As the cost of living continues to rise in Silicon Valley, tech companies in other parts of the country are getting more aggressive in pitching workers to their cities for a better quality of life. This week, the language-learning platform Duolingo put up an ad along San Francisc … | Continue reading

The Sonic the Hedgehog logo is a work of art. Just look at it up there. That emblem is bold, colorful, and full of character. But why is the Sonic emblem so extravagant? Why is it an emblem at all, actually? Hirokazu Yasuhara (game designer) and Naoto Oshima (character designer), … | Continue reading

There’s been a great hullabaloo in recent times about the rise of airborne urban transport. Two companies showcased their so-called “flying car” concepts at CES this year, for example. Elsewhere, Airbus completed the first test of its Vahana autonomous air taxi; Uber and NASA par … | Continue reading

SPONSORED: Presented by Intel Six days. That’s how long I survived Frostpunk’s harsh world until the people overthrew me. Eliminating homelessness and mining coal for our massive heat-emitting generator only got me so far — my citizens were overworked, sick, and out of food. The … | Continue reading

(Reuters) — The cryptocurrency trading marketplace could be improved by applying some of the principles from the stock market such as best execution and surveillance, a senior U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Thursday. While the cryptocurrency market is st … | Continue reading

NBA Jam is one of the most memorable sports games ever made. Midway created a ’90s icon when NBA Jam hit arcades in 1993, with console versions for Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo shortly following. Developers Mark Turmell and Sal DiVita, along with the game’s announcer, Tim Kitz … | Continue reading

Konami is still releasing video games, and it is going to keep that trend up at least through September when it launches the updated Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Mars for PC and PlayStation 4. This reworked version will introduce support for resolutions up to 4K along wit … | Continue reading

PRESS RELEASE: Sixth Continent, a digital gift card provider allowing users to earn credits when they make purchases, now offers members of its community a new, fast payment solution thanks to the introduction of Amazon Pay. This new option... | Continue reading

Developer Mike Blackney describes Dead Static Drive as “Grand Theft Cthulhu.” It’s his debut game, which he’s developing under the moniker Team Fanclub. Though he’s not announcing a release date at the moment, he’s planning on launching it on PC and hopefully one console. The gam … | Continue reading

Top South Korean phone company Korea Telecom (KT) announced today that it will offer 5G cellular service in March 2019, Yonhap reports, while downplaying U.S. carrier Verizon’s plan to launch 5G in 2018 as “a step backward.” KT’s prickly comments come after it collaborated with V … | Continue reading

Job recruiting site Indeed.com said it is partnering with three review websites — Fairygodboss, InHerSight, and Comparably — to provide better information to anyone interested in evaluating the diversity and inclusiveness of employers. Fairygodboss and InHerSight will offer more … | Continue reading

SPONSORED: Presented by Sailthru It’s not a surprise to anyone that Toys “R” Us is closing. Physical toy stores have long been uniquely threatened by ecommerce. There aren’t many reasons a shopper would want to see a toy in person before buying it. There is nothing to try on, lit … | Continue reading

Fortnite and PUBG Mobile have both just launched on smartphones and tablets, and the two games are dominating the iOS charts. PUBG Mobile, which launched March 19, is the most downloaded game on the iOS App Store right now. Fortnite, which went live March 15 for invitees, finally … | Continue reading

After releasing a new Windows 10 build from the RS4 branch yesterday, Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This build is from the RS5 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update the company plans to release much later this year. The next update will come … | Continue reading

(Reuters) — Collaboration software provider Slack Technologies Inc is building a safety engineering team that will develop methods to help reduce the disruptions that have been more frequent on Slack’s service than rival systems, the company told Reuters. Recurring outages have p … | Continue reading

It was the 20th annual Independent Games Festival award show tonight at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Infinite Fall’s rust belt gothic adventure game Night in the Woods won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize as well as the Excellence in Narrative Award. Arvi Teikar … | Continue reading

Nier: Automata is an action role-playing game starring angsty and sexy robots. Coca-Cola is a delicious, carbonated beverage. You wouldn’t think that the game would be able to take inspiration from the soda, but that’s exactly what happened, according to Nier: Automata director Y … | Continue reading

Microsoft’s new big Xbox game is out, and it is going through some launch pains. Sea of Thieves debuted March 20 for Xbox One and Windows 10, and it has had more than 1 million unique players since it went live, according to developer Rare. Throughout the first 48 hours of the ga … | Continue reading

Augmented reality gaming is in its infancy. It wasn’t until July 2016 and Pokémon Go‘s release that most people had even experienced it. Fast-forward to 2018, and game designers are trying to figure out how to adapt role-playing narratives to this emerging platform. Tag of Joy co … | Continue reading

In the continued fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook today said it’s taking new steps to tighten its control on how app developers can use the Facebook Platform. All apps that were given large amounts of access to data before Facebook reduced data access in 201 … | Continue reading

GUEST: When a small-to-mid-sized business first implements a new technology, it’s often only one person inside the company who owns the entire product. In the early ’90s when the web was in its infancy, my role included everything from copywriting to graphic design, coding, and b … | Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: As cars become smarter and even drive themselves (once we figure out how to make them safe), we are increasingly vulnerable to having our vehicles hacked. Smart car hacks come in many shapes and sizes, from tracking your vehicle via tire pressure sensors to taking full … | Continue reading

Alisa Chumachenko, the founder of Game Insight, is back with a new startup called Gosu.ai, which she bills as a training lab that combines artificial intelligence and personalized advice to come up with coaching tips for would-be esports athletes. The company has raised $1.9 mill … | Continue reading

Despite the growing controversy around the Cambridge Analytica data privacy allegations, Facebook is pushing those concerns to one side today with the launch of two new features for its Messenger app. The first of the tools is aimed at group admins, allowing them to essentially “ … | Continue reading