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PlayStation Classic Hacked Live on Stream

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When Sony announced they planned to release their own classic/mini/plug-n-play system this year, many fans were filled with excitement at the chance to relive countless classic games from the 90s. However, once the actual list of titles were made public that excitement faded as reality set in. So many favorites like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were left off the final PlayStation Classic list, no doubt due to the complexity of licensing agreements. That will all soon change now that [YifanLu] cracked the PlayStation Classic live on a Twitch stream thus laying the ground work for swapping-in a “more …read more

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Neo Geo Mini Gets The Ben Heck Portable Treatment

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It feels like that Neo Geo Mini kinda came and went. All the hype surrounding the idea of having a tiny usable arcade machine melted away when the original system’s fans first touched the “non-clicky” joystick. While it was encouraging to see the inclusion USB-C power, there was no internal battery to allow players to use the system untethered. Not satisfied with the product in its current state [Ben Heck] shot a video detailing his latest portable creation using the Neo Geo Mini internals.

The design of the portable focuses around incorporating aspects of the Neo Geo MVS arcade system …read more

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Scope of ThinkPwn UEFI Zero Day Expands

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The scope of the ThinkPwn UEFI vulnerability disclosed last week has grown past Lenovo and HP laptop firmware to motherboards sold by Gigabyte. Continue reading Scope of ThinkPwn UEFI Zero Day Expands→