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Remove the "3D Objects" Folder and Other Shortcuts From Windows' File Explorer

TechSpot

#tbt Windows 10 introduced a "3D Objects" File Explorer shortcut that takes up unnecessary space by default. This article shows how to remove that annoyance and other such shortcuts (Music, Videos, etc), so you can personalize as you want.

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Anker’s first 3D printer might be the one you’ve been waiting for

The Verge

3D printing can be a time-consuming and expensive hobby — even if you try to do it on the cheap. But what if a truly consumer-ready 3D printer changed that? For me personally, speed isn’t my biggest frustration with 3D printing. It feels like I’ve adjusted, replaced, or upgraded half the parts on my Ender 3 Pro. Image: Anker.

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Microsoft’s new Paint redesign for Windows 11 includes a dark mode

The Verge

The new Paint design in Windows 11. Microsoft is redesigning its Paint app in Windows 11. The app will be updated with a new command bar that borrows most of the same options and tools as what exists in the ribbon interface for Paint on Windows 10. Here’s another @Windows 11 first look. Can’t wait to see your creations!

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This Microsoft Flight Simulator video highlights 40 years of PC gaming changes

The Verge

Microsoft’s video begins with Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 , which was originally released in 1982 for IBM-compatible PCs. The beginning of the video also demonstrates just how much PC sound cards have changed over the years. map out the real world into a virtual one. Several versions later, Flight Simulator 2000 appeared in 1999.

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Microsoft didn’t kill Skype, but Windows 11 is shoving it out of sight

The Verge

Today’s Windows 11 news is all about where Microsoft sees computing going over the next few years, but it’s just as much the story of how Skype has flourished and ebbed since its $8.5 Instead, Microsoft Teams gets a highlight spot in the new center-aligned taskbar and deep integration into Windows. Windows 11 taskbar - Teams.

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New videos: OceanGate sub dives to Titanic again, reports ship wreckage is ‘rapidly deteriorating’

GeekWire

A screen grab from a video taken by the OceanGate Titan submersible shows the Titanic telemotor steering mechanism where one of the ship’s wheels used to be. based OceanGate captured video with its Titan submersible that shows the ship is “rapidly deteriorating.” OceanGate screen grab). OceanGate screen grab).

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Video game history is colliding: Sierra founders are bringing a seminal text adventure game to VR

The Verge

Ken and Roberta Williams, two of the most influential figures in video game history, are bringing the original 1976 text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure to virtual reality, as well as Mac and Windows PC. Roberta and Ken Williams, founders of Sierra and influential game designers | Photo by John Storey/Getty Images.

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