Software Industry Microsoft and EU set to end Teams antitrust clash on friendly terms Software giant looks to dodge hefty fines by unbundling Teams from Office By Alfonso Maruccia, May 16, 2025, 12:39 PM
Science New vaccine from MIT and Caltech could prevent future coronavirus outbreaks Targeting the regions in a virus that don't mutate as rapidly By Zo Ahmed, January 24, 2025, 10:46 AM 34 comments
The Web News Around the Web Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor Covid-19 content The platform also demoted a story about the Hunter Biden laptop controversy By Rob Thubron, August 27, 2024, 5:16 AM 45 comments
Tech Culture Industry Tech companies are struggling to bring workers back to the office Flexible working models have won, and CEOs are being forced to back off By Alfonso Maruccia, August 5, 2024, 12:29 PM 13 comments
Tech Culture Razer to refund over $1 million for misleading "N95-grade" claims on its Zephyr masks Maybe stick to gaming products, Razer? By Rob Thubron, April 30, 2024, 8:13 AM
Gaming Electronics The ESA will attempt a hybrid E3 again next year The expo may be fighting for its future By Daniel Sims, June 7, 2022, 4:03 PM
Hardware Industry Renewed lockdowns in Shanghai and Kunshan affect several Apple, Dell, and Tesla suppliers Several manufacturers in the region have been forced to suspend production By Adrian Potoroaca, April 12, 2022, 4:04 PM 8 comments
Hardware Gaming The PC gaming industry grew to more than $5.74 billion in 2021 Another big increase for PC gaming and hardware revenues fueled by the pandemic By Jimmy Pezzone, January 29, 2022, 10:24 AM 11 comments
The Web Reddit bans subreddit accused of spreading Covid-19 disinformation after refusing to take it down Members of r/NoNewNormal were brigading other subreddits and continued to do so after being warned By Joao Silva, September 2, 2021, 12:14 PM 28 comments
The Web Reddit moderators' open letter asks the administration to take action against Covid-19 misinformation The moderators believe that subreddits spreading misinformation about Covid-19 should be banned By Joao Silva, August 26, 2021, 1:10 PM 40 comments
Downloads Software WhatsApp launches CDC Spanish Vaccine Finder In an effort to help the U.S. government, WhatsApp has launched a new Spanish-language vaccine finder aimed at the Latin community to find a location to get the shot, order a free ride and get information. By Erik Orejuela, June 29, 2021, 11:31 AM
Gaming Science Over 171,000 EVE Online players have contributed to Covid-19 research Through special in-game tasks and minigames By Cohen Coberly, November 9, 2020, 10:03 AM
Tech Culture Gaming Sega sells off its Japanese arcade business, blames Covid-19 for the decision 2020 is a bad year to be an arcade owner By Cohen Coberly, November 5, 2020, 12:07 PM
Gaming Industry Valve CEO Gabe Newell wants to discuss relocating game developers to New Zealand Newell hopes to chat with the country's Prime Minister By Cohen Coberly, October 19, 2020, 10:49 AM 54 comments
Mobile Tech Culture Twitter will delete tweets hoping for Trump's death Not so popular after all By Isaiah Mayersen, October 3, 2020, 10:17 AM 50 comments
Industry Microsoft Microsoft won't open its physical offices until early 2021 The reopening will consist of six stages By Cohen Coberly, July 31, 2020, 5:51 PM
Mobile Industry Switzerland launches Covid-19 contact tracing app pilot for 'several thousand' citizens Thanks to mobile OS updates from Apple and Google By Cohen Coberly, May 26, 2020, 3:48 PM
Google Google supplies Nest cameras to Mt. Sinai to monitor patients This will greatly reduce the need to physically interact with infectious patients By David Matthews, May 11, 2020, 2:02 PM