Month: June 2022
Diablo 4 won’t have Diablo Immortal’s horrible microtransations, Blizzard insists
Audio player loading… Diablo 4 won’t share Diablo Immortal’s monetization systems, Blizzard has confirmed. Instead, monetization in Diablo 4 will be strictly kept to “optional cosmetic items and full story-driven expansions,” Diablo head Rod Fergusson confirmed in a tweet (opens in new tab). The sentiment was shared by Blizzard president…
Read MoreLawmakers Want Social Media Companies to Stop Getting Kids Hooked
Bills across the US would force TikTok and Instagram to ditch features that keep youngsters glued to their phones. Could they stem a teen mental health crisis? Source
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16 Great Deals on Our Favorite Video Games and Accessories
Too hot to go outside? Grab some headphones and fire up your Switch Lite. Source
Read MoreQualcomm successfully appeals $1B EU antitrust fine over Apple payments
Europe’s second-highest court, the General Court, has sided with Qualcomm after it appealed a €997 million (around $1,045 million) fine from European Union regulators over payments made to Apple to use Qualcomm chips, Reuters reports. The EU issued the fine in 2018, and said payments Qualcomm had made to Apple…
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Bill Gates says NFTs are ‘100 percent based on greater fool theory’
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has dismissed NFTs as “100 percent based on greater fool theory” — the financial concept that even overpriced assets can make money as long as you find a bigger idiot to sell them to. Speaking at an event on climate change hosted by TechCrunch, Gates said…
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Cisco launches AppDynamics Cloud to take the fight to its rivals
Audio player loading… Cisco has launched a new cloud-based observability platform in a potential blow to rivals like Dynatrace and New Relic One. The networking giant says its new AppDynamics Cloud solution correlates telemetry data from across cloud environments, which can help detect and remediate application performance issues. Cisco claims…
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