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Forget cash back: Microsoft’s Xbox Mastercard exclusively earns game discounts
Microsoft announced a new Xbox Mastercard today. Cardmembers can earn points on purchases to redeem on games in the Microsoft Store. The card will launch exclusively for Xbox Insider Program members in the US on September 21, but it will open to all US-based Xbox users next year. The fruit…
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Meta is adding new customization options to its avatar creator
Meta is adding some better customization features to its avatar creator as part of the latest update for its Quest headsets. With the v57 update, you’ll be able to “fine tune things like your hair and eyebrow color, more accurately adjust your skin tone, add makeup and face paint, and…
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Mario Kart Tour has crossed the finish line
Nintendo and game publisher DeNA will discontinue creating new content for the mobile game Mario Kart Tour starting October 4th, Video Games Chronicle reports. The move indicates Nintendo may be pivoting its focus away from mobile games. The companies will release new Mario Kart Tour content as a part of…
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Nintendo is sunsetting Mario Kart Tour next month
Mario Kart Tour has carved out a niche for itself in the mobile gaming space since launching as a beta in 2019, but all good things must come to an end. Nintendo just announced that there are only three more "tours" (original multiplayer events) scheduled for the next month and…
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Sir Ian Wilmut, who cloned Dolly the sheep, has died
Sir Ian Wilmut, the scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996, has died at 79. The University of Edinburgh, where he served as a professor before his 2012 retirement, announced his passing today. Dolly was the first successful cloning of a mammal from an adult…
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Watch out- this devious Microsoft Teams phishing campaign could infect your PC
Experts have warned Microsoft Teams messages are being used as a vector for a new phishing campaign designed to dupe users into downloading an attachment containing malware. The malicious messages have been detected being sent from several compromised Office 365 accounts containing a ZIP file called “changes to the vacation…
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