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ForgedArtificer writes:
Activision Blizzard picked up Candy Crush Saga developer King Interactive Entertainment tonight for a cool $5.9 billion USD; about 20% above market value. The move likely leaves them owning the top five grossing games of 2015 in America and makes them the most successful game publisher in the world.
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ForgedArtificer writes:
So we all know about the Pixels takedown on Vimeo, and that it was pretty bad in a lot of ways.
But did you know that they took down the short film that inspired the movie?
Turns out, the 2010 Pixels, which was taken off Vimeo due to copyright notice, was responsible for inspiring the entire Adam Sandler flick. Unlike Sandler's film, it's critically-acclaimed and has won awards.
Talk about kicking someone when they're already down. First Patrick Jean gets to watch them violate his work and now they're claiming that his work violates theirs.
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ForgedArtificer writes:
Researchers from several universities have published a paper detailing how to put together an Onion browser that is far faster (93 gb/s) and far more secure. Dubbed HORNET, expect browsers to start emerging soon as the paper is available to the public.
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ForgedArtificer writes:
Earlier today, the Crisis Management Office Affairs Bureau for the city of Yokohama, Japan had some startling news for its followers; to wit, a North Korean missile was on its way to Japan.
The tweet stayed up for about 20 minutes before being removed and replaced with an apology.
The city reports that a pre-written tweet was released due to a malfunction in the "mechanism" that would have released the tweet at the appropriate time.
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ForgedArtificer writes:
At their recent developers conference in San Diego, CA, PayPal unveiled a proof-of-concept gumball machine that would instantly pay for a gumball through a PayPal account using a smart phone and a QR code, sending a confirmation of the purchase through Twitter.
Ok, maybe we all don't really care if we can get a gumball without a quarter, but the possibilities for this technology are endless.
