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Oct 2018
17m 55s

Wed. 10/17 - When is Cheating At Video G...

Brian McCullough
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Google bows to the EU’s demands, the biggest thing to happen to Github since the pull request, video game cheaters are getting sued, and Facebook brings back MTV’s The Real World.  Links: Google will start charging Android device makers a fee for using its apps in Europe (The Verge) GitHub launches Actions, its workflow automation tool (Github) Fortnite, G ... Show More
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