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AppleWin vs Virtual II vs GSplus: $31 Price Gap [2026]

Apple II emulation does not get the attention that Nintendo or Sony emulation gets, but the numbers tell a different story. “Apple ii emulator” pulls roughly 720 monthly searches in the US, and the three programs fighting for that traffic, AppleWin, Virtual ][, and GSplus, take almost completely different approaches to keeping 1977-era hardware alive…

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ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Perplexity Deep Research: 15x [2026]

Ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity the same open-ended research question on October 03, 2026, and you will get three different experiences before you see a single word of the answer. One spends up to half an hour reading dozens of sources before writing anything. Another comes back in under four minutes with a shorter, heavily…

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AOC vs Samsung vs ASUS Monitors: 5K vs 720Hz Gap [2026]

Gamescom 2026 delivered the busiest stretch of gaming-monitor news in years. Inside a ten-day window, AOC announced the first 5K display with NVIDIA G-SYNC Pulsar, Samsung unveiled its 2027 Odyssey lineup with a triple-refresh-rate flagship, and ASUS rolled out three new esports-grade OLED panels under its ROG Ace branding. Omdia already clocked 41 million gaming…

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KillSec Raid: DOJ Charges “Archduke”, 9 Nations Act [2026]

A Dutch national who allegedly went by the handle “Archduke” is now fighting extradition to the United States after a nine-country law enforcement sweep tore through the infrastructure of the KillSec ransomware-as-a-service operation. The suspect, identified by the U.S. Department of Justice as Fouad Eltibrizi, was arrested in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2026,…

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CScale Raises $145M for AI Optical Networking [2026]

A Palo Alto startup most people had never heard of until this week just picked up a $145 million check with Nvidia and Intel attached to it. CScale, which exited stealth mode on September 30, 2026, says it has built a way to connect AI chips with fiber-optic cables instead of the copper wiring that…

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Cyber Security

UK Police Arrest 6th Suspect in RAF Fairford Plot [2026]

UK Counter Terrorism Policing arrested a 27-year-old dual British-Iranian national in Westminster, London, on Thursday, October 1, 2026, becoming the sixth person detained in an escalating investigation into a suspected bomb plot near RAF Fairford, a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire used by the United States Air Force. The man was arrested on suspicion…

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No$GBA Pokémon Setup: 13 Steps, Free Debugger [2026]

Most Pokémon emulation guides point you toward melonDS, DeSmuME, or mGBA, and for good reason: those projects ship frequent updates and handle modern hardware well. No$GBA (short for NO-CASH GBA) rarely gets the same attention, yet Martin Korth’s emulator and debugger is still the fastest way to boot a Game Boy Advance Pokémon ROM on…

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Cyber Security

Fuse Games CEO to Detail Galactic Racer, Out Oct. 6 [2026]

Fuse Games founder and CEO Matt Webster is set to take the stage at Game Republic New Horizons, a UK games industry conference, to discuss the development of Star Wars: Galactic Racer, according to Video Games Chronicle. The session lands just over a week after the Guildford-based studio’s debut title launches on October 6, 2026,…

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How to Mod Keyboard Stabilizers: 13 Steps, $18 Kit [2026]

Stock stabilizers are the single biggest reason a $200 mechanical keyboard still sounds like a cheap office board when you hit the spacebar. The switches can be lubed to perfection, the plate can be foam-dampened, and the case can be filled with silicone, but if the stabilizers underneath your spacebar, shift keys, and enter key…

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