In a rather chilling case of dystopian sci-fi made real, some Canadians have created a modified Xbox gamepad that draws blood from your arm every time your in-game character takes damage. According to the gamepad’s creators, the idea is to hold “blood donation gaming events” — to bolster blood bank reserves (which are always in short supply), and also to make gamers ...
Ralph H. Baer, the man widely acknowledged as the "father of home video games" for his pioneering work in electronics and television engineering, died on Saturday at his home in Manchester, N.H. He was 92. Video games have become a ubiquitous, billion-dollar industry that has in recent years surpassed the movie business. Titles in the Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty franchises often sell millions of copies within days of release. ...
Best Buy reportedly reached a final agreement with Jiayuan Group, a Chinese mainland real estate company, to sell its Chinese subsidiary Five Star Appliances to the latter. Best Buy said the sale of Five Star Appliances will not affect the operation of its other brands in China. In 2006, Best Buy entered the Chinese retail market by acquiring a majority stake in Jiangsu Five Star ...
Boost VC Announces a New Bitcoin Fund Boost VC, the venture capitalist firm based in California, announced a new fund called Bitcoin Boost Fund 2, which promise to give an additional 300 BTC to each Tribe 5 Bitcoin Startup. This fund, backed by Draper Associates, is one of the many recent announcements by Boost VC. In November, the company closed a funding round in which it generated ...
If China's top Internet search engine controls Chinese literature the way it delivers Internet search results, be prepared for Baidu.com to censor, misrepresent, and deliver books to Chinese readers in a way only a book-burner could love. Baidu is now extending its government-influenced Internet monopoly into the Chinese literature sector. Baidu Literature announced its establishment and revealed ...
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