Month: January 2020
Tencent to grow gaming empire with $148M acquisition of Conan publisher Funcom in Norway
Tencent, one of the world’s biggest videogaming companies by revenue, today made another move to help cement that position. The Chinese firm has made an offer to fully acquire Funcom, the games developer behind Conan Exiles (and others in the Conan franchise), Dune and some 28 other titles. The deal,…
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Can Apple live up to Apple’s privacy ads?
The thing that convulsed the internet for much of yesterday was this Reuters report that Apple decided against throwing away its keys to users’ encrypted iCloud backups after the FBI complained about encryption. The word “after” does a lot of work in that formulation — it reads as though it’s…
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Latest Twitter app update causes unexpected crashes – here’s how to fix it
Twitter is advising Android users to hold off updating to the latest version of its app after it was found to be liable to crashing. Many users discovered that the latest version of the Twitter app (version 8.28) crashed as soon as it is opened. With large numbers of Android…
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Blockchain opportunities for banks
In some areas of their business, banks and financial institutions are already well on their way to completing their transformation journeys. Processes amenable to digitization have indeed been digitized, and the increasing adoption of technologies such as robotic process automation means that huge swathes of banking operations are now touch-free…
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The best Xbox One X prices, bundles and deals in January 2020: where to buy the 4K Xbox
With a return to their Black Friday prices, these Xbox One X bundles are offering fantastic values this week with prices sitting firmly at the $349 / £349 mark with brand new releases included. If you missed out on a cheap Xbox One X deal over the holiday sales, now’s…
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Your Sonos system will stop receiving updates if you have an old device
Smart speaker manufacturer Sonos has announced that the company is going to drop support for some of its products. Sonos stopped selling these devices a few years ago. While nothing lasts forever, dropping support is going to have a lot of implications and shows once again that the connected home…
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