Angry and disappointed, if not surprised: The ad industry reacts to the Google search remedies ruling 

That summarizes the response to yesterday’s remedies ruling in Google’s antitrust trial, with reactions varying from vehement criticism to resignation.  In Justice Amit Mehta’s remedies judgment, which followed the 2024 ruling that Google’s search operations was a monopoly, Google avoided the worst-case scenario: a forced breakup. After all, the Justice Department’sContinue Reading

Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale

Hurricane Florence made landfall in South Carolina in September 2018. It was a Category 1 hurricane, but the devastating flooding that followed killed 55 people. (Image credit: Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) A new hurricane categorization system could help people better prepare for storms by incorporating risks from storm surges and rainfallContinue Reading

Performance woes in Unreal Engine 5 games are developers’ fault, says Tim Sweeney

Recent high-profile Unreal Engine 5 releases have highlighted the challenges of game development with Epic’s popular creation tool. Games such as Metal Gear Solid Delta or Wuchang: Fallen Feathers have suffered from significant performance issues, but Sweeney insists the blame lies with game studios rather than the engine itself.Read EntireContinue Reading