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Comprehensive study shows that playing video games does not make you violent

TechSpot

The meta-analysis—a design used to systematically assess the results of previous research—involved re-examining 28 studies going back to 2008 that looked for links between video games and acts of real-life violence. The study was led by Aaron Drummond, a researcher from New Zealand’s Massey University.

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YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips terminated after it was hacked to show crypto-scam videos

TechSpot

Linus Sebastian's Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel has been running since 2008 and has amassed 15.8 million subscribers. The Canadian has several channels under the Linus Media Group banner, including TechLinked, but the main one remains the most popular. Sadly for all involved, it's become the latest high-profile channel to be hacked.

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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

(Sega Image) A new study found that the vast majority of video games with a physical release in the U.S. In the study, Salvador’s VGHF research team set to find out how many “classic” video games that received an official release in the U.S. Kelsey Lewin, co-director of the Video Game History Foundation.

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The Kid from 'David After Dentist' Is Now in College and Selling an NFT of His Viral Video to Pay Tuition

Gizmodo

The latest is “David After Dentist,” one of YouTube’s earliest viral videos. In 2008, David DeVore recorded his then-seven-year-old son, David Jr., It seems like every internet meme is getting the NFT treatment these days. babbling now-iconic lines like “Is this real life?” in a medication-fueled haze after a tooth… Read more.

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E3 Rewind: Nintendo’s boring and bizarre E3 2008

Venture Beast

Jeff Grubb and I decided to watch this event again, almost 13 years after it first aired, and try make sense of Nintendo's strategy. Read More.

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Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit

Network World

million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened federal, state and local government agencies to hackers. Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 Under terms of the settlement Cisco will pay $2.6 RELATED: A conversation with a white hat hacker. To read this article in full, please click here

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Thanks to the Rickroll, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ hits 1 billion YouTube plays

The Verge

The official video for Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” has surpassed 1 billion plays on YouTube. Astley took to the video’s comments to share his gratitude, saying “amazing, crazy, wonderful!” In a video posted to Instagram, he added “the world is a wonderful and beautiful place, and I am very lucky.”.

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