Japanese e-sports company to rent out 'gamer apartments' equipped with full gaming PC set up

Feb 26, 2022 23:30 pm UTC| Life Economy Business Technology

Japanese e-sports company Basara has decided to tackle the problem of set-up costs of high-performance PCs for serious gamers and is renting out gamer-ready apartments for gamers dubbed e-rooms. The e-rooms come...

Ukraine conflict brings cybersecurity risks to US homes, businesses

Feb 26, 2022 10:06 am UTC| Technology

All cybersecurity is local, regardless of the world situation. That means its personal, too in Americans homes, computers and online accounts. As violence spreads thousands of miles away from the U.S., my strong...

Digital technology is helping us memorialise the pandemic – despite the government wanting us to forget about it and move on

Feb 26, 2022 10:02 am UTC| Technology

As the warnings to stay at home fade from memory and were told we must learn to live with COVID, it is easy to forget the first dread-filled days of the pandemic two years ago. Then, kisses, hugs and handshakes were...

Digital sound archives can bring extinct birds (briefly) back to life

Feb 26, 2022 10:02 am UTC| Technology

When people think of extinct animals, they may picture taxidermy, skeletons, 19th-century illustrations or perhaps grainy black-and-white photographs. Until very recently, these were our only ways to encounter lost...

‘Horizon Forbidden West’: More clues point to a potential in-game store and release of DLC expansions

Feb 26, 2022 09:58 am UTC| Technology

Horizon Forbidden West is a full-fledged single-player game that explains why it does not need to have an in-game store. However, players may have found another clue that the game will have such a feature down the...

How much damage could a Russian cyberattack do in the US?

Feb 26, 2022 09:57 am UTC| Technology

U.S. intelligence analysts have determined that Moscow would consider a cyberattack against the U.S. as the Ukraine crisis grows. As a scholar of Russian cyber operations, I know the Kremlin has the capacity to damage...

‘Call of Duty’ developer Treyarch is reportedly working on a standalone free-to-play Zombies game

Feb 26, 2022 09:55 am UTC| Technology

There have been plenty of reports recently that suggest massive changes are in order for the Call of Duty franchise. And further information from a well-known leaker has now claimed that Treyarch is working on a new...