Valve's festive treat for "thousands" more DOTA 2 cheaters is a lump of coal and a permanent ban

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Apple Inc., facing a ban on imports of its watches that generate billions in annual sales, is seeking alternate paths to overcome the patent-infringement loss that forced the most popular Apple Watch models off shelves over the holidays. The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant won a temporary reprieve from a federal appeals court Wednesday, two months after the US International Trade Commission ruled the smartwatches infringed patents held by medical-device maker Masimo Corp.—and one day after the device's US sales halted. The Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 returned to Apple's US retail stores, and will be available online by noon Pacific Time on Thursday, the company said.

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The Eternal Tombs team is reflecting on 2023 in its December dev update. We get an update on how development is coming along, and a look ahead to their target launch window.

After launching in March earlier this year for multiple platforms, the 2004 survival horror classic Resident Evil 4 Remake is now available for purchase for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, along with various Mac and iPad models. The game can be purchased through the App Store, and as an added bonus, Apple device owners get an immediate 50 percent off on the main game. Fortunately, there is plenty of time to decide on your purchase because the discount ends on January 17.

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There's likely fewer than 30 days left before the crypto world's inevitable leap into traditional finance offers digital-money proponents a path to redemption post-FTX. That's the bullish narrative in virtual-currency land as the clock ticks down to Jan. 10 – when US regulators must finally decide whether to greenlight a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF. The Securities and Exchange Commission will by that time be required to either accept or deny an application from Cathie Wood's ARK Investment and 21Shares, who were the first to file during this year's batch of applicants. It could at that time also rule on other similar filings. More than 10 companies are working toward getting these ETFs — which would directly hold Bitcoin - green-lit.

The developers of Warframe announced on their Forum that an attempt at soft launching the game’s Cross Platform Save feature was quietly rolled out to Founder-tier players, who paid for high-tier early-access rewards during the game’s early days. However, it didn’t seem to go as planned, and it was quickly rolled back. 

Some Dota 2 players are receiving a special gift from Valve as part of the game’s current Frostivus holiday event: a thoughtful, gift-wrapped, permanent ban from playing Dota 2.

Valve is channeling its inner Santa Claus with a Naughty & Nice List that includes a jolly festive update for Dota 2's nice players and a permaban for the tens of thousands of naughty players and smurf accounts. 

It's ten days to Christmas, and you know what that means: It's time for the world's most famous jolly, bearded man to draw up naughty and nice lists, handing out rewards to the latter and pitiless justice to the former. That's right, Gabe Newell is sticking it to Dota 2 cheats once again.