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Dr. Disrespect Permanently Banned on Twitch [Updated]
Yesterday, one of the more popular Twitch streamers - Dr. Disrespect - was permanently banned on the platform. There are many mysteries and controversies surrounding the ban.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 28, 2020
AC: Valhalla's Creative Director Steps Down in Atmosphere of Scandal
The creative director of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla has stepped down after his love affair came to light.
video games
Darius Matusiak
June 24, 2020
Blizzard Punishes Player for Actions of His Wife
Hearthstone professional player, Janne „Savjz” Mikkonen, revealed yesterday why he wasn't allowed to participate in the latest major tournament. The reason was supposed to be his wife's negative attitude towards company's actions. When this information became known on the Internet, the player was apologized and his ban was lifted.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 24, 2020
Microsoft Edge Imports Data From Firefox Without User Consent
More and more dissatisfied users say that Microsoft Edge imports data from other browsers without their knowledge.
hardware & software
Mateusz Popielak
June 24, 2020
Dying Light 2 and Bloodlines 2 Without Chris Avellone
Chris Avellone is no longer working on Dying Light 2 and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, all because of sexual harassment charges pressed against the iconic screewriter.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 23, 2020
Streamers Accused of Sexual Harassment, Twitch Issues a Statement
This weekend, a group including Twitch streamers, youtubers and people associated with the video game industry were accused of sexual harassment and assault. The charges were brought by many women against various well-known personalities. Twitch issued a statement in this case.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 22, 2020
Google Will Pay Fine, as French Court Upholds Ruling
Google will have to pay a fine of 50 million Euros for violating user privacy and improperly obtaining permission to display personalized ads. The ruling concerns a case from January, last year.
video games
Bart Swiatek
June 22, 2020
Russians Outraged After a Game Shows Hitler's Victory Parade in Kremlin
At the end of May, the WWII strategy game Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg was released. On this occasion, a short trailer was published, which shows Hitler celebrating in the Kremlin. As it turns out, this did not appeal to the Russian government, which demanded that the sale of the game be stopped in the country.
video games
Agnes Adamus
June 19, 2020
Chrome Extensions Stole User Data
More than 70 different extensions and add-ons have been found spying on and sending sensitive data of Google Chrome users, according to Reuters UK.
hardware & software
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
June 19, 2020
Australia Under Massive Cyber Attack From Another State
The Australian Prime Minister reported that his country was attacked by hackers. The perpetrators were most likely acting in the service of another, unspecified country. The cyber attack affected many entities in a variety of sectors - from government, through basic services and services, industry, to important infrastructure.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
June 19, 2020
Former Google CEO: Huawei is a Threat to Security
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, currently serving as chairman of the Pentagon's security innovation committee, believes that Huawei is a threat to global security.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
June 19, 2020
Valve Remains Silent on Black Lives Matter; Devs Withdraw Games From Steam
Statements from developers began to appear on the web, as some of them decided to remove their games from Steam. Will Valve suffer from its silence?
video games
Mateusz Popielak
June 17, 2020
Red Dead Online Cracks Down on Ku Klux Klan
Rockstar Games has introduced changes to Red Dead Online that prevent cheaters and modders from summoning character models belonging to the Ku Klux Klan.
video games
Adrian Werner
June 17, 2020
Activision Blizzard - CEO's Bonus Sparks Controversy
Activision Blizzard shareholders made an appeal in connection with the proposal of another bonus for Bobby Kotik. Their case is that the CEO's bonus is much too high for his achievements and in the context of mass layoffs in 2019.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 5, 2020
Breaking Bezos - Elon Musk Criticizes Amazon's Monopoly
Elon Musk thinks it's time to end the empire created by Jeff Bezos and break his monopolistic position.
hardware & software
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
June 5, 2020
The Last of Us 2 - Naughty Dog Accused of Illegal Use of Music
In a Twitter post, singer Lotte Kestner accused Naughty Dog of illegally using her version of True Faith in the trailer of The Last of Us: Part II. The cover contains fragments that are not in the original song.
video games
Bart Swiatek
June 5, 2020
Call of Duty Not for Racists; More Bans Inbound
Infinity Ward announced that the fight against racism in Call of Duty games has been stepped up. This includes more frequent account bans (including permabans) and more restrictions on nicknames.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 4, 2020
Schreier: Take-Two's Foul Play Killed Devs of Kerbal Space Program 2
Jason Schreier from Bloomberg revealed the story behind Kerbal Space Program 2 switching developers. Original devs from Star Theory Games were to learn about it at the last minute, and Take-Two encouraged studio employees to leave the company. This ultimately led to the dissolution of the team working on the second KSP until last December.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 3, 2020
Google May Pay a Fine for Tracking Users
Google has been sued for $5 billion for violating the privacy of users using „incognito” mode in their web browser.
hardware & software
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
June 3, 2020
Revolt of Facebook Employees
In response to Mark Zuckerberg's assurance that he would not moderate Donald Trump's entries, Facebook employees organized a virtual protest.
hardware & software
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
June 2, 2020