9 Best Retro Game Consoles (2022): Evercade, Polymega, Analogue Pocket, and Controllers

Do you remember the alluring 8-bit music, flashing screens, and excitement of the arcades? Maybe you spent happy hours in front of an early home computer or game console. Or perhaps you just want a taste of what early video games were like. Everyone loves new retro-looking games, but if you really want to scratch […]

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Elon Musk and the Dangers of Censoring Real-Time Flight Trackers

I woke up Friday morning to the message I’d been expecting: “Your account, @Justin_Ling has been locked for violating the Twitter Rules.” Below was the offending tweet: a link to one of the few websites that provide real-time private jet flight data that “chief twit” Elon Musk, I wrote, “hasn’t bullied into suppressing his flight data.” […]

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The Great Carbon Con Is Coming to an End

A year after COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference which took place in November 2021, the number of FTSE 100 companies vowing to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 grew by 37 percent to 82 percent. Among the pledgers were some of the world’s biggest companies: Amazon, Apple, Ford, IBM, JP Morgan, Mars, and many […]

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MacOS vulnerability allows threat actors to bypass Apple Gatekeeper

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Microsoft researchers found a vulnerability in macOS that allows threat actors to bypass security features in Apple’s Gatekeeper, a tool designed to make sure only trusted applications can run on Mac devices, according to a […]

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Tired, Filthy, and Overworked: Inside Amazon’s Holiday Rush

Tyler Hamilton has optimized his every waking minute. Between Black Friday and Christmas, five nights a week, he pulls himself out of bed, brushes his teeth, and rushes to his car just before sunset. On his drive to the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minnesota, he stops at Wendy’s to buy two bourbon bacon burgers, […]

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Save Your Gear From the Elements With These Waterproof Bags

Autumn is my favorite time in the South. There’s a day, usually in late October, when the humidity finally breaks, the air stirs, and you can feel it in your bones: Summer is over. If you’re in the Midwest, that might be a shame because snow is coming, while those of you in California might […]

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Demand for IT talent takes the sting out of tech sector layoffs

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A strong market for IT talent softened the impact of tech sector layoffs this year. Nearly three-quarters of laid-off tech workers found jobs within three months, according to a data analysis dating back to March […]

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11 Best Mobile Game Controllers (2022): iPhone or Android

There are several other mobile controllers we tested that just missed out on a place above, plus a few that we are keen to test soon. Turtle Beach Recon Cloud for $100: Here is another Xbox-branded controller that supports Xbox Cloud Gaming and Remote Play and comes with one free month of Game Pass Ultimate. […]

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Spaceflight Companies Promised to Do Science—So How’s It Going?

“We provide our customers the guidance and insight needed to ensure their research is rigorous, well-designed, and impactful to the broader scientific community–this helps move the needle forward on microgravity research,” she wrote. Sirisha Bandla, the head of Virgin Galactic’s research operations, says analysis for their projects is also still in progress. “We have flown payloads […]

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