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How to turn a USB flash drive into a portable games console

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  A lot of gamers go to great lengths to find a portable retro gaming device with the lightest and most compact kit. The Linux powered   Raspberry Pi 5   does a decent job on that front. But what many players don’t know is that an even smaller and lighter solution is available by turning the humble USB flash drive into a portable gaming console. You still need a PC to play, but it means you can get around with more compact gear. Here’s how to do it for under $100… What you’ll need… A USB flash drive: I’m using the SanDisk 512GB drive, but you can also use one with a smaller or larger capacity. A small wireless keyboard: Here’s one on Amazon I found for just $10 that will do the job just fine. It also has a compartment in the back to store your USB flash drive. A gamepad: A lot of USB gamers rate the 8BitDo Pro 2. It supports USB-C, so you can just plug it into your PC without any fuss. 8Bit Do Pro 2 Hot Topics Best laptops Best VPN Best antivirus Best SSDs Best monitors L...

Automatically Deploy Your Website to InfinityFree Using GitHub Actions

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  FreeFlowCI : Automatically Deploy Your Website to InfinityFree Using GitHub Actions Deploying a website manually using FTP can be slow, repetitive, and frustrating. Every small update means opening an FTP client, logging in, uploading files, and hoping nothing breaks. But what if every time you push code to GitHub, your website automatically updates itself? That’s exactly what FreeFlowCI does. FreeFlowCI is an open-source GitHub Action that automates deployment of your project to InfinityFree hosting. Once configured, it builds your project and uploads it automatically whenever you push code. No manual FTP. No repeated uploads. Just push your code and your site updates. What is FreeFlowCI? FreeFlowCI is a GitHub Action designed to automate deployment workflows for developers using InfinityFree hosting. It connects your GitHub repository to your hosting account and automatically uploads your files using LFTP whenever changes are pushed to your repository. This makes it perfect ...

The AI That Listens to Cities

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  In the near future, a startup develops a network of AI-powered “smart sensors” installed in cities around the world. These sensors don’t just monitor traffic or weather—they listen. Not for conversations, exactly, but for patterns: the hum of machinery, the flow of pedestrian chatter, the rhythm of public transport. The AI can predict everything from mental health trends in neighborhoods to potential infrastructure failures before they happen. But as it becomes more advanced, questions arise: Is it ethical for a city to “hear” everything, even anonymously? And when the AI starts suggesting policies based on patterns it observes, who’s really in control—the city officials, the citizens, or the algorithm? Conflict/Angle: A journalist begins investigating the AI after noticing it seems to “know” things it shouldn’t. Residents feel uneasy as their cities’ AI begins predicting and even influencing their behavior. A hacker attempts to manipulate the system, forcing the AI to ma...

Eligible Lords of 'Bridgerton': Whose playbook will get you the diamond? [Quiz]

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Dear gentle reader, the pursuit of the diamond of the season is a noble quest that requires strategy, charm, and a touch of audacity. Answer each question with the utmost sincerity to discover which esteemed gentleman's playbook will guide you to victory.

Hackers has find a new clever way of hacking

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What is cookie hijacking? In a  cookie hijacking  attack, the attacker steals HTTP cookies by eavesdropping on the communication between a user and a web application, gaining access to the user’s computer or web browser data, or gaining access to the web server memory. Attackers can perform cookie hijacking using techniques that include exploiting   cross-site scripting (XSS)  vulnerabilities, performing   man-in-the-middle (MITM)  attacks, exploiting buffer overflow vulnerabilities on web servers, or planting malware such as trojans. Cookie hijacking vs. cookie poisoning Cookie hijacking is often confused with  cookie poisoning . In cybersecurity, the term  poisoning  is used to describe cyberattacks, where a malicious hacker injects malicious content into data while it is being transmitted. The term  hijacking , on the other hand, is used for attacks where malicious hackers attempt to access (read) the data being transmitt...