Valve argues that "items in the boxes are purely cosmetic, there is no disadvantage to a player not spending money.” ...

Valve have gone public with their legal fight against the New York attorney general over whether lootbox mechanics qualify as gambling.

Valve disagrees with AG Letitia James' allegations that it violated New York gambling laws and signaled intent to fight the lawsuit in court.

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

President Donald Trump's beef import plan aims to cut prices, but cattle ranchers say it misses what’s crushing them most — the power of meat packers. "Meat packers have created a system where they ...

An HMRC troubleshooter is stepping in to lead an “urgent recovery plan” as the civil service pension scheme experiences difficulties, following the transfer to new supplier. There are now plans to add ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who ...

The Twins had a media luncheon on Jan. 23, the Friday of TwinsFest, in a dining/drinking area of Target Field’s second floor. There was a medium-sized buffet area that had salad; a beef product in ...

Oil prices are retreating after a geopolitics-driven spike, as the glut narrative regains control. Rising inventories, sanctioned crude weighing on tanker data, and new Venezuelan barrels reinforce ...

Over the past few days, Pokemon Go players have noticed some changes to the mobile game. It seems related to a January 6th update, which arrived ahead of the Pinch Perfect event. Updates like this ...

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the fundamental "no cloning" problem. The research, "Encrypted Qubits can be ...