Active noise cancellation is the latest trend for gaming headsets: here’s how a different design philosophy could do much better than half-baked ANC

Raucous laughter, babies crying, someone coughing up a lung—the joys of air travel. I’m thankful for my plush neck pillow and face mask to keep my senses dulled to what’s around me when I fly, though nothing has made as great a difference as my noise cancelling headphones. The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal are…

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Cloudflare mitigates biggest ever DDoS attack, which tried to pelt its target with 11.5 Tbps of data in less than a minute

Is it a day ending in ‘y’? Well then that makes it just about time for Cloudflare to announce it’s mitigated yet another record-breaking DDoS attack—this time to the tune of 11.5 Tbps (that’s terabits per second) at its peak. Might as well add ‘hyper-volumetric DDoS attack’ to my list of sleep paralysis nightmares. Anyway,…

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AYANEO Unveils The Pocket AIR Mini, A New 4:3 Retro Handheld With A Supposedly “Entry Level” Price

Features “perfect point-to-point rendering for N64, PS, and Dreamcast”. AYANEO has announced the first handheld as part of its new “entry level, high value” Code R range, which it is calling the Pocket Air Mini. The new retro emulation device, according to the initial teaser image posted online, will include a 4.2-inch, 4:3 display at…

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