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Nova Launcher, savior of cruft-filled Android phones, is on life support
Nova Launcher Back in July 2022, when mobile app metrics firm Branch acquired the popular and well-regarded Nova Launcher for Android, the app’s site put up one of those self-directed FAQ posts about it. Under the question heading “What does Branch want with Nova?,” Nova founder and creator Kevin Barry started his response with, “Not…

Framework Laptop 13 reviewed, again: Meteor Lake meh, Linux upgrades good
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Sci-fi writer and WordStar lover re-releases the cult DOS app for free
Robert J. Sawyer WordStar’s most recent claim to fame might be that it’s the word processing application on which George R.R. Martin is still not finishing A Song of Ice and Fire. But many writers loved WordStar, a word processor that writers enjoyed for actual writing. As computers moved on from DOS to Windows, and…

Nothing’s new AI widget is trying to make its CFO a news star
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Microsoft’s Paint 3D was once the future of MS Paint, but now it’s going away
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