Good Old Games has launched on a new site dedicated to promoting DRM-free content. Will it succeed in creating a DRM-free alternative to iTunes and Amazons of the digital marketplace?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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Xiaomi making money and lowering prices, Facebook and twitter ban accounts they say originate in Iran and Russia, Verizon caught throttling fire department during California fires.

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Top tech companies are looking to hire experience over formal education, Netflix wants to escape the Apple’s cut on subscriptions, and Microsoft cracks down on Russian bots.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Patrick Beja.

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Tinder launches Tnder U for college students, Winklevoss twins create digital currency association, Facebook gives users reputation scores.

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Nvidia announces new consumer video cards based on its Turing GPU architecture, Financial Times drafting rules to penalize social media platforms for not removing terrorist content within an hour of notification, and Bittorrent’s creator criticizes cryptocurrency.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

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Apple removes thousands of gambling apps from China store, Fitbit announces the Charge 3, Skype end-to-end encryption is live.

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