🐜🥽 Mini PCs: Worth It? - Non-VR Apps on PSVR2

                                                                                                                                              Plus: Why Google ditched dessert names, Wordle's evil twin, and more! [HowToGeek Logo](%2F%2Fwww.howtogeek.com%2F%3Futm_medium=newsletter%26utm_campaign=HTG-202311171700%26utm_source=HTG-NL/1/0100018be01fc448-281c9829-ab06-4db8-8035-4c1e37ae8b67-000000/a9YRBH9ZMOLF8WW7N5JWurfZMuo=348) November 17, 2023 Did You Know The title of Marshall McLuhan's influential book The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects was the result of a typesetter's error. The original title of the book should have been "The Medium is the Message", which was a frequently used phrase of McLuhan's, but he was so delighted by the typo and the implications thereof that he insisted it be left untouched. 💻 Windows 10’s Last Hurrah Happy Friday! 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