Andy Walker / Android Authority The Google Play Store might be the easiest way to stuff your Android phone with new apps and games, but it’s certainly not the only way. Thanks to Android’s open nature, users can source their software from a variety of other stores, even as Google implements several new roadblocks. If…

Sun Microsystems was a huge force in the technology landscape, with its co-founder and CEO Scott McNealy an outspoken and brash maverick in the early Silicon Valley ecosystem. The company had just launched a new system, and McNealy was quick to push back on any critique centering around the implications for user data. “You have…

A couple in Ecuador had their dog act as the witness during their civil wedding ceremony, complete with a paw print signature. In Ecuador’s latest census, it was found that of its 19 million people, 7.6 million have dogs and cats as pets. This number is almost double the number of children aged 12 or…

Earlier today we reported that the PS5 & PS4 versions of Call of Duty Black Ops and Call of Duty Black Ops II are now available to download from the PlayStation Store (for a launch discount price, too), but it’s now emerged that these ports are actually pretty lacklustre in terms of extra bells and…

A museum in Rotterdam has covered its floor with over 800 pounds of peanut butter as a tribute to eccentric Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers, who died last month at the age of 83. The installation, called Pindakaasvloer, or Peanut Butter Floor, is on display for two months at the Depot offshoot of Museum Boijmans…

Content notification on descriptions of sexual harassment Christopher Barrett, the former game director of Marathon, says he has reached an agreement with developer Bungie and its parent company, Sony, to resolve a lawsuit about his “unfounded” firing, following misconduct allegations. Via his personal account on social media, Barrett says he is “very satisfied with,” the…