Trump-Clinton race went to new lows in second debate, and social media exploded

Following a week of controversy and scandal, the second US presidential debate got ugly fast on Sunday night, as the rancor turned it into the most tweeted debate of all time.

By Dan Patterson | Terry Collins | October 10, 2016, 5:27 AM PST


This article was originally published on CNET.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred Sunday night in one of the most contentious debates in modern political history.

Followers of each presidential candidate, unsurprisingly, took the contest online.

The 90-minute duel between the real-estate mogul and seasoned Washington veteran, with just a month to go before Election Day 2016, was the most-tweeted political debate in the 10 years of Twitter, the social network said Sunday. More than 17 million debate-related tweets were sent during the contest and nearly 30 million tweets throughout the course of the day.


Voters were eager to see how Republican nominee Donald Trump would respond to a crumbling presidential campaign, which took a new hit last week with revelations of crude remarks he had made about women. Others were eager to see if his Democratic challengerHillary Clinton would go for the

Ubisoft CEO says NX could put Nintendo "back in the race"

By Shawn Knight on September 30, 2016, 12:00 PM


Nintendo for a period of time in the ‘80s and ‘90s ruled over the relatively young gaming industry. It found success once again with its motion-sensing Wii console a decade ago but struck out swinging with its follow-up, the ill-fated Wii U.

With Microsoft and Sony prepping a historic mid-cycle console refresh in Project Scorpio and the PlayStation 4 Pro, respectively, it’s easy to forget that Nintendo also has a new gaming machine waiting in the wings in the NX (and even more so considering Nintendo has remained tight-lipped about it thus far).

According to one developer and publisher, it’ll be hard to overlook Nintendo’s new system once it arrives.



During a recent meeting with investors, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said he believes the NX will put Nintendo back in the race. That’s in addition to statements given earlier this month in which he praised the NX as being a fantastic machine with a genuinely new