It’s a new decade and Apex Legends is celebrating the start of the 20s with a new event. It’s called the Grand Soirée Arcade, a giant party hosted by Pathfinder. The Grand Soirée’s main feature is its Limited-Time Mode Arcade. As you play each one, you’ll earn progress toward the Grand Soirée suite, which includes new weapon skins, as well as a Mirage skin. The Grand Soirée will begin on Jan. 14 and continue until Jan. 28.

Emma Kinema, co-founder of Game Workers Unite — a grassroots organization eager to unionize the video game industry — has joined the Communications Workers of America, one of the nation’s largest and most influential labor unions. At its core, the CWA is a group of workers in the telecommunications, internet technology, media, and entertainment industries whose interests and expertise align well with the video game and technology sectors. The issues plaguing game workers are well-documented. Of

The top-50 list did include highly anticipated indie games including 12 Minutes, Carrion, Griftlands, Minute of Islands, Nuts, The Red Lantern, Sable, Saturnalia, Skatebird. But there are so many curious and intriguing indie games coming out, I wanted to highlight a few extra gems. This is by no means a definitive list of cool indie games coming out this year. Thanks to all of you who contacted us with suggestions on indie games coming this year. Please use comments to highlight indie games you’

Bethesda Softworks’ re-releases of the first two Doom games are getting some nice upgrades. Both Doom, the 1993 original, and Doom 2 have been updated to support 60 frames per second visuals, quick save functionality, and “curated” add-ons, including Doom co-creator John Romero’s 2019 release, Sigil. Doom and Doom 2 now natively support 60 fps on “all platforms,” Bethesda said on its website. Players can also quick save their games by pausing Doom or Doom 2, then pressing R/R1/RB, depending on p

After the game, injured Golden State superstar Steph Curry had a friendly chat with the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo. Fans were quick to accuse Curry of tampering — trying to recruit last year’s MVP while he’s still under contract with his current team. pic.twitter.com/LwEqvLFJnB — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 9, 2020″All he was doing was giving Giannis his gamertag,” Haynes says about Curry. Of course, there is another game that Curry and Antetokounmpo could team up in to do some damage

Sixteen Twitch streamers are participating in a $20,000 Uno tournament this afternoon. The tournament is unfolding over the course of a few hours this afternoon, with two group stages feeding into the finals. It’s not totally random that it’s Uno being played in a tournament on Twitch. Back in late March and early April, Uno overtook Fortnite in viewership numbers on Twitch, all thanks to Fortnite. Fortnite players were upset with the game and top streamers got invested in Uno, partaking in mone

FCC head Ajit Pai on the expansion of 5G spectrum and HuaweiFCC Chairman Ajit Pai sits down with CNBC’s Jon Fortt to discuss the expansion of 5G, the availability of new spectrum, and more.

Someone had to dream of using it that way — and convince Twitter that the idea wasn’t “too nerdy.” Messina set out to see if he could get other Twitter users on board with his hashtag idea. Courtesy of Biz StoneTwitter users make it happenAs it happened though, Messina’s hashtag idea ended up taking off anyway. From there, Messina convinced some third-party developers who were building apps for Twitter users to add support for hashtags to their apps. As more people started using hashtags, and mo

Why Finland and Denmark are the happiest countries in the worldFinland and Denmark have consistently topped the United Nations’ most prestigious index, The World Happiness Report. In 2019, Finland topped the list. We met with local Finns and Danes to find out what makes their homes the happiest countries in the world.

Economic inequality in the U.S. is rising. About 78% of those who identify as Democrats say there’s too much economic inequality, while about 41% of Republicans agree, according to the Pew Research Center survey. Younger Americans are also more likely to agree: 71% of those 18 to 29 say there is too much economic inequality in the U.S. today, compared to just 52% of those over 65. Among Republicans, 58% of younger voters in the party more likely to say there’s too much economic inequality compar

For example, a recent photo of Kardashian West next to an open fridge prompted followers to wonder: What does she keep inside her fridge and in her kitchen? Kim Kardashian West became famous giving viewers a look into her life on E! There’s one cabinet in the pantry, where Kardashian West keeps a frozen yogurt machine. In another refrigerator, Kardashian West keeps “fresh juices” and three different kinds of milk: organic milk, lactose-free milk and oat milk. Kardashian West has four children wi

To solve that dilemma, some financial experts suggest annuities, financial products that provide regular payments in return for one upfront lump sum. The Alliance has also released a list of questions every consumer needs to ask before signing on for an annuity. Some of the key questions include:What can [annuities] do that other investments cannot? If I purchase this annuity, how do you or your firm get paid and how much? The Alliance’s efforts come as many in the financial industry are divided

President Donald Trump may not reach the second part of a trade pact with China until after the 2020 election, he said Thursday. “I think I might want to wait to finish ’til after the election, because by doing that, I think we can actually make a little bit better deal, maybe a lot better deal,” Trump told reporters at the White House. The president and Chinese officials plan to sign a long-sought initial piece of a trade agreement on Jan. 15. Trump has pushed for a trade agreement between the

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., arrives for a re-enactment of her swearing-in, Monday Jan. 6, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Agriculture Committee, which Loeffler joined following her Senate confirmation, oversees that agency. Loeffler, R-Ga., and Sprecher married in 2004, before the company went public in 2005. But the Republican senator told The Wall Street Journal that she “will recuse myself if needed on a case by case basis.” Loeffler was sworn in as a senator on Monday, succee

The vaping illness outbreak worsened over the last week with 41 people hospitalized and two additional deaths, even as the pace of new illnesses slows, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC calls the illness EVALI, short for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury. Public health officials say the main culprit is vitamin E acetate, a sticky compound found in some THC vaping products. The vaping illness comes amid a surge in teen vapi

CNBC’s Jim Cramer slammed Kohl’s on Thursday after the embattled retailer reported a disappointing same-store sales decline during November and December and warned on outlook. Cramer said he was stunned that Kohl’s was unable to translate its high-profile partnership with Amazon into holiday success. This holiday season was the first in which the Amazon partnership was in place at all Kohl’s locations nationwide. Meanwhile, Bank of America on Thursday downgraded Kohl’s shares to neutral from buy

Uber just changed its app for California users to comply with the new labor law, here’s what it meansUber just made changes in its app for California users to comply with the state’s new labor law. Deirdre Bosa and Bradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures founder and CEO, join ‘The Exchange’ to discuss the changes and what Uber’s workaround means.

This budget strategy helped a Michigan couple pay off their mortgage early4 Hours AgoAndy and Nicole Hill bought their dream home just outside of Detroit at the end of 2013. Their initial goal was to pay off their mortgage in five years, but they ended up paying it off over a year faster than they planned. The couple chose mortgage terms that would let more of their payment go toward paying off their principal and used aggressive budgeting techniques to throw even more money at their loan. Watch

Kohl’s tie-up with Amazon was supposed to be a boon to the department store chain, which is teetering between sales gains and declines. But any benefits from accepting Amazon returns in its stores, and all of that expected new customer traffic, are now in doubt after Kohl’s released its holiday sales results Thursday. But Kohl’s stood out among retailers reporting holiday sales this week for really missing the mark. Department store chain’s J.C. Penney’s holiday sales results were more dismal, b

Costco – Costco’s stock rose nearly 2% after the wholesale retailer reported that December same store sales rose 9%, better than the 7.1% increase expected by analysts surveyed by StreetAccount. Advanced Micro Devices – Shares of semiconductor company AMD rose nearly 4% following an upgrade to buy from neutral from Mizuho Securities. The retailer reaffirmed its guidance for the 2019 fiscal year, projecting a same-store sales decline of 7% to 8%. The retailer withdrew its guidance for the full ye