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A Quick $60 Dollar Mod Will Let Creeps Evade Meta Ray-Bans’ Privacy Protections

A Quick  Dollar Mod Will Let Creeps Evade Meta Ray-Bans’ Privacy Protections

When Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses first came out, people were understandably concerned that, given the product’s ability to record its surroundings, they would make creepy behavior incredibly easy. Meta swiftly quelled such concerns by adding a distinct feature to the product: a “privacy-protecting” light. The light is supposed to turn on whenever the user is recording, thus alerting other people …

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Apple iPhone Air transparent back mod goes viral for its incredible design

Apple iPhone Air transparent back mod goes viral for its incredible design

Throughout the teardown, they note several engineering details, including the noticeably thicker MagSafe magnets and the intricate layering beneath the curved camera bump. Using a combination of heat, isopropyl alcohol, and patience, they manage to separate the metal plates and strip away the paint to reveal the phone’s clean, minimalist internals. After a few failed experiments, such as attempting to …

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Mod Adds Unhinged Mortal Kombat Mode

Red Dead Redemption 2 Mod Adds Unhinged Mortal Kombat Mode

What would Red Dead Redemption 2 be like if your fights with people and creatures played out like matches in Mortal Kombat? That’s the thought experiment at the center of streamer Blurbs‘ latest mod for the Rockstar open-world game. There’s lots of punching, lots of blood, and some downright nuts fatalities. Blurbs has transformed mod-making into a communal activity by …

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Nintendo seeking $4.5 million in damages from Switch piracy Reddit mod

Nintendo seeking .5 million in damages from Switch piracy Reddit mod

A new Nintendo lawsuit is making the rounds in which the company is looking for $4,500,000 in damages from Switch piracy Reddit moderator Archbox. This person operated multiple piracy sites. Nintendo says that the defendant “has engaged in the infringing and unlawful reproduction and distribution of hundreds or thousands of copyrighted Nintendo Switch Games, and that through the various Pirate …

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Noctua’s 3D-printed mod singlehandedly makes the Framework Desktop run quieter

Noctua’s 3D-printed mod singlehandedly makes the Framework Desktop run quieter

Despite its lack of upgradeable system memory, Framework has tried to make its Framework Desktop a welcoming platform for upgraders and modders, releasing 3D-printable versions of a few case parts and generally sticking to standard-sized parts and standard connectors. Often, it’s independent creators who are making the weirdest and most interesting mods for Framework’s devices, but PC cooling company Noctua …

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Skyblivion project lead says release date reveal’s finally getting “closer”, as Oblivion remake mod shows off revamped intro

Skyblivion project lead says release date reveal’s finally getting “closer”, as Oblivion remake mod shows off revamped intro

Watch out, there’s a goblin over there! Have you dispatched him with a deceased Blade’s rusty blade? Good, we can now keep trekking through the revamped Imperial sewers dungeon that unofficial Oblivion remake Skyblivion‘s devs have just shown off. The massive Skyrim mod‘s getting ever closer to the release its creators have pencilled in for later this year. Despite that …

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Final Fantasy XIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida releases statement regarding mod usage and culture

Final Fantasy XIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida releases statement regarding mod usage and culture

This goes over Yoshi-P addressing the state of in-game mods, the culture around them, and the difference between mod usage within the realm of individual enjoyment and mod usage which is damaging to the game itself covering different examples. You can find the full statement from Yoshi-P below: Hello, everyone. Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida here. I’d like to address …

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