The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

GameFreak’s “Pokémon Legends: Z-A” was released on October 16, 2025 on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 worldwide. Since this game is currently just over one month old, it is important to take ...

ED has raided the offices of WinZO and GamezKraft across Bengaluru, Delhi and Gurugram over allegations of algorithm manipulation and suspected laundering through crypto wallets. Investigators are ...

Acclaimed as a mathematical genius, Ada Lovelace is said to have understood the potential of the first computer blueprints better than their inventor. A serendipitous friendship with the mathematician ...

The Enforcement Directorate is raiding two online gaming firms – Winzo and Gamezkraft (pocket52.com) – that operate from Bengaluru and Delhi, respectively, after complaints of “manipulated algorithms” ...

American cybersecurity company SonicWall urged customers today to patch a high-severity SonicOS SSLVPN security flaw that can allow attackers to crash vulnerable firewalls. Tracked as CVE-2025-40601, ...