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Since most major video games are playable on personal computers powered by Windows software, that would be unlikely to change once Microsoft owns ZeniMax and its studios. Consoles, however, are another matter. PlayStation fans devoted to franchises such as Elder Scrolls or shooter Wolfenstein could find them unavailable on the consoles going forward. (Photo | Elder Scrolls Online)

Microsoft adds gaming firm ZeniMax Media to XBox kitty

ZeniMax is the parent of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of popular game franchises including Dishonored, Doom, Fallout...

22 Sept 2020 4:11 PM IST

The deal would make Silicon Valley giant Oracle the data partner for TikTok with retail giant Walmart also taking a stake in a new entity to be called TikTok Global. ByteDance, under pressure in China not to give in to US demands, said it would hold an 80 percent stake in TikTok Global after a public share offering. (Photo | AFP)

Oracle-Walmart deal on shaky ground as Trump vows to block TikTok Deal...

A day earlier, he said he had given his blessing to Oracle and Walmart to make a deal with ByteDance for TikTok, but the...

21 Sept 2020 8:40 PM IST

A California court ruling said it granted a motion for a nationwide injunction against the implementation of the government order on WeChat, with the judge citing concerns over free speech. (Photo | AFP)

Judge in the US halts Trump administration's ban on downloading WeChat

The order would have slowed WeChat down and made it unusable in the United States for video chats with family and...

21 Sept 2020 7:05 PM IST

A total of about 39 million people have already visited the virtual voting information centres on Facebook and Instagram. (Representative Image | AP)

Facebook launches information centres to get people to vote to make up...

Facebook is seeking to show that it is no longer a means of massive disinformation as it was ahead of major votes in...

21 Sept 2020 5:55 PM IST

To enable the tap and pay feature using the smartphone phone, users will have to do a one-time set up by entering their card details and follow it by entering the OTP they get from the bank to add their card to the Google Pay app. (Photo | Pixabay - Mohamed Hassan)

Google Pay ties up with Visa to enable digital token transactions, NFC...

Users can use their debit or credit card to make payments through a secure digital token attached to their phone.

21 Sept 2020 4:47 PM IST

Google Pay has started its own Tez Shots Campaign which says, Score Runs to earn assured rewards worth up to Rs 1 lakh . Yet Play Store policies that got Paytm temporarily removed did not apply to Google Pay, the home-grown digital financial services firm alleged.

Paytm accuses Google of following double standards on cashback policy,...

Paytm said it was arm-twisted to comply with biased Play Store policies that are meant to artificially create...

20 Sept 2020 7:47 PM IST

Oracle could buy a 12.5 percent stake in TikTok before a future IPO, and Walmart a 7.5 percent stake. According to a source close to the matter, ByteDance would keep the rest of the shares. But since the Chinese company is 40 percent owned by American investors, TikTok would eventually be majority American-owned. (Photo | AFP)

Trump okays ByteDance deal with Walmart, Oracle, TikTok may just...

Oracle will host all US user data and manage security, while Walmart will supply its online sales, order management and...

20 Sept 2020 5:26 PM IST

While people can have points of view, they can have leanings, the system is designed to make sure no one person can influence the outcomes, let alone have any unilateral decision making power on this aspect, Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan said. (Photo | Pixabay)

Content goes by Facebook community standards, not ideology, India head...

Ajit Mohan said the content team is guided only by community standards enforced globally and is independent of the local...

20 Sept 2020 4:21 PM IST

This file photo taken on August 4, 2020 shows Prince, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance, who refused to give his real name, using a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at their office in Dongguan, Chinas southern Guangdong province. Beijing on September 11, 2020 denied trying to meddle in US presidential election after American tech giant Microsoft said it had parried cyberattacks from overseas groups including from China against both the Republican and Democratic campaigns. (Photo | AFP)

US government not upfront about hackers targeting elections, so...

With the Trump administration blocking what Congress learns about election threats, private companies are called upon to...

19 Sept 2020 8:37 PM IST

ARM has a significant market share in network infrastructure, mobile computing processors, vehicles, and energy-efficient servers.

Tech This Week | With ARM in kitty, Nvidia most impressive firm you...

This deal is going to serve as an important development in the chip war being waged between the US and China.

19 Sept 2020 8:01 PM IST

Many are switching to alternate platform Triller. Even TikToks gold standard, Charli DAmeliowho, with 87.5 million followers at just 16 years old, is the platforms most popular creatorannounced Tuesday a non-exclusive partnership with Triller, a similar platform, where she already has 1.1 million subscribers.(Photo | AFP)

Ahead of ban starting Sunday, US TikTok users switch to other...

Although young users, who make up TikTok'sprimary base, don't seem to have paid attention to the upcoming ban, the...

19 Sept 2020 7:32 PM IST

An announcement by Chinas Ministry of Commerce that came after USs decision to ban WeChat and TikTok did not mention any specific foreign entities that could be targeted. But it said the new system would consider sanctions on entities whose activities harm Chinas national sovereignty, security, and development interests or violate internationally accepted economic and trade rules . (Photo | AFP)

China retaliates for US' TikTok, WeChat ban with new provision to...

Punitive measures may include fines against the foreign entity, banning it from conducting trade and investment in...

19 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST