …

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With an Intel recovery underway, all eyes turn to its foundry business | TechCrunch

With an Intel recovery underway, all eyes turn to its foundry business | TechCrunch

Intel’s third-quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations Thursday, results buoyed by a bump in revenue combined with larger cuts, and multiple, sizable investments over the last two months as CEO Lip-Bu Tan looks to turn around the struggling semiconductor giant. Intel’s revenue results and its $4.1 billion in net income provides a far rosier view than its string of quarterly …

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