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It's Monday, April 22, 2019.

Hey, good morning!

Yesterday, Nintendo’s Game Boy turned 30 years old. Meanwhile, plenty of Fortnite cheats have been caught out during the run-up to its World Cup final. And hopefully, you enjoyed 4/20. Unless you’re in the UK where it was obviously 20/4. And completely, utterly, meaningless.

Three "generations" of Engadget Editors recount how it changed their gaming world.

Nintendo Game Boy at 30: As fun as it ever was

Three decades ago, the portable gaming landscape would change forever. Whether you owned a Game Boy or not, it's likely something you're familiar with. The legacy reaches far beyond a retro gaming handheld.

One player even tried to cheat in the semi-finals.

Epic banned over 1,200 'Fortnite' World Cup players for cheating

Epic has revealed that it banned more than 1,200 accounts for some form of cheating during the first, online-only week of the tournament. Most of those, 1,163, received a two-week ban for bypassing regional restrictions and trying to play in multiple areas -- 196 of them had to forfeit prizes they'd won as a result.

Shred guitars (and vocal chords) forever.

This AI generates non-stop stream of death metal

There's a limit to the volume of death metal humans can reproduce -- their fingers and vocal chords can only handle so much. Thanks to technology, however, you'll never have to go short. CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski recently launched a YouTube channel that streams a never-ending barrage of death metal generated by AI.

A lifetime subscription to FastestVPN is now just $40

Getting mood-specific.

4/20: The next frontier for cannabis vapes: mood-specific formulas

As an increasing number of states fully legalize it, alongside countries like Canada, the curtain of illegitimacy is slowly lifting. For the first time, cannabis can be explored and experimented with in plain sight. The result: an emerging trend of tailored and targeted vape products that claim to do more than get you lifted. Cannabis is going a la carte.

But wait, there's more...

1. Tesla starts selling inventory Model 3 cars on its website

2. Samsung postpones Galaxy Fold launch events in China

3. Sri Lanka temporarily bans social media after terrorist bombings

4. Google Lens may add translation and restaurant 'filters'

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It's Saturday, April 20, 2019.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to your weekend! It’s time to take a peek inside Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and consider what the future of console gaming will look like under the Xbox or PlayStation banner. Also, consumer BBM is going away and remember to avoid any Avengers: Endgame spoilers that have leaked out.

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We need a map.

Console gaming is at a crossroads

This week Microsoft revealed an “all-digital” Xbox One S while Sony promised the PS5 would feature physical media. Which path is the right one?

Ours is still going strong.

Samsung Galaxy Fold review units are already broken

The flexible Galaxy Fold hasn’t even gone on sale yet, but several members of the media reported broken devices on Wednesday. Some removed a protective layer that is supposed to stay on, one had a bulge in the display’s crease and others ended up with flickering screens.

Samsung said in a statement that it "will thoroughly inspect these units in person to determine the cause of the matter." Meanwhile, in China a user uploaded teardown pics on Weibo that reveal some of the complicated hardware present in its flexible design.

Everybody out.

BlackBerry Messenger is shutting down in May

To make up for the consumer version's shutdown, BlackBerry is making its enterprise-grade encrypted Messenger (BBMe) available for personal use.

These $200 noise-cancelling headphones are just $50 right now

He shut down WannaCry by finding a ‘killswitch’ domain and registering it.

'MalwareTech' security researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty

In 2017, Marcus Hutchins went from being a relatively unknown 23-year-old to being a worldwide hero, to facing criminal charges all in a span of a few months. On Friday he pleaded guilty to a pair of charges related to the “Kronos” malware, for which he faces up to ten years in prison. In a statement, he said “I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes. Having grown up, I've since been using the same skills that I misused several years ago for constructive purposes.”

Let fate be your guide.

Netflix experiments with a random play button

As spotted by Android Police, the streaming service is testing a "Random Episode" button where the next episode shortcut is usually found. There's also a shuffle rail of Netflix's most popular shows where you can leap into the streaming ether entirely at random.

What lawsuit?

Apple and Qualcomm settle royalty lawsuits with new patent agreement

The two companies have settled their patent-royalty dispute, ending all ongoing legal action (including with Apple's manufacturing partners). Apple has agreed to pay Qualcomm an unspecified amount, while both sides have struck a six-year patent-license deal as well as a "multiyear" wireless chipset supply deal. If you’re wondering why they suddenly made up, Intel’s announcement that it’s giving up on trying to develop 5G modems for smartphones -- the 5G modems that were supposed to replace Qualcomm’s chips in upcoming iPhones -- is a pretty big hint.