Scratch the surface of Windows (and macOS), and you’ll find a command line console underneath, a lingering remnant of how these operating systems started out: as user-friendly graphical wrappers built on top of text-based, monochrome interfaces. If you’re as old as I am, you might remember having to launch apps and games on a computer by typing out text commands, rather than pointing and clicking. The modern-day methods are much easier, of course, but the old ways are still available — and they’re actually still useful for multiple tasks, as the list below shows. To begin with, Windows kept the Command Prompt utility as a reminder of its MS-DOS roots. That was later joined by PowerShell (Command Prompt with extras), and in the latest...
Politics Read on The Verge TechThe IPO market has not roared back in 2024 as many investors hoped it would — not yet, at least. Elevated interest rates (this week’s 50 bps rate cut notwithstanding) and uncertainty related to the U.S. election have prompted many companies to stay private and wait for better market conditions. But a handful of companies […]
Business Read on TechCrunch"Old age" sounds like a pleasant way to go, comparatively—a peaceful winding-down. But what exactly does it look like?
Health Read on GizmodoGoogle is testing a new API that uses machine learning models to offer real-time language translation for inputted text and to make it easier to translate web pages....
Politics Read on Bleeping ComputerThe British war cemetery in Oosterbeek will commemorate the Allied soldiers who died eighty years ago during Operation Market Garden and the resulting Battle of Arnhem on Sunday.
Local News Read on NL TimesThe Pac-Man arcade cabinet from Arcade1Up brings retro gaming joy to the whole family.
Entertainment Read on WIRED Top StoriesLupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, and Catherine O'Hara are part of the year's best animated film.
Entertainment Read on GizmodoA demonstration against the government will take place in Amsterdam on Sunday under the slogan “Give hate no power.” The action is supported by dozens of civil society organizations and, according
Crime and Courts Read on NL TimesSteven Johnson is a very meta author. He writes frequently about science and technology, and likes to immerse himself in the things he’s covering, even using them to change the way he writes books. A couple of years ago, a few months before ChatGPT launched and the AI boom took over the tech world, Johnson got a magazine assignment that sent him really, really deep down the AI rabbit hole. And he never came back up. Now, in addition to writing books, Johnson is also working at Google. He’s part of the team building a product called NotebookLM — “Notebook,” as the team calls it. It’s a note-taking and research tool: you upload documents and import web links, and Notebook’s Gemini-powered AI helps you organize things, extract information,...
Politics Read on The VergeWe put together a list of some of our favorite under-the-radar features that you might have missed.
Lifestyle Read on TechCrunchA great deal more is required from the Cabinet to substantially reduce the housing shortage in the Netherlands, said ING Bank in an analysis published on Thursday about housing policy.
Economy Read on NL TimesLinux's luminary linchpin, Linus Torvalds, says that despite longstanding reports of burnout in the open source software development realm, Linux is as strong as ever.
Politics Read on TechCrunchFrom Canvases to Lists, learn how to use some of these recently added—but still not widely known—Slack features.
Business Read on WIRED Top StoriesThe court awarded a 59-year-old man over 210,000 euros in compensation for wrongful dismissal from the meat company where he had worked for 36 years.
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