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Hearthstone Streamer Swatted Live On Twitch
11.2.2022
Twitch streamer Alexandra “Alliestrasza” Macpherson, a prominent Hearthstone player and a member of esports organization Fade 2 Karma, was arrested on February 9. But it wasn’t her fault. She was swatted while playing the collectible card game live on stream, with police showing up fully strapped...
NFTs Are 'A Scam', Says Indie Marketplace Itch.io
7.2.2022
While some publishers like Ubisoft push right ahead with NFTs, regardless of how their own workers feel about it, and others like EA are prepared to half-ass their way through the fad, one video game marketplace has come out and issued one of the most welcome statements I’m yet to see from within...
Racist Xbox Commenters Duped By Popular Impersonator Just In Time For Black History Month
4.2.2022
It would be so satisfying if corporations and brands more often called out racism and other ills in their comments sections on social media. In the responses to a recent Xbox post on Facebook, it appeared at first glance that the console-maker had done exactly that. And while it’s not quite what...
EA's Boss Went From Calling NFTs The 'Future' To Running Away From Them
2.2.2022
Just three months ago, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson called NFTs an important part of “the future of our industry.” Now he’s doing everything he can to downplay their significance. The move by the publisher of FIFA and Madden comes as the NFT backlash hits new heights, including at EA where...
Worms Developer The Latest To Sell Out Over NFTs
31.1.2022
In 1994, Andy Davidson had an idea. That idea was to take the infinitely copied mid-70s Tektronix 4051 game, Artillery, but do it with cartoon worms. Then-developer Team17 snapped it up, called it Worms, and have since wrung out every last drop of miserable profit from the mediocre idea ever since....
Man Makes Power Bank Able To Charge 5,000 Smartphones
31.1.2022
YouTuber Handy Geng noticed that all his buddies had bigger power banks than his. “I’m not so happy with that,” he writes. It bothered him! He could not sleep. So Handy Geng decided to change that by building the biggest power bank of all. Handy Geng put his D.I.Y. skills to the test, welding...
I Traveled To Facebook's Soulless (But Popular) Metaverse So You Don't Have To
27.1.2022
The metaverse is supposed to be the future, so it’s got the world buzzing with excitement. Hilariously, though, the prominence of the “futuristic” buzzword has caused old footage of digital worlds to explode on social media, largely driven by the fact that nobody really understands what the hell...
YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number Of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets A Win For Everyone
27.1.2022
In a new video, Mark Fitzpatrick of the anime YouTube channel Totally Not Mark revealed he not only won a battle in his copyright strike war with Toei Animation but also influenced YouTube to create a new copyright rule for content creators.Read more
Valve Announces Cloud Saving For Steam Deck
26.1.2022
Valve announced a big feature for its highly anticipated Steam Deck: cloud saving. The cloud saving option will allow players to seamlessly transition from playing on PC, Steam Deck, and back again without losing any saved data.Read more
Report: Google Launches Blockchain Division
25.1.2022
The software behemoth Google has reportedly started a new blockchain-based division inside its Labs group. The division will also deal with other distributed computing and data storage technologies. While the company has been wary of associating with any form of cryptocurrency, Bill Ready...
Zimbabwe Signs Agreement Enabling Collection of Taxes From Crypto and E-Commerce Entities
23.1.2022
The Government of Zimbabwe has confirmed signing an agreement with Daedalus World Limited which enables the latter to collect taxes from crypto and other content providers. Zimbabwe’s Stance on Crypto The Zimbabwean government recently said it had entered into an agreement with the British...
NFT Bro’s ‘Metaverse’ Rave Looks Boring, Dead
20.1.2022
A large crowd of unmoving clones standing still in a mostly empty world amid tinny-ass beats that’d sound weak coming out of a Game Boy. It almost seems like they’re waiting for something to happen. But nothing does. They remain largely still, shuffling slightly, perhaps rotating a bit as the music...
‘AWS for Web3’ Pocket Network Shakes Up Infrastructure of the Internet
16.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A – 16th January 2022 – Pocket Network – an infrastructure middleware protocol which facilitates decentralized cloud computing and abundant bandwidth on full nodes interoperable with DApps across all 21+ blockchains surpasses milestone...
Latest Humble Bundle Change Leaves Mac, Linux Gamers Out In Cold
14.1.2022
Humble Bundle has announced that Mac and Linux versions of games in its “Humble Trove” collection will no longer be available to subscribers come February.Read more
Fortnite Sneaks Back Onto iPhone By Way Of GeForce Now
13.1.2022
It’s been 518 days since Apple kicked Fortnite off of the App Store after Epic Games tried to bypass its payment system. Now the popular free-to-play battle royale is once again playable on iPhones, sort of. Starting next week, Fortnite will be available on iOS by way of streaming, as part of...
Twitch Purged Over 15 Million Hate Raid Bots Last Year
13.1.2022
A new open letter from Angela Hession, Twitch’s vice president of global trust and safety, details the company’s approach to making its streaming platform a more harmonious place, most notably the deletion of millions of bots in an attempt to stem the site’s hate raid epidemic.Read more
Tech Dude Rips Off Wordle, Angers Internet
11.1.2022
Daily word-guessing game Wordle has taken the internet by storm. Despite its huge newfound success, creator Josh Wardle said he wants to keep the hit web browser game demonetized and ad-free. But one app developer had other plans, and he’s now quickly become Twitter’s main character of the day.Read...
Tabletop Simulator’s Steam Reviews Descend Into Culture War Nightmare Factory
11.1.2022
It feels like familiar territory. A community moderator for the video game Tabletop Simulator handed out temporary and permanent bans for talking about queerness in the game’s global text chat and Discord. This upset a portion of the playerbase, who then took to Twitter and Steam reviews to express...
Pocket Network Announces Closing of Its Strategic Private Sale to Accelerate Network Development & Global Expansion
6.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Pocket Network exceeded $56,000,000 in monthly revenues in December placing it in the Top Five revenue producer for blockchains globally surpassing many well known chains. Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A – 6th January 2022 – Pocket Network – an infrastructure...
Wordle Creator Doesn't Want His Popular Game To Take Over Your Life
6.1.2022
The creator behind Wordle, a free browser-based puzzle game, has no plans to include ads into his suddenly super-popular game, explaining in a recent interview that he doesn’t understand why some things can’t just be fun. Creator Josh Wardle also seems uninterested in converting Wordle into...