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Looking at SEA Gamer Mall now, it’s hard to believe it began in a small bedroom. An engineering graduate and avid gamer, Wong Ong Hua began SEA Gamer Mall in 2008, after being introduced to the in-game virtual goods secondary market by an online friend from China.  When co-founder Tommy …

Photo by Burlingham / Shutterstock.com Drug prices are continuing to climb, even amid the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting widespread unemployment. Drug manufacturers increase prices regularly, as often as twice each year, and the second round of 2020 price hikes on prescription medications landed this month. So far, at least …

VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. Comcast said investments in artificial intelligence software and network capacity have helped it meet internet traffic demand during the pandemic. …

Photo by Rido / Shutterstock.com As many people are facing financial hardships, finding ways to save money has become more important. If you are looking for ways to cut costs, you might want to take a look at your cellphone bill. You may be paying for services you don’t need. …

Last month, surveyors with the Pew Research Center set out to answer a timely question: Who is moving because of the pandemic, and why? They found that about 3 percent of more than 9,600 respondents in the United States said that they had changed their residence because of the coronavirus, …

Photo by Yuriy Seleznev / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus has changed nearly everything — from the way we work and play, to how we interact with loved ones. Many of these changes have not been welcome. But someday — either this year, next year or soon after — things will mostly …

Google will expand free shopping results from a narrow experiment in its shopping tab to the main search engine, dramatically expanding their reach. The company announced the move today in a blog post written by commerce president Bill Ready. The shift is part of a continuous move away from paid …

This article is part of our latest Pride special report, featuring L.G.B.T.Q. voices on the challenges and possibilities of these troubled times. Alexander Chee is the author of “How to Write an Autobiographical Novel” and “Queen of the Night.” The first weekend of the coronavirus shutdown in March, my husband, …

William Perugini / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus pandemic and resulting restrictions have already put a mark on everything from our shopping to the work world. Plexiglass barriers at the checkout, face coverings and other physical changes likely will be with us for some time. Some changes, however, are less material and …