Ireland Thinking outside the box: Boy plays on despite COVID-19 confinement His ingenious way of playing football alone amid the coronavirus restrictions has drawn praise from David de Gea and Peter Schmeichel. This Dublin boy has impressed some of the biggest stars with his skills. 24/03/2020
USA SXSW conference canceled amid heightened coronavirus concerns Up until Friday, SXSW had continued to move forward with its plans, adding speakers as recently as this week. 06/03/2020
France Mona Lisa made from Rubik's Cubes sells for €480,000 The work, made with 330 Rubik's Cubes, is by the French artist Invader. 24/02/2020
USA Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess Grandmasters and upstarts are reinventing the game online, becoming its most visible ambassadors and arguably its first entertainers. 17/02/2020
Ideas Is playing video games making climate change worse? FIFA 20's carbon emissions from manufacturing were equivalent to powering 68 homes for a year. 17/02/2020
USA Cute videos, but little evidence: Police say Amazon Ring isn't much of a crime fighter Hundreds of police departments have signed agreements with Ring to gain access to footage filmed on home surveillance cameras 15/02/2020
USA 9 killed, including 3 kids, at video game arcade in Mexico Among the dead were are three children aged 12, 13 and 14. 04/02/2020
no comment Not quite cubism: 'Rubik's Mona Lisa' to go under the hammer in Paris A street art Rubik's Cube version of the "Mona Lisa" is expected to sell for up to 150,000 euros ($166,000) when it goes under the hammer in Paris this month. 04/02/2020
USA Microsoft launches tool to identify child sexual predators in online chat rooms The tool, codenamed Project Artemis, is designed to look for patterns of communication used by predators to target children 09/01/2020
USA Merry Hacksmas: Why Dec. 25 has cybersecurity experts on alert Christmas Day is now a peak time for hackers to demonstrate their skills, purposefully anger people or try to extort money from vulnerable businesses. 24/12/2019
View Netflix's 'The Witcher' pushes the adult fantasy genre beyond 'Game of Thrones' ǀ View Unlike most books that followed in the "Lord of the Ring's" footsteps, “The Witcher” stories aren’t told from a Western perspective. This is fantasy rooted in the eastern European tradition combining fairy tales and horror. 24/12/2019
USA Trolls turned 911 into a weapon. Now cops are fighting back Once viewed as a prank, police are now treating 'swatting' as a serious crime that wastes city resources and puts targets' lives at risk 22/12/2019
Body and Mind Gamifying kindness: 'Positive energy can change the world' There’s little the digital age hasn’t turned into a game. From dating to exercise. Now, it's kindness. 13/12/2019
Good Morning Europe Google's Stadia launches to snags and praise Google's streamed gaming platform Stadia launches with high expectations- but it's still early days for the ambitious project. 19/11/2019
Go Japan Innovation, tradition, pop culture: Osaka embodies the Japanese spirit In this edition of Go! Japan we're in Osaka to explore the city of animation, video game, manga and cosplay, in an unusual and unique way. 18/11/2019
World Viral Tetris Challenge extends beyond Europe's emergency workers The Tetris challenge, which overtook the social media pages of emergency workers across Europe last month, has now spread among other organisations, with community centres and even the clergy among those taking part. 09/10/2019
Germany Shooting which killed two in Germany was 'anti-Semitic attack' Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting in the eastern German city on Wednesday, which including the targeting of a synagogue. 09/10/2019
