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Nintendo Switch Lite pre-orders are now open

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by on July 30, 2019 at 5:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Nintendo’s Switch Lite was announced a few weeks ago to polarized reactions, but there’s no doubt it’s already built a line of eager buyers to-be. If you’re one of those, your time has come: The Nintendo Switch is now available to pre-order for $199 – a full hundred bucks less than the original model – and will be released on September 20. All the color options are already up on Amazon. Click on over to buy the turquoise, yellow, or gray versions. Amazon also offers bundles with various microSD card sizes at the links above as well. If you want…

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Better testing could solve most tech problems, so why aren’t companies doing it?

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by on July 30, 2019 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


The headlines are packed with stories of high-tech gadgets, apps, and video games failing to meet consumer expectations due to performance failures or otherwise disappointing features. Samsung smartphones have been exploding, Nintendo Joy-Cons eventually run into a drifting problem, and countless apps and software programs have launched riddled with bugs. Obviously, these problems exist in many different companies, so it isn’t a problem within a single company’s culture. You could argue that these examples were disproportionately highlighted by the media, making us believe tech products are more problematic than they actually are. Or you could argue that these types of…

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The Black Shark 2 Pro is an affordable, turbocharged gaming phone from Xiaomi (kinda)

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by on July 30, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Driven largely by the arrival of AAA-tier titles like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, dedicated gaming smartphones are having a bit of a renaissance right now. Whether it’s merely a passing fad, or a specter of things to come is anyone’s guess, but either way, manufacturers of all stripes are jumping on the bandwagon. Today it was Xiaomi’s turn, with the launch of the affordable and turbocharged Black Shark 2 Pro. Before an overworked comms person sends me an angry email, Black Shark isn’t strictly speaking a core component of Xiaomi, but rather an independent brand – albeit one that Xiaomi’s…

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Mark Karpelès faces US class action lawsuit over Mt Gox’s demise

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by on July 30, 2019 at 2:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Mark Karpelès, the ex-CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, will have to face a class-action lawsuit in Philadelphia about the notorious company‘s demise five years ago. It comes after District Judge Robert Kelly threw out Karpelès’ request to dismiss the suit, which alleges he hid problems at the exchange from its users, Reuters reports. The case was brought forward by Gregory Pearce, a former Mt. Gox customer, who is representing himself as well as other victims affected by the exchange‘s failure. According to documents submitted in court, Pearce claims Karpelès was aware of “security bugs in the system but did…

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Almost a billion people watch esports {=~DATA!~=}

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by on July 30, 2019 at 2:27 pm
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My new Q3 Global Digital Statshot report – published in partnership with We Are Social and Hootsuite – reveals that almost 1 billion people around the world are already watching video game tournaments. Data from GlobalWebIndex shows that ‘esports’ audiences have grown by close to 50 percent over the past 12 months, with 22 percent of all internet users saying they’ve watched a video game tournament in recent months. Esports win with younger audiences The number of 16 to 24-year-olds watching esports is growing even faster, with the latest data suggesting that global audiences in this age group are up by…

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