September 23, 2020 Akamai: Cyberattacks against gamers spiked in the pandemic The video game industry faced more than 10 billion cyberattacks during the past couple of years, with the attacks spiking in the pandemic.Read More…
September 23, 2020 Blizzard cofounder Mike Morhaime launches new gaming endeavor Dreamhaven Mike Morhaime, cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, has launched a new game company called Dreamhaven, with two new game studios.Read More via VentureBeat Check out…
September 23, 2020 Zynga poured a lot of magic potion into Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells Zynga is launching Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells worldwide today on iOS and Android, and the game has a lot more depth than you…
September 23, 2020 Microsoft licenses the breakthrough natural language AI GPT-3 Microsoft announced that it has “exclusively licensed” OpenAI’s sophisticated GPT-3 language model that can generate disturbingly human-like text in applications ranging from commercial bots…
September 23, 2020 A new lawsuit may force YouTube to own up to the mental health consequences of content moderation Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For big tech platforms, one of the more urgent questions to arise during the pandemic’s early months…
September 23, 2020 Listen to Bluetooth’s low power, high quality LC3 codec coming soon to headphones Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Bluetooth SIG, the industry group in charge of defining the standard, has released a new audio codec…
September 23, 2020 Amazon says it has nothing to do with the Echelon ‘Prime Bike’ Amazon has moved to put clear distance between it and Echelon Fitness, a company that produces connected exercise equipment. Yesterday, the company announced that…
September 23, 2020 Amazon disavows $500 “Prime Bike,” says it has no formal connection to the product Echelon Fitness’ “EX-Prime Smart Connect Bike” or “Prime Bike.” | Image: Echelon Yesterday, exercise company Echelon Fitness announced the “EX-Prime Smart Connect Bike,” or…
September 23, 2020 179 arrested in ‘Operation DisrupTor’ dark web drug takedown A massive international law enforcement operation has led to the arrests of 179 dark web drug traffickers who sold opioids and other illicit goods…
September 23, 2020 If Apple follows its own rules, you’ll soon be able to stream your Xbox to your iPhone Last week, I showed you why Apple’s App Store guidelines will never permit Microsoft’s xCloud or Google’s Stadia cloud gaming services in their current…