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The Federal Trade Commission hasn’t forgotten about Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem, which may soon cost the social giant a lot more than critical stories in the press. The FTC, which has been investigating Facebook’s privacy practices since last March, is nearing the end of that investigation and is prepping what …

The Big Eco Game is beginning today. This is our community event where we are playing the cooperative survival game Eco with communities from around the internet. We have more than 70 people planning to play across multiple communities. And we are going to have to work together to create …

Natasha Tusikov is assistant professor, criminology, Department of Social Science at York University in Toronto, and Blayne Haggart is associate professor of political science at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. When it came to our online lives, 2018 was revealing in its dysfunction. The just-expired year’s parade of scandals …

LG’s 5G phone will have a vapor chamber, shown on the right, that will better control heat than its previous offerings that had heat pipes. (Image: LG)LG Electronics will unveil its first 5G smartphone at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company has announced. It will be announced …

Microsoft-owned search engine Bing has been blocked in China. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Mashable. The news was first reported by the Financial Times. Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator China Unicom told one of the FT’s …

YouTube TV offers a viable way to cut the cord, and still see your favorite shows, without breaking the bank in the process. If you’ve already made the jump, or you’re considering it, then you may be wondering what kind of channels YouTube TV actually has access to. That’s why …

Want Windows 10 to run faster? We’ve got help. In just a few minutes you can try out these dozen tips; your machine will be zippier and less prone to performance and system issues. 1. Change your power settings If you’re using Windows 10’s Power saver plan, you’re slowing down your …

BuzzFeed is laying off 15 percent of employees throughout the company, according to an email that CEO Jonah Peretti sent to staff on Wednesday evening, a cut that could impact around 225 of the roughly 1,450 employees at the company. Peretti says that while BuzzFeed’s business grew “double digits” over …

Battlefield V did not finish in the top 10 best-selling games of 2018 in the U.S., according to tracking firm The NPD Group. Instead, the World War II shooter ended up at No. 14. That puts it behind Grand Theft Auto V (11), Mario Kart 8 (12), and FIFA 19 …

It’s not an OS. It’s an application. Juran has gotten some classic games to run in his emulator. Here, the cinematic prologue to the 1987 award-winning game The Fool’s Errand… The maze game Amazing… …and Mac Solitaire, here running on an Android device. Here’s Missile, the Missile Command game for …