Someone Is Destroying Online Go, And Nobody Knows Who It Is

Right now, there's a player lurking in the depths of the online Go scene that is laying waste to some of the best players in the world.
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The Journey To Sony’s Next Console: The PlayStation 5

What we’ve witnessed with the PS4 isn’t just amazing, but it shows the strength of the PlayStation brand as a whole. Sony has reinforced its claim as the leading gaming console provider with the PS4, although we should not forget that the PlayStation brand was actually introduced back in 1994. It seems fair to say that both Microsoft and Nintendo are currently competing for a slice of the console market, yet it’s Sony who are attracting the majority of gamers. Let’s now take a look at why Sony will likely continue next, in the future, with a PS5.
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Acer's Absurd Curved Display Laptop Has a Predictably Humongous Price Tag

Look, we’ve been a little amped about Acer’s absurd curved display laptop, the Predator 21-X. It has a stupid name, isn’t practical or reasonable, and if you have brittle bone disease it would probably destroy your lap. But it’s also a laptop with a 21-inch curved display and goddammit that is as cool as it is stupid. It is also, we’ve just learned, going to be very very expensive.
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CNN uses screenshot from ‘Fallout 4’ to show how Russians hack things

The thing about computer hacking is that it's such a general, far-reaching term that it's almost impossible to explain to someone who isn't already familiar with it. So, news networks who need b-roll footage to show while they're talking about hacking usually just show keyboards or random...
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Child uses sleeping mom's fingerprints to buy Pokemon gifts

A fingerprint-ID locked phone wasn't going to stop this 6-year-old from catching 'em all. Online purchases have been a pain in the wallet for parents, with the Federal Trade Commission hitting Apple, Google and Amazon with complaints accusing the companies of making it too easy for kids to make in-app purchases. Kids buying online without their parents' consent has cost these companies millions in settlements.
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Game on! The best board games of 2016

Do you get unhealthy levels of enjoyment from unwrapping decks of cards, punching out cardboard tiles, and evaluating the heft and finish of wooden cubes? We do, too—we're gamers, after all—and 2016 was a tremendous year for tabletop gaming. The tireless members of the Ars Cardboard crew spent a lot of time playing, replaying, and dissecting the year's new titles, and we're ready to tell you what we enjoyed most.
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The Pinball Punk of Montreal

When musician Adam Kiesler tried to get pinball back on the street, he uncovered the game's seedy past – and the archaic laws that banned it.
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