From CNET: Supercell, maker of the smash-hit mobile strategy game Clash of Clans, could soon be snapped up by a Chinese internet behemoth, according to new reports.

Web giant Tencent is close to a deal to buy Supercell, which also makes Boom Beach and farming sim Hay Day, according to the New York...

From InfoWorld: Last night, Microsoft released the latest Windows 10 beta build for Insiders in the Fast ring. Build 14366 has, to a first approximation, exactly nothing new -- except for an Edge extension. Yes, there are speed improvements to the Store. Yes, the Recently added list appears above...

From CNET: Pokemon Go could be the game that Pokemaniacs have dreamed of for years -- and it's coming out next month, reports Gamespot.

The iOS and Android title brings Pokemon into AR (augmented reality). Once the free app has been downloaded, your smartphone will buzz if one of the catchable...

From InfoWorld: Apple's Safari is driving another nail in the coffin of Adobe Flash by no longer telling websites that offer both Flash and HTML5 that the plug-in is installed on users' Macs.

The Mac maker is planning similar measures with other plug-ins like Java, Silverlight, and QuickTime. This...

From CNET: Facebook lovers on Android have another reason to never leave the social network's entangling arms with the addition of SMS support directly through the Facebook Messenger app.

The update, announced yesterday by David Marcus, Facebook's VP of Messaging Products, will let you send not...

From PC World: Microsoft has fixed more than 40 vulnerabilities in its products Tuesday, including critical ones in Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, and Office.

The vulnerabilities are covered in 16 security bulletins, six of which are marked as critical and the rest as important. This puts the...

From CNET: Users of iOS who have longed dreamed of deleting Apple's preinstalled apps from their devices will finally get their wish with iOS 10. And now, Apple is taking its own step in that direction by removing its Game Center from the first iOS 10 beta update to developers.

Though Apple did not...

From CNET: Photography enthusiasts love "raw" photo formats that let them wring as much flexibility and image quality out of their cameras. And now they're going to get that ability on iPhones and iPads.

That's because Apple's next-gen iOS 10 software adds a new programming interface that will let...

From PC World: For decades, Windows has remained the gaming platform of choice for PC users. Linux gaming has suffered from poor hardware support and lack of titles, but that could slowly change.

Hardware upgrades, including faster GPUs and CPUs, are poised to improve Linux gaming. The latest...

From InfoWorld: Intel has let slip its timeline for releasing what is arguably the most significant advancement in non-volatile data storage in years, its 3D XPoint (cross point) memory, which will be sold under the name Optane.

Taiwanese technology news site benchlife.info posted slides from a...