That 
powerful console in your living room could be driving up your electric bill.
A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council specifically calls out the PS4, Xbox One and Wii U as huge energy consumers.
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Report: YouTube to acquire Twitch for $1 billion
Two 
online video titans are about to team-up.
Variety and The Wall Street Journal are both reporting that Google’s YouTube is in negotiations to buy video game streaming service Twitch. Variety says the deal has been reached, with a price of $1 billion. The WSJ, though, contends talks are still in an early stage.
Halo 5: Guardians coming in fall of 2015
The most anticipated game for the Xbox One won’t be landing this year.
On Friday, Microsoft announced that Halo 5: Guardians, the next installment in the epic sci-fi shooter series, will launch in late 2015.
Flappy Bird flying back to the App store
Flappy 
Bird’s course is about as straight as Woodstock’s crooked flight path in the Peanuts cartoons. After being pulled months ago, the one-time mega-hit is headed back to the App store.
Creator Dong Nguyen, in a conversation with CNBC, says he will bring the game back this August after famously pulling it down in February. And he’s making some changes.
Take-Two CEO open to buying more studios
“This 
company is in growth mode,” Strauss Zelnick says. He also praised Microsoft for unbundling Kinect
The publisher has just shy of $1 billion in cash on hand – even after spending $227 million last year to repurchase shares. And it’s trying to decide what to do with it – and CEO Strauss Zelnick says he see three options.
“We have the opportunity to support organic growth with our balance sheet,” he says. “We also have the ability to do inorganic growth. And we have the opportunity to return money to our shareholders.”
Sony execs cut their salaries in half
With 
Sony’s turnaround taking longer than expected and large losses in the foreseeable future, executives at Sony are slashing their own salaries to appease angry investors.
President and CEO Kaz Hirai and other Sony execs will take a 50 percent pay cut in the coming year, and will not receive any bonuses.
Microsoft to sell Kinect-less Xbox One for $399 — the same price as the PS4
Microsoft 
is reversing course on the Xbox One — again.
The company has announced it will begin selling a version of its next-generation console — minus the somewhat controversial Kinect peripheral — for $399 starting June 9. The move is the latest in a series of surprising decisions Microsoft has made since its initial introduction of the system, as it had previously described Kinect as an essential part of the new Xbox experience.
10 essential apps for entrepreneurs
The 
right app won’t make or break a start-up, of course, but it can make the lives of the people behind those businesses a lot easier.
Entrepreneurs, by and large, live fast-paced, chaotic lives, where decisions have to be made quickly and inspiration can come in the most unlikely of places. They live and die by their smartphones and tablets, so it helps to have those equipped with apps that can make the most of every minute, in turn helping their businesses grow.
Here are 10 apps many entrepreneurs swear by. The best part: Most are free.
The Sims 4 gets adults only rating in Russia
Generally, 
when you start a list of controversial, adults only video games, The Sims is nowhere to be found.
In Russia, though, it’s towards the top of the list, apparently. The Sims 4, the latest in the long-running EA series, has been given an 18+ rating in the country – the equivalent of the dreaded AO in the U.S.
Ordinary folks who became millionaires on YouTube
The 
idea that someone can become rich by mugging for a Webcam or recording themselves doing things millions of other people do might seem ludicrous to some people, but the number of YouTube millionaires is on the rise.
Many of the site’s biggest stars, in fact, are millionaires several times over. Some put together elaborate comedy routines. Some have found a unique way to make money by playing video games. And others simply play with toys.
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