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Weekly Sale- Last-minute gift ideas, deals up to -85% - GOG.com. Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards.

2K Games introduces Chandragupta Maurya of India, another of the new factional leaders coming to Civilization VI in the upcoming Rise and Fall expansion for the turn-based strategy sequel. They offer...

The Federal Communications Commission has issued the waiver extension that was recently requested by the Entertainment Software Association to postpone a requirement that videogames comply with...

Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options. The state of Linux security in 2017 - Linux Audit. Thanks Linux Security via Ant. Hackers Can Rickroll Thousands of Sonos and...

World's coolest chip runs at near absolute zero. How Blockchain Technology is Redefining Trust. 10 Tech Products That Are Next to Impossible to Repair. The 1970s Xerox Conference That Predicted the...

WeChat poised to become Chinas official electronic ID system. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Google's new Doodle is dedicated to Marlene Dietrich.

Elon Musk vows to build Tesla pickup truck 'right after' Model Y. WhatsApp will ditch Blackberry OS and Windows Phone by New Year's.

Super Meat Boy Switch Arriving On January 11 With Exclusive Race Mode. NES Golf Easter Egg Made Inaccessible From Switch Firmware.

Die Young on Gaming Nexus.

Q&A: Battlefront 2 writer Mitch Dyer discusses forceful narrative design - Gamasutra.

After days off for Christmas and Boxing Day, GfK Chart-Track now offers their charts tracking last week's game sales in the U.K. As noted in their summary there are no new entries, but Call of Duty:...

Whistleblower Guardian for Spies Escorted Out of Intelligence Agency Building. Thanks Boing Boing.

Pico Neo - Premium all-in-one VR headset. Now available for preorder. Cash Might Be King, but They Dont Care. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Networking 101- Pros and Cons of Powerline Networking.

Update on the Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress. Thanks [H]ardOCP. Comcast Jacks up Price of Standalone Broadband to $75. Bitcoin price in 2018 could hit $60,000 but another crash is coming....

Driverless cars became a reality in 2017 and hardly anyone noticed.

Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 Is Now Available For Xbox One. Zen Studios Shares Tips for PS VR Titles Pinball FX2, CastleStorm VR, More. This Weeks Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale.

Bethesda Founder Christopher Weaver on Video Games - Rolling Stone.

The Humble Store- DRM-Free Holiday Sale. Save up to 90%. Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 12.26 - 12.29.

A blog post on the League of Legends website discusses how Riot comes up with the names for the champions in their MOBA, poking holes in the popular "spill some Scrabble tiles" theory. Here's an...

Bitcoin rises 10 percent, recovers from last week's brutal selloff. Leeroy Jenkins creator releases never seen before cut to raise awareness about net neutrality. Julian Assanges Twitter account...

2018 Is the Year Electric Cars Really Catch On. Sprint Claims 65% Network Speed Boost Over Last Year. Analysts Cut iPhone X Shipment Forecasts, Citing Lukewarm Demand. Thanks [H]ardOCP. New Jersey...

HyperX Ready to Play, Mavs Gaming NBA 2K Team Announced.

Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards.

A Dark Age of Camelot producer's letter reminds us that this venerable MMORPG is still in operation in spite of the closure of Mythic Entertainment/EA Mythic since the game changed hands prior to the...

This post reveals that Blizzard is also giving away gifts to World of Warcraft players. Like the Overwatch giveaway, they say you'll need to cash in on this offer by the end of the year: Whether you...

The Overwatch Twitter account announces that Blizzard is giving all Overwatch players five winter loot boxes for free. Word is all you need to do is collect them before the new year: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!...

The Destiny 2 Forums are currently dominated by threads requesting that Bungie remove the Everse from Destiny 2 (thanks MP1ST). There are widespread complaints that the premium items this sells for...

Tesla 'Santa Mode' Easter egg turns your EV into a winter wonderland.

Firefox 57 delays requests to tracking domains. Thanks [H]ardOCP. Julian Assange has apparently deleted his Twitter account in a Christmas mystery.

iPhone X users cant use Face ID to approve family purchases. This cartographers deep dive into Google Maps is fascinating.

Total War: Arena on Christ Centered Gamer.

Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards.

This mod brings Crysis nanosuit, with all of its functionalities, to Fallout New Vegas. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha Developers Cut 1.4005 is now available for download.

Valve reports the following as the bestselling titles on Steam for last week: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Grand Theft Auto V They Are Billions Divinity: Original Sin 2 Counter-Strike: Global...

Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan spent hours yesterday sitting in front of a festive Yule log to ring in Christmas. Much of this was spent just staring at the camera, as this hour-long excerpt shows, though he...

Nissan Canada Finance reveals possible data breach of customer info. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.

How Facebooks Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda. Kids in 'Netflix Only' Homes are Being Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year. Thanks [H]ardOCP.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI Just Released for iPad and You Can Try It out for Free Right Now. Free to try, $60(!) to unlock. Thanks [H]ardOCP. Two incredible smartphone innovations in the works,...

2017 Mod of the Year Awards - Mod DB.

There's a Jurassic World Evolution preview on IGN that takes a look at the stars of the upcoming Jurassic World game, the dinosaurs (apologies to the former Mr. Faris). This includes a video with a...

The first rule of The Division sequels is you don't talk about The Division sequels. That's why this IGN interview with Massive Entertainment managing director David Polfeldt dances around the...

This announcement from the Black Mesa team informs us that a new December update is now in public beta testing for this authorized remake of the first Half-Life game (thanks RedEye9). This includes...

A new video shows off gameplay from Squadron 42, the upcoming single-player half of Star Citizen, the bifurcated, crowdfunded space game (thanks VideoSift via Ant). The clip runs over an hour,...

WHO To Add 'Gaming Disorder' To List Of Mental Health Conditions. More on this… Tails: The Story You Never Knew (Sonic the Hedgehog). Thanks Ant…

EK-Vardar EVO 120ER Fan on TechPowerUp. Jabra Elite Sport Wireless Earbuds on TweakTown.

The Section 702 Surveillance Debate Has Taken Place in the Dark. How do you change the most important law in Internet history? Carefully. Comcast May Have Enrolled Thousands in a Near-Worthless...

Thanks Ant. Russian hackers have been targeting journalists since 2014. '123456' is sadly triumphant as it tops list of most-used passwords. President Skroob approves. German researchers beat Windows...

Watch Santas Annual Journey in Unprecedented Detail Thanks to GPUs. Thanks Hypothermia.

Google poaches a key Apple chip designer.

Net Neutrality Counterpoints Addressed by the EFF (Interview).