Baldur’s Gate III Peaks at Over 800,000 Concurrent Players on Steam; Larian Studios Only Expected 100,000

Baldur’s Gate III Peaks at Over 800,000 Concurrent Players on Steam; Larian Studios Only Expected 100,000

Baldur’s Gate III is dominating the Steam charts with record-breaking numbers, surpassing the 800,000 concurrent player mark on August 6. To be precise, the peak count was 814,666, perching it as the ninth-highest ranking PC game, when sorted by all-time peak variable — right below Hogwarts Legacy. It’s an impressive…

Apple, Samsung, Nvidia and Intel to Invest in SoftBank Group-Owned Chip Firm Arm at IPO: Report

Apple, Samsung, Nvidia and Intel to Invest in SoftBank Group-Owned Chip Firm Arm at IPO: Report

Apple and Samsung Electronics will invest in SoftBank Group-owned chip designer Arm at its initial public offering (IPO), expected in September, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday. Reuters reported in June that Arm was in talks with some ten companies – including Apple, Samsung, and Intel – with the aim…

MOVEit Hack Compromised Data at Around 600 Organisations Globally; Fallout Is Only Beginning: Cyber Analysts

MOVEit Hack Compromised Data at Around 600 Organisations Globally; Fallout Is Only Beginning: Cyber Analysts

A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at about 600 organizations worldwide, according to cyber analyst tallies corroborated by Reuters. But more than two months after the breach was first disclosed by Massachusetts-based Progress Software, the parade of victims has scarcely slowed. The tallies…

iQoo Z7 Pro 5G Will Launch in India on August 31: Expected Price, Specifications

iQoo Z7 Pro 5G Will Launch in India on August 31: Expected Price, Specifications

iQoo Z7 Pro 5G India launch date has been confirmed. The Vivo sub-brand on Tuesday, via Twitter and a media invite, confirmed the arrival of the new iQoo Z-series smartphone in the country. The iQoo Z7 Pro 5G is teased to feature a curved display with a hole-punch cutout. Meanwhile,…

PayPal’s Stablecoin Launch Opens Floodgates for Scam Tokens; Here’s How to Identify Real PYUSD

PayPal’s Stablecoin Launch Opens Floodgates for Scam Tokens; Here’s How to Identify Real PYUSD

PayPal, the US-based online payments giant, has launched PYUSD — its own stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. Banking on PayPal’s massive userbase, crypto scammers have jumped into action to use the opportunity to hunt for victims. Within the first few hours of its launch alone, a bunch of crypto…

Meta Asks Norway Court to Halt Daily Fine Imposed by Regulator Over Privacy Breaches

Meta Asks Norway Court to Halt Daily Fine Imposed by Regulator Over Privacy Breaches

Meta Platforms is asking a court in Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country’s data regulator imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users’ privacy, according to a court filing. Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million crowns ($97,700) per day from August 14 over privacy…

Disney Creates Taskforce to Explore AI Applications Across Verticals, Bring Cost Cutting Measures

Disney Creates Taskforce to Explore AI Applications Across Verticals, Bring Cost Cutting Measures

Walt Disney has created a task force to study artificial intelligence and how it can be applied across the entertainment conglomerate, even as Hollywood writers and actors battle to limit the industry’s exploitation of the technology. Launched earlier this year, before the Hollywood writers’ strike, the group is looking to…

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Is Now Available to Watch On-Demand on YouTube, Apple TV, Zee5, More

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Is Now Available to Watch On-Demand on YouTube, Apple TV, Zee5, More

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now available to stream as video-on-demand. The second chapter in fledgling Miles Morales’ multiversal escapades is now available for renting and purchase across Apple TV, Youtube Movies, Amazon Prime Video, and Zee5. Out of these, only Apple TV offers the premium Ultra HD version with…

Worldcoin Office Searched in Nairobi, Kenyan Authorities Confiscate Stored Records: Report

Worldcoin Office Searched in Nairobi, Kenyan Authorities Confiscate Stored Records: Report

Kenya’s scepticism around the controversial Web3 project, Worldcoin, seems to be growing with each passing day. Over the weekend, Kenyan authorities reportedly raided the office of Worldcoin in Nairobi, only to confiscate all the stored information of the users who registered with the project. The development followed an official government…

Global Video Gaming Revenue Expected to Hit $187.7 Billion in 2023 as Console Sales Rise by Over 7 Percent

Global Video Gaming Revenue Expected to Hit $187.7 Billion in 2023 as Console Sales Rise by Over 7 Percent

The global video games market would return to growth in 2023 on the back of strong sales of consoles such as Sony’s PlayStation 5, according to gaming market research firm Newzoo. Newzoo said it expects industry revenue to rise 2.6 percent to $187.7 billion (roughly Rs. 15,54,231 crore) in 2023,…