Australia is not messing around when it comes to big tech. Last month the country introduced a law that, if passed, would ban all people 16 and younger from social media. Now, its coming after social media and search engines alike, ensuring they pay publishers for their content after Meta backed out of doing so,… Continue reading Australia demands big social platforms pay local news publishers
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Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp are coming back online after widespread ‘technical issues’
Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Messenger are coming back online after widespread “technical issues” took down many of Meta’s biggest apps for several hours Wednesday. “We’re 99% of the way there – just doing some last checks,” the company wrote in an update on X nearly four hours after first acknowledging the outages. The company didn’t… Continue reading Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp are coming back online after widespread ‘technical issues’
PlayStation Plus’ Game Catalog additions for December include Forspoken, Sonic Frontiers and VR Star Wars
Make your holiday plans now, because Sony has announced which games will be joining the Playstation Plus Game Catalog starting in December. The biggest highlight for PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra subscribers is Forspoken, a parkour and magic-filled RPG released by Square Enix in 2023. We didn’t think the PS5 game fully matched the eye-popping… Continue reading PlayStation Plus’ Game Catalog additions for December include Forspoken, Sonic Frontiers and VR Star Wars
MasterClass On Call gives you on-demand access to AI facsimiles of its experts
MasterClass is expanding beyond pre-recorded video lessons to offer on-demand mentorship from some of its most popular celebrity instructors. And if you’re wondering how the company has gotten some of the busiest people on the planet to field your questions, guess what? The answer is generative AI. On Wednesday, MasterClass debuted On Call, a new… Continue reading MasterClass On Call gives you on-demand access to AI facsimiles of its experts
US Supreme Court bails on NVIDIA case, allowing a shareholder lawsuit to proceed
The US Supreme Court dismissed an NVIDIA case it previously agreed to hear as “improvidently granted.” In other words: “Oops, we never should’ve taken this one.” The decision lets most of the lawsuit, brought by shareholders against the chip maker, proceed. An investment firm and a pension fund brought the case against NVIDIA, claiming the… Continue reading US Supreme Court bails on NVIDIA case, allowing a shareholder lawsuit to proceed
Xbox previews cloud streaming of games you own on consoles
Microsoft has started a beta test that will finally bring cloud streaming to Xbox consoles. Participants in the Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha tiers of the Xbox Insiders program can start using this feature now on their Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles. This news is an extension of the “stream your own game” feature… Continue reading Xbox previews cloud streaming of games you own on consoles
Hyper Light Breaker will begin Steam early access on January 14
The much-anticipated follow-up to Hyper Light Drifter has a new early access date. At Day of the Devs, Heart Machine announced that Hyper Light Breaker will enter Steam early access on January 14. The project is a co-op action game where you can play alone or with up to two allies to face down enemies… Continue reading Hyper Light Breaker will begin Steam early access on January 14
‘PBJ — The Musical’ is a coming-of-age game with Shakespearean sandwiches
“If Shakespeare lived today, what would he write about?” Philipp Stollenmayer asked the audience during this week’s Day of the Devs 2024: Game Awards stream. According to Stollenmayer, Shakespeare would write about the invention of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich from the perspective of a rebellious strawberry and a disillusioned peanut. Also, it would… Continue reading ‘PBJ — The Musical’ is a coming-of-age game with Shakespearean sandwiches
Blue Prince preview: Build your own escape room and then live there
Blue Prince has been making the rounds at physical and virtual conventions like EGX, Gamescom and the PC Gaming Show, and it’s already high on the puzzle community’s figurative list of most anticipated titles for 2025. It was just featured in the Day of the Devs showcase before The Game Awards, one of its highest-profile… Continue reading Blue Prince preview: Build your own escape room and then live there
Nintendo buys remaining four percent of Monolith Soft, as a little treat
Nintendo has purchased the remaining shares of Monolith Soft, according to a report by Automaton. Up until recently, Monolith’s founders have held onto a four percent stake in the company, likely for symbolic reasons, but those days are done. Nintendo now owns the whole dang thing. Monolith is primarily known for the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise,… Continue reading Nintendo buys remaining four percent of Monolith Soft, as a little treat