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QuakeCon canceled for the first time in 25-year-history over coronavirus
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QuakeCon, the annual fan convention and tournament dedicated to the legendary first-person shooter game, has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandem...
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Nvidia adds Control to GeForce Now and promises new games every week
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Nvidia says its GeForce Now cloud gaming service will start getting new games every Thursday, starting with Remedy Entertainment’s sci-fi action title Control. ...
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Apple updates Safari’s anti-tracking tech with full third-party cookie blocking
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Apple on Tuesday released a major update to its Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP), the privacy feature that allows the company’s web browser to block...
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Amazon will help Seattle residents receive at-home COVID-19 testing
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Amazon will assist its hometown city of Seattle with at-home COVID-19 testing, according to a report from CNBC on Monday. The test kits are provided by the Seat...
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Call of Duty: Warzone has over 30 million players less than two weeks after launch
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Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision’s new battle royale (BR) game that released less than two weeks ago, has more than 30 million players, the publisher announced...
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Xbox Live went down for the second time this week
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Microsoft’s Xbox Live service went down again for the second time this week. Issues first began popping up some time after 7PM ET on Friday, with Down Detector ...
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Microsoft’s DirectX 12 Ultimate unifies graphics tech for PC gaming and Xbox Series X
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Microsoft has a new version of its industry-standard DirectX 12 (DX12) gaming and multimedia graphics technology called DirectX 12 Ultimate, which promises to b...
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Steam’s new indie festival lets you try 40 upcoming games for free
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In the absence of the official Game Developers Conference (GDC), the Steam Game Festival is returning for a spring edition starting today to help shine a spotli...
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Sony says the PlayStation 5’s SSD will completely change next-gen level design
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Sony’s “Road to PS5” live stream featuring system architect Mark Cerny kicked off today, and we’re learning a great deal about the technical jump the upcoming P...
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Apple will keep its retail stores outside China closed indefinitely
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Apple has decided to keep its retail stores outside mainland China closed indefinitely as the global spread of the coronavirus continues. The iPhone maker was o...
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Call of Duty: Warzone adds a solo mode to its 150-player battle royale
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Call of Duty: Warzone, the new 150-person battle royale (BR) from Activision and Infinity Ward, is adding a solo game mode just one week after launch. Warzone, ...
science
Elon Musk underplays coronavirus threat, tells employees that car crashes are more dangerous
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Elon Musk sent a memo to SpaceX employees on Friday underplaying the dangers of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, which is now considered a...