What it was like to play Fortnite for the first time

Fortnite is a third-person shooter video game where you battle with 99 other players from around the world — and the last one standing wins. Over 45 million people play the game, so I decided to give the hottest game of the year a try. Here's what it was like to play Fortnite for the first time.

Tech Select May 28, 2018   |   View Online »

What it was like to play Fortnite for the first time Fortnite is a third-person shooter video game where you battle with 99 other players from around the world — and the last one standing wins. Over 45 million people play the game, so I decided to give the hottest game of the year a try. Here's what it was like to play Fortnite for the first time. Read More »

This $530 Android phone is half the price of an iPhone X and just as good You might not have heard of the OnePlus 6 phone, but it's one of the best and most affordable smartphones on the market. It's extremely fast, has facial recognition, high-speed charging, and plenty of storage. Here's our review. Read More »

Inside the Wild West of a cryptocurrency awards show, where people wondered if they were being scammed and the police kept stopping by "This is the sketchiest thing I've ever been a part of," said YouTuber Siraj Raval, midway through the Crypto Influencer Awards Summit in New York. Read More »

Apple and Valve, which run two of the world's biggest stores for buying video games, are feuding with each other — and iPhone users could end up losing out Apple has an iron grip on the App Store. Case in point: Valve, which operates one of the biggest platforms in the world for buying and playing PC games, says Apple won't let its new app into the App Store because of "business conflicts." Read More »

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Apple's plan to give away most of its cash might have had an unlikely supporter: Steve Jobs BI PRIME: As CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs was famously financially frugal. But Fred Anderson, who served as chief financial officer under Jobs, says he would have understood the need for the company's massive cash-return program. Read More »

Richard Branson says he's months away from becoming an astronaut, as his space race with Jeff Bezos suddenly heats up Both Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos' respective companies, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, have completed successful test flights in recent weeks. But Branson has broken several promises before about the imminent prospect of space travel. Read More »

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Apple won $539 million from Samsung in a patent lawsuit — an amount that's barely noticeable against Apple's net profits Apple has made more than $300 billion in the years since it filed the patent infringement case against Samsung, proving that the real victory probably comes from the dollars spent Read More »

VW's iconic microbus is making a comeback in 2022 — and it's getting a big update Volkswagen's I.D. Buzz will feature a customizable interior and features that will eventually move the car toward autonomous driving. Read More »

Shake Shack teamed up with Silicon Valley's favorite shoe brand for these $100 sneakers, which were available for one day only — here's what it was like to buy them Popular burger chain Shake Shack and shoe brand Allbirds announced they had teamed up to release a sneaker that would be available in New York City for one day only, on May 24. And so, I got a pair. Here's what it was like. Read More »

Eric Schmidt shoots down Elon Musk's doomsday vision of AI's threat to humanity: 'Elon is exactly wrong' Speaking at VivaTech conference in France, Eric Schmidt said Elon Musk's nightmarish vision of AI 'is wrong' because he 'doesn't understand the benefits that this technology will provide to making every human being smarter.' Read More »

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