Month: January 2022
Take-Two Interactive to acquire social game developer Zynga in $12.7 billion deal
Take-Two Interactive, the video game publisher that owns Rockstar and 2K Games, is set to acquire social game developer Zynga in a deal valued at $12.7 billion (via The Wall Street Journal). The cash and stock transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, pending regulatory approval.…
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You really shouldn’t be installing this Flash Player update – here’s why
Audio player loading… If you were surprised to see a prompt for Flash Player update on your phone, thinking the poor thing died years ago – you’re right. It did die, and the “update” that’s been making rounds online is actually an attempt to get gullible people to install malware…
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Honor announces the Magic V, its first foldable smartphone
Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has just announced its first foldable smartphone, the Honor Magic V. It uses a similar folding form factor to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold devices, combining a large internal folding display with a smaller external display that can be used while the device is folded. Today is…
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Thousands of open-source projects taken down by disgruntled developer
Audio player loading… Two open source libraries found on the GitHub repository have been purposefully corrupted by their author, and as a result, thousands of open-source projects were bricked. The author says he did it because he no longer wants to create free code for commercial companies making millions. His…
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The Morning After: The best of CES 2022
Welcome to your Monday morning! CES is a wrap. While we planned to send a small team of Engadget staff to Las Vegas to cover the show in person, Omicron appeared on the horizon, and, well, our plans changed. Engadget We also decided, under those circumstances, to do our own…
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The Best Speakers for Kids
Play music, audiobooks, and more for your children with one of these WIRED-tested gadgets. Source
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