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What's the secret of Candy Crush? The wildly popular game was released in 2012 and is still played daily by millions of people worldwide. Countless new games have been launched in recent years, but Candy Crash has 'something'. In any…

PC shipments increased by 3.6 to 14.6 percent in the third quarter of 2020, say three different research firms. Acer in particular benefits from the increase, although Lenovo continues to sell the most in absolute terms.Research firm…

The General Court, part of the Court of Justice of the European Union, has overruled an earlier decision by the European Commission, in which the body ordered Apple to repay 13 billion euros to Ireland for alleged state aid. The General…

Audio manufacturer Sonos has announced it will close six of its 12 offices worldwide and lay off 12 percent of its staff. The manufacturer is experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the economic downturn.It is not yet known…

Facebook has acquired Ready at Dawn and the studio will become part of Oculus Studios. Ready at Dawn continues to work on Lone Echo II, the fourth title for the studio's Oculus headsets, for now.Ready at Dawn continues to operate…

Hackers have stolen data from servers at three United Nations locations in Europe. That reports The New Humanitarian. The servers contained personal data of staff members, the site claims.The UN confirms the hack in the article by The…

An update to the privacy policy and terms of Samsung's services on Galaxy phones indicate that the manufacturer may have sold smartphone users' information to third parties, including advertisers.The new privacy policy states that Samsung…

Mozilla Corporation laid off about 70 people on Wednesday, Techcrunch reports. The reason is that it is taking longer than anticipated to develop services that should generate more revenue through subscriptions, for example.This is…

Intel will close its offices in Nuremberg and Duisburg, Germany, at the end of this year, according to business sources in Germany. The closure comes as no surprise; Intel developed modem chips and software for smartphones in the…

Russian authorities raided Nginx's Moscow office and seized equipment. Two employees, the two founders, were also arrested and questioned.In addition to founder and CTO Igor Sysoev, co-founder Maxim Konovalov has been arrested and taken…