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Man Jailed for Part in Global Fraud Ring
Man Jailed for Part in Global Fraud Ring
Man Jailed for Part in Global Fraud Ring. Gang stole around £840,000 from victims
Dec. 22, 2016
Healthcare Breaches Spike 63% in 2016
Healthcare Breaches Spike 63% in 2016
Sophisticated attackers are responsible for 31.42% of all major HIPAA data breaches reported, a 300% increase in 3 years.
Dec. 22, 2016
Inflight Wi-Fi provider Gogo Launches Bug Bounty
Inflight Wi-Fi provider Gogo Launches Bug Bounty
The payouts will range from $100 - $1,500 per bug.
Dec. 22, 2016
About Half of IT Staff Work Big Hours of Unpaid Overtime
About Half of IT Staff Work Big Hours of Unpaid Overtime
34% reported working an average of more than 15 extra hours a week.
Dec. 22, 2016
US House Judiciary: Encryption Critical to National Interests
US House Judiciary: Encryption Critical to National Interests
The Encryption Working Group (EWG) has issued a strong recommendation in favor of the use of encryption for private comms.
Dec. 22, 2016
Best of 2016: Swery's top 5 games of the year (for devs)
Best of 2016: Swery's top 5 games of the year (for devs)
From a dev perspective, what are the top games of the year? Here's 5 games from 2016 that longtime game designer Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro played and thought other game makers should study.
Dec. 22, 2016
Facebook Game of the Year Awards honor Supercell, Niantic, and Playrix
Facebook Game of the Year Awards honor Supercell, Niantic, and Playrix
Social media giant Facebook has celebrated another year in video games by announcing the winners of its annual Game of the Year Awards.
Dec. 22, 2016
Nintendo digs up original The Legend of Zelda design docs
Nintendo digs up original The Legend of Zelda design docs
Nintendo has served up a festive treat by uploading some of the original design documents from The Legend of Zelda, which was released on the NES around 30 years ago.
Dec. 22, 2016
Game Design Deep Dive: Rethinking adventure games to create empathy
Game Design Deep Dive: Rethinking adventure games to create empathy
We set out to create an adventure game that had the soul of a '90s LucasArts title but felt a more contemporary. So, we ended up making a point and click, just without the pointing and clicking.
Dec. 22, 2016
Glu Mobile makes good on its intent to acquire QuizUp dev
Glu Mobile makes good on its intent to acquire QuizUp dev
Mobile juggernaut Glu has acquired QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla for $1.2 million, just months after investing $7.5 million in the studio.
Dec. 22, 2016
Watch a Valve engineer explain the making of the Lighthouse VR tracking system
Watch a Valve engineer explain the making of the Lighthouse VR tracking system
"I actually invented the Lighthouse tracking technology quite early," said Valve's Alan Yates in a recent presentation. "I was very worried it would be almost impossible to implement, so I sat on it."
Dec. 22, 2016
Owlboy dev on piracy: 'We're very happy people get the chance to play the game'
Owlboy dev on piracy: 'We're very happy people get the chance to play the game'
"When it comes to piracy, we're certainly not cracking down on anything," the Owlboy devs stated today on Reddit. "We're very happy people get the chance to play the game."
Dec. 22, 2016