coming keep coming yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah hey whoa
personal space owners of those classic mini consoles
might have wasted their money if they got an xbox one because the well-known
emulator retro arch retro arc is
retroach is soon to ring in the new year by
arriving on the console xbox one that is retro arc
i don't know how to say it retroarch emulates a large number of old-school
titles on a wide range of platforms but wait what is an emulator doing on a
walled garden environment like the xbox well it might not fly on the microsoft
store itself big surprise but if you paid the 19 bucks to enable developer
mode you'll be able to sideload retroarch arch once it releases for xbox
early in 2019 the emulator itself is free so it'll be a happy new year indeed
if you want to play a questionably legal copy of mega man from the comfort of
your couch you monster twitter users in the uk
might want to double check their old tweets after the revelation of a
security issue that allows bad actors to send tweets from other accounts using
sms twitter allows users to send tweets
via text messaging very useful if you really need to send something if a data
connection is not available but unsurprisingly using older sms
technology turned out to be a problematic to be problematic
the flaw for some reason only affected accounts based in the uk and while
twitter has claimed that this particular bug has already been fixed it's
undoubtedly a tad concerning that a british security issue as a
demonstration took over a few celebrity accounts in a matter of minutes using
the exploit so maybe the next time kanye posts a multi-part rant i might wonder
if it's really him or if any of us
are really here
ever dreamed of being a bounty hunter do you not talk to me about boba fett
boba fett get out of here well
i'm not talking about boba fett or
the kind that has a reality tv show but you can sort of be a bounty hunter from
the comfort of your own pc the european union is offering cash bounties for
folks that can find security bugs in major open source pieces of software
such as 7-zip notepad plus plus and vlc
there are 14 software tools eligible for the bounty program all of which are used
by the eu itself you can make as much as 90 000 euros if you're skilled enough to
find a severe security problem and you'll have until either late 2019 or
2020 to claim them depending on which specific prize you're after just don't
spend it all on bear mace what
it's a bear it's a little that's not even a bear that's like a wombat
i don't even understand what the bear maze joke was about i don't know i don't
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20 off so check it out today at the link below the display tech war between
korean rivals samsung and lg shows no signs of slowing down as samsung has
filed a patent for a roll-up television
television by the foot lg had that at ces last year
did they yeah but now samsung all right wait but listen wait listen the design
has the display rolling out from the center almost like an old style scroll
no word on if or when it'll hit the market but with ces around the corner we
may be lucky enough to see a prototype soon which will hopefully show a pirate
style treasure map because it's looks like a looks like a scroll bus
rides typically aren't all that exciting speak for yourself john but once startup
is trying to change that discount bus carrier flixbus is adding to its
offerings which already include wi-fi and power outlets with vr headsets that
can be used to play simple games and experience virtual travel bad ideas yeah
but because using vr on a moving vehicle could result in car sickness yeah it's
currently testing the feature on less bumpy routes oh so that yeah that's fine
i hope the roots don't have corners
to absolutely no one's surprise soulja boys venture into electronics isn't
going too well with his gaming console already being pulled from the market
these were essentially emulator boxes that came with a number of games
although soldier himself that's mr boy to you oh i'm so sorry
mr boy insisted they had the correct licenses for the games it's unclear why
the console is no longer on offer but i i mean it should be pretty
self-explanatory that's that's clear
consumer biometrics are generally known as being more convenient than secure and
this is apparently even true with vein scanning which i didn't even know was a
thing as a couple of german researchers have already defeated a scanning system
that looks at blood vessels in the palm of your hand they did it by using an ir
camera to photograph hands then make wax models based on the images so we're
probably still a ways away from james bond level biometrics appearing in your
500 laptop also
james bond didn't have 500 laptops unless mi6 had a had a budget
problem we can only be waxed
what am i supposed to do with these the names bombed
and the nypd is beefing up security for tonight's times square ball drop
by having one of its police drones fly overhead although authorities don't
believe there's any real major threat against the event it could be a good way
to see how useful security drones could be at other major offense events in the
future this is a good test scenario with like tons of people
underneath but with how many people pack into times square every new year's eve exactly i'd
rather them deploy some mobile porta-potties am i right you can say
that again oh well that's the last tech length of the
year guys so the next time we see you you'll probably have already broken your
resolutions john that's not very nice to write you guys can do it
to the old laying sign
lenses