The Fridge

‘It’s been out for years!’: 11 years in, people are still asking Bethesda when The Elder Scrolls Online is coming out

To hear my fellow Morrowboomers tell it, The Elder Scrolls Online might—secretly, quietly—be the true heir to the lore-heavy weirdness that made The Elder Scrolls 3 so beloved. Unfortunately, I have one principle and it’s ‘avoid human contact as much as possible,’ so I’ll never find out if that’s true or not. But with how…

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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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