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Conference Calls a ‘Significant & Overlooked’ Security Gap in the Enterprise
Conference Calls a ‘Significant & Overlooked’ Security Gap in the Enterprise
66% of professionals use the same passcodes to dial-in to calls for up to a year or more
Nov. 29, 2017
Second-Hand Storage Devices Offer a Trove of Personal and Business Info
Second-Hand Storage Devices Offer a Trove of Personal and Business Info
18 of 64 used drives bought off eBay were found to contain critical or highly critical personal information.
Nov. 29, 2017
Talk to one of the creators of Battle Chef Brigade at 3PM EST
Talk to one of the creators of Battle Chef Brigade at 3PM EST
We're talking to one of the minds behind Trinket Studios' Battle Chef Brigade on our Twitch channel starting at 3PM EST.
Nov. 29, 2017
Indie devs explore the benefits of working with a publisher
Indie devs explore the benefits of working with a publisher
"To have a chance at a good level of success, you basically have to nail everything. That's a really tall order, so devs are simply looking to stack the odds in their favor."
Nov. 29, 2017
HTC brings 26 more devs into its Vive X accelerator program
HTC brings 26 more devs into its Vive X accelerator program
The group of developers joins the previous 66 already receiving backing from the $100 million AR/VR accelerator fund.
Nov. 29, 2017
Smashing genres together for tasty results in Battle Chef Brigade
Smashing genres together for tasty results in Battle Chef Brigade
Hear how the developers of Battle Chef Brigade cooked up an interesting genre mashup in their debut role-playing game.
Nov. 29, 2017
Teen who spent $10k+ on microtransactions warns devs of the risk they pose
Teen who spent $10k+ on microtransactions warns devs of the risk they pose
"These transactions are not as innocent as they really appear to be," a 19-year-old who claims to be addicted to gambling tells Kotaku. "They can lead you down a path."
Nov. 29, 2017
Take-Two president weighs in on loot boxes as 'not gambling'
Take-Two president weighs in on loot boxes as 'not gambling'
"The whole gambling regulator thing, we don't view that thing as gambling," said Take-Two president Karl Slatoff today during a presentation at a Credit Suisse conference.
Nov. 29, 2017
EA: Visceral's canned Star Wars project too linear for modern tastes
EA: Visceral's canned Star Wars project too linear for modern tastes
"It continued to look like a style of gaming, a much more linear game, that people don't like as much today as they did five years ago or 10 years ago."
Nov. 29, 2017
Autodesk cuts 1,150 jobs as it shifts to subscription model
Autodesk cuts 1,150 jobs as it shifts to subscription model
Software tools maker Autodesk intends to cut 1,150 jobs, or around 13 percent of its entire workforce, as it transitions to a subscription model.
Nov. 29, 2017
Developers share their most memorable dirty coding tricks
Developers share their most memorable dirty coding tricks
We’ve gathered unusual solutions to unusual problems from resourceful coders across the industry. Delight at their ingenuity, marvel at their audaciousness, and learn from their mistakes.
Nov. 29, 2017
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Detroit: Become Human's tech at GDC 2018
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Detroit: Become Human's tech at GDC 2018
Quantic Dream's Ronan Marchalot and Guillaume Caurant will be giving GDC 2018 talks, the former on the game's rendering tech and the latter on its lighting engine
Nov. 29, 2017