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Saddle up: Red Dead Online finally exits beta with massive new update

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by on May 14, 2019 at 7:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Rockstar today revealed Red Dead Online is finally exiting the beta stage, and it’s bringing a wagonload of new stuff with it. From new playing modes to punishing murders to full-on role-playing, what was originally a fairly blasé add-on to Red Dead Redemption 2 looks like it might finally be a game worth playing by itself. I remember a time when we were all kind of apprehensive about Red Dead Online. Back around the time RDR2 was teased, the online multiplayer component was revealed before just about anything else, and, if the reaction of my peers was typical, no one was quite sure what to…

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BitDefender researchers discover terrifying security vulnerability in Intel CPUs

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by on May 14, 2019 at 4:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Researchers from Romanian security firm BitDefender have uncovered a troubling security vulnerability in Intel processors that could allow an attacker to access privileged kernel-mode information typically considered “off limits” for most applications. An exploit for the vulnerability has been proven to work on Intel’s Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Skylake, and Kaby Lake processors. This is the most recent CPU-level vulnerability discovered in Intel’s silicon. In 2018, researchers announced the discovery of two bugs, Spectre and Meltdown, which exploited vulnerabilities in modern speculative execution features in order to access parts of the memory. Both of those issues were resolved – or, perhaps…

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First Impressions: The OnePlus 7 Pro doesn’t hold back

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by on May 14, 2019 at 4:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


The OnePlus 7 is here. It starts at $669 in the US, goes on sale May 17, and it might just be the phone that brings OnePlus to the mainstream. I’ve only been able to play around with the phone for a few days, so don’t consider this a full review, but the OnePlus 7 Pro feels like the company has finally stopped holding back. OnePlus’ mantra has always been ‘Never Settle,’ but despite how good its previous phones have been, it’s always seemed like the company has been compromising just a little bit to achieve its near-midrange pricing. It…

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First Impressions: The OnePlus 7 Pro doesn’t hold back

May14
by on May 14, 2019 at 4:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


The OnePlus 7 is here. It starts at $669 in the US, goes on sale May 17, and it might just be the phone that brings OnePlus to the mainstream. I’ve only been able to play around with the phone for a few days, so don’t consider this a full review, but the OnePlus 7 Pro feels like the company has finally stopped holding back. OnePlus’ mantra has always been ‘Never Settle,’ but despite how good its previous phones have been, it’s always seemed like the company has been compromising just a little bit to achieve its near-midrange pricing. It…

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This site generates batshit crazy blockchain use-cases that are stupidly real

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by on May 14, 2019 at 3:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The blockchain space has struggled with a lack of legitimate use-cases — but a new site solves that problem by generating revolutionary projects on demand. Thanks to marketeer Tamas Torok, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs can simply click a button to receive “inspired” applications of distributed ledger technology like the one below. “I thought it would be great to create an app that generates funny crypto project names with a bullshit indicator of 100 percent,” he said. “As an investor, I used to go through these projects to find some promising ones,” Torok told Hard Fork. “After a while, it was pretty obvious how to…

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