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Map reveals which cities use Ring’s surveillance network to spy on you

Aug10
by on August 10, 2019 at 12:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web


An engineering student in Illinois has put together a handy map to help pinpoint locations where police are tapped into Ring’s surveillance network. Ring, a company best known for smart doorbells and home security cameras, has a massive network of these cameras installed, some of which are being used for surveillance purposes by police in certain cities. Shreyas Gandlur, a senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign put together a map of these locations. Gandlur started out with a map created by Fight For The Future (FFTF), a nonprofit advocacy group. The map had its limitations. At the time,…

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How to download YouTube videos to watch offline

Aug10
by on August 10, 2019 at 12:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. YouTube videos are great ways to keep yourself entertained for a short period of time — but what happens when you don’t have access to the internet? How do you save YouTube videos to watch later? Bear in mind all that, barring the first example, these methods aren’t officially sanctioned by YouTube or Google. So use at your own discretion. YouTube Premium The easiest way to download videos for offline viewing is to have a YouTube…

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Here’s 5 tabletop RPGs to scratch your Cyberpunk 2077 itch

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 10:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, gaming


By the time you finish reading this article, you’ll be minutes closer to the 16 April launch of CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. But if you’re anything like me, you want it now and you might spontaneously combust if you have to wait that long. As a public service, I’ve compiled a handful of games that may help tide you over for these next eight months. Keep in mind that based on what we’ve seen so far, and the fact that Keenu Reeves is in the game, there’s simply no satisfaction to be had in video games that came prior…

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Walmart pulls violent video game images out of respect — respect for whom?

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 10:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


After the terrible shooting in an El Paso Walmart, the company is apparently taking steps to respect the deaths of twenty-two people. It’s doing this by removing signs advertising certain video games — which begs the question: how exactly is this supposed to help? The company documentation listing the changes was discovered by journalist Kenneth Shepard, who tweeted it out. The rules include turning off any demos for violent games, remove any signage advertising shooters, and cancel any events that promote combat- or shooting-based games. The company also asks that no videos depicting violence or hunting be shown in the…

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