Monthly Archives: March 2021

How to achieve smart home nirvana (or, home automation without subscription)

What comes to mind when you think of a smart home? Wi-Fi enabled light bulbs, video doorbells, cloud-connected robot vacuums, or smart fridges perhaps? Brands like Google/Nest or everything enabled with Amazon’s Alexa? While often providing some genuine convenience, these devices are also usually designed to invite and lock users into manufacturers’ ecosystems. Create a… Read More »

Oculus Quest 2 Has Already Outsold Every Other Oculus Headset Combined

The Oculus Quest 2 has outsold every other Oculus headset combined. The news arrives as part of a Bloomberg video interview with Andrew Bosworth, VP of Augmented and Virtual Reality at Facebook. When asked about virtual reality hitting the mainstream, Bosworth said that it was “starting to happen right now,” citing the Oculus Quest 2’s sales indicating… Read More »

Police Shut Down $76 Million Cheat-Making Operation

Chinese police in the city of Kunshan have shut down a video games cheat operation that had amassed $76 million in revenue. The operation, called “Chicken Drumstick”, ran a website that sold cheats to players via subscriptions, according to a report from BBC. These subscriptions, which provided cheats for games such as Overwatch and Call… Read More »

Darkwing Duck Retrospective Part 2: 2017’s DuckTales

If the scant episodes of DuckTales featuring Darkwing Duck are anything to go on, then the Disney+ remake will be excellent. The bits that we’ve seen so far are both love letters to the series and poke fun at the show’s nature. The post Darkwing Duck Retrospective Part 2: 2017’s DuckTales appeared first on Sci-Fi… Read More »