Parent discovers the cost of ignoring Roblox: £2,500 and heart palpitations
10-year-old hacks family iPad and goes on in-game bling shopping spree
Offbeat22 May 2023 | 71
Gaming
Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?
Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37
UK watchdog blocks Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition
That's not very Unicorn Kingdom of you
Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 69
Croquet for Unity: Live, network-transparent 3D gaming... but it's so much more
Updated This is that rare announcement that's far more significant than it sounds
Software23 Mar 2023 | 15
EU 'poised' to OK Microsoft's Activision biz gobble
Crunch licensing talks with rivals may ease antitrust fears
Personal Tech06 Mar 2023 | 10
Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, pals proclaim 'Japan Metaverse Economic Zone'
Updating the nation through the power of games. And ads. Lots of ads
Software28 Feb 2023 | 9
NARROWER TOPICS
Microsoft’s Mr Smith goes to Europe in quest to win Activision deal
Analysis Trust us, we're no monopolists
Personal Tech26 Feb 2023 | 6
Windows November update trips up some Intel graphics drivers
If you're having trouble with your games, this may be why
OSes09 Feb 2023 | 4
Microsoft-Activision deal will hurt UK gamers, says watchdog
Competition and Markets Authority isn't buying promises of equal access to Call of Duty
Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 3
GPU slowdown earns Discord weird bug of the week
A fix is coming eventually, Nvidia says
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 4
Meanwhile, in Japan, pet fish run up credit card bill on Nintendo Switch
Gaming critters wreak havoc after Pokémon attempt crashes
Offbeat30 Jan 2023 | 22
Doom QA testers form Microsoft's first labor union in the US
And the largest such group in the gaming industry, says Communications Workers of America
Offbeat04 Jan 2023 | 7
India's fix for its online gaming indust... Oh. Self-regulation
House always wins
Software04 Jan 2023 | 3
Nvidia revives canceled RTX 4080 as 'new' 12GB RTX 4070 TI
Hopefully it comes with a 'new' competitive price, too
Personal Tech30 Dec 2022 | 25
Why would a keyboard pack a GPU and run Unreal Engine? To show animations beneath the clear keys, natch
At $349 it's a cheap computer and a not-very-expensive keyboard
Systems21 Dec 2022 | 82
Microsoft patent eyes ads in streaming online games
Picture your avatar wearing a logo-emblazoned shirt driving past a billboard touting a product
Personal Tech20 Dec 2022 | 64
Microsoft launches full-court press to save $69B Activision deal
Updated Blocking us would be a big mistake. Huuuuge
Software08 Dec 2022 | 8
Creator of spec for melting RTX 4090 cables urges Nvidia, others to 'ensure user safety'
Testing is your responsibility, not ours, says PCI-SIG
Systems02 Dec 2022 | 22
China declares victory over teenage video game addiction
Suddenly discovers that game-adjacent tech has its uses – and it's a huge export industry
Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 27
Nvidia faces lawsuit for melting RTX 4090 cables as AMD has a laugh
Law firm wants class-action status, says issue poses 'serious electrical and fire hazard'
Systems18 Nov 2022 | 59
Nvidia's datacenter growth can't save it from gaming GPU woes
CEO says new RTX 4090 cards off to a 'great start' despite melting cable issues
Systems17 Nov 2022 | 16
Boffins grow human brain cells to play Pong
Now let’s see what happens when we get it drunk, say researchers
Science14 Oct 2022 | 30
Google kills off Stadia
We gave the cloud gaming service two years to live. It managed three
Personal Tech29 Sep 2022 | 63
Indian authorities probe Singapore gaming payments outfit Coda
Claims kids unwittingly click up huge bills in games, only for their cash to fly offshore
Legal29 Sep 2022 | 2
Autumn's GTC shows who Nvidia really cares about
GTC Hint: It’s not necessarily gamers
Systems22 Sep 2022 | 7
Google allows test of real-money gambling apps in India, but without its billing systems
Local regulators think such apps should be banned because of incidents including suicides
Software09 Sep 2022 | 4
Cybercriminals target games popular with kids to distribute malware
Kaspersky research finds Minecraft and Roblox have the most malicious files associated with them
Security07 Sep 2022 |
EA shares volatile on the back of unconfirmed rumor of Amazon bid
Somebody set us up the bomb
Personal Tech26 Aug 2022 | 9
Intel aims Flex datacenter GPUs at video, game streaming
Hot Chips Chipzilla's story Arc continues
Personal Tech24 Aug 2022 |
The silicon goldrush is coming, but chip demand is evaporating
Leave it to the economy to throw another wrench into the semiconductor supply chain
Systems10 Aug 2022 | 4
Unity game engine attracts big cash from China's tech titans
Chinese game devs targeted – maybe data protection laws too
Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 3
Chinese scammers target kids with promise of extra gaming hours
Cyberspace regulator's fraud report finds all is not well behind the Great Firewall
Cyber-crime09 Aug 2022 | 5
Atari Video Computer System returns in Lego form
Just as square as you remember but minus ET, the worst game of all time
Offbeat08 Aug 2022 | 10
Intel’s first discrete GPUs won't be a home run
Comment High-end Arc A750 will compete with *checks notes* a GeForce RTX 3060
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 35
Teslasuit demo: Taking a crack at force feedback with the 'Glove'
A virtual world at your fingertips with the idea that you feel something gripping your hand
Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 9
The PainStation runs Windows XP because of course it does
Retro fun and games in Berlin's ComputerSpieleMuseum
Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 32
Warning: Colleagues are unusually likely to 'break' their monitors soon
Wave of replacements needed as Samsung and Microsoft team to stream Xbox games to smart displays and tellies
Personal Tech10 Jun 2022 | 26
France levels up local video game slang with list of French terms to replace foreign words
Goodbye cloudy retro-gaming, bonjour ‘rétrojeu video en nuage’
Personal Tech31 May 2022 | 168
Despite global uncertainty, $500m hit doesn't rattle Nvidia execs
CEO acknowledges impact of war, pandemic but says fundamentals ‘are really good’
Systems27 May 2022 | 1
As Microsoft's $70b takeover of Activision nears, workers step up their organizing
This week: Subsidiary's QA staff officially unionize, $18m settlement disputed, and more
Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 3
AMD reveals 5nm Ryzen 7000 powered by Zen 4 cores
AM5 socket to bring desktop CPUs to life in late 2022, mid-range laptop CPU to follow
Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 15
AMD claims its GPUs beat Nvidia on performance per dollar
* Terms, conditions, hardware specs and software may vary – a lot
Personal Tech17 May 2022 | 8
Google's Flutter app development framework now stable across platforms
Google I/O v3.0 has also gained a Casual Games Toolkit
Software11 May 2022 | 3
Intel forms graphics lab to make games look more real
x86 giant hopes for 'open, collaborative and forward-looking' relationship with (checks notes) Nvidia and AMD
Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 9
Beijing approves first new video games in nine months
14,000 small developers reported to have gone out of business during approval hiatus
Personal Tech12 Apr 2022 | 15
The Souls noob's guide to Elden Ring
The RPG FromSoftware's magnum opus, made with input from George R R Martin, invites new and veteran players alike
Offbeat09 Apr 2022 | 23
Intel counters AMD’s big-cache PC chip with 5.5GHz 16-core rival
CPU clock versus cache
Personal Tech28 Mar 2022 | 55
Doom comes to the Pi Pico
A $4 microcontroller, you say? Will it run you-know-what?
Personal Tech16 Mar 2022 | 12
AMD unveils first CPU with 3D V-Cache tech, cheaper Ryzens
Sub-$299 Zen 3 desktop chips throw wrench into Intel wheelhouse
Systems15 Mar 2022 | 15
Sony Interactive Entertainment pulls PlayStation from Russia
Ukraine's digital transformation minister asked for action to bore Russians into protest – he has his wish
Personal Tech10 Mar 2022 | 20
Lost Ark: A pulpy Korean MMO-lite for idle hands
The RPG Approach with caution
Offbeat26 Feb 2022 | 6
Fancy some new features? Try general-purpose Linux alternative Liquorix
Friday FOSS Fest Lock, stock and one smoking kernel: YMMV on performance boost, but either way, it's a bit of fun
Software25 Feb 2022 | 17
Russian 'Minecraft bomb plot' teen jailed for five years
Military court sends 16-year-old and his pals down for homemade terror training
Bootnotes14 Feb 2022 | 37
Nobara Project brings whole bunch of extensions so you can frag noobs on Fedora 35
Brand new and a bit wobbly, but it says good things about Linux's maturity
OSes07 Feb 2022 | 15
God of War: How do you improve on perfection? You port it to PC, obviously
The RPG The migration of PlayStation exclusives continues to be a great idea
Bootnotes29 Jan 2022 | 39
Joe Danger rides to the rescue as ageing title tugs at the heartstrings
Hobby project sees Hello Games' first baby return at the request of a dedicated dad
Offbeat28 Jan 2022 | 12
China orders web operators to spring clean its entire internet
Purveyors of rumours, flirty teens, dodgy infomercials, or bloody violence all told to get in the bin – yet again
Security27 Jan 2022 | 22
Microsoft seems intent on buying the gaming industry with $68.7bn purchase of troubled Activision Blizzard
'Creative success and autonomy go hand-in-hand with treating every person with dignity and respect'
Software18 Jan 2022 | 88
LAPD cops who preferred playing Pokémon Go to tackling robbery can be fired, appeals court rules
Call of duty? Not when there's a Snorlax about
Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 | 33
Feeling virtuous with a good old paperback? Well, don't. Switching to traditional media does not improve mood
Study hopes to take the elitism out media consumption
Science07 Jan 2022 | 53
Halo Infinite ups the nostalgia factor for fans of the originals, but it's not without limits
The RPG 343 Industries brings open world to the long-running military sci-fi epic
Columnists05 Jan 2022 | 11
ASUS recalls motherboards that flame out thanks to backwards capacitors
Z690 Hero motherboards recalled because batch is borked, design itself is fine
Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 82
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