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GamblingIndia eyes $1.7 billion online gambling tax after controversial levy
India is aiming to collect around 140 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) in tax over the next financial year from online gambling operations. As reported by Reuters, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra...
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HackPennsylvania Court website down in DDoS cyber attack
Part of the Pennsylvania Courts online system has fallen victim to a cyber attack. The Chief Justice of the US State, Deborah Todd announced that that a denial of service...
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GamingSkull and Bones – All editions, pre-order bonuses, and info you landlubbers need ahead of release
Oh, how we have waited for Skull and Bones. So long in fact even the most faithful doubted it would ever make it to the shore. It looks like it...
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GamingUbisoft unveils Skull and Bones beta test dates and roadmap
Regular readers of our gaming coverage will know we are excited about Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones here at Readwrite. We had it as one of the games we were most...
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GamingClash Royale Season 56 arrives with ‘Season of Love’ for Valentine’s Day
The super-popular mobile tower-rush game Clash Royale has just started its 56th season since launching in 2016. The Clash of Clans spinoff may have made a billion dollars in its...
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GamingIs Xbox ‘exclusive’ Starfield heading to PlayStation 5?
When Microsoft completed its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, owners of Bethesda Softworks in March 2021 it was a seismic moment for gaming. Microsoft had just taken away from...
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GamingBug means EA FC24 is going to get very Messi as EA apologizes for howler
Electronic Arts has issued an apology to FC 24 players for the faulty challenge at the end of January that awarded a Lionel Messi Team of the Year Card to...
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PlatformsFacebook/Meta — celebrating 20 years of astounding innovation and conflicting emotions
In 2015, Facebook celebrated its 10th anniversary by introducing the "On This Day" feature, allowing users to revisit their past posts. Today, we celebrate 20 years of the global phenomenon...
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PlatformsJoe Rogan signs massive new deal with Spotify
Since 2020, 'The Joe Rogan Experience' has been a Spotify exclusive. And now, Rogan's partnership with the streaming service has entered a new era in a new podcast deal which,...
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ReadWriteDutch regulator KSA issues ruling on loss-based bonuses
The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has acted to enforce a stricter ruling around loss-based bonuses following a wide-ranging investigation. Specifically, the Dutch gaming regulator has changed the terminology around its guidelines on...
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NewsAmazon content spending nears $19 Billion for 2023
An annual report posted by Amazon has revealed its spending on media content has increased to almost $19 billion. As one of the Big Five US tech giants, it owns...
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AppsThese chat apps are silently stealing your data
Malware disguised as a messaging app has been found on twelve applications, six of which were available on Google Play between April and September 2023. The malicious software, known as...
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AIMeet Rufus, Amazon’s new AI shopping assistant
Amazon is taking its work with artificial intelligence (AI) one step further, as it announces the beta of its new AI shopper, Rufus. Now in its beta stage, Rufus is...
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SEOWhere did Google’s cached links go?
Remember cached links? They were underlined in green text reading "Cached" next to the main link when you searched for something on Google. Granted, they weren't an essential part of...
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AR/VRMassive Meta Quest 3 update v62 takes on Apple Vision Pro head-on
Despite heavy quarterly losses, Meta’s Reality Lab turned over a billion dollars in revenue in Q4 last year which equates to a healthy amount of headsets sold. All of those...
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MobileThere are now more active Apple devices on the planet than children
Apple has steadily continued with its world domination ever since the first iPhone was released in 2007. And now, during the tech giant’s first earnings call of the year, CEO...
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IndustrialTesla settles hazardous waste lawsuit in California
Tesla has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement to resolve a California lawsuit alleging improper hazardous waste management at its facilities. The suit was filed by 25 counties across the...
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AR/VRQuest 3 drives huge quarterly revenue of over $1 billion for Meta’s Reality Labs
Meta’s Quest 3 headset had a strong Q4 last year. At stages over the holiday period, it was outselling Sony’s PSVR2 by 30 units to one on Amazon in the...
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GamingElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC may be dropping soon
Up until 2023, 2222’s Elden Ring had been the best game to come out for many for a long time. The rock-hard Soulslike from the masters at From Software captivated...
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GamingBuild your own Xbox 360 from bricks – no not those ones
We have seen brick-building excursions into the world of video gaming in the past from the likes of Lego, with collectors immortalizing their own memories in plastic constructions of some...
