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Why Do Phones Still Have Front Camera Screen Cutouts?

By 2017, it was pretty clear that smartphone manufacturers were moving towards eliminating screen bezels entirely. Your screen was to take up the whole front of your phone. Now, we're mostly there, except for one tiny thing—we still have a cutout where the phone's front camera should be. Why is that?

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Make Your Linux Terminal Look Like a Retro Computer With This App

If you hanker for the wavering glow of the long-gone cathode-ray tube, you can recreate the flickering command line of yesteryear on your Linux desktop with this neat, just-for-fun terminal emulator.

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No matter what you're doing, it always turns out better when relaxed and comfortable. Who would know that better than you: an executive surpassing targets, a designer setting new trends, a sharp content creator, a hard-working student, a musician composing chartbusters, or a pro gamer hitting No. 1 on the leaderboard daily?

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Why I Want Apple to Bring Back The Glowing Logo (We Have the Technology)

The glowing Apple logo on the back of a MacBook was one of the most iconics Mac features—until Apple decided to unceremoniously dump it. The company offered several excuses as to why the glowing logo was gone, but I think time and technology have made it the right time for Apple to once again see the light.

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The Best Turntables of 2024

Get the most out of your vinyl collection by choosing a high-quality turntable to showcase your favorite music.

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6 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Quest VR Headset

Out of the box, a Meta Quest VR headset offers plenty on the surface, but if you already have one of these headsets and think you've seen and done it all, there are more than a few things you can do to wring even more from your investment.

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10 PS4 Games You Should Play Again on PS5

The PS5 is a huge advancement over the PS4, but the platform has been criticized for becoming something of a dumping ground for patched-up older games. This has been bad for new games, but great for reliving your old PS4 favorites.

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What Indie Game Developers Want You To Know in 2024

Indie games like Stardew Valley and Hades have become some of the biggest hits in gaming, but the world of indie development is quite different from that of big-budget triple-A releases. Here's what smaller indie developers want their fans to know about the industry as it currently stands.

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What's Your Favorite Photoshop Alternative?

Adobe's monthly subscription fees are starting to drive me nuts. The problem, of course, is that I'm not sure which app would best replace Photoshop in my workflow. Affinity Photo looks promising, Paint.net gets a lot of love from my coworkers, and I had plenty of fun with GIMP in the 2000s—still, it's hard to make a choice. So, what's your favorite Photoshop alternative? Give me the sales pitch, I'm ready.

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