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Wizard World's Cleveland Comic-Con kicked off its third annual show this past weekend, with a pretty good crowd. Fans gathered at the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland to get their fill of comics, art, toys and several celebs. Famous faces included: Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk), Gene Simmons (Kiss), Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Charisma Carpenter and
Here's the problem....your broadband connection comes into the front of the house and your games room is at the back of the house. The free wifi router from the telco is rubbish and struggles with Netflix, never mind playing online gaming with the PS4. And the Bluray player needs a cabled connection. What are you going to do? On solution
In news that will delight Hue and smart home owners everywhere, Philips has announced Hue Candle bulbs in two variants, one in white ambiance and the other white and colour ambiance. Philips say that the new shape means Hue bulbs can be installed in over 80% of lights commonly used round the world. The new bulbs will be equivalent to
Truck Drivers listening to this show will be compelled to tell me I am wrong. But mark my words in 10 years, the trucking business is going to be transformed. If my livelihood depended on trucking I would be looking to be in the business of providing the last 20 mile services that are going to be needed when the
My Nexus 9 tablet has been a stalwart companion since replacing my Nexus 10 back in late 2014. It's still a good Android tablet, though it was never a great tablet, and it's accompanied me around the world on my trips for both business and leisure. Recently, performance began to suffer with all too regular crashes and I was getting
I discuss in greater detail tonight about the caution of trusting Google Home, and what appears to be some cleanup occurring by Google to reduce the number of false news sites. Plus a whole stack of news. Was hoping to do a play by play of a SpaceX launch but they had to scrub due to high winds tonight. Plus all
Are alien light flashes powering alien starships? That is the hypothesis of some scientist who are trying to figure out what these brilliant lite flashes are. Plus all the tech news you can handle today from a 100% wiped out host. My New Personal YouTube Channel Geek News Central Facebook Page. Download the Audio Show File Show Notes: Google Jamboard.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a unique opportunity. They created the first-ever MIT Media Lab Disobedience award. The winner will receive a cash prize of $250,000 – with no strings attached. The award will go to a person or group engaged in what MIT believes is “an extraordinary example of disobedience for the benefit of society.” The
There's a saying in photography that the best camera is the one that you have with you, and it's a similar story when it comes to power packs for smartphones and tablets. The best battery pack is the one you have with you, and to make sure that you do have it with you, here's the Dubleup Credit Card Power Bank,
Blizzard has enacted the first of a series of measures designed to dissuade Overwatch players from gaining experience (EXP) while they are away from their computer's keyboard (AFK). This problem is happening in Custom Games, and Blizzard has enacted the first of their escalation plan in order to dissuade players from doing that. If the behavior continues, more of the
An unexpected thing is happening with at least some of the Joy-Con controllers. Nintendo Switch players noticed that when the controllers are used wirelessly, they malfunction in ways that are not conducive to game play. One possible cause is that the player put the Nintendo Switch too close to their aquarium. Some people have noticed that when they use their
Blizzard Entertainment does not want World of Warcraft players to require other players to give them real-world currency in exchange for assistance with a dungeon or raid. Doing so breaks the World of Warcraft Terms of Use – and Blizzard has taken action against players that were doing this. To be clear, it is perfectly acceptable for one player to
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