Author: Dhruv Kaushik

Off-the-shelf drones that had been modified were discovered with wireless network intrusion equipment, which is quite unusual. Black Hat 2016, one of the largest security conferences in the world, had discussions on the potential use of consumer drones for hacking. Similar discussions have taken place in the United States. For example, in 2017, DIY tech enthusiast Naomi Wu showcased a project dubbed Screaming Fist. Furthermore, in 2013, security researcher Samy Kamkar showed off his SkyJack drone, which utilized a Raspberry Pi to wirelessly take control of other drones. These kinds of assaults have recently become commonplace. Security researcher Greg Linares…

Leave Quest in the dust! It’s official: a new low-cost virtual reality headset has been crowned king. The HP Reverb G2 VR headset is usually $599, but there is a huge $250 reduction starting today that brings the price down to only $349. When compared to the $399 asking price of the standard version of Meta Quest 2, a $50 savings is apparent. VR Headset From HP, the Reverb G2 Costs $349 As a general rule, the HP Reverb G2 will set you back more than the Quest 2, and the screen is the primary reason for this. Each of…

According to the most recent monthly sales figures from Famitsu (via GamesIndustry.biz), 2.7 million boxed copies of Splatoon 3 were sold in Japan over the whole month of September. The game was launched on September 9. According to industry estimates, Japan sold 3.9 million physical games last month, making Splatoon 3 the best-selling packaged game in the country by a significant margin (69 percent). The remainder of the top 10 games in Japan last month was all Nintendo Switch titles, with the exception being Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline for PS4 and PS5, and Earth Defense…

The current state of Overwatch 2 is haunted, and it’s not due to the game’s numerous bugs. Recently, players of Blizzard’s hero shooter may have observed a disturbing occurrence: on one loading screen, a number of avatars were scattered about in spooky A and T stances. How ominously appropriate, given how near it is heading to Halloween. Long wait times and inaccessible characters are only a couple of the problems that have plagued Overwatch 2 since its release this month. To put it mildly, the game’s release hasn’t gone off without a hitch. Now that the most serious problems have…

In “extralegal reprisal,” Meta allegedly banned its employees, according to the creators of The OG App, an Instagram alternative that does not display advertisements. The makers of an app that is essentially an ad-free clone of Instagram have claimed that Facebook and Instagram have disabled the personal accounts of their employees as reprisal for their efforts. Since the team members’ individual accounts were not tied to the app, a representative for The OG App informed Motherboard that they suspect a Meta employee conducted a Google search of their names in order to implement the bans. In an email to Motherboard,…

Enhancements are available in Resident Evil’s Winter’s Expansion downloadable content. Play as Chris, Heisenberg, or Lady D in The Mercenaries, a game mode with 20 unlockables. After being announced at E3 2021, Capcom is finally releasing the Resident Evil Village downloadable content, which includes a third-person mode, a coda to protagonist Ethan Winters’ storyline titled Shadows of Rose, and an updated version of The Mercenaries game mode in which players can assume the roles of Chris Redfield, Karl Heisenberg, or Lady Dimitrescu. According to the expansion’s director, there will be a total of 20 unlockables (including levels and abilities) in…

The Legend of Zelda was released for the original Nintendo Entertainment System in a unique package that revealed the game’s golden cartridge, making it not only one of the best games of the system but also one of the nicest looking. However, the mockup of the game’s box was not quite as stunning as the final product. The archivist of gaming history at Embracer Group just came upon the original design in all its dull blockiness. Martin Lindell, a game historian and counselor to the Swedish mega-preservation publisher’s initiative, tweeted, “Nice seeing these ancient early prototypes of packfronts for Zelda…

Death loop is set in the future of the world established in the Dishonored games, as revealed by developer Arkane Studios. Director Dinga Bakaba of Deathloop and Arkane Lyon, as well as Arkane Austin studio director Harvey Smith, confirmed as much during an appearance on The Official Xbox Podcast. Xbox’s Jeff Rubenstein posed the question to Bakaba, “Are you aware of any rumors or indications that suggest Deathloop is related to this bigger universe?” Bakaba went above and beyond only confirming that this was the case; he further explained the reasoning that went into making it so, which was not…

We spoke with an ex-Bethesda developer who has worked on many Fallout games, Skyrim, and the upcoming space RPG Starfield, about their upcoming horror hunting game The Axis Unseen, which is influenced by mythology. The Axis Unseen is an FPS open-world game where you use an elemental bow and arrow to assist explore and hunt down creatures from our planet’s rich mythology. It was developed by Nate Purkeypile, who departed Bethesda in 2021 after being an artist there for 14 years. But here’s the catch: they’ll hunt you down in turn. I’ve recently completed a substantial portion of my work,…

You probably spend close to five hours every day on your phone if you’re like the average smartphone user. However, you may be unaware of the settings and adjustments that may make those hours simpler or even shorter, especially if you use applications for things other than watching videos and interacting with social media. More choices to make your phone easier to use, secure your data, and speed up your connections to other devices may be found on the Android Settings screen than you would know. All of these options can be found in the Settings menu of the latest…