This week Ryan shows Mike the TurboGrafx-16 Mini. They go over what’s good about the console and how the system’s library could be better. The TurboGrafx-16 Mini, known as the PC Engine Mini in Japan and PC Engine CoreGrafx Mini in Europe, is a dedicated home video game console by Konami modeled on NEC’s TurboGrafx-16, which was designed by Hudson Soft. The Mini emulates the original console’s 16-bit hardware. The Japanese model contains 58 games total while the international models contain 57. We got a review copy from Konami and wanted to share our findings!
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Switch firmware update version 10.0.0 seems to include preliminary support for a new hardware model
Nintendo issued a major update for Switch last night, upgrading the firmware to version 10.0.0. You can read about all of the new features here.
Aside from what Nintendo officially shared, version 10.0.0 also appears to make some notable additions behind the scenes. Dataminer Mike Heskin, after poking through the update, reports that Nintendo has added preliminary support for a new hardware model, which is known as “nx-abcd”. Heskin further states that “3 of the 5 new DRAM profiles are for this new hardware type and there’s evidence of a secondary display of sorts being added exclusively on this model.”
Is the PolyMega really the Ultimate All-In-One Retro Console ? | MVG
PolyMega All in One retro game console is here! As a part of the PolyMega beta test I received my unit last week. In this video we take a close look at the system. Is it really worth $299? How is the emulation? Does it really run Sega Saturn games? Lets find out!
Western Digital admits 2TB-6TB WD Red NAS drives use shingled magnetic recording
Some users are experiencing problems adding the latest WD Red NAS drives to RAID arrays and suspect it is because they are actually shingled magnetic recording drives submarined into the channel.
Alan Brown, a network manager at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, the UK’s largest university-based space research group, told us about his problems adding a new WD Red NAS drive to a RAID array at his home. Although it was sold as a RAID drive, the device “keep[s] getting kicked out of RAID arrays due to errors during resilvering,” he said.
New SNES Case For The RaspberryPi 4 – Is it Worth Buying?
In this video, we take a look at the Vilros SNES Case Raspberry Pi 4! Its defiantly no RetroFlag Case but this is all I could find at the time of making this video. Coming in at $14.99 with an included fan is it worth buying? Let’s find out.
Over 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums, the dark web
Over 500,000 Zoom accounts are being sold on the dark web and hacker forums for less than a penny each, and in some cases, given away for free.
These credentials are gathered through credential stuffing attacks where threat actors attempt to login to Zoom using accounts leaked in older data breaches. The successful logins are then compiled into lists that are sold to other hackers.
Some of these Zoom accounts are offered for free on hacker forums so that hackers can use them in zoom-bombing pranks and malicious activities. Others are sold for less than a penny each.
Cybersecurity intelligence firm Cyble told BleepingComputer that around April 1st, 2020, they began to see free Zoom accounts being posted on hacker forums to gain an increased reputation in the hacker community.
Water-cooling the World’s Brightest LED (1500w!)
The world’s brightest LED is SO POWERFUL that just powering it on is a challenge in itself!
The Best Game Boy DMG Screen Mod Ever!
I’ve seen a lot of backlit display mods for the original Game Boy, but this one just doesn’t compare.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Durability Test – Fake Folding Glass?!
Samsung has pitched this phone as a folding glass phone that ‘bends the laws of physics’ But… is folding glass actually possible? The only way to find out is with a scratch test. Overall I’m impressed with the Galaxy Z Flip. If they change the name of their screen material to something besides glass I would give it a 10/10 as far as folding phones go. The only physical characteristic this screen material shares with actual glass is the clarity. And I dont think thats fair to consumers. At all. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Coronavirus: RaspberryPi powered ventilator to be tested in Colombia
A team in Colombia is to test a ventilator made with a Raspberry Pi computer and easy-to-source parts.
The design and computer code were posted online in March by a man in California, who had no prior experience at creating medical equipment.
Marco Mascorro, a robotics engineer, said he built the ventilator because knew the machines were in high demand to treat Covid-19.
His post prompted a flood of feedback from healthcare workers.
He has used the advice to make improvements.
“I am a true believer that technology can solve a lot of the problems we have right now specifically in this pandemic,” he told the BBC.
