Over the past two years, the Nex Playground has carved out a niche for itself with kids and parents alike. It's a small box that sits in front of your TV and uses a camera, along with computer vision ...

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Microsoft Azure Fends Off ‘Largest DDoS Attack Ever Observed in the Cloud’ Your email has been sent Microsoft confirmed that Azure blocked a denial-of-service attack that involved more than 500,000 IP ...

The Xbox Kinect has turned 15, and we’re all grateful the industry got over its obsession with whatever Nintendo was up to at the time. Announced in 2009 as Project Natal, with hindsight being 20:20, ...

In 2010, when Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, it pitched the camera as a revolutionary new gaming device. Swing an imaginary lightsaber and that would be translated onscreen. Throw a football and it ...

Of all major game publishers, Nintendo is the one most associated with bizarre controls. From the Virtual Boy to the Wiimote, Nintendo's history is studded with unorthodox new ways to play games — ...

Microsoft Azure experienced a global outage on October 29. Microsoft customer-facing services were affected. Recovery came later that same day, but some problems linger. Last week, Amazon Web Services ...

Azure outage affected global industries, including airlines and airports Microsoft 365 services impacted by Azure configuration change Outage follows recent Amazon AWS disruption, highlighting tech ...