Google quietly launches its Switch to Android app for iOS as an unlisted app
The developer, Google LLC … Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Google quietly launches its awaited ‘Switch to Android’ app on iOS Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : New Google app makes it (marginally) easier...
Activision Blizzard will convert all its 1,100 temporary and contingent QA workers to full-time employees on July 1 and raise the minimum hourly rate to $20
To Ubisoft, then, and a chance to end the week with a merry dance … Rhiannon Bevan / TheGamer : Union Calls Out Activision For Undermining Strike Effort By Not Including Raven Workers In Pay Rise Bren...
As Xbox turns 20, Phil Spencer and other executives discuss future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, Xbox history, and more
it won't end here Pure Xbox : Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass Isn't ‘Burning Cash’, It's Very Sustainable Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com : Xbox's 20th Anniversary: Halo Launch, TV Show, Backward Compatibili...
Every Apple Store in the US is open for the first time since March 2020, with many starting to offer in-store shopping after operating as Express storefronts
sort of Stephen Warwick / iMore : All U.S. Apple stores open for first time in nearly a year Cohen Coberly / TechSpot : Apple has officially reopened all of its US store locations Mark Gurman / Bloomb...
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic will add IAP for WordPress.com plans to WordPress iOS app after Apple froze app updates and demanded the addition
❗ Punctuation matters Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Apple's At It Again, This Time With WordPress Joe Wituschek / iMore : WordPress says Apple has blocked it from updating its iOS app Surur / MSPoweruser...
AMD confirms someone claimed in December to have “test files” related to current and future graphics products; some files recently posted online were removed
and they want $100 million for it Tom Warren / The Verge : Xbox Series X graphics source code stolen and leaked online Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo : PS5 and Xbox Series X Code Stolen From AMD and Briefly ...
ESA says E3, scheduled for early June as a three-day event, has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
The biggest trade show in video games is skipping a year. Michael Kan / PCMag : 2 Attendees at Last Month's RSA Cybersecurity Show Now Have Coronavirus Stephany Nunneley / VG247 : With E3 2020 cancele...
Microsoft pushes a fix for a critical flaw in a cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows; NSA says it alerted Microsoft to the bug
rather than weaponizing it Robert Hackett / Fortune : The NSA patches up its reputation with a gift to Microsoft Mark Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : Microsoft turns the screws on Windows 7 users with fu...
MalwareBytes: an Android phone offered free by Assurance Wireless as part of the US Lifeline Assistance program comes pre-installed with Chinese malware
With help from John Hendel and Eric Geller Paul Wagenseil / Tom's Guide : ‘Obamaphones’ come preloaded with malware Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartpho...
Larry Page steps down as Alphabet CEO; Sundar Pichai to lead both Alphabet and Google
Silicon Valley is still politely shrugging … Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg : Alphabet's New Boss Leaves Silicon Valley Giants Low on Founders PYMNTS.com : Top News In Payments: CFPB Seeks Remittance Exempti...