Game Awards 2023: Baldur’s Gate 3 wins game of the year

Of the over 600 Chuck E. Cheese locations worldwide, fewer than 50 restaurants still have the quarter-century–old “Studio C” layout of animatronics that uses these floppy disks. Other restaurants have a version of the show that uses contemporary tech, while some have no animatronics at all. (Ars Technica has a story about Chuck E. Cheese’s…

For more than a decade, the smartphone has been the center of digital life. It replaced cameras.GPS devices.MP3 players.Wallets.Even desktop computers for many users. But every dominant technology eventually reaches saturation. And subtle signals suggest the post-smartphone era may be closer than most people think. This shift won’t happen overnight. It will unfold gradually —…

When we reported our findings to TikTok, a spokesperson said: “We constantly and relentlessly pursue those that seek to influence our community through deceptive behaviours, and we have removed a covert influence operation originating from Russia, as part of an investigation initiated by TikTok and to which the BBC has contributed.”

Apple appeals U.S. ban on watch imports over patent dispute – CBS News Watch CBS News Apple is appealing the U.S.’s decision to ban imports of the company’s smart watch due to a patent dispute over the watch’s blood oxygen monitor. The ban went into effect Tuesday after the Biden administration let the U.S. International…

Federal authorities have charged the co-founders of Fresno startup Bitwise Industries with fraud months after the company laid off all of its employees and shut down without explanation. Irma Olguin Jr. and Jake Soberal surrendered to authorities Thursday after being charged in a federal complaint with conspiring to commit wire fraud and taking more than…

How an island that exported t-shirts and sugar turned into the world’s largest silicon chip factory.