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Facebook is opening a $1B wind powered data center in Texas
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network would be opening a new $1 billion data center in Fort Worth, Texas, that will be completely powered by renewable energy. “Our data centers power Facebook and will help connect billions of people around the world in the coming years,” said Zuckerberg in a post ...
Doom producer promises the new game will be “a skill-based experience”
While Doom may not have been the first first-person shooter, it certainly helped both define and popularize the genre, and the next title in the series – also called Doom – promises to be a return to the shooter’s roots. “It’s quintessential Doom,” executive producer Marty Stratton told reporters on this year’s E3 showfloor. “I don’t know if ...
How NōD takes the philosophy of coworking beyond the walls of its office
The coworking movement is all about collaborating with like-minded people, and in the city of Dallas, Texas, that collaborative spirit extends beyond the walls of the individual coworking spaces. A recurring theme when I talk to people involved in the Dallas coworking scene is the openness of the community, and collaboration occurs between the various offices that, ...
Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao issues an apology to the community: “We screwed up”
Reddit Inc has been having a rough year in dealing with its very vocal community, and now interim CEO Ellen Pao has issued a public apology to redditors for the company’s lack of communication with users. Pao’s apology follows the company’s sudden removal of “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) organizer Victoria Taylor on July 2, which ...
Mega Man Legends creator launches spiritual successor ‘Red Ash’ on Kickstarter
Kickstarter has become the go to platform for breathing new life into old ideas, and the overwhelming success of crowdfunding campaigns for games like Yooka-Laylee, Star Citizen, Pillars of Eternity and others proves that there are plenty of nostalgic gamers out there ready and willing to hand over cash for a chance to play new versions of games ...
Reddit’s disintegration continues as dozens of subreddits go private
Some of Reddit Inc’s most popular forums are dropping like flies as more and more moderators set their subreddits to private, locking users out from reading or posting to them. The movement; which redditors have dubbed as Blackout 2015, AMAgeddon, and Victoria’s Secret; began with r/IAmA yesterday after Reddit’s official “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) organizer Victoria Taylor was “unexpectedly let go” from the ...
Reddit’s AMA forum falls apart after AMA organizer Victoria Taylor was ‘unexpectedly let go’
Update: Several other popular subreddits have set themselves to private in protest against Victoria Taylor’s removal from the company and due to an “underlying resentment against the admins for running the site poorly.” Several of the subreddits have millions of subscribers, including r/AskReddit, r/Science, r/Music, and others. Reddit user Gilgamesh-, who is moderator of several major ...
Nintendo President Iwata on the failure of Wii U and the future of Nintendo NX
It might be easy to dismiss some of Nintendo Co Ltd’s disgruntled fans as sometimes being unfair or even entitled—I mean, who signs a petition to halt development on a game? But when Nintendo’s shareholders voice some of the same concerns, it may be time for the Japanese game maker to take a long, hard ...
Facebook is testing out ad-supported videos to draw in more premium content
Facebook is continuing to push for more video on its platform, and the social network is now testing out ad-supported videos to draw in premium content that could give YouTube something to worry about. The new program would work similarly to Google’s YouTube Partner Program, which shares a portion of ad revenue earned on videos ...
Warner Bros reportedly knew Arkham Knight was broken on PC long before release
While the console versions of Batman: Arkham Knight launched last week to generally stellar reviews, the PC version was so hilariously broken that the game’s creators decided to pull it from digital store shelves until it could be fixed. Now, reports have surfaced that Arkham Knight’s publisher, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, had been well aware of the ...