How a Shaolin Monk Threw a Needle Through a Pane of Glass

When you buy through connection on our website , we may earn an affiliate commissioning . Here ’s how it works . Throw a acerate leaf througha pane of glass , and the meth will break . At least , it will if you throw it with the military strength and precision of Shaolin monk Feng Fei . Fei demonstrated his ability to bewilder a needle hard enough that it pierce a pane of chalk , pop a balloon on the other side , in a video develop for YouTube by The Slow Mo Guys ....

May 19, 2025 · 5 min · 893 words · April Cook

How to Protect Yourself from the NSA If You Use 1024-bit DH Encryption

In aposton Wednesday , researcher Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling inquiry suggesting that the NSA has acquire the capacity to decrypt a large number of HTTPS , SSH , and VPN connexion using an onset on usual implementations of the Diffie - Hellman key telephone exchange algorithm with 1024 - bit prime of life . in the first place in the year , they were part of a research group thatpublisheda study of the Logjam attack , whichleveragedoverlooked and out-of-date codification to enforce “ export - degree ” ( downgraded , 512 - flake ) parameter for Diffie - Hellman ....

May 19, 2025 · 5 min · 1018 words · Jordan Walters

I have concerns about Heroes of the Storm’s Ragnaros, but he’s fun as hell

His trait makes him a ‘raid boss’ The newly announcedVarian and Ragnaroswere both available to play at BlizzCon forHeroes of the Storm, but there was one clear winner. Yep, the Firelord wins out, even if I think he’s a bit too overpowered for his own good and will need some tweaks before or directly after his launch. Hearing how Ragnaros came about, it makes sense why he’s so strong. As lead developer Dustin Browder discussed at the “State of the game” panel forHeroes of the Storm, the initial design for the character involved actually taking control of the core, andmoving itaround the map....

May 19, 2025 · 4 min · 731 words · David Jones

Is Helldivers 2 repeating Magicka’s mistakes?

I loveMagicka. It’s one of the most broken, poorly balanced games I’ve ever spent dozens of hours playing, and that’s not a joke. Arrowhead Games’ old classic actually shares a lot of DNA withHelldivers 2, and after looking into its development history, stuff’s begun to make sense. For context, I’m basing a huge chunk of my thoughts in this article on three different sources: The latter is anexcellentarticle in general, but more specifically, it’s just about all the insight you need into Arrowhead Games’ production capacities....

May 19, 2025 · 4 min · 679 words · Tiffany Snyder

Microsoft hopes Xbox Live won’t fail this year

Do you remember the great Xbox LIVE blackout of 2007? Thanks to the holiday season, along with huge titles likeHalo 3andCall of Duty 4, the Xbox 360’s much-lauded online service wasn’t beingonlinea whole lot last year. Microsoft has suggested that thiswon’t happen again, and I’m sure we are all as confident. “We’ve built a lot of infrastructure, a lot of behind the curtain no one sees,” claims MS’ Aaron Greenburg. “This is something thatMicrosoft is good at....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Michelle Smith

New Ikebukuro Animate Store Set To Be World’s Biggest Anime Shop

Japanese retailer Animate recently announced that its main Ikebukuro store will be getting an expansion that will make it the “world’s biggest anime shop”. The new store will have a celebratory reopeningin spring 2023, coinciding with Animate’s 40th anniversary. The expansion will be built at the site of the old Ikebukuro Public Health Center and will be connected to the current shop. Animate Ikebukuro serves as the retailer’s flagship store, having first opened near Ikebukuro Sunshine City in March 1983....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Kristina Smith

Resident Evil 4 Remake: All Achievements/Trophies (& How to Get Them)

Unlike the originalResident Evil 4, which came with only 12 achievements, the remake has an extensive list of trophies. In fact, the 2023 version has so many achievements that it takes 60 to 80 hours for an average player to unlock them all. But the tricky part is that the game hides the description for some of these trophies/achievements. In other words, it’s up to the player to figure out what it takes to get the Platinum....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Linda Peck

Surprise Dead Nation beta launched

Sony has busted out a surprise beta for Housemarque’s upcoming downloadable twin-stick zombie shooter,Dead Nation. Codes to download the beta have hit inboxes (including my own), presumably to select folks who have signed up for the free PlayStation Network. The beta begins now and will run through September 3. The email mentions two “free play” “scheduled events” — August 24, starting at 12PM US PT and August 26, starting at 2PM US PT....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Lisa Martin

The Time Muhammad Ali Made a Record About Fighting Tooth Decay

There is a version of this story that is very short and goes something like this : Here is a existent affair that exists . Now go recite all your friends about it . The longer version of the story is this : In 1976 , then - two - time World Heavyweight Champion and all - around celebrated jock Muhammad Ali arrive together with the likes of Frank Sinatra , Ossie Davis , Howard Cosell , and assorted other people who you would think had sound thing to do and recorded a record calledAli and His Gang Vs ....

May 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1500 words · Mrs. Bonnie Richards

The world sure loved tweeting about video games in 2020

You Live Rent Free In My Head ™ In 2020, Twitter was absolutely awash with tweets related to gaming. According to the social media website, There were more than two billion tweets posted related to video games and video gaming, a year-on-year increase of 75%, with a 49% rise in gaming-related accounts. From a global standpoint, Japan remains the country that has the most mini-takes to make regarding our favorite pastime – followed by the U....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Joshua Gordon

WTF? Chiquita bananas to don Super Monkey Ball stickers

You know those little stickers on your bananas? You never really look at them, do you? You just throw them away with the banana peel and go about your business. Understanding that, wouldn’t a banana sticker be the worst spot to place advertising? Sega and Chiquita, the banana company, are doing it anyway. Be on the lookout for over 180 million bananas coming to grocery stores near you, as they’ll feature a sticker promotingSuper Monkey Ball Step & Roll, the Wii game....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Natasha Kramer

Xbox’s Black Friday sale is live, here are all the deals

Silver accounts have to wait a bit The biggest shopping day of the year starts one week before the biggest shopping day of the year. Some retailers have already begun with the Black Friday consumerism,Amazonprobably being the most notable example. Xbox falls into that category too, at least for its most faithful customers. Those without premier status have to wait until next Tuesday to gobble up Xbox’s wares. There’s an easy workaround, though....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Briana Bradford

“Flying Car” Crash in Florida Leaves Two Injured

Two people were offend after aMaverickbrand “ flying railcar ” break apart today in Marion County , Florida . Both reportedly get away with minor injuries . The Maverick has been involved in at least two other fortuity during examination , onein 2012and anotherin 2013 . “ This homemade vehicle bring off to make flight with two hoi polloi deep down but then crash and caught flak , ” an email to theOrlando Sentinelfrom the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office said ....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Michael Coleman