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Locked Up In Regions

The history of region-locking, a once-unintentional process of keeping devices built for one region from being used in another. (Now Apple’s doing it.)

Jan 26, 2024

Hesitancy On Display

Why the active-matrix LCD panel, despite largely being invented and developed by American companies, was never really manufactured in the United States.

Apr 16, 2021

Rental Self-Own

How the music industry let the perfect solution to file-sharing fall through its fingers in the ’80s—or how record rentals bolstered Japan’s music industry.

Aug 06, 2019

Plug It In, Plug It In

Want to charge your phone in a new country? Better bring an adapter with you. Why are power outlets so frustrating? Blame bad decisions made decades ago.

Oct 13, 2015

Big in Brazil

The Sega Master System was an also-ran in the United States, but in Brazil, it's still on the market—and still moving units. Here's how it happened.

Jul 16, 2015

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