An Xbox Classic Console!?
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·TechLinked
·2019-05-06
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1,200 words · ~6 min read
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coming keep coming yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah hey whoa
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personal space owners of those classic mini consoles
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might have wasted their money if they got an xbox one because the well-known
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emulator retro arch retro arc is
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retroach is soon to ring in the new year by
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arriving on the console xbox one that is retro arc
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i don't know how to say it retroarch emulates a large number of old-school
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titles on a wide range of platforms but wait what is an emulator doing on a
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walled garden environment like the xbox well it might not fly on the microsoft
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store itself big surprise but if you paid the 19 bucks to enable developer
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mode you'll be able to sideload retroarch arch once it releases for xbox
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early in 2019 the emulator itself is free so it'll be a happy new year indeed
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if you want to play a questionably legal copy of mega man from the comfort of
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your couch you monster twitter users in the uk
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might want to double check their old tweets after the revelation of a
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security issue that allows bad actors to send tweets from other accounts using
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sms twitter allows users to send tweets
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via text messaging very useful if you really need to send something if a data
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connection is not available but unsurprisingly using older sms
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technology turned out to be a problematic to be problematic
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the flaw for some reason only affected accounts based in the uk and while
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twitter has claimed that this particular bug has already been fixed it's
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undoubtedly a tad concerning that a british security issue as a
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demonstration took over a few celebrity accounts in a matter of minutes using
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the exploit so maybe the next time kanye posts a multi-part rant i might wonder
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if it's really him or if any of us
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are really here
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ever dreamed of being a bounty hunter do you not talk to me about boba fett
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boba fett get out of here well
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i'm not talking about boba fett or
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the kind that has a reality tv show but you can sort of be a bounty hunter from
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the comfort of your own pc the european union is offering cash bounties for
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folks that can find security bugs in major open source pieces of software
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such as 7-zip notepad plus plus and vlc
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there are 14 software tools eligible for the bounty program all of which are used
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by the eu itself you can make as much as 90 000 euros if you're skilled enough to
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find a severe security problem and you'll have until either late 2019 or
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2020 to claim them depending on which specific prize you're after just don't
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spend it all on bear mace what
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it's a bear it's a little that's not even a bear that's like a wombat
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i don't even understand what the bear maze joke was about i don't know i don't
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korean rivals samsung and lg shows no signs of slowing down as samsung has
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filed a patent for a roll-up television
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television by the foot lg had that at ces last year
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did they yeah but now samsung all right wait but listen wait listen the design
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has the display rolling out from the center almost like an old style scroll
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may be lucky enough to see a prototype soon which will hopefully show a pirate
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style treasure map because it's looks like a looks like a scroll bus
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rides typically aren't all that exciting speak for yourself john but once startup
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is trying to change that discount bus carrier flixbus is adding to its
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offerings which already include wi-fi and power outlets with vr headsets that
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can be used to play simple games and experience virtual travel bad ideas yeah
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but because using vr on a moving vehicle could result in car sickness yeah it's
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currently testing the feature on less bumpy routes oh so that yeah that's fine
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i hope the roots don't have corners
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to absolutely no one's surprise soulja boys venture into electronics isn't
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going too well with his gaming console already being pulled from the market
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these were essentially emulator boxes that came with a number of games
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although soldier himself that's mr boy to you oh i'm so sorry
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mr boy insisted they had the correct licenses for the games it's unclear why
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the console is no longer on offer but i i mean it should be pretty
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self-explanatory that's that's clear
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consumer biometrics are generally known as being more convenient than secure and
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this is apparently even true with vein scanning which i didn't even know was a
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thing as a couple of german researchers have already defeated a scanning system
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that looks at blood vessels in the palm of your hand they did it by using an ir
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camera to photograph hands then make wax models based on the images so we're
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probably still a ways away from james bond level biometrics appearing in your
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500 laptop also
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james bond didn't have 500 laptops unless mi6 had a had a budget
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problem we can only be waxed
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what am i supposed to do with these the names bombed
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and the nypd is beefing up security for tonight's times square ball drop
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by having one of its police drones fly overhead although authorities don't
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believe there's any real major threat against the event it could be a good way
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to see how useful security drones could be at other major offense events in the
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future this is a good test scenario with like tons of people
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underneath but with how many people pack into times square every new year's eve exactly i'd
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rather them deploy some mobile porta-potties am i right you can say
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that again oh well that's the last tech length of the
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year guys so the next time we see you you'll probably have already broken your
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resolutions john that's not very nice to write you guys can do it
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to the old laying sign
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lenses