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E3 organizer says it’s tightened security after accidentally doxxing thousands of attendees
The Electronic Software Association is introducing tighter security measures around press registration for E3, one of the world’s largest video game conferences. This move follows an incident last year in which sensitive personal information belonging to thousands of journalists, YouTube creators, and Twitch streamers was made public. A new blog…
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Madden 20 is adding a Nike cleat that makes players better
Just in time for the Super Bowl, Madden 20 will be getting a new shoe. More specifically, the Nike Vapor Edge Cleat. Among the players getting this special footwear: Christian McCaffrey, Odell Beckham Jr., Kyler Murray, Ezekiel Elliott, and Dalvin Cook (congrats, Dieter). Most notably, it will be the first…
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Overwatch’s next patch adds experimental mode and League of Legends-style hero pools
Blizzard’s colorful team-shooter Overwatch is getting some big changes next month. Today the developer provided some details on the game’s next patch, bringing Overwatch to version 1.45, and it includes two major shifts. One will add a more experimental flavor to the game, while the other concerns which hero characters…
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Samsung is pushing for the Xbox Series X to support ultrawide monitors
One of the most exciting things about PC gaming in 2020 is the wide swath of choices in the way you play your games, and it sounds like Samsung is pushing Microsoft to bring at least one aspect of that over to the Xbox Series X. Samsung recently talked to…
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Every smart device you love will die — starting with Sonos
Every smart device you own will die — Sonos was just the start. When the company announced it would retire a slew of 10-year-old devices, like the original Play 5, the consumer backlash was swift. And you could see why people were angry: Hardcor… Source
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Antivirus company shuts down its data-harvesting arm after getting caught red-handed
Just days after Avast’s popular antivirus software was revealed to be harvesting browsing data and selling it to advertisers, the company has said that it’s shutting down the subsidiary that made it possible. Writing in a blog post, company CEO Ondrej Vlcek says Avast is terminating its Jumpshot subsidiary’s data…
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