03.04.18 4:02 How Does Fingerprint Scanning Work?
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30.03.18 9:32 The History of Social Media
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27.03.18 4:47 How Does Credit Card Fraud Protection Work?
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23.03.18 5:29 What are OEMs? (Original Equipment Manufacturers)
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20.03.18 4:05 How Does Eye Tracking Work?
Eye tracking has applications in fields from gaming to medicine to advertising, but how does it work?
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16.03.18 6:47 Intel CPU Letters Explained
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13.03.18 4:50 How Does Amazon Go Work?
Amazon Go is a new grocery store concept that promises a "just walk out" shopping experience with no traditional checkout necessary. How does it work?
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09.03.18 5:20 How Do Twitch Streamers Make Money?
You've probably heard about how Twitch streamers can make a comfortable living just by playing video games for an audience, but where does this money come from?
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06.03.18 6:07 The History of Emoticons and Emoji
When and how did people first decide to represent emotions with tiny strings of text art?
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02.03.18 4:52 Why Are Progress Bars Wrong So Often?
Why do progress bars you see when installing a program or copying a file seem to be inaccurate so often?
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27.02.18 4:27 DOC vs. DOCX Explained
What's the difference between the .doc and .docx extensions used by Microsoft Word?
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23.02.18 5:58 What is 802.11ax Wi-Fi?
802.11ax Wi-Fi is the next major revision of the wireless networking standard. What new features does it offer?
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20.02.18 4:43 What is Floating-Point Performance?
Floating-point operations per second, or FLOPS, is a performance metric you see on certain processors, notably GPUs. But what the heck does "floating-point" mean and why is it important?
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16.02.18 4:52 What is Supersampling?
Supersampling refers to running a game at a higher resolution than your monitor supports - but why would you want to do that? Techquickie explains...
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13.02.18 5:19 Why Does Apple Slow Down Older iPhones?
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09.02.18 9:07 History of the Mouse
Did you know the first computer mouse looked like a wooden box with pizza cutters attached to it? How did we get from that to the laser-based RGB mice we know and love today?
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06.02.18 6:16 What Data Does Windows 10 Send to Microsoft?
Your Windows 10 installation is probably sending quite a bit of information to Microsoft. Just what sorts of things are being sent, and could they be used to identify you or your activities?
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02.02.18 5:16 What are Pentium Gold and Silver?
What's special - if anything - about the new Pentium Gold and Silver CPUs from Intel?
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30.01.18 7:37 How Does Bitcoin Work?
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27.01.18 7:10 Why Don't Planes Crash Into Each Other More Often?
With all the planes in the sky at once, what kinds of technology are used to prevent mid-air collisions?
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23.01.18 6:10 Why Aren't Wireless Displays More Common?
With so many modern devices being wireless, why haven't wireless monitors become mainstream?
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19.01.18 5:43 External GPU Enclosures as Fast As Possible
External GPU enclosures are a relatively new development that allow you to use a desktop graphics card with your laptop. What should you know about them?
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16.01.18 5:34 How do Signal Blockers Work? (Faraday Cages)
Many retailers now sell signal blockers to thwart digital snoops. How do they work, and are they really necessary? Share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with Synergy 2!
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12.01.18 6:46 Why is Windows Display Scaling So Bad?
Have you ever noticed how Windows can make things look blurry and improperly sized, especially if you're using multiple monitors? Why is this?
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09.01.18 6:03 PCI Express 4.0 as Fast As Possible
The newest version of PCI Express will start appearing on motherboards soon - but is there anything compelling about it?
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06.01.18 5:08 What are Dolby Atmos and DTS:X?
Dolby Atmos and DTS:X are new surround sound technologies that don't rely on traditional speaker channels. How do they work, and what makes them special?
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02.01.18 5:41 What Kind of PC Do You Need for Streaming?
How should you go about choosing or building a PC for streaming your gameplay to Twitch or your platform of choice?
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29.12.17 6:09 How to Game on Linux
Is Linux a viable alternative to using Windows for gaming?
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26.12.17 6:54 Lootboxes as Fast As Possible
What exactly are lootboxes in video games, and why have they caused so much controversy lately? Share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with Synergy 2!
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22.12.17 4:58 How Does Your Web Browser Know Your Location?
How does your web browser know your location down to a few meters, even if you're not using GPS?
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