Abstract: In the 1980s and 1990s, online communities formed around tiny digital oases called bulletin-board systems. Often run out of people's homes and accessible by only one or two people at a time ...

December has only just started, and Microsoft is already busy with the latest set of broken Windows reports, the hangover from the end of Windows 10 and the slow uptake for its replacement. Now the ...

Meshtastic Web Chat is a lightweight, self-hosted web-based chat system that bridges local network users to the Meshtastic mesh network.

Windows Recall is one of the biggest AI features Microsoft has added to Windows 11. It’s useful, but it comes with some privacy trade-offs. If you're a Windows 11 user, and specifically an owner of a ...

The era of Windows 10 is officially over, and Windows 11 has taken over. Microsoft ended support for their former OS in October, although it will still offer security updates for one more year. Plenty ...

It looks interesting and possibly fun. Buy some simple and inexpensive off the shelf hardware, flash it, fire it up. Any of my fellow Ars members involved in this? Looking at one of the maps online, ...

If I’m honest with myself, I don’t really need access to an off-grid, fault-tolerant, mesh network like Meshtastic. The weather here in New Jersey isn’t quite so dynamic that there’s any great chance ...

Today, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 11 25H2, also known as Windows 11 2025 Update. Windows 11 25H2 is a minor update, and it shares the same platform release as Windows 11 ...

Microsoft has released the final non-security preview update for Windows 10, version 22H2, which includes fixes for the out-of-box experience and SMBv1 protocol connectivity. This is an optional ...