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Tweet PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is on route to receive a new map next month to its experimental test server. This time along, the map is an island that is much smaller than previously released regions. Read more… Neowin

Tweet A new scam is circulating, targeting folks via a link to a shared Google Docs file. Once clicked, the link brings you to a legitimate sign-in page, and asks for a fake app to access your emails. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Google has made changes to Gmail’s security systems to better protect users against phishing attempts. The new system offers warnings when clicking on suspicious links in an effort to keep you safe. Read more… Neowin

Tweet On Monday a senior German official tried to put a lid on the persistently pesky NSA espionage affair. It’s election time soon, and the government can’t quite shake off the allegations that the U.S. has been spying on the Germans (a lot) and that the German authorities, which professed shock at said news, actually knew about this and maybe even helped using NSA tools. Ronald Pofalla, the chief of…

Tweet The cloud storage wars continue with Box calling in the cavalry. The company has gathered up a gaggle of applications that users can access from mobile devices and use with Box’s  flagship cloud storage service. This Box OneCloud conglomeration is just the latest volley in an increasingly frenzied move by cloud storage vendors — startups and established players alike — to win business accounts that will hopefully pay for…