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White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election. Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont, U.S. officials say.

Oculus VR Acquires The Eye Tribe, Developer of Eye Tracking Technologies. GIGABYTE's New Console: The 'Gaming GT' PC Launched with Core i7-K, GTX1080, TB3.

Climate researchers defamation suit about insulting columns is on.

This Week On Xbox- December 30, 2016.

Consumer Reports stands by its verdict, won't recommend Apple's MacBook Pro. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Slower-than-expected iPhone 7 sales prompt Apple to cut production by 10%, report claims. Thanks...

No NBCUniversal-Charter deal? Then no 'Sunday Night Football' for Spectrum customers. Thanks Ant.

SMITE Holiday Gem Sale. Steam Winter Sale Continues - Final Day of Voting for The Steam Awards.

BIOSTAR RACING P1 Mini-PC on techPowerUp. Cherry MX-Board 3.0 Keyboard on Modders-Inc.

Video Games Get Accessibility Waiver Extension. Thanks Ant. The most dramatic patent and copyright cases of 2016.

The products Apple discontinued in 2016. Thanks Ant. PNY Launches CS2030 SSDs: Phison PS5007-E7, MLC NAND, 2.8 GB/s. Insta360 Nano First Camera to Support Twitter and Periscope Live 360 Video.

Amazon.com: Digital Day: Apps & Games. How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Will Bring Down Telcos. Charter Continues To Charge Wildfire Victims For Service They Dont Have. Thanks HARDOCP. George...

World Of Van Helsing- Deathtrap Is Now Available For Xbox One.

Drunk or Dead -- Steam Greenlight. "This game was made on 48-hour non stop Christmas VR hackathon by 8 indiedevs. It will be a classical one room single position shooter. The setting is wild west...

The Ars 2017 tech company Deathwatch offers Ars Technica's take on tech companies facing a difficult 2017. They note that they are not actually predicting the immediate demise of these companies,...

Considerately giving everyone time to clear their schedules, BioWare tweets to expect footage of environments and gameplay from Mass Effect Andromeda next week. The sci-fi shooter sequel will be...

This lie-detecting robot is the customs officer of the future. Thanks HARDOCP. Op-ed: Five unexpected lessons from the Ashley Madison breach.

Microsoft Tests New 'Green Screen of Death' on Latest Windows 10 Builds. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. The Tech Report System Guide: December 2016 edition. No Vive 2 At CES, HTC Confirms. Thanks HARDOCP....

Amazon files patent for 'Death Star' flying warehouse.

Web of tax breaks and subsidies keeps iPhone production in China.

Xbox Stores Countdown To 2017 List Of Official Deals For Week 2.

Goggins Talks His "Tomb Raider" Villain - Dark Horizons. Thanks Ant.

League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 12.30 - 01.02. Steam Winter Sale Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards.

Steam News announces the release of Heavy Gear Assault in early access. The mech arena game is 15% off for the next week, and this post outlines what the early access version currently offers: Full...

Football Manager 2017 on gamesTM.

Your 5 Totally Achievable Security Resolutions for the New Year. 'Frequent flyer points put at risk by website flaws.' Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

VR may not have made much money, but it's already revitalising games. You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free, Even After Offer Expired. Microsoft to make Precision Touchpads a requirement on...

You can eat truffles off of an iPad at this San Francisco restaurant. Thanks HARDOCP. Whens Super Mario Run coming to Android? Register to get an alert, now.

Xbox Live's Huge Sale Continues: Week 2 and New Daily Deals Revealed.

Players Choice - Mod of the Year 2016 feature - Mod DB.

ASUS X99-A II Motherboard on PC Perspective. NZXT Kraken X52 Liquid CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.org.

Siliconera translates a report from 4Gamer.net where Mistwalker CEO Hironobu Sakaguchi discusses plans to announce a new game in 2017. They call him the "father of Final Fantasy," though obviously...

As mentioned last night, another leap second is coming before the end of this year. It's like a bad joke based on this bad year... everyone who said 2016 can't end one second too soon is now paying...

Thousands Of Players Pay Respect To Carrie Fisher In Star Wars: The Old Republic…

Ars Technica -- Doom is indie-style gaming at its best. "Yes, the headline is a bit clickbait; no, Im not sorry. Hear me out. Indie games, practically speaking, are defined largely by their...

U.S. Poised to Act Over Alleged Election Hacking.

Microsoft Might Finally Kill Automatic Windows 10 Updates. Thanks nin. Microsoft bringing new 'Game Mode' to Windows 10 for an enhanced PC gaming experience. Thanks DSOGaming. On Dec. 31, an extra l...

Twitter introduces 360-degree video live streaming.

PS Plus: Free Games for January 2017.

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

Running With Scissors website announces the release of the source code for the original POSTAL as an open source gift to the gaming public. The top-down shooter was first released 19 years ago,...

Battle.net announces that Blizzard is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Diablo across several games. The game was first released on December 31, 1996, and they say to expect more news on their...

South Korea fines Qualcomm $854 million for violating competition laws. Thanks HARDOCP. Trio charged with $4m insider trading by hacking merger lawyers.

China renews calls for tighter cyberspace security: CAC. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. In an era of password leaks, Netflix tries extreme vigilancewith mixed results.

Intel Core i7-7700K Cracks 7 GHz Bench-Stable Overclock. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Lenovo Launches New ThinkPad Accessories: Docking And Displays. Kaby Lake Systems With Intel Optane SSDs Coming Soon....

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, and the Future of Disaster Response. Facebook Doesnt Tell Users Everything it Really Knows About Them. Thanks HARDOCP. Google in 2017- The Internet Giant Is Killing Off...

Lenovo Updates The ThinkPad Lineup: New Models, Welcome Changes.

Football Manager 2017 remains number one on the GFK Chart-Track chart of the 30 bestselling PC games in the U.K. for the week ending December 24th. Unsurprisingly, the end of year chart is pretty...

Steam News announces the release of Orc Hunter VR in early access after a couple of delays. This is a room-scale VR experience, and requires an HTC Vive headset to play. For anyone who owns a Vive, a...

GOG.com announces Airships: Conquer the Skies "in development," which is their awkward way of saying this strategy game is available in what other would call early access for Windows, OS X, and...

The 2016 Vaporware Awards are now online, revealing the titles WIRED is tired of waiting for. This annual skewering of broken or missed promises no longer has Duke Nukem Forever to kick around, but...