Geeks on Gadgets, Games and Tech: October 2018

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Most popular game in North Korea is...

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Friday 26 October 2018

Copyright Office rules in favor of your right to repair your own phone

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When you were gonna call out sick...

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is a gaming marvel

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I hope this PoS dies in a car fire

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Im not one to wish death upon but...

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Political commentator said she warned Twitter two weeks ago about pipe bomb suspect. Rochelle Ritchie said Twitter told her at the time that the account did not violate any of its policies. It has since been suspended.

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Fatal 'swatting' hoaxer faces more charges. The long list of suspected crimes relate to many other hoax calls to police, fraud and threats of violence.

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Scientists Back Efforts to Pull CO2 from the Atmosphere: A new report from the National Academics calls for concerted research into “negative emissions technologies”

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What Happens When Telecom Companies Search Your Home for Piracy: Adam Lackman ran TVAddons, a site hosting unofficial addons for Kodi media player. A legal team representing powerful telecom and media companies—Bell and Rogers included—searched his home and sued him for piracy.

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New copyright exemptions let you legally repair your phone or jailbreak voice assistants - The US Copyright Office has made it legal to hack your tractor

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Google reportedly gave Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, a $90 million exit package after deciding he needed to leave because of a sexual misconduct investigation

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In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Your Electronics Is Legal - The new exemptions are a major win for the right to repair movement and give consumers wide latitude to legally repair the devices they own.

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FCC Seeks $63M After Lifeline Discounts Used to Buy Ferrari - The Lifeline program is meant to help low-income consumers gain access to broadband and phone services, but one Ohio company owner used it to buy a Ferrari convertible, Cessna jet, and Florida condo.

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Facebook fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Cambridge Analytica scandal was a "serious breach" of data protection laws, UK regulator says.

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Google is making it easier to wipe out your search history - More privacy controls coming to Maps and other services in 2019

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London Uber drivers to charge electric car fee. The 15p fee will be handed to drivers to help them pay for an all-electric car, says ride-hailing firm

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SQLite, facing blacklisting over refusing to implement a Code of Conduct, implements one based on a 5th century book of rules for Christian monks.

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Looks like someone's going to Hogwarts

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YouTube pours money into how-to videos. The video site will spend $20million (£15m) developing educational and how-to content.

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Spotted on my commute to school this morning.

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How Net Neutrality Repeal Is Fueling VPN Adoption - According to a PCMag survey, 52 percent of US adults are more likely to to use VPN to browse the internet since the FCC rollback of net neutrality protections.

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Researchers Finally Proved Quantum Computers are More Powerful Than Classical Computers: Until this week, there was no conclusive proof that quantum computers have an advantage over classical computers.

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I’m moving out of the neighborhood and my friend and I vowed to beat Mario 64 in one day before I left. Here is us, 12 hours and 120 stars later at the exact moment we beat Bowser.

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Germany urges global minimum tax for digital giants - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview for publication Sunday he backed a global minimum fiscal regime for multinationals as Europe looks to levy tax notably on US tech giants.

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True pain :(

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Deku Jack-o-Lantern

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Why no one really knows how many jobs automation will replace - Even the experts disagree exactly how much tech like AI will change our workforce.

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As Red Dead Redemption 2 nears release, Rockstar Games is under fire for employees' extreme overtime - Studio co-founder Dan Houser says 100-hour weeks were limited to himself and 3 key writers

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I’m Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome.

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The billionaires fuelling a space race - Dubbed "NewSpace", an increasing number of entrepreneurs are joining in the race to create cheap, commercialised space travel.

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Red Dead Redemption 2

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Only took 223 mods and a supercomputer (Skyrim)

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Fake review factories that run on Facebook and manufacture misleading five-star reviews that are then posted on Amazon have been uncovered by investigators from UK consumer group Which?

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by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2R5IBoK

Found this cleaning out the attic. Thought you guys might appreciate it too. Many fond memories playing Halo 3 back in the day.

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Online sellers 'pay for positive reviews' - Some online sellers are offering people free goods in return for positive product reviews, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found.

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