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A new Motorola phone just leaked, and it could beat the Galaxy S24 Ultra

The Motorola Edge Plus (2024) just leaked, touting a fresh design, fast charging, and more. From what we’ve seen so far, it looks like a proper S24 Ultra rival.
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This kid just became the first person to beat NES Tetris

Tetris is one of the most popular and enduring video games of all time, with versions on just about every console, computer and gadget. Many of these iterations have endings baked into story modes and the like, but the original endless mode was considered unbeatable by humans, until now. A 13-year-old boy has become the first person to ‘beat’ the NES version of Tetris, 34 years after it originally released back in 1989, as announced by YouTuber aGameScout.

The reason we put ‘beat’ in quotes is due to the nature of the achievement. Oklahoma teenager Willis Gibson, also known as Blue Scuti on YouTube, didn’t access an authorized ending, as there isn’t one. Instead, he played the game so perfectly for so long that it forced a kill screen that crashed the game. These kill screens are usually caused by an overflow error that occurs when you speed the game up so much that the software can’t keep up.

The teen achieved this feat after 38 minutes of gameplay and captured the moment on video. He’s the first person to do this, but not the first, uh, entity. An AI program called StackRabbit forced a kill screen with the NES Tetris back in 2021. Score one for the humans!

This was done by incorporating a gameplay style called the rolling technique, which has players glide their fingers along the bottom of an NES controller and use that momentum to roll the controller into the other hand. When done correctly, you can hit the D-pad up to 20 times per second. The method revolutionized competitive Tetris play a couple of years back. Prior to this achievement, the 13-year-old had already broken the game’s high score record, level achieved record and the total number of lines cleared by using the rolling technique.

Gibson, aka Blue Scudi, told another YouTuber that he’s dedicating the achievement to his late father, who recently passed away in December. He also said that the gameplay session was so frantic that he couldn’t feel his fingers afterwards.

Achieving the mythical kill screen is something of a rite of passage for old-school games. If you’ve seen the documentary King of Kong, involving the arcade cabinet Donkey Kong, you know just how competitive it can be to snag those bragging rights. Players have hit the kill screen on Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Duck Hunt, and many others.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/this-kid-just-became-the-first-person-to-beat-nes-tetris-191557002.html?src=rss
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Nothing Phone 2 review: the new phone to beat in 2023

Never heard of Nothing? That’s about to change, because the excellent Nothing Phone 2 deserves everyone’s attention. It really is that good.
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Catch every beat with Tribit’s water-resistant StormBox Flow Wireless Speaker for just $64

The Tribit StormBox Flow, a robust outdoor speaker with features such as 30-hour battery life, water-resistance, and powerful bass, is available on Amazon at a discounted price of $ 64.

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Google Pixel 8 vs. iPhone 15: did Google finally beat Apple?

Google has just dropped the brand new Google Pixel 8. How does it fare against Apple’s latest iPhone 15? We found out.
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This phone may have already beat the Galaxy Z Flip 5 in a big way

All eyes are on the Galaxy Z Flip 5, which is set to be one of the year’s best folding phones, but a new competitor may have beaten it even before it launches.
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Why this luxury smartwatch isn’t out to beat the Apple Watch

The Montblanc Summit 3 has Google’s WearOS 3 software inside, yet is finished like a beautiful luxury watch. We find out how these two worlds came together.
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EcoFlow Wave review: Beat the heat with EcoFlow’s powerful portable air conditioner

If you’re unlucky enough to live somewhere in the world that’s experiencing heatwaves and record high temperatures, you’re probably very tired of it at this point. Blistering temperatures aren’t fun whether you’re inside or outside, but without proper AC equipment, it’s tricky to manage either way. If you’re looking for something to help make that […]

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Watch the Pixel 6a’s fingerprint sensor beat the Pixel 6 Pro

An early hands-on video of the Pixel 6a has been uploaded, revealing a vastly improved fingerprint sensor compared to the more expensive Pixel 6 Pro.
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T-Mobile’s 5G network just beat Verizon and AT&T (again)

T-Mobile has just defeated Verizon and AT&T as the best 5G mobile network for the second year in a row.
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How Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra can beat the Galaxy S21 Ultra

The forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra has its work cut out if it’s to surpass the excellent Galaxy S21 Ultra, and here’s how Samsung may pull it off.
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OnePlus 8 review: The phone to beat in 2020

The OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro rolled out to a ton of fanfare and excitement. Despite an ever-increasing price tag each year, OnePlus looked to be a beacon in a year of incredibly expensive phones. At $ 699 it’s still not as cheap as older iterations, but it does try and offer more bang for your […]

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‘Beat Saber’ now has an official song designed to keep you fit

Beat Saber is widely considered a good option for exercise in VR between the frantic arm waving, crouches and dodges, and Beat Games wants to capitalize on that. The studio’s former CEO and now game musician Jaroslav Beck recently released “FitBeat,”…
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Huawei P30 Pro review: The phone to beat in 2019

2018 brought us the eye-catching P20 Pro from Huawei that featured a mesmerizing Twilight finish, a notched display, and perhaps more importantly, a trio of rear cameras that conspired to turn night into day. Taking handheld pictures in low-light conditions had never before yielded such fantastic results without the use of a tripod. And while […]

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Android beat Windows Phone, and Bill Gates really regrets it

If you go back a few years and checked out the most dominant operating system on the planet, it was Windows with absolutely no competition. Microsoft steamrolled literally everyone else in the PC space, including Apple. But then the smartphone happened, and Microsoft kinda sorta didn’t really live up to the name that they had […]

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Soft robot sleeve will help hearts to beat when they’re failing

An innovative soft robotic sleeve will keep a failing heart beating by wrapping around it and mimicking its natural rhythms through a combination of twisting and compressing movements.

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Apple detox: How to switch from iOS to Android without missing a beat

If you’ve decided to bridge the great tech divide and leave Apple’s walled garden for the unknown shores of Android, then you’ll find all the tips and advice you need to help you settle in right here.

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