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Gaming
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1.4KGoogleGoogle Launches Gaming Service
Google has launched its cloud gaming platform, a service called Stadia, with the introduction coming as payments is commanding a bigger role...
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4.5KGoogleGoogle Set To Announce Game Streaming Service
Google is getting ready to announce its own game streaming service. The tech giant will show off its plans to enter the...
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3.4KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Overstock Invests In Blockchain Banking Co; Ripple Gets Into Blockchain Gaming
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announced it is integrating CipherTrace’s Compliance Monitoring product to “protect consumers, investors and business partners.” The...
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3.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsInComm Enters Lottery Industry With Linq3 Buy
Payments technology company InComm has acquired Linq3 Technologies with the purpose of entering the lottery industry, the company announced on Tuesday (March...
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6.9KFraud AttackRed Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
One of the main differences between a successful criminal and a wanna-be is that the smart one knows how to hide (often...
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14.9KAppleApple Mulls Subscription Service For Gaming
Apple could be starting a subscription service for gaming, according to reports. It would operate like a streaming service, where users pay...
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3.2KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Blockchain Phone ‘Finney’ To Debut In Dec; AriseBank CEO Handed 120-Year Prison Sentence Over $4M Crypto Scam
Blockchain startup AriseBank’s CEO is facing up to 120 years in prison for misleading investors in a crypto scam. According to The...
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3.3KEarningsTencent’s Profit Drop Drags On Chinese, Tech Stocks
There’s a saying that Wall Street does not like surprises — and certainly not earnings surprises … at least not to the downside....
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3.6KLegalOpening Bets: MGM Deals Foreshadow New Gambling Culture
Not quite three months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state bans on sports betting, MGM Resorts International has signed deals...
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2.8KSecurity & FraudKaspersky: Gaming, Crypto Targeted In DDoS Attacks
A new report from Kaspersky Lab shows an increase in botnet-assisted DDoS attacks, including the recurrence of old vulnerabilities and the rise in...
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3.4KBlockchainBest Meta Explores Blockchain As A Crowdfunding Mechanism
Money can’t buy happiness, but blockchain can buy fame, and that’s kind of the same thing, right? Okay, maybe not exactly, but...
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7.6KFacebookFacebook Live Now Offers Tipping
Video gameplay streamers who use Facebook Live are getting a new way to make money, with Facebook adding the capability for users...
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9.7KeCommerceEA, Star Wars And The Force (Of Payments) That Wasn’t With Them
If EA Games — the third- or fourth-largest video game company in the world — had set out to write a step-by-step guide on...
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2.3KInvestmentsRazer Invests In Asian Online Payment Firm To Boost Virtual Currency For Gamers
Gaming company Razer has invested nearly $20 million into Malaysia-based online payment firm MOL Global. According to TechCrunch, this move is part of...
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6.7KNewsNiantic Charges Pokémon GO Sponsors Up To 50 Cents Per Visitor
Pokémon GO maker Niantic has revealed that sponsored locations like McDonald’s Japan pay up to $0.50 for each visitor attracted to the...
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3.0KMobile CommerceAmazon To Host eSports Tournament
Amazon continues to bank on the popularity of eSports. The online retail giant recently announced that it will hold its first-ever eSports...
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3.4KMobile
PayPal Survey Says Americans Game On Smartphones, Prefer Easy Payment Methods
The results are in: PayPal just released its Digital Goods Economy Survey. The survey analyzed habits, behaviors and consumer trends in the...
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3.8KInvestmentsReal-Time Sports Betting Startup Gets Funded
WinView, a two-screen TV synchronization platform, announced the close of its Series A funding round with $3.4 million in equity financing on Tuesday...
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eCommerce
Is Amazon Going Prime-Only On Select Videos, Games?
While Amazon’s push to expand Prime membership shows no signs of slowing, it initially appeared that the latest move in that regard...
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Security & Fraud
Fraudsters Gaming Gamers (Out Of Money)
Pretty much anyone who interacts online is a potential target of fraud — and that includes gamers. Kaspersky Lab Daily has taken a...
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Retail
The Digital Expansion Of Analog Gaming
With news that a version of "Monopoly" is ditching cash in favor of digital payments, is the end of traditional board games...
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Controversial
Gamers Vs. Hackers — For The Holidays
Microsoft and Sony could be in for a bummer of a Christmas if a hacking collective makes good on its promise to...
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1.8KInternationalHow Social Media Bridges China’s Lending Gap
At least one Chinese company has paired social media with lending. Tencent evaluated 50 million Chinese consumers using what might be thought...
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Cool
Green Man Gaming And The New Marketplace
In 1985, video games were a $100 million industry; that was after the great console crash that started in 1983 and drained...
