Month: December 2019

The GameCube occupies a special place in Nintendo history. Released in 2001, the square box — complete with a lunch pail style handle — cemented Nintendo as a hardware manufacturer unafraid of taking risks in the face of stiff competition from Sony and Microsoft. Its quirky controller made the N64’s boomerang pad seem bland, and,
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Photo: AP On Monday, Microsoft announced that it had taken control of 50 domains associated with a hackers believed to be operating out of North Korea. Unsealed court documents show that the domains include “hotrnall.com,” “office356-us.org,” and “mai1.info,” among other copycat URLs. In a blog post, the company said that the hacking group it called
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The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) might just be the greatest video game console ever made. It dominated the market, made the adjective “super” a staple of every millennial’s vocabulary, and was home to some of the best games ever made.  The original NES had a legendary lineup of games, but its successor took things
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Lenovo has a few classes of ThinkPad laptops, each aimed at different types of people. The X1 Carbon is an example of a ThinkPad aimed at jet setters who appreciate thin and light laptops, while the T490 is for those who see ThinkPads as solid, trustworthy, and — let’s face it — slightly more pedestrian
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None of us like to see the spinning beach ball of death. Here’s a quick guide for how to speed up your Mac, without shelling out a fortune for additional RAM or a faster hard drive. Apple’s operating system is good about optimizing itself, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do to speed
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Nintendo has never been particularly known for supporting shooter games on its systems, particularly of the first-person variety, but there are actually a surprising number of excellent shooters you can play on the Switch right now. Some of these are ports of existing shooters now available on a handheld for the first time, while others
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Photo: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo) Trashing your old electronics is bad for the planet—a big reason why you might’ve noticed tech companies push sustainability programs in recent years. Sonos recently joined the recycle brigade in October, launching its Trade Up hardware upgrade program that gives users discounts if they “responsibly recycle older products.” It’s a
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We’ll cut to the chase: We’ve reviewed hundreds of pairs of headphones — and more earbuds than we can count — and we’re happy to report that the 1More Triple Drivers are the best earbuds you can buy, thanks to the incredible sound they offer at a price that won’t break the bank. Of course,
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Time-saving robotic vacuum cleaners do such a good job with daily floor-cleaning duties that for many families, the only question is, “Which one?” Amazon’s best year-end deals on Roomba, Deebot, Eufy, and Neato robot vacuums give shoppers great options from the four most popular brands. We’ve found Amazon’s best discounts on Roomba, Deebot, Eufy, and
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Previous Next Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced a pair of close-to-production electric prototypes he hopes will propel the nation to the automotive industry’s global stage for the first time. Marketed by a new brand called Turkey Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG), the models use technology developed entirely in Turkey. While Turkey’s so-called national car
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Kavya NarayananDec 30, 2019 13:19:48 IST In the 2000s, the word that spelt environmental doom was ‘global warming’. Since the 2010s, we’ve learned a great deal about the consequences of human activity on ecology and the environment from climate change. Urbanisation and deforestation have caused irreparable damage to our planet in recent years. With rapid changes underway that scientists don’t
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Immersive technology opens up new possibilities for athletes lacking access to professional training centers.  A paramedic student by day and triathlete and track cyclist by night, 28-year-old Elliot Brown began his quest for Olympic glory three years ago after discovering the sport of skeleton racing. First introduced to the Winter Olympics in 1928, the high-risk
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