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FREESPACE 2

Jumping back into the cockpit with the classic space sim.

CROW'S NEST

How Raven Software became kings of COD after vanishing from view

THE SOURCE ENGINE

The beautiful tension of an engine caught between eras.

ALTAÏR-NATE PAST

How Assassin’s Creed creator PATRICE DÉSILETS became gaming’s cool teacher

CHIVALRY 2

Tempered steel and temper tantrums on medieval battlefields

SEX DOESN'T SELL

STEAM draws a line on steamy content in games

FACE THE MUSIC

After DMCA takedowns, Twitch has to make peace with the music biz

ALIVE & KICKING

Playing my first match in BLOOD BOWL 3— and surviving to tell the tale.

DAIMLER TRUCK TO SHIFT SPENDING TO BATTERY, HYDROGEN RIGS

Daimler’s truck and bus division says it plans to shift most of its vehicle development resources to zero-emission vehicles by 2025 and predicts that battery and hydrogen-powered trucks could be competitive with diesels on cost later this decade.

BEST BUY RAISES 2021 COMPARABLE STORE SALES EXPECTATIONS

Three months after saying that comparable-store sales may actually fall in 2021, Best Buy on Thursday released a much more optimistic outlook after reporting booming sales in the first quarter.

GM'S NEWEST VEHICLE: OFF-ROAD, SELF-DRIVING ROVER FOR MOON

General Motors is teaming up with Lockheed Martin to produce the ultimate off-road, self-driving, electric vehicles — for the moon.

EU BEEFS UP DISINFORMATION CODE TO PREVENT DIGITAL AD PROFIT

European Union officials unveiled plans to beef up the bloc’s code of practice on online disinformation, with the aim of preventing digital ad companies from profiting off of “fake news.”

FLORIDA LAW SEEKS TO REIN IN LARGE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act exempts websites from being sued for removing content deemed to be “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable” as long as the companies are acting in “good faith.”

OPRAH, PRINCE HARRY HOST DISCUSSION WITH GAGA, GLENN CLOSE

Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry are continuing their mental health series with a virtual town hall featuring Lady Gaga, Glenn Close and others.

WHATSAPP SUES INDIAN GOVERNMENT OVER NEW INTERNET RULES

The messaging app WhatsApp has sued the Indian government seeking to defend its users’ privacy and stop new rules that would require it to make messages “traceable” to external parties.

EUROPEAN PRIVACY GROUPS CHALLENGE FACIAL SCAN FIRM CLEARVIEW

Privacy campaign groups filed legal complaints Thursday with European regulators against Clearview AI, alleging the facial recognition technology it provides to law enforcement agencies and businesses breaches stringent European Union privacy rules.

NBC HOPES FOR MORE INDYCAR AS CONTRACT COMES TO AN END

NBC Sports heads into its third Indianapolis 500 not ready to wave the checkered flag on its partnership with Roger Penske’s open-wheel racing series.

RUSSIAN TO BE DEPORTED AFTER FAILED TESLA RANSOMWARE PLOT

A Russian man was sentenced to what amounted to time already served and will be deported after pleading guilty to trying to pay a Tesla employee $500,000 to install computer malware at the company’s Nevada electric battery plant in a bid to steal company secrets for ransom.

HOW VACCINE PASSPORTS FOR GLOBAL TRAVEL WILL WORK

Boarding pass, suitcase, passport and ... digital vaccination certificate?

REVOLUTION: THE POST-COVID DIGITAL WORLD IS COMING

COVID-19 era been a story of dramatic digital transformation for all of us, or just some of us? And what’s next?

WHO'S AN ASTRONAUT AS PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT PICKS UP SPEED?

As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?

GERMAN REGULATOR PROBES GOOGLE'S MARKET POSITION, DATA USE

German regulators have launched an investigation into Google’s position in the market, and how the search engine and advertising giant handles user data.

GM NOW SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT UNION AT NEW BATTERY FACTORIES

General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle battery factories that it’s building in Ohio and Tennessee with a joint-venture partner.

UK MASS SURVEILLANCE UNLAWFUL UNDER EUROPEAN RULES

Europe’s top human rights court ruled this week that British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial victory for civil rights groups that had challenged the practices exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM WILL NOW LET YOU HIDE ‘LIKE' COUNTS

If you post a photo to social media and you don’t know how many people liked it, did you really post it?

AMAZON TO BUY MGM, STUDIO BEHIND JAMES BOND AND ‘SHARK TANK'

Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuffto watch.

DC FILES ANTITRUST CASE VS AMAZON OVER TREATMENT OF VENDORS

The suit seeks to end Amazon’s use of the allegedly illegal price agreements as well as unspecified damages and penalties.

FORD CEO SAYS US NEEDS TO REGULATE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS

The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems.

A NEW REASON TO SWIPE RIGHT? DATING APPS ADDING VAX BADGES

The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots.

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