Long before plug and play became a buzzword touted in glitzy comdex demonstrations — and well before the infamous Windows 98 Blue Screen of Death incident forever etched itself in the annals of tech lore — Microsoft’s Windows 95 engineering team grappled with arcane hardware idiosyncrasies that...
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In an age where rapid hardware obsolescence feeds a mounting e-waste crisis, the innovative use of artificial intelligence is beginning to offer glimmers of hope for sustainable solutions. The story of a Panasonic Toughpad FZ-A2’s unlikely resurrection by an intrepid hobbyist — with a little...