Month: December 2022
Microsoft says it has offered Sony a 10-year deal on new Call of Duty games
Microsoft has offered Sony a 10-year contract to make future Call of Duty games available on PlayStation if its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition goes ahead. Microsoft president Brad Smith confirmed the deal in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal today, noting that “Sony has emerged as the loudest objector”…
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Watch out – this Android malware has been installed millions of times already
Audio player loading… Half a dozen Android apps, pretending to be utility services, have been scamming users and earning the developers advertising revenue, cybersecurity researchers have claimed. The apps have managed to fool quite a number of people, having apparently been downloaded more than two million times. Google has since…
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Now you won’t have to get a Real ID for two more years
The government has extended the deadline for when federal agencies like the TSA will start requiring Real ID cards, moving the date from May 3rd, 2023, to May 7th, 2025. This will give people an extra two years to get an updated driver’s license or ID card; after the deadline,…
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Google Password Manager is taking over this key Chrome security function
Audio player loading… After months of speculation, Chrome 108 looks to be rolling out an updating passwords interface for Android users. According to 9To5Google (opens in new tab), Google is replacing the Android browser’s native credentials list with its multi-platform Google Password Manager. Some Chrome 107 users are also seeing…
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Honor’s Magic VS, even in prototype form, feels like a contender
Allow me to pull the curtain back on something that happens when you get to spend some time with a very early phone prototype: Often, there’s a list of conditions that mean you can’t really talk about your experiences in a specific manner. Bear this in mind when I talk…
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Cult classic Dwarf Fortress is hitting Steam this week with new pixel graphics
Dwarf Fortress, the cult classic simulator game that has been in development since 2003, is getting a new “premium” version this week with entirely new visuals. The original game is well known for its ASCII art, but the version coming to Steam and itch.io will feature really nice pixel art.…
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