PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds recently hit a milestone with 10 million copies having been sold on Steam despite being in early access. While the numbers suggest that game is rising in popularity, a new report says that its blowing other non-Valve games away in hours spent daily on Steam. The over 10 million Battlegrounds players on Steam are logging in some serious daily playtime, according to data posted by Steam Spy. The graph shows Battlegrounds beats the likes of GTA 5 and Fallout 4 on Steam. The chart shows an upward trend since its launch in March. Notably, the game does not follow the typical model of big launch numbers followed…
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HIGHLIGHTS Facebook is upping its efforts to diminish online suicide challenges Blue Whale challenge has taken many lives since its inception Facebook will remove terms, words related to such challenges At a time when reports of suicides linked to the Blue Whale challenge Internet game are sending shock waves through the country, Facebook on Friday said it is working with suicide prevention partners to collect phrases, hashtags and group names associated with online challenges encouraging self-harm or suicide. “We offer resources to people that search for these terms on Facebook,” the social media giant said. The Blue Whale challenge is said to psychologically provoke…
HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp has adding two new features The app now lets you put text-only updates You can also make use of a PiP feature WhatsApp has rolled out two new features – support for picture-in-picture and ability to have text as status message – on its Android and iPhone clients as the Facebook-owned instant messaging app continues to improve its functionality for its over one billion customers. The first feature, called picture-in-picture, allows users to resize the video calling window and move it around should they want to also text a friend or do something else. The company began testing the feature, which is also…
HIGHLIGHTS Steam cannot be accessed in Malaysia This comes after the discovery of a game called Fight of Gods Valve has been asked to prevent Malaysian users access to the game Popular PC storefront Steam is inaccessible in Malaysia following its government blocking the service. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has blocked Steam for users in the country following the discovery of Fight of Gods – a fighting game where the likes of Buddha and Jesus square off against each other in hand-to-hand combat. It features deities like Odin, Amaterasu, and Moses. The recent additions of Gautama Buddha and Jesus that…
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will declare the result of SI/CPO paper-I examination, 2017 on September 9, 2017. Earlier, the commission had given September 8 as the tentative date for declaration of the result. Steps to check SI/CPO paper-I result, 2017 (after they are declared): 1) Go to SSC’s official website 2) Click on the link for ‘Declaration of SI/CPO Paper-I result, 2017’ 3) A pdf page containing list of candidates who have qualified for Paper II will open SSC conducted the SI/CPO Paper-I examination from July 1 to July 7, 2017. The Commission (SSC) had released candidates’ response sheet along…
What would prompt you to turn down a job offer? Not-so-great pay, a work environment you’re not comfortable with, or a difficult boss? One candidate had very different, interesting reasons for saying no to an opportunity that came knocking at his door. Steve Crider, a senior recruiter at McKinsey, wrote about the experience of cold-calling a candidate about a new job opportunity. “It was a big step up from his current role, and he had all the right skills and qualifications,” writes Crider in a post on LinkedIn. But the candidate in question firmly refused the offer. Baffled, Crider asked the…
Interested in computer science and want to take up a career in information technology (IT)? Here are five things you should keep in mind. 1. It is best to take up science with physics, chemistry and mathematics (PCM). Information Technology is a field where there is an increasing demand for professionals with a variety of computer specific qualifications for jobs which vary according to the skill requirement of IT companies. 2.There are several routes to a career in computers and IT. The three major IT-related courses in engineering are IT, computer science, electronics and communications. Computer science is a theoretical…
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will declare the result of Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Tier 1 examination, 2017 on October 31, 2017. Steps to check SSC CGL Tier 1 2017 result (after they are declared): 1) Go to SSC’s official website 2) Click on the link for ‘Declaration of Result of Combined Graduate Level (Tier 1) Examination, 2017’ 3) A pdf page containing list of candidates who have qualified for Tier II exam will open SSC conducted the CGL Tier 1 examination, 2017 between August 5 and August 23, 2017. A total of 15,43,962 candidates appeared in the examination, which was…
What would prompt you to turn down a job offer? Not-so-great pay, a work environment you’re not comfortable with, or a difficult boss? One candidate had very different, interesting reasons for saying no to an opportunity that came knocking at his door. Steve Crider, a senior recruiter at McKinsey, wrote about the experience of cold-calling a candidate about a new job opportunity. “It was a big step up from his current role, and he had all the right skills and qualifications,” writes Crider in a post on LinkedIn. But the candidate in question firmly refused the offer. Baffled, Crider asked the…
New Delhi The Congress said on Tuesday that the HRD Ministry’s circular asking Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Central universities to organise “patriotic” rock shows was an “insult” to the country’s youth. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said the government seemed to have presumed that nationalism needed to be inculcated through rock bands. “If this is the vision the government has for the young people of this country, then all that I would like to say is, ‘God help us’,” he told reporters. “It is a very funny circular to say the least,” he added. The Congress also accused the BJP…