video games Tencent is developing a mobile version of Elden Ring Grant St. Clair

surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow

Business Pinduoduo: China's "Groupon on steroids" Cory Doctorow

censorship How Wechat censors images in private chats Cory Doctorow

surveillance The predictable dystopian trajectory of China's Citizen Scores Cory Doctorow

Games European gaming history often ignored in US-centric retrospectives Rob Beschizza

privacy Your air fryer may be spying on you Rob Beschizza

Games Will Smith's zombie survival game Undawn is a flop Grant St. Clair

tabletop gaming Hasbro in talks to sell Dungeons & Dragons? Gareth Branwyn

unions Epic Games sells Bandcamp, just six months after employees try to unionize Thom Dunn

unions Bandcamp reportedly union-busting by pressuring record labels Thom Dunn

video games Game trade show E3 loses more big names Grant St. Clair

science fiction China's own live-action adaptation of The Three Body Problem is live now, with English subs Thom Dunn

law U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's WeChat ban, for now Xeni Jardin

Technology Judge to decide by Sunday if TikTok will remain in U.S. app stores Xeni Jardin

Business WeChat users in U.S. will not be penalized, says Justice Department Xeni Jardin

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china China's government is limiting the number of hours kids can play computer games Mark Frauenfelder

china Son of Ghostnet: the mobile malware that targets Tibetans abroad Cory Doctorow

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