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All that stuff that was -killed by the net-- The real culprit was hedge funds. Telegram is shutting down a channel that called for violent protests against Irans government. Thanks Slashdot via Ant....

Apple's $29 iPhone battery replacements are available a month early. Google Pixel 3: powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 845.

Diddy Kong Racing 64 Unreal Engine 4 Remake is now available for download. Mafia Remastered adds new HD textures, improves water & 3D models, enables widescreen & more. RealRTCW 2.2 - Released....

Valve lists the following as the bestselling titles for last week on Steam, their digital marketplace: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Grand Theft Auto V Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Divinity:...

The Grandfather Machine is now available on itch.io, offering the chance to test your old-man strength in a first-person puzzle/maze game (thanks PCGamesN). This is labor-of-love that's offered for...

Happy sixth day of Christmas! Just a heads up to check on those six geese you may have received for the occasion, as word is they are a-laying. Also, happy new year's eve eve. Time to stock up on the...

Cooler Master MasterSet MS120 mouse and keyboard on APH Networks. GamerStorm Baronkase Liquid by DeepCool on Modders-Inc. TP-Link KC120 Kasa Cam Smart Home Camera on TweakTown.

Man arrested after swatting call leads to fatal police shooting in Kansas. Thanks ASLayerAODsk. Woman Sues Washington Hospital For Taking Nude Photos Of Her While In Surgery. Alleged 'Nigerian...

Health Care Is Hemorrhaging Data. AI Is Here to Help.

Blunders and blockbusters from the biggest names in tech. Do we need a tech boom for the elderly.

Trolls, Bots, and Fake News Made 2017 a Terrible Year for Internet Freedom. These Are 50 Of The Biggest Fake News Hits On Facebook In 2017. Climate deniers beat Google and topped the page on...

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III and Tomb Raider Underworld are now free through Games with Gold. Thanks Acleacius. PlayStation Developers Pick Their Favorite Gameplay Mechanics of 2017....

Another free weekend is underway on Steam for Killing Floor 2, Tripwire's zombie shooter sequel (thanks Ant). Their last free weekend ended just a couple of weeks ago, and while they touted that...

Ancestry.com' RootsWeb breach- 300,000 plaintext accounts leaked. Thanks DSLReports via Ant. Forever 21 breach exposed customer credit card info for months. Some mobile games now report TV viewing...

Apple Store designers appear to have forgotten about Chicago winters. Seagates Multi Actuator Technology to Address HDD IOPS Woes.

Streaming becomes mainstream as cord-cutting accelerates. Thanks Ant. Networking 101: When To Use (And Not Use) A Network Repeater.

Digerati Couch Co-Op Bundle Vol. 1 Is Now Available For Xbox One. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III Is Now Available For Xbox One. Winx Club- Alfea Butterflix Adventures Is Now Available...

IndieGala - Virtual Reality XVIII Steam games. Save up to 95%. Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards.

This Steam post announces a new map, a new game mode, and a holiday celebration is now live in Survarium, updating the early access Windows survival game. Here are the details: Holiday Season has...

Steam News announces Global Adventures is now available on Steam, offering a Windows MMORPG from Suba Games. This post has more details, calling this a closed beta, but the game is free-to-play, so...

Sledgehammer Games tweets that a double everything playlist is now in effect for Call of Duty: WWII until January 2nd (thanks MP1ST). Here's word: 2XP, 2X Division XP, and 2X Weapon XP now live on: -...

Is Big Data racist? Why policing by data isnt necessarily objective. Arcade Machine DIY Guide. The Best Case Mods of 2017.

Earthlink from Charter-Spectrum is Dead: No New Customers Allowed. Thanks reddit via Ant. Ripple overtakes Ethereum as the second largest cryptocurrency. 'Black Mirror' season four is here to ruin...

The most annoying things about Apples apology for slowing down iPhones. Android Parallel Tasks Incoming With Chrome OS 64. Thanks [H]ardOCP. Before Self-Driving Cars Become Real, They Face These...

Rumor- Danish Retailer Leaks Red Dead Redemption 2 Release Date. PlayStation Game Creators Pick Their Standout Characters of 2017. 5 Tips and Tricks For Your Xbox One.

HuffPost - World Health Organizations Junk Diagnosis For 'Gaming Disorder' Trivializes Mental Illness. "The WHOs proposal has been in the works for a couple of years and has already generated...

The Elder Scrolls III- Morrowind Multiplayer V0.6.2 is now available, featuring script enhancements and fixes. Opposing Force 2: Lost is an unofficial sequel to Half Life- Opposing Force, demo now...

Just a couple of months ago CCP announced they were dropping virtual reality development amid layoffs. Now there's a more positive omen in this job listing for their London studio suggesting a new...

The remarkable success story of PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS continues to add new chapters (thanks DSOGaming). The Steam Game and Player Statistics page now shows the battle royale shooter has...

Cheap 75-144Hz FreeSync- AOC Unveils G90 Gaming Monitors from 179. PC Perspective Podcast #479 - NVIDIA Titan V, AMD Adrenalin, and more.

Thanks Frans. Mozilla Firefox version 57.0.3. Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.5.3. Google will continue to let sites opt out of showing in search results. Man is reunited with lost wages following...

Apples response to battery controversy- have a new one for $29. MoviePass Reaches One Million Subscribers. Thanks Ant.

Gran Turismo 6 Online Shutdown of Servers Dated. PlayStation Developers Pick Their Favorite Gaming Moments of 2017.

Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 12.29 - 01.01.

Battlestate Games announces they are conducting load testing for Escape from Tarkov as they gear up for an open beta for this "hardcore realistic story-driven online multiplayer game that combines...

Battle.net has details on "The Darkening of Tristram," an event that will kick off in Diablo III on January 1st to celebrate the anniversary of the action/RPG series. Here's what to expect: Diablos...

BattlEye tweets that an eye-opening number of players have been banned from PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS by their anti-cheating service (thanks MP1ST). People must really like chicken dinner by the...

Minnesota Will Also Sue The FCC for its Net Neutrality Repeal.

License expired: The Ars Technica 2018 Deathwatch. A list of tech companies in trouble. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 5GB of RAM is on the way. Tim Cook now required to fly private as AAPLs 2017...

Instagram adds 'Recommended for You' feature to your feed. Twitter bans 'Impostor Buster' bot that ID'd Nazi trolls. Bitcoin Drops as South Korea Says It Could Close Exchanges.

While Uber Burns, Its Self-Driving Car Project Carries On. Qualcomm approved to test self-driving cars in California. AT&T Applies to Conduct 3.5 GHz Wireless Broadband Tests.

How Bomber Crew's devs found outsized success with a permadeath flight crew sim - Gamasutra.

Players Choice Indie of the Year 2017 feature - Indie DB. Players Choice - Mod of the Year 2017 feature - Mod DB.

+Mpact Games celebrates Hanako: Honor & Blade winning the best multiplayer game in Indie DB's Indie of the Year 2017 awards with a new trailer showing off combat from the early access action game (the...

This Steam post has details on PC 1.0 update #1 for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, which is now live in the battle royale shooter. Changes include a new balanced map-selection ratio, a change to...

These experts figured out why so many bogus patents get approved.

Piracy Notices Can Mess With Your Thermostat, ISP Warns. Thanks [H]ardOCP. FBI Software For Analyzing Fingerprints Contains Russian-Made Code, Whistleblowers Say. Thanks [H]ardOCP. Putin wants to...

Green tech will be everywhere in 2018. SilverStone Announces TP02-M2 M.2 Heatsink Kit. Thanks Hypothermia.

Internet Archive gets $1 million donation from bitcoin fund. Will Smith's 'Bright' is terrible, but that doesnt matter to Netflix. Fiber Broadband Sees Record Growth. Anti-adblock is a lot more...

Big titles must wait as Nintendo pushes back 64GB Switch game card rollout. January PlayStation Plus Lineup Includes Telltale's Batman And Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. PlayStation Developers Pick Their...