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reader comments 65 with 54 posters participating, including story author Share this story SEATTLE—In the decades since 1990’s Nintendo World Championship tournament, its unique prize for participants—a competition-class cartridge with timed versions of classic games Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris—has become a sought-after collector’s item. It’s among the few “holy grail” games for ..

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Enlarge / Breaking bugs are as described—a security flaw in Steam’s client service allows easy execution of arbitrary code as LOCALSYSTEM. reader comments 134 with 91 posters participating, including story author Share this story Earlier today, disgruntled security researcher Vasily Kravets released a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows version of the ubiquitous gaming service Steam. The ..

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reader comments 44 with 36 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne star in Amazon Prime’s neo-Victorian noir-fantasy series Carnival Row. Mythical creatures fleeing their war-torn homeland live uneasily alongside humans in Carnival Row, the new “neo-Victorian noir” fantasy series from Amazon Prime, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne and ..

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reader comments 45 with 28 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] EPFL researchers analysis of Beethoven’s writing style, applying statistical techniques to unlock recurring patterns. Famed Classical/Romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven had a distinct statistical signature to his compositional style, according to an innovative analysis published in a recent paper in PLOS ONE. The study ..

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Enlarge / The “overcooked” game listing in this shot is a little on-the-nose, for a lot of Switch owners who tried using third-party cables, chargers, or docks with the portable console. reader comments 86 with 64 posters participating, including story author Share this story For over a year, Nintendo Switch owners have wondered about—and outright ..

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