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Activision and EA are making billions upon billions from games-as-a-service
A report from DFC Intelligence has shed some light on the macro trends of the gaming industry, revealing just how much better it is for companies to be developing games-as-a-service. They attribute nearly all of EA’s and Activision’s growth to their...
Google will charge up to $40 for their apps on every phone in Europe
The European Commission’s decision was based on the fact that all phone manufacturers are basically forced to include Google Chrome and Search as default apps in order to use Google’s free Android operating system. By unbundling them, it theoretically creates a...
European Commission ‘unconditionally’ approves Microsoft’s GitHub acquisition
Microsoft has been trying to snag GitHub for some time now, and the two tech companies seemed to reach a final purchase agreement back in June. However, as anybody who follows this industry knows, a company as large as Microsoft is bound to be placed under intense...
Samsung’s Snapdragon-powered 2-in-1 Galaxy Book 2 starts at $999
Samsung on Thursday announced its second generation Galaxy Book, a Windows-powered 2-in-1 that looks an awful lot like Microsoft’s latest Surface...
Apple now lets US customers download Apple ID account data
Apple in compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) earlier this year launched a portal allowing customers in select regions to download a copy of the data associated with their Apple...
Discord’s game store goes public, alongside Nitro subscription service overhaul
We've known Discord has been gunning for Steam for several months now. The creators of the popular gaming-focused communications app announced their own in-app game storefront back in...
Love Hultèn’s latest creation is an NES that beautifully displays the game cartridge
Swedish artist Love Hultèn is known for his retro gaming machines. He has done artistic iterations of Pong, a Commodore PET, an Apple Macintosh, and others. Hultèn’s latest work is a gorgeous Nintendo Entertainment System called the...
Law enforcement told not to look at suspects’ Face ID-enabled iPhones
Earlier this month, it was reported that authorities had made someone unlock a modern iPhone by compelling them look at it. In what’s thought to be a world first, the FBI asked Columbus, Ohio, resident Grant Michalski, who was later charged with receiving and...
CD Projekt Red drops 37-minute Thronebreaker gameplay demo
Fans of Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR) may be pleased to hear that the studio's next RPG is just around the...
Arizona partners with the tech industry to create a self-driving car research institute
Arizona's self-driving car tech community ran into a few rough patches in recent months, but it's forging on now. As of writing, several tech companies are currently testing autonomous car tech in the state, including Google's autonomous car division Waymo, and...