(credit: Aurich Lawson) For years, game distribution platforms like Steam, GOG, Apple’s App Store, and major game consoles have generally taken a 30 percent cut of any revenue made from online game sales. Now, Valve is moving to change those terms to be more generous to Steam developers, but only for the absolute biggest games […]
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It looks like T-Mobile and Sprint are inching closer to finalizing terms in multibillion-dollar merger
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis US wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint are finalizing terms as they seek to sign a merger by Monday that could value Sprint at around $ 26 billion. The combined company, with more than 127 million customers, would have added clout to challenge industry leaders Verizon and AT&T. Among other things, the telecom giants are in […]
Lavrov has ‘no regular terms’ to describe US threat to attack Syrian troops
The US is trying to cover up its own failure to force armed groups in Syria to de-escalate violence as it blames Russia and Iran for ongoing hostilities in Eastern Ghouta, the Russian foreign minister has said. Sergey Lavrov was referring to accusations voiced by US Representative at the UN Nikki Haley, who said the […]
Imperishable Memories Is A Narrative Shmup Of Coming To Terms With Past Mistakes
There tends not to be much room for story while players are dodging hails of bullets during shmups, but developer Jennifer Raye is trying to change that with Imperishable Memories, a bullet hell shooter that tells a story of a being coming to terms with their past mistakes and learning to move on as best […]
Chipmakers Qualcomm and Broadcom are fighting to figure out the terms of a $160 billion acquisition
Rival computer chip design and manufacturing companies Qualcomm and Broadcom are publicly hashing out the details of a merger deal that could reach a $ 160 billion (£114 billion) price tag. The prospective deal came about in November when Broadcom made an offer to buy its rival Qualcomm. Qualcomm executives initially resisted the deal, but […]
3 AI terms all business professionals need to understand
GUEST: Today there are many discussions happening around the value and utility of artificial intelligence. In fact, a recent report by MIT Sloan Management Review asserts that almost 85 percent of executives believe AI “will allow their companies to obtain or sustain a competitive advantage.” But there’s also a lot of confusion about terminology, the […]
Dating is getting even more complicated — here are 5 more terms you need to know in 2018
Alex / Unsplash If you thought the world of ghosting, stashing, and sidebarring was bad, things are about to get worse. Modern dating is tough, and sometimes it can feel like everyone else has a manual to follow while you’re left in the dark wondering if anyone will ever love you. The game playing makes […]
Alexis Sanchez to Man Utd to be confirmed: Terms agreed, medical done, pictures taken
Sanchez was even spotted taking selfies at Old Trafford last night wearing the No 7 shirt. He will take the vacant shirt for the first time since Memphis Depay left the club and follow in the footsteps of same famous faces. David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Eric Cantona and George Best have donned the famous number […]
The art of the SAFT: How to improve the terms of your pre-ICO investment
GUEST: Unregulated initial coin offerings (ICOs) stormed onto the scene in 2016 and early 2017, raising the collective eyebrows of the entrenched VC community. It was in this context that SAFTs, simple agreements for future tokens, were introduced. SAFTs have been hailed in the U.S. as a solution to the murky regulatory status of ICOs […]
The law that’s freeing UK’s 'worst rapist,' while other petty criminals face indefinite terms
Many are asking why the UK’s ‘worst sex offender’ – a cabbie believed to have assaulted 100 women – will be freed from jail while thousands of others on indeterminate sentences for lesser crimes are still without a release date. John Worboys, 60, a former stripper and porn actor, was convicted of 19 offences in […]