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Valve last week announced that it was allowing players to sell video game mods on its digital distribution platform, Steam, starting with mods of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but the policing of the marketplace and the percentage of revenue shared with creators have become points of contention ...

Coinciding with the official Apple Watch launch on Friday, a slew of apps and games are making their debuts. One of the early hopefuls is WayForward, which last week unveiled its Watch Quest, hoping to get a jump on the competition ...

Comcast has decided to abandon its plan to merge with Time Warner Cable, according to multiple press reports based on briefings with people familiar with the matter. The company is expected to make a formal announcement on Friday ...

Google on Tuesday initiated changes to its search algorithm to address increased use of mobile devices, and there is about a week left before the full impact of its new metric is felt in full ...

Nokia will release a new smartphone by the end of 2016, a pair of unnamed sources told Re/code. ...

Jawbone on Wednesday announced its new UP2 and UP4 fitness bands, based on designs that were reworked "ounce for ounce," according to the company. ...

Activision on Tuesday took the wraps off Guitar Hero Live, setting the video gaming stage for a battle of the bands ...

Apple scored close to 1 million preorders of the Apple Watch in the U.S. on Friday -- the first day consumers could sign up for it -- according to a Sunday report from Slice Intelligence ...

News last week that Zynga founder Mark Pincus had replaced Don Mattrick as CEO, less than two years after vacating the position, sent the company's shares tumbling. The stock price was holding its own on Monday after a rebound on Friday, but the sharp reaction was a clear indicator of investors' concern over the management change ...

LinkedIn on Thursday announced its intent to complete the acquisition of online business school Lynda.com by the close of 2015's second quarter ...

Checking another item off its to-do list, Microsoft on Wednesday announced an update to its latest Xbox One console: support over-the-air television broadcasts. A TV tuner is necessary to pick up OTA signals, and Microsoft has partnered with Hauppauge, which provides one that can do the job ...

Stanford University researchers on Tuesday revealed they had stumbled onto a breakthrough that could lead to the adoption of fast-charging, long-lasting batteries in the near future ...

Roku on Monday unveiled its new Roku 3 and an updated Roku 2. ...

Samsung's upcoming pair of flagship smartphones are distinguished by their form factors. The Galaxy S6 edge is almost identical to the US$650 Galaxy S6, but, for an additional $100, users get a display that spills over its sides, allowing notifications to appear along its marquee-like edges, without rousing the handset's display in full ...

President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order that gives the Secretary of Treasury the authority to impose sanctions on entities found responsible for or complicit in carrying out a cyberattack harmful to U.S. interests. The Secretary of Treasury will have to consult with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General before enacting the powers granted under the order...

Tidal on Tuesday announced the premium tier of its subscription-based music streaming service, which costs twice the amount of a standard US$10 account with the company. While the $20-per-month price tag for Tidal premium may seem steep, that subscription serves users lossless audio ...

Xbox and 343 Industries on Sunday released two live-action trailers for Halo 5: Guardians to encourage Xbox One owners and holdouts alike to "hunt the truth." The trailers aired during the season finale of The Walking Dead. The game will make its official debut in June at E3 2015 ...

BlackBerry last week reported fourth-quarter revenue of US$660 million -- well under analyst expectations, but enough to put the company back in the black ...

Twitter on Thursday unveiled Periscope, the live-streaming app developed by a company it acquired earlier this year, reportedly for just under US$100 million. It's a big bet for an app that's in a genre that already has matured, but Twitter is counting on the mobile world's appetite for more video ...

Open Source Virtual Reality, a platform that aims to unify virtual reality input devices, games and output, and Leap Motion, a company that has established itself in the development of motion-tracking hardware, on Wednesday announced what may be a compelling way to control movements in a virtual reality environment ...