Call of Duty Cheat Maker ‘EngineOwning’ Sued By Activision Under The DMCA
In response to rampant cheating in Call of Duty, last October Activision announced RICHOCET Anti-Cheat, a supposedly robust system designed to stop cheaters in their tracks. The system reportedly identified and banned 50K cheaters across Warzone and Vanguard during the first day but this didn’t appear to solve the problem. As recently as yesterday there were reports of players openly mocking the system so, in common with companies...
“Popcorn Time” Shuts Down Due to a Lack of Use
When the original Popcorn Time application launched eight years ago, we billed it as the “Netflix for Pirates.” The software offered a clean and easy-to-use interface to stream pirated movies and TV shows, all powered by BitTorrent. Rivaling Hollywood and Netflix In the years that followed Popcorn Time had to endure plenty of legal threats, mostly from Hollywood. The original developers were quick to throw in the towel but the open...
Tarantino’s NFT Auction Goes Ahead Despite Miramax Copyright Lawsuit
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have been booming over the past year. People are willing to pay millions of dollars in return for the rights to unique digital assets as well as any perks that come with them. These NFTs are not without copyright issues. For example, some artists have found their works being sold as NFTs without their permission. There are also more complex copyright angles too, as Quentin Tarantino discovered a few weeks...
Must-have open source cheat sheets for 2022
You can’t remember every command or shortcut you need to use. We are all human. Usually, I keep notes on separate bits of paper and in notebooks. This has led to some serious dysfunction on my desk. There is some five years’ worth of clutter in scribbled bits everywhere. 2021’s cheat sheets will bring that clutter down a notch. From JavaScript to Linux, there’s something in this list for you. read more Powered...
Send desktop notifications and reminders from Linux terminal
Sometimes it’s useful to get visual feedback from a script. For example, when a script or cron job completes, a long-running build fails, or there is an urgent problem during script execution. Desktop applications can do this with popup notifications, but it can be done from a script too! You can use script commands to send yourself desktop notifications and reminders. read more Powered by...
