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Don't worry, you won't have to factor in-game currency into your taxes... at least, not yet. The IRS has removed a guideline (cached here) from October that treated Fortnite's V-Bucks, Roblox's Robux and other in-game cu...

Immune systems across the globe have been working overtime this winter as a devastating flu season has taken hold. More than 180,000 Americans have been hospitalized and 10,000 more have died in recent months, according ...

Facebook's at it again. While everybody knows the company for its eponymous app, it also regularly plays around with launching new ones on the down-low. Remember Lasso? How about Whale, Bump, or Aux? Well, the latest exp...

One of the tragedies of Huawei’s absence in many markets, especially after losing access to Google Play Store, is the absence of one of the best smartphone cameras in the market, at least by DxOMark’s standards. Even...

Facebook has quietly launched a new app called Hobbi under the ‘NPE Team’ developer name it first introduced in summer 2019. The app is similar to Pinterest, enabling users to upload pictures of their crafts, DIY pro...

This "Nintendo PlayStation" occupies a special place in gaming history, as one of fewer than 200 prototype units ever produced, and now it's up for auction. Its current owners explained how they came by it (in a bankrupt...

NASA has announced four science mission proposals that were selected under its Discovery Program. The space agency will offer millions of dollars to the teams behind these missions, funds intended to go toward developing...

The great ideological battles over internet piracy feel like they're long behind us, but the developers of the action RPG video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance have come up with a tactic to combat their pirate foes that h...

Fashion Week in over in New York, and it's clear there's a big trend afoot: sustainability. Designers showcased collections made with recycled fishing nets, models walked the runway with reusable water bottles, and one s...

New research suggests helmets used in World War I protected soldiers against overhead artillery blasts just as well as modern helmets--and one, the French Adrian helmet, actually performed better.

Kevin Smith's upcoming anime series based on the beloved Mattel franchise is set to continue the story of He-Man and the other Masters of the Universe in their ongoing quest to protect the planet of Eternia and the rest ...

Within the next few years, Roku anticipates that around half of all households in the United States will be cord-cutters — and many of them will have never subscribed to a traditional pay-TV service. The detail was dro...

Qualcomm may be providing the 5G modem for the iPhone 5G later this year, but rumors suggest it could end up being connected to an antenna of Apple’s own design. The two companies settled their legal spat over technolo...

The IRS has offered clarification on the confusing and panic-inducing Fortnite V-Bucks tax reporting requirement that appeared on its website. At the time when it was first noticed, the IRS’s website said that Fortnite...

Operatives from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spied on their Democratic counterparts as they conducted a strategy session on upcoming congressional races, according to a report in Politico's Play...

Rotational 3D printing could have your model printed in 30 seconds.

BP isn't the only company hoping to go carbon neutral despite its dependence on fossil fuels. Delta has unveiled a goal to become the first carbon neutral airline in the world, with the company promising $1 billion over ...

As the number of cases of coronavirus COVID-19 grows worldwide, the US CDC has detailed the primary ways in which the SARS-like illness could be spread, and which routes it is most concerned with. The first person-to-per...

On Monday the FBI and AG Barr announced "an indictment last week charging four members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) with hacking into the computer systems of the credit reporting agency Equifax and steal...

It may come as a shock to adults who read genre news sites to hear that a movie like Sonic The Hedgehog--a movie so heavily influenced by the '90s video game IP it's based on that it almost hurts--is squarely aimed at ki...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a common health problem with no single standard treatment option. If allowed to progress unchecked, the condition may lead to liver damage, making it important to address whatever hea...

Mold infestations at a Washington state hospital have claimed yet another life, according to the deceased's family. On Wednesday, 5-month-old Elizabeth Hutt died, following months of complications from a mold infection h...