Tetris exploded in popularity after a race in the 1980s to secure global rights for the Soviet-made video game, a tale retold in a new movie. It is still captivating minds decades later.
Category: Computer and Video Games
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Rift Between Gaming Giants Shows Toll of China’s Economic Crackdown
Activision Blizzard and NetEase could not agree on a new deal to distribute video games in China, cutting millions of players from the games in January.
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Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Talks Free Agency, Activism and Kanye West
The star Celtics guard talks about his career year in the N.B.A., educational inequality and his association with Kanye West.
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A Video-Gaming School Stumbles on a Way to Get Dropouts Back in Class
Japan’s first e-sports high school thought it would turn out pro gamers. Instead, it attracted an unexpected demographic.
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Luka Doncic Only Makes Basketball Look Easy
The Dallas Mavericks guard is having the best season of his career. Long media-shy, he’s now opening up about life in the N.B.A. spotlight, and his plans for life after.
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Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent
The company, which announced plans to lay off 10,000 workers last week, had warned that is was facing a significant slowdown in the growth of its sales.
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Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent
The company, which announced plans to lay off 10,000 workers last week, had warned that is was facing a significant slowdown in the growth of its sales.
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Crypto Meltdown? Scandals Fail to Shake the Faith of Crypto Executives.
Despite trillions of dollars of losses, a batch of bankruptcies and one very high profile arrest, blockchain’s devotees remain devoted.
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Video Game Workers Get a Union Foothold at Microsoft
The outcome, involving about 300 employees, is one of organized labor’s biggest victories at a major U.S. tech company.