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Security Gap in WPA3 Protocol Can Be Hacked for $125

A security gap was detected in Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) wireless protocol, which enables hackers to easily crack users' password. The method is quick and cheap - launching an attack using it costs $125.

Tech

April 17, 2019

Security Gap in WPA3 Protocol Can Be Hacked for $125

Critical Vulnerability Detected in Windows 7 and 10

As it turns out, Internet Explorer 11 still has some security gaps left to surprize us.

Tech

Conrad Hazi

April 15, 2019

Critical Vulnerability Detected in Windows 7 and 10

Amazon Workers Are Listening to Your Conversations With Alexa

Bloomberg Agency reports that special teams hired by Amazon are assigned to listening and analyzing fragments of conversations recorded by the AI assistant Alexa.

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Bart Swiatek

April 12, 2019

Amazon Workers Are Listening to Your Conversations With Alexa

FTC Will Investigate Loot Boxes

This August, the Federal Trade Commission will organize an open workshop on loot boxes and related issues, including their possible negative influence on the behavior of young gamers.

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Bart Swiatek

April 11, 2019

FTC Will Investigate Loot Boxes

Real-Life Politician Banned in EVE Online for Corruption

The career of Brisc Rubal (aka Brian W. Schoeneman in real life) in EVE Online has come to an end. The politician, who, according to CCP Games, was involved in corruption, was removed from CSM 13 and permanently banned.

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Christian Pieniazek

April 9, 2019

Real-Life Politician Banned in EVE Online for Corruption

Artist Accuses CD Projekt RED of Violating Copyrights in The Witcher 3

A Croatian musician claims CD Project RED infringed on his copyrights by including a certain song in the soundtrack to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Neither CDPR, nor the band Percival Schuttenbach offered a clarification so far.

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Bart Swiatek

April 9, 2019

Artist Accuses CD Projekt RED of Violating Copyrights in The Witcher 3

The Digital Distribution Platform War Continues

Since its debut, the Epic Games Store has been making a lot of waves. Buying exclusive titles has caused many releases to miss Steam. A dispute arose between supporters and opponents of this practice, fueled by Richard Geldreich, a former Valve employee,

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Agnes Adamus

April 9, 2019

The Digital Distribution Platform War Continues

Gearbox CEO Responds to Review Bombing of Borderlands on Steam

Randy Pitchford, the CEO of Gearbox Software, has made it clear what he thinks about fans who started review bombing previous installments of the series on Steam in response to Borderlands 3' launch on Epic Games Store.

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Michael Kulakowski

April 7, 2019

Gearbox CEO Responds to Review Bombing of Borderlands on Steam

Prince Harry Says Fortnite Should be Banned

Prince Harry provoked the ire of gamers by stating that Fortnite is created to addict and such games should be banned.

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Adrian Werner

April 7, 2019

Prince Harry Says Fortnite Should be Banned

Epic Games Will Keep Acquiring Exclusives Despite Steam Announcements

Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, admitted that no previous developer announcements about e.g. Steam will prevent his company from acquiring new exclusive titles. Sweeney's words contradict the earlier assurances that the Metro Exodus affair was the las

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Konrad Serafinski

April 4, 2019

Epic Games Will Keep Acquiring Exclusives Despite Steam Announcements

Epic Games Representatives Keep Defending Exclusive Titles

David Stelzer and Sergey Galyonkin took part in a Q&A session organized by GamesIndustry.biz during PAX East 2019 and answered some questions related to Epic Games Store. As you may expect, the main topic was exclusive titles.

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March 30, 2019

Epic Games Representatives Keep Defending Exclusive Titles

Minecraft Update Takes it Down a Notch

One of the latest updates for Minecraft has removed most mentions of its creator - o Markus „Notch” Persson. It fact is most likely related to the controversial views of the Swedish billionaire.

video games

March 28, 2019

Minecraft Update Takes it Down a Notch

Facebook Stored Unencrypted User Passwords

Passwords of hundreds of millions of Facebook users were stored on company servers in unencrypted form since at least seven years, reports KrebsOnSecurity.

Tech

March 22, 2019

Facebook Stored Unencrypted User Passwords

Epic Does Not Want Another Metro Exodus Controversy

Epic Games addressed the controversies surrounding the company's activities in the last weeks.

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Jacob Blazewicz

March 22, 2019

Epic Does Not Want Another Metro Exodus Controversy

Valve Purges Steam of Homages to Christchurch Terrorist

Kotaku reports that Steam has been purged of over a hundred various material that approved of the Christchurch terrorist. Valve does not comment on the situation, but consequently removes all reported cases of rule abuse.

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Conrad Hazi

March 18, 2019

Valve Purges Steam of Homages to Christchurch Terrorist

AMD CPUs Non-susceptible to Spoiler Exploit

AMD informed that its CPUs are resistant to the recently-discovered dangerous exploit known as Spoiler, which makes it possible to steal sensitive data from the CPU's cache.

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Bart Swiatek

March 18, 2019

AMD CPUs Non-susceptible to Spoiler Exploit

Red Dead Redemption 2 Patch May Downgrade Visuals

The players are sounding the alarm: it seems like on the occasion of the latest 1.06 patch for Red Dead Redemption 2 the developers from Rockstar have somewhat downgraded the visual, abandoning the ambient occlusion effects.

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Jakub Mirowski

March 17, 2019

Red Dead Redemption 2 Patch May Downgrade Visuals

Tim Sweeney Defends Epic Store Exclusives

Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has taken the floor on Reddit and commented that securing exclusive titles for the Epic Games Store platform is not an anti-consumer, but rather a "procompetitive" action.

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Jakub Mirowski

March 17, 2019

Tim Sweeney Defends Epic Store Exclusives

Valve Will Examine Copying of Steam Data by Epic Games Store

Valve has answered the controversies related to Epic Games Store client, which allegedly downloads sensitive user data related to their Steam account.

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Michael Kulakowski

March 17, 2019

Valve Will Examine Copying of Steam Data by Epic Games Store

Steam Promises to Eliminate Review Bombing

Valve announced that it will battle the occasional waves of negative reviews on Steam, so-called review bombing, issued for reasons completely unrelated to the game and aimed only at lowering the score of a specific title.

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Michael Kulakowski

March 16, 2019

Steam Promises to Eliminate Review Bombing