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Remote Controlled Nerf Bomb

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There was a third-party multiplayer upgrade pack for one of the Quake games back in the ’90s that included a whole slew of non-standard weapons. Among them one of the most memorable was a gravity well, that when thrown into the middle of a crowded room full of warring players would suck them into a vortex. Assuming its user had made it to safety in time, they would then be left the victor. The hyper-violent make-believe world of a first-person shooter is probably best left in a Pentium server from the ’90s, with few direct parallels in the real world. …read more

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Internet-connected teddy bear company hacked; 2 million parent-child voice messages held ransom

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A company selling internet-connected stuffed toys used by kids and parents to send voice messages to one another leaked 800,000 user account credentials and 2 million message recordings, according to security researcher Troy Hunt. The data was hacked, locked and held for ransom. Researchers and journalists have been trying to reach the company, Spiral Toys, since late last year […]

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So, Barbie’s a Hologram Now. Oh, and She Responds to Your Voice

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Mattel’s Hello Barbie Hologram brings 3-D animation to the voice-assistant space, providing a next-gen IoT solution for your enterprise. The post So, Barbie’s a Hologram Now. Oh, and She Responds to Your Voice appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading So, Barbie’s a Hologram Now. Oh, and She Responds to Your Voice→