Month: October 2023
With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang
There’s a very good chance that this will be the last year where the Switch is Nintendo’s main piece of hardware. While rumors of a Switch successor have persisted for years, recent reports suggest that an upgraded device is not only coming but will be here relatively soon, with a…
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Fortnite creators will get paid for encouraging players to spend
Fortnite maker Epic Games is going to reward creators if players spend V-bucks before or after visiting that creator’s custom-made Fortnite experience. The change is happening as part of an update announced Wednesday to the engagement-based formula Epic uses to pay Fortnite creators. Here is the specific language about the…
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D-Link confirms data breach after employees hit with phishing attack
Network gear maker D-Link has confirmed it suffered a breach that saw internal data stolen, but claims the data isn’t actually that useful to malicious actors. The company said two employees fell victim to a phishing attack that gave the attacker access to the company’s endpoints. To remedy the problem,…
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Amazon now offers drone deliveries for prescription medications in Texas
Amazon is now offering drone prescription deliveries in College Station, TX. Customers will be eligible for aerial deliveries of “more than 500 medications” for common conditions like the flu, asthma and pneumonia. The home of Texas A&M has enjoyed Prime Air drone deliveries of (non-medical) Amazon shipments since 2022. The…
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Netflix’s Fall of the House of Usher is a hit – here are 3 more Netflix horror shows with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes to stream next
The only bad thing we can say about The Fall of the House of Usher, Netflix’s latest horror series from master of the art Mike Flanagan, is that we wish there was more of it. And a lot of other people felt the same way – it’s the second most-watched…
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Google is tweaking Chrome’s search bar to make it easier to navigate the web
Google is making a few changes to the way its search and address bar — known as the omnibox — works in the Chrome browser. The changes are individually pretty small, but there’s an important and somewhat unexpected trend in them all: Google is making it easier for you to move around…
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