CD Projekt Red is giving away The Witcher 3 on GOG

Editor's take: Good Old Games, known these days as GOG, sure does give away a lot of games. Over the last two years, I have collected 55 titles and didn't have to pay a dime. Granted, they aren't spanking new games, but they are quality hits, including Shadow Warrior, Beneath a Steel Sky, Hello Neighbor, and most recently Hitman: Absolution. The Witcher 3 will soon grace that list.

Today, CD Projekt Red announced it is giving away

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The FDA has approved a video game to treat children with ADHD

What just happened? The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week permitted marketing of the first video game to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a mental health condition that can cause abnormal levels of hyperactive and impulse behavior.

EndeavorRx (AKL-T01) , for children between the ages of eight and 12, is a video game designed “to directly target and activate neural systems through the presentation of sensory stimuli and motor challenges to improve cognitive functioning.”

The FDA’


The App Store was responsible for half a trillion dollars in sales last year

In a nutshell: It’s no secret that the App Store ecosystem generates a lot of money, buy the exact figure is pretty jaw-dropping. Last year alone, Apple’s marketplace supported an incredible $519 billion in billing and sales around the world.

The half-a-trillion figure comes from a study by independent economists at Analysis Group. It found that the majority of the money came from the sale of physical goods and services ($413 billion), followed by digital

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Jabra's Elite 75t wireless earbuds are on sale today


With great audio quality, 7+ hour battery life and an IP55 rating, the Jabra Elite 75t are our favorite sports buds. Today you can grab them at a discount of its $180 usual price.

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AMD announces Ryzen 3000XT desktop processors, launching next month starting at $249

What just happened? AMD on Tuesday welcomed three new members to its third-generation Ryzen desktop processor family across mainstream, performance and enthusiast segments. They’re the first Ryzen chips to carry the XT branding and are optimized with higher boost frequencies to deliver "elite-level performance that dominates gaming and content creation."

The new CPUs include the AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT , the AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT and the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT .

The Ryzen 5 3

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Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs not arriving until 2021, claims report

Rumor mill: Are we going to see the Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs this year? AMD says we will, but a new report claims the chips won’t arrive until early 2021.

The report comes from DigiTimes, which has a real hit-and-miss record with these sort of rumors, so take it all with a heavy dose of salt. The article has been translated by leaker RetiredEngineer.

The alleged main reason why AMD is holding back the Ryzen 4

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Cameo now lets you book a Zoom call with a celebrity

The big picture: Cameo, the service that allows celebrities to monetize themselves by recording personalized videos for paying fans, has taken the next logical step in its product evolution - live Zoom calls. Given the current social distancing climate, this could be the closest you’ll be able to get to an in-person meet and greet for the foreseeable future.

Interested parties can now book a live, 10-minute Zoom call with participating celebrities and invite up to four friends. As you’d expect, this

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HTC announces its first 5G phone, the mid-range U20 5G

In brief: Following the Vive XR Suite announcement, HTC revealed its first 5G phone at an event in Taipei, Taiwan. The U20 5G is the successor to last year's U19e and is joined by the Desire 20 Pro, an updated version of the Desire 19+.

For several years, HTC remained a top pick in the Android phone market and even gave the iPhone a good run for its money, thanks to a combination of beautiful, well-built hardware

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Microsoft to shift Windows Insider builds from rings to release channels

Bottom line: Microsoft's upcoming Windows Insider builds will now be distributed via three channels: Dev, Beta, and Release Preview. These channels are replacing the 'Fast', 'Slow,' and 'Release Preview' rings and will streamline OS development efforts with the company's other products.

With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft did away with traditional OS deployment and shifted to Windows as a service (SaaS) model. This gave way to a biannual release schedule for the OS alongside a major

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Here are some of the biggest issues caused by the Windows 10 May 2020 update

Facepalm: It wouldn’t be a Windows 10 update if it didn’t cause a slew of issues, and the May 2020 upgrade has brought plenty. Here are some of the most significant, which appeared after the OS’ recent big update (version 2004) and security updates KB4560960 and KB4557957.

As we reported in our Windows 10 Feature Experience Pack article, the May 2020 update

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