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Sony is adopting new age verification policies for PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland. The company isn't making this a blanket requirement, but steps to confirm age will be needed to access "communication, broadcasting, and certain in-game features" beginning in June 2026. That includes essentials for online and social gamers, such as joining a party, voice chatting, text messaging or using third-party chat programs such as Discord. Some in-game communication tools, like chats or sharing user-generated
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Apple's John Ternus is set to become CEO in September 2026, replacing Tim Cook. Ternus is known for his background in hardware engineering. Read more āŗ
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Amazon is investing $5 billion into Anthropic now and will invest up to an additional $20 billion tied to commercial milestones, the companies said on Monday. The deal is on top of $8 billion Amazon previously invested in the artificial intelligence company. While the companies did not say what ... Read more āŗ
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Many creators have already switched from Adobe Premiere to DaVinci Resolve, and now the developer, Blackmagic Design, is going after Lightroom and Photoshop. The Australian company just unveiled DaVinci Resolve 21 in beta at the NAB 2026 broadcast convention with a brand new page called Photo designed to let you do things like crop and color-correct still images. At the same time, the new version introduces video AI tools that... Read more āŗ
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's house may have been the target of a second attack after San Francisco Police Department arrested two suspects for a reported shooting in the Russian Hill neighborhood. The SFPD said in a press release that police officers responded to a "suspicious occurrence of possible shots fired" at around 5:56 AM ET / 2:56 AM PT on Sunday, April 12.SFPD's Special Investigation Division took over the case... Read more āŗ
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An R-rated animated film adaptation of Bloodborne is currently being developed by Sony, according to Variety. Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group held a presentation at CinemaCon, where the divisionās president said that the adaptation will be āvery trueā to the violent and graphic nature of the game. Bloodborne was created by Japanese studio FromSoftware and was published by Sony back in 2015. The critically acclaimed title is an RPG... Read more āŗ
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If you were looking for the worst AI project announced so far this week, try Meta. According to a Financial Times report, the company is developing its own Mark Zuckerberg AI, training it on Zuckerbergās mannerisms, tone and publicly available statements. AKA, the good stuff. (Will it smoke meats?) The company has reportedly been working for some time on creating photorealistic, 3D-animated AI characters that can manage interactions. However, it... Read more āŗ
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If you love PokĆ©mon and electronic dance music, the PokĆ©mon Company made the perfect event for you. As part of PokĆ©monās 30th anniversary festivities, the company is holding EDM concert experiences called āPokĆ©mon Night Outā in Los Angeles and London. American DJ Marshmello, known for wearing a marshmallow-like mask on stage, will be headlining the events, with Australian DJ Alison Wonderland as a supporting act. The experiences will feature custom... Read more āŗ
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GoPro has seen its action camera market share diminish due to strong competition from rivals like Insta360 and DJI of late. Now, the company is fighting back with a new line of flagship cameras called Mission 1, designed to greatly improve the video quality offered by its current Hero 13 camera. The company also introduced a new Wireless Mic system similar to DJI's Mic Mini, along with a point-and-shoot grip... Read more āŗ
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The price of nearly every type of gaming gadget has skyrocketed recently. RAMageddon has caused the cost of memory to double or triple in the last six months, with companies like HP saying that RAM now accounts for more than a third of a new PCās bill of materials. Meanwhile, the Xbox Series S/X and the PS5 have gotten price hikes, and a similar bump for the Switch 2 is... Read more āŗ
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Amazon has today announced it is merging with satellite internet provider Globalstar Inc. to bolster Leo, its Starlink rival. Globalstar isnāt a household name but you do know its work, as it provides Appleās emergency satellite connectivity for compatible iPhones and Watches. In a statement, Amazon says the deal will grow Leoās space-based footprint and enable direct-to-device service for its burgeoning satellite network. An interesting wrinkle is Apple owns 20... Read more āŗ
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OpenAI has acquired Hiro Finance, a startup that offers AI-powered financial planning tools. As first reported by TechCrunch, fiscal terms of the deal, which was announced on Monday, were not disclosed by OpenAI. However, all signs point this to being an acquhire, with Hiro founder Ethan Bloch writing on LinkedIn that the company's product would stop working on April 20. Users have until May 13 to migrate their data off... Read more āŗ
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Websites that act like a super-chatty colleague who just won't shut up and let you go when a conversation should be over are among the most annoying things on the internet. Google is now doing something about that scourge.Picture the scene: you look up something on Google Search and ā instead of relying on potentially hallucinating AI Overviews ā you click through to an actual website for your information. But,... Read more āŗ
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