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U.S. Army Recruits Teenagers on Twitch and Goes Ban-happy About It
The official esports team of the US Army bans access to Twitch chat en masse. All because of actions read by many as „treacherous” recruitment tactics.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 16, 2020
Twitter Got Hacked; Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Co. Don't Want Your Money
Hackers attacked Twitter and took over the accounts of famous people and companies such as Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Apple. Profiles were used to scam money. The criminals managed to get over $117,000 from the victims.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
July 16, 2020
Red Dead Online Experiences Attack of Protesting Clowns
Red Dead Online players have decided to protest against the poor post-release support for this title. Users dressed up as clowns argue that their characters might as well look the way they already feel.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 14, 2020
Oliver Stone Criticizes Hollywood
In one of his recent interviews, acclaimed American director Oliver Stone sharply criticizes the political correctness of Hollywood, strongly linked to the social changes taking place in the world.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
July 14, 2020
The BBC Attacks Lootboxes in FIFA, Dramatic Story of Addicted Gamer
The BBC station described the story of a gamer addicted to spending money in the FIFA series. A young British man spent almost 3,000 pounds in FUT mode, wasting his parents' savings.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 10, 2020
Metacritic Battles Review Bombing - No User Scores on Launch
Metacritic has introduced a restriction on user ratings. From now on, the website does not allow users to issue notes on the day the game is released.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 9, 2020
„OK” Gesture Quietly Removed From Call of Duty Games
It turns out that developers from Inifnity Ward quietly removed the „OK” gesture from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone. The reason for this decision was not given, but many players believe that the element was removed because of its controversial significance.
video games
Paul Wozniak
July 8, 2020
Trump Administration May Ban TikTok in the US
President Donald Trump is said to consider banning TikTok in the U.S. because of security concerns.
hardware & software
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
July 8, 2020
Death Threats Aimed at Actress Playing Abby in The Last of Us 2
Laura Bailey, the actress playing Abby in The Last of Us 2, admitted on Twitter that she received numerous threatening messages from players who didn't like the plot of the game and the actions of the character she played.
video games
Conrad Hazi
July 5, 2020
PlayStation Boycotts Facebook as Part of #StopHateForProfit
Sony Interactive Entertainment has decided to temporarily suspend its PlayStation-related Facebook and Instagram activities. This is another company that has supported #StopHateForProfit in the fight against disinformation and hate speech.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
July 3, 2020
„Master” and „Slave” Will be Scrapped? Twitter Changes Terminology
Twitter engineers want to replace some IT and programming terminology with other phrases, namely words that are associated with racism or that are clearly assigned to a single gender.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
July 3, 2020
Apple's Chinese Problems; Thousands of Games Without Updates
Apple had to suspend updates for thousands of games from the App Store in China due to the lack of proper license from the Chinese government. What does this mean for iPhone developers?
hardware & software
Mateusz Popielak
July 2, 2020
Roblox Experiences Invasion of Pro-Trump Hackers
Roblox, the online platform for creating our own video games has become the target of a rather unusual attack from hackers. They hacked over 1600 accounts and set up elements to encourage user to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election.
video games
Milosz Szubert
July 2, 2020
Hackers From Anonymous Join the Attack on TikTok
The group known as Anonymous claims that TikTok is a tool used by the Chinese government to spy and contains numerous security gaps.
hardware & software
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
July 2, 2020
Dr. Disrespect's Animated Gifts are Being Removed
Animated gifts presenting Dr. Disrespect disappeared from GIPHY. This is another puzzling situation in recent days related to the streamer, who was recently banned by Twitch.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 1, 2020
Nintendo CEO Apologizes to Customers
At the meeting with investors, the CEO of Nintendo for the first time apologized to Nintendo Switch owners for problems with Joy-Con controllers. For three years now, console users have been complaining about malfunctioning analog sticks and constant problems with pads' connectivity, but so far they have been ignored by the Japanese company.
hardware & software
Michael Kulakowski
June 30, 2020
Last of Us 2 Director Responds to Haters: „It's a Price of Sorts”
During a podcast hosted by Reggie Fils-Aimé, the director of The Last of Us: Part II - Neil Druckmann - addressed the issue of Internet hate on the part of some players and how in his opinion criticism exceeds the limits of good taste in some situations.
video games
Bart Swiatek
June 30, 2020
Experts Warn: Do Not Use TikTok
More and more reports indicate that TikTok can access huge amounts of data without the user's knowledge, as well as read the contents of the clipboard.
hardware & software
Mateusz Popielak
June 29, 2020
No More Data Encryption? Controversial US Government Bill
The U.S. Government intends to introduce legislation to address vulnerabilities in the encryption of software used in the country. Back doord hidden in the code would enable the government services to fight crime more effectively.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
June 29, 2020
Microsot Bans for Using Confederate Flag in Forza Games
Microsoft has announced that using the Confederated States of America flag in the Forza Horizon and Forza Motorsport series games will result in an immediate ban.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 28, 2020