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Your Kindle can finally read ePub books

Michael Crider/IDG Amazon might be feeling the competition in the e-reader market for the first time since…well, ever. Kindle e-readers use their own proprietary Amazon format to display e-books, AZW3, which keeps most users from loading up a bunch of copyright-free books in the most common ePub format. But thanks to a new software rollout,…

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That fake GameCube handheld from 2005 is now real

In context: In 2005, a render of a portable handheld called the “Nintendo GameCube Advance” began circulating the internet. It was relatively quickly dismissed as a fake and slipped into obscurity. However, someone has gone through the effort to create the real deal based on that nearly twenty-year-old render. YouTuber GingerOfOz, whom you may remember…

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USB-C cables can now charge the most powerful gaming laptops

Marvel Combining data, audio/video, and charging into a single port with USB-C and Thunderbolt is one of the coolest innovations in modern laptops. But thanks to a relatively low limit on the amount of power USB-C cables can transfer, more powerful laptops with discrete graphics have had to make do with old-fashioned proprietary or barrel…

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12 popular Google Doodle games you can still play

Most Google Doodles revolve around art that transforms the iconic search engine’s logo to celebrate anniversaries and special events, or to raise awareness of ongoing issues, like recent ones that shone a spotlight on Route 66 and Teacher Appreciation Day. But a few times each year, the Google Doodle team goes one step further and…

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Rust’s April Update Is Adding Ziplines, Rail Networks

As part of Rust’s promised monthly updates throughout 2022, the survival game will be adding a new rail network and a series of ziplines on April 7. While the initial update is only adding the railway tracks, with the actual trains to come later, the ziplines will be fully functional, added alongside the powerlines that…

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Canned Deus Ex Movie Script Changed A Major Aspect Of The Game

Movie executives and scriptwriters have been trying to turn games into movies for decades. The last few years have seen some notable successes–Sonic, Detective Pikachu, Netflix’s Castlevania series–but so many others have missed the point. The latest example comes from a newly-leaked script for a Deus Ex movie that never made it to production (via…

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