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Canadians Unsure What to Do Post-Identity Theft
Canadians Unsure What to Do Post-Identity Theft
Identity theft knowledge is low among the majority of Canadians.
May 31, 2018
Stress Relief App Turns Stressful for Facebook
Stress Relief App Turns Stressful for Facebook
A malicious link to the Relieve Stress Paint app targets Facebook users.
May 31, 2018
Open Redis Servers Infected with Malware
Open Redis Servers Infected with Malware
More than two-thirds of the open Redis servers contained malicious keys.
May 31, 2018
Fig nabs blockchain outfit Ownage to help create new digital publishing platform
Fig nabs blockchain outfit Ownage to help create new digital publishing platform
The Ownage team, including its co-founders Alex Amsel and Jack Du Rose, will now work with Fig to develop Shard, an "open, decentralized platform" for digital publishing.
May 31, 2018
Keywords acquires game marketing outfit Fire Without Smoke for $6.9M
Keywords acquires game marketing outfit Fire Without Smoke for $6.9M
Keywords believes Fire Without Smoke's expertise in creating CG trailers will be "of great interest" to its client base.
May 31, 2018
Beat Saber surpasses 100K sales in less than a month
Beat Saber surpasses 100K sales in less than a month
The virtual reality title, which smushes together lightsaber-inspired combat with rhythmic beat breaking gameplay, sold 50,000 copies in its first week.
May 31, 2018
Opinion: When the internet becomes a contemporary art exhibit
Opinion: When the internet becomes a contemporary art exhibit
"Modern art has a fundamentally democratic quality," writes Katherine Cross. "In an age of reckless profit seeking in the gaming industry...more reverence for that democratic lineage would be nice."
May 31, 2018
GameStop's new interim CEO is former Microsoft VP Shane Kim
GameStop's new interim CEO is former Microsoft VP Shane Kim
This is significant because Kim is now the second person to step into the role since the departure of longtime GameStop Julian Paul Raines, who died earlier this year after suffering a cancer relapse.
May 31, 2018
GameStop's Q1 earnings can't match last year's Switch-driven highs
GameStop's Q1 earnings can't match last year's Switch-driven highs
Word is out today about how GameStop's finances fared in its most recent quarter, and the word seems to be "not as good as last year" as the retail chain reports a dip in sales and profits.
May 31, 2018
Chinese game company iDreamSky aims to go public -- again
Chinese game company iDreamSky aims to go public -- again
Chinese game company iDreamSky, best known in the West for localizing and publishing games like Subway Surfers and Gardenscapes in China, is planning to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
May 31, 2018
The great video game exodus
The great video game exodus
Video game developers are leaving the industry at a steady rate after 3-6 years of work. Why?
May 31, 2018
Registration is now open for XRDC, the premier event for AR/VR/MR devs
Registration is now open for XRDC, the premier event for AR/VR/MR devs
Hey devs, XRDC is happening October 29th and 30th in San Francisco at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, and now that registration is open you'll want to get your pass early to get the best deal!
May 31, 2018