Technology - Elixis Technology https://elixistechnology.com Las Vegas IT Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:35:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://elixistechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-ElixisIcon_FullColor-32x32.png Technology - Elixis Technology https://elixistechnology.com 32 32 The New Internet Is Full of Bots https://elixistechnology.com/the-new-internet-is-full-of-bots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-internet-is-full-of-bots Thu, 02 May 2024 07:24:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7867 Ever see a bizarre post with a comments section full of people spamming emotes or otherwise responding in a way that suggests they read a description of the post, but didn’t actually see it? Of course interaction bots have been here for a while, but now with AI art (rather than stolen art) it becomes […]

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]]> Please Share Less Info With TikTok https://elixistechnology.com/please-share-less-info-with-tiktok/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=please-share-less-info-with-tiktok Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:35:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7862 TikTok is a terrifying place. Users regularly show their entire face, cons that they’ve attended, and personal stories with too much detail to their audience. They show the inside of their apartment building and their unit number. They tag their small towns. Distinctive, unique tattoos get shown off to thousands of people, as well as […]

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]]> Emulators And The Legal Gray of AbandonWare https://elixistechnology.com/emulators-and-the-legal-gray-of-abandonware/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emulators-and-the-legal-gray-of-abandonware Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:20:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7860 What is an Emulator? An emulator is a program that emulates a game console, usually for the purpose of playing a game that is – either by price, age, or device – inaccessible. Streamers commonly use emulators to play Pokemon games made for the Gameboy, so they can screen-record their gameplay directly from their computer […]

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]]> NeoPets Is Still Online, Somehow https://elixistechnology.com/neopets-is-still-online-somehow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neopets-is-still-online-somehow Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:14:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7858 Neopets was huge. At 21 million users during its peak, the website was a behemoth of the early 2000s. It’s still going today! Neopets is a free-to-play digital pet game, where the user can interact with digital pets, the Neopets. Games, chatrooms, and all the usual fixings of 2000’s era children’s sites were available to […]

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]]> What Remains of Flash https://elixistechnology.com/what-remains-of-flash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-remains-of-flash Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:59:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7856 It’s been a while since Adobe Flash was made defunct. What Did Flash Actually Do? Flash was one of a host of plugins that allowed users to view ‘rich’ content. Everything from Flash games to autoplay audio to vector graphics to dynamic menus… if the website had visuals besides plaintext on it, there was a […]

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]]> Is Brand Twitter Over? https://elixistechnology.com/is-brand-twitter-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-brand-twitter-over Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:57:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7846 Popular fast-food restaurant chain Wendy’s has been getting a lot of attention online. It’s not a good thing: Wendy’s briefly attempted to announce “surge-pricing”, where prices would go up around mealtimes, and was promptly (and rightfully) bullied into retracting the idea. Wendy’s used to be a cornerstone of the hip, online, highly-Millennial marketing of the […]

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]]> Are ARGs Still Cool? https://elixistechnology.com/are-args-still-cool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-args-still-cool Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:56:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7844 Okay, so the Mandela Catalogue’s creator recently got into some hot water, and now the interference from the real world is starting to rain on the parade he had going on in the virtual world. Many of the ‘great’ projects are either on haitus or unofficially finished, meaning no new content. But hey – maybe […]

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]]> Your IoT Devices Are Opening Doors For Hackers https://elixistechnology.com/your-iot-devices-are-opening-doors-for-hackers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-iot-devices-are-opening-doors-for-hackers Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:51:26 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7842 Internet of Things items are convenient, otherwise they wouldn’t be selling. At least not next to regular, non-wifi-enabled items. They don’t even have to be connected to the internet, and they should stay that way! An Internet of Things item, or an IoT item, is a device that has a WiFi- or network-enabled computer in […]

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]]> How To Handle A Hack: Blizzard in 2012 https://elixistechnology.com/how-to-handle-a-hack-blizzard-in-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-handle-a-hack-blizzard-in-2012 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:43:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7840 In 2012, game developers were beginning to experiment with a principle known as “always on”. “Always on” had many potential benefits, but the downsides keep the majority of games from ever attempting it. Many of the notable standouts are games that require team play, like Fall Guys or Overwatch. Others without main-campaign team play tend […]

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]]> ShovelWare https://elixistechnology.com/shovelware/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shovelware Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:31:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7830 Shovelware refers to a certain kind of small, quickly made game that’s there purely to boost the number of games on the cartridge. They appeal with quantity, not quality, hence ‘shovel’ware. Shovelware’s rarely remembered and usually boring, like the middle song on the B-Side of the tape. Old Games The pinnacle of old games are […]

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