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04 March, 2019

Why technologists are limiting their families' screen time Fears over the side effects of digital devices and social media are prompting tech experts to limit the time they and their children spend online. Simmons allows her children to use computers but would prefer them to pull the machines apart or learn the code that powers them, rather than stare mindlessly at screens. "They need to be creators, rather than users," she says.

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/why-technologists-are-limiting-their-families-screen-time-20190226-p510bh.html

Epic Games details Fortnite World Cup, $140 million 2019 prize pool

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/epic-games-details-fortnite-world-cup-140-million-2019-prize-pool-20190226-p51087.html

Microsoft hasn't lost site of the consumer market entirely with HoloLens. It had Tim Sweeney — CEO of Fortnite maker Epic Games — onstage gushing about the potential of HoloLens and what it could do for gaming as a medium in the future and announced that Unreal Engine 4 support was coming. While HoloLens 2 might be for businesses, HoloLens 3 could potentially be for everyone.

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/i-used-microsoft-s-hololens-2-and-it-made-me-feel-like-a-jedi-20190301-p5117u.html

Microsoft workers’ letter demands company drop Army HoloLens contract

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236116/microsoft-hololens-army-contract-workers-letter