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Browse By Year 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 January January 29, 2026 Slide Away My favorite UX metaphor, the scrolling window manager, is having a moment--and it's for pretty dank reasons. January 22, 2026 Minus World Rumors of OnePlus' possible death are heating up, which would be a real shame, given how much the smartphone market has already contracted. It's not true, but their grip is slipping. January 19, 2026 They Were Robbed The tale of the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, the place where hits go to die--in some cases, over and over again. Let's talk about the chart through the lens of its two most iconic artists. January 12, 2026 Splitting Machines How the virtual machine, a foundational element of cloud computing, found its modern footing after a couple of scientists proved a couple of theorems wrong. January 2, 2026 A Number Of Surprising Importance The number 26, which gets back-burnered compared to numbers with neater divisibility, is an essential digit. And you're gonna be hearing all about it in 2026. << Previous Year

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