From PC Mag: Microsoft has had a division dedicated to games development and publishing since the year 2000. It used to be called Microsoft Games, then Microsoft Game Studios, and most recently simply Microsoft Studios. However, this week the word Microsoft is being dropped as the division just got...

From ComputerWorld: Mozilla this week announced that the next upgrade to Firefox, due for release March 19, will automatically block all auto-play audio by default.

"Starting with the release of Firefox 66 for desktop and Firefox for Android, Firefox will block audible audio and video by default,"...

From CNET: Spotify boosted its podcast efforts Wednesday, announcing, as it released quarterly financial results, that it has bought podcast companies Gimlet and Anchor.

"Our podcast users spend almost twice the time on the platform, and spend even more time listening to music," Spotify CEO Daniel...

From ARCTIC Press Release: ARCTIC presents the latest edition of its popular Z and Z Pro monitor arm series while also introducing the all new W1C wall mount. All products are available now in stores and in the ARCTIC Webshop.

The new Gen 3 models of the monitor mounts - Z1 (Gen 3), Z2 (Gen 3), Z1...

From PC Mag: If you're in the market for a new gaming headset, be that wired or wireless, Logitech would like to draw your attention to four new headsets it is launching today ranging in price from $59.99 to $169.99.

Sitting at the high-end, Logitech is touting the G935 7.1 Lightsync Wireless...

From The Verge: Samsung is due to refresh their wearable lineup, along with their Galaxy S flagship smartphones, at their upcoming Unpacked 2019 event. Leaked image renders posted by 91Mobiles show a new wearable, purportedly named the Galaxy Sport. Like the Galaxy Watch before it, the Galaxy Sport...

From CNET: Apple reached a deal with French authorities to back-pay 500 million euros ($571 million) in taxes, reports said.

The Cupertino, California, company's French branch confirmed the tax agreement to Reuters on Tuesday, without revealing how much it would pay.

However, French magazine L...

From The Verge: Microsoft is getting ready to release an important software development kit (SDK) that will allow game developers to integrate Xbox Live into any titles that run across PC, Xbox, iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch. Spotted by Windows Central, a GDC session reveals that Microsoft will...

From PC Mag: A Canadian cryptocurrency exchange can no longer access customer funds because the company's CEO is dead and no one knows the passwords to his computers.

The computers hold more than US$137 million in virtual currencies for the cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX. However the company's...

From InfoWorld: JavaScript has eclipsed Java as the most-learned language among developers, according to a report released week by technical recruiter HackerRank.

Based on an online survey of 71,281 developers done in November 2018, the 2019 HackerRank Developer Skills Report found that more than...