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The Nintendo Switch has interesting controllers in the form of the Joy-Cons and the Switch Pro. For games like the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter, launching December 7, some gamers will want a controller with a classic feel. 8BitDo has a new wireless adapter that is called the GBros. wireless adapter that lets you use your good old GameCube controller with your Switch.

The adapter will also work with controllers from the NES Classic and SNES Classic, as well as the Wii Classic Controller if you have those lying around. The adapter has home and screenshot buttons on it and connects to the Switch via Bluetooth.

One potential catch is that the adapter connects to the classic controllers via a short cable that might get in the way for some users. The GBros. wireless adapter ships on December 7, the same day that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches, and costs $19.99. It should be available for pre-order on Amazon any day now.

[via Polygon]

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Netflix snapped up the rights to Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, a film that had been in the works for some time, earlier this year, and now it has a release date and a new trailer. In the trailer, you see the familiar Jungle Book story — a young boy…

Facebook announced its Portal video chat devices back in October. Portal and Portal+ are the two models that it launched in October. They’re basically smart displays that have additional features to enhance the video calling experience. They’re priced at $199 and $349, respectively.

The Portal and Portal+ feature a 10 inch 1280×800 and 15 inch 1920×1080 display respectively. Facebook has previously said that both devices will make video calls feel less like a virtual call and “more like you’re actually in the same room.”

Users can video call anyone with a Portal or any of their friends on Facebook or Messenger. The Portal’s wide angle-camera can identify the user’s body and track them as they move around the room. It can also detect multiple people in the room and use the wide-angle to fit all of them into the frame. If there’s only one person on the call then it will zoom in so that their face is the center of attention. This leaves the user free to focus on the call without having to worry about camera angles.

Now that Facebook is shipping these devices, it’s also addressing some privacy concerns that have been voiced since the devices were launched. Facebook says that it will not view or listen to calls made on Portal devices. The calls will be encrypted while all of the AI features will be performed on the device locally and not on Facebook’s servers.

It clarifies that Portal will provide Facebook with the same device usage information that Messenger-enabled devices do. That data may be used for advertising purposes, it confirms. “For example, we may use the fact that you make lots of video calls to inform some of the ads you see. This information does not include the contents of your Portal video calls,” Facebook says.

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The Nintendo Switch has interesting controllers in the form of the Joy-Cons and the Switch Pro. For games like the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter, launching December 7, some gamers will want a controller with a classic feel. 8BitDo has a new wireless adapter that is called the GBros. wireless adapter that lets you use your good old GameCube controller with your Switch.

The adapter will also work with controllers from the NES Classic and SNES Classic, as well as the Wii Classic Controller if you have those lying around. The adapter has home and screenshot buttons on it and connects to the Switch via Bluetooth.

One potential catch is that the adapter connects to the classic controllers via a short cable that might get in the way for some users. The GBros. wireless adapter ships on December 7, the same day that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches, and costs $19.99. It should be available for pre-order on Amazon any day now.

[via Polygon]