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"Pokémon Go," the mega-popular smartphone game from developer Niantic, has had to stay one step ahead of cheaters since its launch in 2016. Some players have used a surprisingly sophisticated array of tools to circumvent the rules and do things like automatically walk in circles to hatch Pokémon eggs, spot exactly where rare monsters are hiding, and even spoof their …

Mario could have gained popularity, critically-acclaimed games, and a group of friends who went to karting, but something he did not have his younger sister Luigi was: look. Tall, green, and handsome, everyone knows that Luigi is the most watched character in the Mario universe who is not named Waluigi. But, if it is doubtful, we have some credible evidence …

By age 30, Epic Games Inc. founder and CEO Tim Sweeney had a couple of successful videogames under his belt and was starting to make real money. "I had a Ferrari and a Lamborghini in the parking lot of my apartment," he recalled. "People who had not met me thought I must be a drug dealer." Today, Mr. Sweeney, at …

The X570 chipset of AMD marks the advent of some technologies that were first deployed to Epyc, though it was made by CPU because there was no traditional chipset. With the transfer to PCIe 4, motherboards X570 grew more complex than the X370 and X470, boosting the difficulties that cooled the higher power consumption of the X570. All of these …

<div _ngcontent-c14 = "" innerhtml = " Looking at another week's news and headlines from Cupertino, this Apple Loop this week has a closer look at the ugly designs of the iPhone 11, adding USB-C to iPhone, plans for a stronger speaker, Foxconn plans for US trade war, the major mistakes over the Mac Pro release date, details of some …

After 20 years of internet nerds serving different types of geek-related commodities, ThinkGeek will officially close its website and move its operations instead of the website the company of the GameStop source instead. Meanwhile, the store holds 50 percent of "sales move." In the explanation, GameStop spokesperson will only provide the following business-speakers: The company "cooperates with a strategic initiative …

The team trained a convolutional neural network (CNN) to spot changes in images made with Photoshop's Face Away Liquify feature, which was designed to change people's eyes, mouth and other facial features. When put to the test, the neural network detected altered images up to 99 percent of the time. In comparison, people who saw the same photos only spotted …

Photoshop has been one of the main sources of manipulated images and imagery, in an attempt to counter the fake news epidemic, Adobe also began developing tools that both would see when the image has been manipulated, and the changes are reverted to show the original. It is far from the first time that Adobe has ways to try and …

The way a vacuum vacuum travels around the room while it's cleaning really matters. CNET Any vacuum vacuum cleaner removes at least some dirt from your floor. However, how much land it covers and its behavior in walking rooms will vary from model to model. The most important factor behind it is the robot navigation system. Its navigation technology, including …

Spotify is an ongoing companion for many people, bringing music and podcast right to their ears. Many consumers are listening to the streaming service in their daily car commute, so it makes sense that the company wants to position itself as the perfect alternative to the radio. So, Spotify announced a new playlist of your Daily Celebration on Wednesday that …