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Steam adds the harsh truth that you’re buying “a license,” not the game itself

The new text is timed to a new California law against false advertising.




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Asahi Linux’s bespoke GPU driver is running Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs

Work on Asahi's Vulkan GPU driver and various translation layers is paying off.




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$250 Analogue 3D will play all your N64 cartridges in 4K early next year

FPGA-powered hardware will capture CRT glow with "bespoke, purpose-built upscaler"




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MechWarrior 5: Clans is supposed to be newbie-friendly, and I put it to the test

All the kit balancing, squad leading, and lore you could want, if you want it.




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Squadron 42’s new 2026 launch date will miss its original target by 11 years

RSI said single-player Star Citizen campaign was "feature complete" a year ago.




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Meta Quest 3S is a disappointing half-step to Carmack’s low-cost VR vision

Significant visual and comfort compromises make last year's Quest 3 a better VR investment.





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Video game libraries lose legal appeal to emulate physical game collections online

Register of Copyrights sides with industry's "market harm" argument for rereleased games.





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Apple silicon Macs will get their ultimate gaming test with Cyberpunk 2077 release

The game will take "full advantage of Apple silicon," CD Projekt Red says.




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Will the new Nintendo Music app lead to more DMCA takedowns from Nintendo?

Subscription music app gives Nintendo new reason to crack down on third-party music uploads.




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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 accounted for 19% of Comcast Internet traffic last week

Credit the franchise's popularity, sure—but also its ludicrous file sizes.




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iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games

Dozens of previously hard-to-access games can now be synced via Virtual Machine.





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Metal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy a hyper-stylized shot of adrenaline

It's a little rogue-lite, it's a bit '90s arcade, and it's surprisingly deep.




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Nintendo confirms Switch 2 will play original Switch games

"More software has been played on Nintendo Switch than on any other Nintendo hardware."




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The PS5 Pro’s biggest problem is that the PS5 is already very good

For $700, I was hoping for a much larger leap in visual impact.




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Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them

Nobody loses games they already bought, but the clock is ticking.




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Amazon’s Mass Effect TV series is actually going to be made

The pedigree of the producers and writers involved is cause for concern, though.




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Spotify’s Car Thing, due for bricking, is getting an open source second life

It's more of a desktop thing now, but it has picked up some new features.




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Spreadsheets have ruled Earth for too long—business must embrace the cloud

Cloud-based business management software (CRM, ERP) can revolutionise an SME.




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We’ve been missing a big part of game industry’s digital revolution

NPD “restatement” shows consistent spending growth as digital sales dominate.





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For console games, downloads are approaching a tipping point

Destiny 2's digital success could spell long-term trouble for discs




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StarCraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch

Single-player campaign, ranked multiplayer available free of charge.





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Despite backlash, loot boxes could be essential to gaming’s future

Analysis sees loot box spending ballooning 62 percent, to $47 billion, by 2022.




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Tesla posts bigger-than-expected loss, bigger-than-expected revenue [Updated]

Company expects to be cash flow positive in the next two quarters.




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Microsoft posts a record $29.1 billion Q1. Same old, same old

You know the drill by now: cloud money good, consumer PC sales not.




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Google Stadia will support “a variety of business models”

But the streaming gaming revolution "is not going to happen overnight."





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Major investment firm to prioritize sustainability, back off coal

Managing roughly $7 trillion in assets gives BlackRock's decisions a major impact.






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Now on-demand: Ars’ online IT roundtable on navigating 2020 schadenfreude

Replay our October 15 chat on, “Finding certainty in IT when the world is uncertain.”





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Ars online IT roundtable: What’s the future of the data center?

Join Sean Gallagher, Dell's Ivan Nekrasov, and me today, January 21, at 3:15pm Eastern!




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HP wins huge fraud case against Autonomy founder and CEO Mike Lynch

Hours after the ruling, the UK home secretary approved Lynch's extradition to the US.




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EA cracks down on modders selling their custom Sims 4 content

But publisher leaves lucrative loophole for "early access" Patreon subscriptions.





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Activist investor calls for Honeywell to separate aerospace, automation divisions

An activist investor with a $5 billion stake in Honeywell International is calling for the company to separate its Phoenix-based aerospace division into a separate business.




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Once-big Portland tech employer lays off dozens

A year after going private in a $6.5 billion private equity deal, software maker New Relic is into its second round of layoffs this year.




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Former Salesforce president named Amperity CEO

He replaces interim CEO Chris Jones, who had been filling in since the previous CEO stepped down in June.




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Sacramento-based Zennify buys Virginia tech firm specialized in AI development

Sacramento-based Zennify, a tech consulting firm for financial service companies, has acquired Terazo, a digital engineering firm based in Richmond, Virginia.




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Innovation Works opens grant application for hardware startups

The grant program provides hardware startups with reimbursement for working with local manufacturers.




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Intel contractor switch results in 205 layoffs

Outgoing firm Principal Service Solutions says incoming staffing agency Manpower may bring the workers back.




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Webinar to focus on IT workforce development

The free virtual event is hosted by SolluCIO Partners, a Seattle-based company with a presence in Hawaii.




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Rivian-Volkswagen partnership to produce EV tech for model to be manufactured in Georgia

Rivian is teaming up with Volkswagen in a $5.8 billion joint venture for EV innovation on its R2 model, which the company says will eventually be manufactured in Georgia.




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House, Senate strike a deal on economic development bill

Top Democrats on Tuesday evening filed a compromise economic development bill containing state support for the life sciences and climate technology industries, ticket sales regulations, a new live theater tax credit, educator diversity reforms and more.




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Software unicorn Sirion appears to have moved its headquarters out of Washington

The contract software company closed a $110 million Series D round in 2023, one of the largest venture capital deals in Washington last year.