Apex Legends already has cheaters just two weeks into its existence, and Respawn wants to be sure they don’t become too much of a problem. The studio has dropped not-so-subtle hints that it’s incorporating a cheat reporting tool in its battle royale shooter, calling it a “very good idea” in a community update. Right now, […]
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New system shows the earliest life could cooperate despite “cheaters”
Enlarge / Populations of RNAs, as in this cartoon, may have helped the first life overcome some limits on complexity. (credit: NASA) Physics is filled with papers where the authors don’t actually do anything—at least not anything empirical. Instead, they explore the math behind a topic and try to gain new theoretical insights, leaving it […]
Rash of Fortnite cheaters infected by malware that breaks HTTPS encryption
Enlarge (credit: Rainway) Tens of thousands of Fortnite players have been infected by malware that hijacks encrypted Web sessions so it can inject fraudulent ads into every website a user visits, an executive with a game-streaming service said Monday. Rainway CEO Andrew Sampson said in a blog post that company engineers first detected the mass […]
Cheating warning: Cheaters more likely to stray with someone with this feature
Cheating is taboo, and most dread a scenario in which their wife or husband is caught cheating. However, there is one reason that your spouse might choose to stray with someone else, and it has to do with their accent. Ashley Madison, a married dating website which facilitates cheating, surveyed its members to find out […]
This is the main reason why cheaters stray – and how to avoid it
Cheating is taboo in most relationships, but is particularly rife around Christmas time, if research is to be believed. Cheating at Christmas time is something that a whopping 5.8 million Britons have admitted to doing. A recent study has revealed that one in 10 have strayed away over Christmas. Now an expert has revealed those […]
Cheating warning: Fans of THIS football club are most likely to be cheaters, site claims
Cheating is taboo in most relationships and understandable causes much heartache and anguish. Spotting the signs can be tricky, but according to a site dedicated to facilitating infidelity for its members the football team your spouse supports could be a clue. Ashley Madison, a site which helps cheaters meet sexual parters outside their relationship, asked […]
‘Fortnite’ studio Epic Games sues two alleged cheaters
Earlier this week, Fortnite publisher Epic Games filed a civil suit against two people who were allegedly cheating while playing the game online. They were associated with subscription-based website Addicted Cheats and used its services to hunt down and kill Twitch streamers while they played live, according to Kotaku. The Addicted Cheats site rents out […]
Is your wife or husband cheating? THIS is the preferred coffee shop for cheaters
Ashley Madison, a married dating website, surveyed its members on their coffee drinking habits, their preferred coffee brand and if they choose coffee shops to meet with their extramarital partners. The data shows that Costa Coffee ranked first among British respondents as their preferred coffee shop to meet an affair partner. With approximately 2,121 locations […]
‘PUBG’ has banned over 150,000 cheaters since March
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has become incredibly popular in the few months it has been available on Steam Early Access. In August, it overtook Dota 2 as the game with the most simultaneous players and by the start of this month it had sold over 10 million units. But along with those large — and growing — […]
Niantic to punish Pokémon Go cheaters with mark of shame
Enlarge / Good grief. (credit: PopUpTee.com) It has been just a month since Pokémon Go players began noticing that Niantic had started “shadowbanning” accounts that use third-party trackers and bot software, limiting them so they only see common Pokémon. Now, the company is going further to ensure ill-gotten beasts are publicly identified as such and […]