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 ...

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, ...

Recently, we wrote a detailed tutorial on how to build your own AI chatbot with ChatGPT API. And for that project, we used Python and Pip to run several essential ...

With Windows 10 support ending in October this year, upgrading to Windows 11 is not only crucial, but it is also the easiest way to stay secure and continue receiving new features. Microsoft continues ...

—you’re not alone. This issue occurs when Windows can’t locate Python’s executable in your system’s PATH. Luckily, there are several simple ways to fix it, so you can run Python and pip from any ...

What if you could decode the invisible chatter of wireless networks, uncovering the secrets of off-grid communication systems, all with tools you can build at home? The intersection of ...

Soon to be the official tool for managing Python installations on Windows, the new Python Installation Manager picks up where the ‘py’ launcher left off. Python is a first-class citizen on Microsoft ...

Hypothetical: You wake up tomorrow morning to find a superstorm that developed overnight thanks to climate change has sparked a chain of events that abruptly ushers in a new ice age and alters human ...

The easiest way to know what Windows version you have is to navigate to Settings > System > About. Open the Run dialog box and enter the "winver" command to find the Windows version alongside the OS ...

RAKWireless has launched two solar-powered Meshtastic range extenders/repeaters: the WisMesh Repeater with a larger battery and external solar panel, and the WisMesh Repeater Mini with a more compact ...