Eric Naierman, a dentist who also happens to be one of the world’s prime video game collectors, purchased a collection of nearly 40 rare titles for the Nintendo Entertainment System for $1.02 million. TheNES Classic Edition, which featured 30 pre-installed games, evoked nostalgia for fans of retro gamers. Naierman’s acquisition, however, was leagues above and beyond in capturing critical pieces of video game history. The sale, according to experts, was one of the largest ever in the history of video game collections, The Washington Postreported....

Summary While mostDiablo 4players were excited to see the introduction of pets,Necromancers have been feeling left out as the adorable companions are breaking one of the classes' best builds. Added as a part of the game’s fourth season, the arrival of four-legged friends has been praised by many who felt that pets should have been a part of Blizzard’s APRG since launch given the system’s popularity inDiablo 3. They may have joined the party a touch late but it’s still good to know that pets are here to stay, unless you’re a Non-Minion Necromancer....

DRX overhaul Valorant roster ahead of 2024 season The South Korean giants DRX have announced a major Valorant roster overhaul as two players from its core five from the past two years are now restricted free agents. DRX has had one of the most stable rosters in Valorant esports history. Since the squad’s rebrand from Vision Strikers to DRX, the roster of Kim ‘stax’ Gu-taek, Goo ‘Rb’ Sang-min, Kim ‘Zest’ Gi-seok, Byung-chul ‘BuZz’ Yu and Kim ‘MaKo’ Myeong-kwan has largely remained the starting lineup....

Summary Eric Christian Olsenhas slowly and steadily built an impressive filmography in movies and television that has earned the Oregon-born actor a significant net worth. Best known for hisNCIS: Los Angelescharacter, Marty Deeks, Olsen began his career long before appearing in the main cast oftheNCISspinoff TV showin 2010. Olsen first appeared on-screen in 1997 in a one-episode performance inBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. He’s worked in multiple productions every year since that time....

The operator of one of the largest collections of wallets for cryptocurrencies, Parity Technologies Ltd., has been hit with a bug that has left a million Ether (ETH) inaccessible to users. That works out to around $280 million at the time of writing. Of all the cryptocurrencies released in the years sinceBitcoin’s popularity began to spike, Ethereumand its “fuel,” Ether, has proved to be one of the most popular and impactful....

Ex-GTA 6 dev highlights big issue Rockstar’s massive new map will have A former Grand Theft Auto 6 developer has highlighted a big issue Rockstar could have by having a huge map in the new game. For years,Grand Theft Autofans have debated about the size and scope ofGTA 6’s map. Rockstar have kept making their worlds bigger and bigger, with Red Dead Redemption 2 being their biggest to date. With GTA 6 taking inspiration from Florida, many fans have suggested using the full length of the state instead of just Vice City and a little bit extra....

If you thought it was annoying to deice your car in the winter, then spare a thought for the engineers whose job it is to deice telescopes in space. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope is currently undergoing a deicing procedure to remove a few layers of water ice that are less than a nanometer thick but enough to impede the telescope’s highly accurate measurements. It’s not uncommon for ice to form on space telescopes, as small amounts of water get into the telescope from the air while they are constructed on Earth....

Google’s Gemini AI has steadily made its way to the best of its software suite, from native Android integrations to interoperability with Workspace apps such as Gmail and Docs. However, some of the most advanced Gemini features have remained locked behind a subscription paywall. That changes today. Google has announced that Gemini Deep Research will now be available for all users to try, alongside the ability to create custom Gem bots....

TheGoogle Pixel 3was our favorite smartphone of 2018, and we liked thePixel 3 XLtoo, but they were a little expensive. Luckily, Google has decided to launch a similar, but much more affordable duo: ThePixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL. If you’ve been hankering for a Pixel, now’s the time to pounce, but which Pixel 3a is right for you? Let’s take a closer look at the specs and dig into the differences....

Google appears to have learned little from the death ofProject Ara, the failure of theLG G5, and the general apathy towards Motorola’s expensiveMoto Mods. Patents have been discovered showing the company’s continued interest in modular phones, just when the rest of the industry is turning its attention to folding smartphones as the next big device design trend. Patents are never absolute proof that a future product will be released to the public, but they do show someone is thinking hard enough internally about a technology that it needs to be registered with the authorities....

Stanton Carlisle can read minds “under the right circumstances.” At least, that’s what Bradley Cooper’s character wants people to believe in the first trailer for Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’sNightmare Alley. The first trailer for del Toro’s thriller features Carlisle under the scrutiny of a lie detector test, choosing the right words that will allow him to bend the truth without admitting that he’s a fraud. Del Toro’s adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s novel is a departure from many of his previous films....

Jailbreak codes (August 2024): Free cash & stickers Check out this list of new Jailbreak codes, featuring free cash and other in-game items to purchase weapons and vehicles or give out bribes. Here are all the codes you can use for August 2024. Cop or criminal, life’s tough with empty pockets. To help you load up free cash and other in-game items, we have a list of all the active Jailbreak codes....

If you ate Subway from 2000 to 2015, then there’s a good chance the name Jared Fogle rings a bell. The story goes that Fogle lost over 240 pounds between 1998 and 1999 by rearranging his diet aroundSubway sandwiches. For the next 15 years, Fogle was Subway’s spokesperson, becoming a global sensation and motivational success story. However, Fogle was hiding a dark secret behind closed doors. He was a pedophile, and the ensuing investigation to bring down Fogle is the subject ofJared From Subway: Catching A Monster....