Humble Bundle moves forward with charitable donation caps on purchases
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Humble Bundle moves forward with charitable donation caps on purchases

In mid-July, Humble Bundle will move forward with its previous decision to cap charitable donations. Back in April, the company announced a plan to introduce a new storefront that was set to do away with its signature sliders and limit how much of their purchase customers could direct to charity. Following vocal backlash from its…

Twitter considers letting you tweet to ‘trusted friends’ only
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Twitter considers letting you tweet to ‘trusted friends’ only

Twitter is thinking about new ways to share tweets with specific groups of people. The company showed off two concepts for new features that would allow users to target tweets toward specific audiences without having to switch accounts or change privacy settings. The first would enable people to designate “trusted friends” so some tweets would…

EA is reportedly developing a ‘Dead Space’ remake
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EA is reportedly developing a ‘Dead Space’ remake

EA is reportedly working on a remake of Dead Space. You read that right. After more than eight years of the franchise collecting dust, VentureBeat reports EA has tasked its Motive studio to develop a Resident Evil 2-style remake of the first game in the series. According to writer Jeff Grubb, fans should expect an experience…

Longer TikTok videos are coming to everyone
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Longer TikTok videos are coming to everyone

Back in December, TikTok started allowing some of its best-known creators to upload longer videos to the platform. Instead of adhering to the usual 60-second limit, they could share clips that were as long as three minutes. Starting today and “over the coming weeks,” TikTok says it will roll out that capability to everyone. You’ll…

LinkedIn Responds to Reports of Data Breach Affecting 700 Million of Its Users

LinkedIn Responds to Reports of Data Breach Affecting 700 Million of Its Users

Article By Entrepreneur Staff Recently, several media reported on the data breach of more than 700 million users of the professional social network, LinkedIn, which is equivalent to just over 90 percent of people who use the platform. However, the social network explained through a statement that it is not a data breach, at least not “private data.”…

Facebook adds Ubisoft games to its cloud gaming service as part of huge US expansion
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Facebook adds Ubisoft games to its cloud gaming service as part of huge US expansion

Alongside Oculus VR and livestreams, Facebook’s gaming ambitions also include the cloud. Today, the company is making free game streaming available to 98 percent of the mainland US and bringing on board a major partner in Ubisoft. Facebook says it has now scaled-up its cloud computing infrastructure to the extent that it can roll out…

Jeff Bezos Picks Female Aerospace Pioneer to Launch With Him

Jeff Bezos Picks Female Aerospace Pioneer to Launch With Him

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos has chosen an early female aerospace pioneer—an 82-year-old pilot denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender—to rocket into space with him later this month. The company announced Thursday that Wally Funk will be aboard the July 20 launch from West Texas, flying in the capsule for the…