20 best iPhone and iPad apps and games this week
Sneakers, Endless Wordplay, myHealthPal, Attack the Light, DomiNations, Boss Monster, Riff, Marvel Mighty Heroes and more
20 best Android apps and games this week
Habbo, Riff, Office Lens, Attack the Light, DomiNations, Marvel Mighty Heroes, Spell With Pip, Infinit and more
Microsoft to require suppliers to provide paid leave to workers
The software giant said that paid leave is an important benefit for workers
Twitch boss calls the end of games consoles
PS4 and Xbox One have been great, says Twitch TV co-founder Emmett Shear – but the future is more likely to be about set-top boxes
Netscape: the web browser that came back to haunt Microsoft
Bill Gates’s Internet Explorer killed off Netscape… but it rose again in the form of Firefox, and has now had the last laugh
Rare talent: inside the studio building Banjo-Kazooie’s spiritual successor
Playtonic is a new studio, but its staff helped create some of the greatest games of the 90s. Now they want to bring the glory days back with Project Ukulele
Phishing scam targets routers that use default security settings
Californian information security firm Proofpoint uncovers attack on Brazilian internet users with generic router login details such as ‘admin’
The 25 best alternatives to Photoshop
Adobe’s Photoshop has been the dominant force in image editing for a quarter of a century, but now there are lots of good competitors – some free, some paid for, some even work in the browser
Lizard Squad is back: group ‘attacks Xbox Live and Daybreak Games’
Hacking group springs back into life, reportedly launching DDoS attacks against range of games and services
HoloLens: Get ready to mix the real and the virtual in a mind-blowing new world
Naomi Alderman: From games to Skype to TV, Microsoft’s trailer for HoloLens promises a future where you can add a layer of computer-generated information to your vision
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected / Gat Out of Hell review – demon-slaying and dirty jokes
Patrick Harkin hops on Lucifer’s wings for a fun, mindless blaster
Artificial intelligence will become strong enough to be a concern, says Bill Gates
Former Microsoft boss joins Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking in suggesting that the march of AI could be an existential threat to humans
Artificial intelligence ‘will not end human race’
Head of Microsoft’s main research lab admits that AI will pose legal, ethical and psychological issues as it becomes more sophisticated
Which is the best streaming media box?
We put some of the latest streaming, gaming and TV tuner devices from the likes of Sony, Amazon and Microsoft to the test
PlayStation 4 v Xbox One – where do they really stand?
Microsoft has revealed its Xbox One shipping figures for the close of 2014 – and they’re good. But PlayStation 4 still seems to have the edge