Mobile game spending is leaving other platforms in the dust

A new report out from app analytics firm App Annie and International Data Group (IDC) reveals that worldwide consumer spending on mobile games is expected to reach $120 billion this year. The next closest competitors, the PC and Mac, are only forecast to bring in a collective $41 billion.
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Gabe Newell believes brain-computer interfaces will let us edit who we are

In a recent interview with New Zealand’s 1 News, Newell delves deep into the topic of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Bypassing physical body parts like eyes that limit our ability to experience things and interfacing directly with the brain could open up a whole world of possibilities and make the real... https://www.techspot.com/news/88401-gabe-newell-believes-brain-computer-interfaces-us-edit.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple expected to lose 6 million iPhone 14 Pros as disruption at Foxconn plant continues

Foxconn's facility manufactures the overwhelming majority of iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max devices. Operations were disrupted in mid-October following a Covid outbreak that put the factory and its 200,000 workers into a "closed loop" lockdown. https://www.techspot.com/news/96782-apple-expected-lose-6-million-iphone-14-pros.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Tencent wins with merger of China's game streaming giants Huya and DouYu

Tencent currently has stakes in both Huya and DouYu and will have approximately 68 percent combined voting shares once the new firm is formed. Post-merger, Huya and DouYu shareholders will get fully diluted shares of the combined companies, with DouYu’s Chen Shaojie and Huya CEO Dong Rongjie becoming co-CEOs once... https://www.techspot.com/news/87078-tencent-wins-merger-china-game-streaming-giants-huya.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

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