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SECOND-GENERATION ZEN IS A GAME CHANGER
AMD’s Epic EPYC • Zen 2 server chips meet every expectation
INTEL’S CHIP SANDWICH • New packaging tech
FACEBOOK PAYS $5 BILLION • FINE DOES LITTLE DAMAGE
APPLE TO FINALLY FIX KEYBOARDS? • Butterfly design could go
Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech
Switch Lite This Fall
Raspberry Pi 4 Practically a PC
DisplayPort Hits 16K
AMAZON PLANNING A HOME ROBOT • The sci-fi trope could be coming to live with you
Chip Yields, Binning, and the Silicon Lottery • THE PRIMARY BUILDING BLOCK of modern computers is the silicon microchip, made from 300mm silicon wafers, cut from a large silicon crystal cylinder. The monolithic crystals are grown from a seed crystal dipped into a molten vat of nearly pure silicon.
FROM THE SIMPLICITY OF SCRATCH TO THE POWER OF PYTHON, LEARN TO CODE TODAY! • Coders have become the gatekeepers to whole new worlds, so join them and help craft the tools and apps of tomorrow by following the easy step-by-step tutorials in here.
Much Ado About 32 • CANONICAL RECENTLY MADE WAVES in the Linux gaming community by announcing that it would be dropping 32-bit support from Ubuntu 19.10, to which Valve announced that it would cease supporting Ubuntu. What’s the big deal?
THE LIST • 8 MOST EXCITING FEATURES OF THE RASPBERRY PI 4
DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…
LONG-TERM MEMORY • Desktop memory is becoming more affordable; Christian Guyton examines what that could mean for you
ALL THE TUTORIALS, AND ADVICE YOU NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY INSTALL AND USE UBUNTU. • Linux is taking over the world, and the last frontier is your desktop. Find out what all the fuss is about with the ultimate guide to the most popular distribution, Ubuntu.
60 WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE WINDOWS • Nick Peers reveals quick tips and tricks to give Windows a fresh look
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THE 5G DREAM • 4K Netflix. In the middle of nowhere. That’s the sales pitch for 5G networking. But, as Jeremy Laird discovered, 5G is going to be much bigger than that…
ROLLING OUT WHERE CAN YOU GET 5G IN THE USA TODAY?
HOW ABOUT THE HANDSETS?
HOME AND AWAY
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HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC
AUTOPSY • THIS MONTH WE DISSECT…
Build a Better Home ServerWith Docker
CONTAINERS UPON CONTAINERS
Set Up a Secure Shell Honeypot
MONITORING YOUR HONEYPOT
Build a Blog with Open Live Writer
EDITING TIPS & TRICKS
Synchronize Your Life With Wunderlist
BROWSER EXTENSION FOR CHROME
Design Your Own Celestial Bodies
SMART OBJECTS AND FILTERS
Get Started With Google Drive
DIVE INTO GOOGLE DRIVE
BUILD IT • JONNI BIDWELL, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
FROM THE LATEST NEWS TO PRACTICAL TUTORIALS, THIS IS THE ANNUAL FOR YOU. • Free and Open Source Software is constantly evolving, and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved, this annual acts as your guide for the future.
REVIEWS • TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED.
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