In brief: Facebook engineers have revealed in court that the company ignored warnings about a potential security issue for nine months, only to have cybercriminals prove them right in 2018. And while they feel this could have been prevented, the company insists it was taken by surprise.

The social giant has vowed to do a better job with users' security, in light of a class action lawsuit that revealed a tale of mismanagement and ignoring repeated warning from employees in the 2018 incident that exposed the personal

In context: 2019 brought its fair share of controversies in the video game industry, but chief among them was BioWare's Anthem. Anthem was billed as a multiplayer, story-driven, cooperative RPG experience with a "looter-shooter" gameplay style; not unlike what you'd see in a game like Destiny. The end result, though, was something else entirely. On release, Anthem was buggy, lacking in content, and had fairly unstable servers.

For those who hoped BioWare could

Something to look forward to: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk last month said he expected the company’s first crewed mission to take place in the second quarter, or sometime between April and June. We now may have a more firm date, if one report proves accurate.

Ars Technica’s senior space editor, Eric Berger, said Monday on Twitter that the working date for SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission is May 7. Before marking your calendar with ink, however, Berger further notes that the launch date is

The big picture: Amazon's Echo devices and Alexa are nearly synonymous with the term "smart speaker." The latest figures from analyst firm, eMarketer, confirm that as nearly 70% of the smart speaker market belongs to Amazon. Google holds second place with around 38% while other brands, including Apple's HomePod, Sonos One, and Harmon Kardon Invoke bring up the rear collectively at 18%.

Amazon's early investment into smart speakers appears to be paying off as the company continues

Bottom line: Few things are as unpleasant as having to get blood drawn at the doctor. The issue is only compounded if you get an incompetent nurse or have a history of being “difficult to stick” due to small or elusive veins. The whole experience could change drastically in the future, however, thanks to the development of an automated blood drawing robot.

The prototype, created by a Rutgers-led team , utilizes ultrasound imaging to help the robot find and puncture the vein. In testing with 31 patients

In brief: As the novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout China, some foreign companies are limiting their operations in the country. Even many Chinese businesses closed down temporarily in response to the virus. However, not every company is slowing down its operations in the Asian country. Fiat Chrysler has just revealed plans to roll out a robot taxi service in China later this year.

That's a surprisingly quick timeline given the regulatory hurdles that will come with such an ambitious move, but Fiat Chrysler won't be going it

PSA: To celebrate Bioshock 2’s tenth anniversary, Sony is giving away The Bioshock Collection to PlayStation Plus members as one of February’s freebies (normally $60). Be warned, though; the save system for the bundled series has a serious flaw.

If you are planning to play through The Bioshock Collection , be aware that the save system has limited space to store your progress. The bundle only reserves a set amount of storage. This allocation is global as well, meaning that if you use

The big picture: According to a new report from SimilarWeb, total traffic to the top 100 sites in the world averaged 223 billion visits per month in 2019. That’s an increase of 11.8 percent versus 2017 and eight percent when compared to 2018’s total traffic stats.

With the proliferation of mobile devices, it’s no surprise that overall web traffic is on the rise.

SimilarWeb described the magnitude of growth as “astounding

DRM woes: DRM has never been a popular "feature" among PC gamers, but most of us have accepted it as a necessary evil; a headache we all have to live with to play the latest games legally. However, of all the forms of DRM, Denuvo is easily the most hated -- users have accused the "anti-tamper" software of slowing down PC performance and degrading SSDs. Still, companies continue to use it to block pirates and preserve early sales.

And, to that end,