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Fallout 76 Player Has Entered Forbidden Crypt 63, Begs Bethesda Not to Ban Him

Some players accidentally found their way to the 63rd crypt in Fallout 76 - a development room, which may lead to a ban after entering it. One of players who calls himself McStaken in the game, decided to issue a 'ticket of complaint'.

video games

Bart Swiatek

February 11, 2019

Fallout 76 Player Has Entered Forbidden Crypt 63, Begs Bethesda Not to Ban Him

Spotify Will Ban for Ad Blockers

Soon, Spotify will change its treatment of users that block the site’s ads. The company intends to ban any account on which ad blockers are detected.

Tech

Adrian Werner

February 9, 2019

Spotify Will Ban for Ad Blockers

Glukhovsky Apologizes for the Epic Store Games Affair

Writer Dimitry Glukhovsky, the creator of the post-apocalyptic universe of Metro, has recorded a special statement, in which he apologized to the fans.

video games

Bart Swiatek

February 7, 2019

Glukhovsky Apologizes for the Epic Store Games Affair

Huawei Offered Bonuses for Spying

US Government reports of an organized gratifications system for active spies working for the company, and cautions against using the company’s devices when building the new 5G network.

Tech

February 6, 2019

Huawei Offered Bonuses for Spying

YouTube May Remove Thumbs Down

YouTube intends to put a leash on thumbs down as counterattack against haters who took a liking to bombing contents of some particular creators.

Tech

February 5, 2019

YouTube May Remove Thumbs Down

Statement From Metro Exodus Publisher

Koch Media, the owner of Deep Silver, has released a message, explaining the decision to publish the PC version of Metro Exodus only through Epic Games Store.

video games

Bart Swiatek

February 4, 2019

Statement From Metro Exodus Publisher

A4 Games' Dev Threatens PC Gamers

One of the developers working at 4A Games has commented on the recent controversy surrounding Metro Exodus and Epic Games Store.

video games

Jakub Mirowski

February 3, 2019

A4 Games' Dev Threatens PC Gamers

Sapkowski settles with CD Projekt Red?

A Polish business newspaper reports that the fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski will probably reach an agreement with CD Projekt RED.

video games

Bart Swiatek

January 31, 2019

Sapkowski settles with CD Projekt Red?

Facebook paid users for sensitive data

Tech Crunch reports that Facebook used a special app to collect the data of its users for money.

Tech

Bart Swiatek

January 31, 2019

Facebook paid users for sensitive data

Glukhovsky Criticizes Deep Silver's Deal With Epic

Dymitr Glukhovsky, criticized the publisher’s decision concerning Metro Exodus, while the community started review bombing previous Metro games on Steam.

video games

Michael Kulakowski

January 31, 2019

Glukhovsky Criticizes Deep Silver's Deal With Epic

Buy used PS4 controller, get a copy of Fallout 76 for free

The latest patch for Fallout 76 brought back some of the game's numerous issues, causing a backlash within the community

video games

Michael Kulakowski

January 30, 2019

Buy used PS4 controller, get a copy of Fallout 76 for free

THQ Nordic washes hands of Koch Media's decision concerning Metro Exodus

The publisher THQ Nordic decided to distance itself from Koch Media’s decision to make the upcoming PC version of Metro Exodus a temporary exclusive title.

video games

Bart Swiatek

January 30, 2019

THQ Nordic washes hands of Koch Media's decision concerning Metro Exodus

YouTube plans to reduce the visibility so-called borderline content

YouTube informed that it intends to change the website’s system of recommendations – the aim is to limit the visibility of so-called borderline content.

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Bart Swiatek

January 29, 2019

YouTube plans to reduce the visibility so-called borderline content

Atomic Heart in development hell, insider source claims

Atomic Heart is going through hell, according to an anonymous inside source, with layoffs and lack of coherent vision becoming major problems.

video games

Christian Pieniazek

January 29, 2019

Atomic Heart in development hell, insider source claims

Facebook accused of tricking minors into online purchases

A group of users brought a collective action against Facebook, accusing the company tricking minors into online purchases.

video games

Bart Swiatek

January 28, 2019

Facebook accused of tricking minors into online purchases

Ubisoft caves in, will change the controversial DLC

Community backlash over the Shadow Heritage DLC has convinced Ubisoft to change the ending of the controversial expansion.

video games

Adrian Werner

January 25, 2019

Ubisoft caves in, will change the controversial DLC

Google Chrome may disable ad-blocks

Google is getting ready to take on advertising blocking (using AdBlock type plug-ins). The most popular browser will probably see a modification of the employed engine - Chromium.

Tech

Agnes Adamus

January 24, 2019

Google Chrome may disable ad-blocks

Google fined 57 million euro over breaching GDPR

The French Data Protection Authority has fined Google for insufficient transparency when handling user's private data.

other

Bart Swiatek

January 22, 2019

Google fined 57 million euro over breaching GDPR

The largest stolen data dump ever discovered

The file containing data of almost 773 million e-mail addresses was available to the public on a popular hosting service. The information came from attacks on thousands of different websites.

other

January 18, 2019

The largest stolen data dump ever discovered

End of dangerous challenges on YouTube

YouTube declared war on dangerous "pranks" and challenges. People who publish them are in danger of being banned on the popular video provider. This happened under the influence of events connected with the so-called "Bird Box Challenge".

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Milosz Szubert

January 18, 2019

End of dangerous challenges on YouTube