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Framework has been selling and upgrading the upgrade-and-repair-friendly Framework Laptop 13 for nearly four years now, and in early 2024 it announced a larger, more powerful Framework Laptop 16. At a product event today, the company showed off what it…
The original Framework Laptop’s sales pitch was that it wanted to bring some of the modularity and repairability of the desktop PC ecosystem to a functional, thin-and-light laptop. For nearly half a decade, the company has made good on that…
Framework announced two new systems to its lineup today: the convertible Framework 12 and a gaming-focused (but not-very-upgradeable) mini ITX Framework Desktop PC. But it’s continuing to pay attention to the Framework Laptop 13, too—the company’s first upgrade-friendly repairable laptop…
What college men think their male friends consider acceptable when it comes to pornography may shape their views about women, according to new research. A study published in the American Journal of Sexuality Education found that the strongest link to…
Qualcomm and Google have joined forces to extend software updates on Android devices. With Google’s assistance, the chipmaker has committed to providing extended vendor support to any OEM building on its most powerful chips, pushing the theoretical lifespan of Android…
The Supreme Court has once again rejected a telecom industry challenge to New York’s $15 broadband law. The court first refused the hear the case in December, which meant that an appeals court ruling upholding the law was not disturbed.…
Carl Zimmer’s Air-Borne recounts centuries of aerobiology’s greatest moments and mistakes.
New research has revealed that Martian dust’s red hue comes from reactions that occurred in wet — not dry — conditions, and it could have implications for the possibility of life on the planet.
China’s Zhurong rover has found evidence of an ancient shoreline buried deep beneath the planet. That could point to an ocean, a beach, and to life.
That comforting hot cup of tea—or refreshing glass of iced tea on a hot summer day—could help reduce the amount of toxic metals in drinking water, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS Food & Science Technology.…
