August, 2024

August, 2024

MLB The Show’s ‘action figure’ promo is the best thing a sports game has done this year
Ordinarily seasonal content in sports video games’ live services modes doesn’t need much of a mention, because it’s always changing, but Sony Interactive Entertainment San Diego Studio’s brill...

U.S. files new lawsuit against TikTok saying it doesn’t do enough to protect kids
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy on the platform. Alongside the Federal Trade Co...

Nintendo profit falls 55% as sales of its aging Switch console plunge
On Friday, Nintendo filed its fiscal first-quarter results with a headline 55% decline in profit, while revenue figures also plunged. The Japanese corporation also reported a net sales loss of 46.5%...

Valorant launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
Valorant, Riot Games’s free-to-play hero shooter, launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X on Friday in the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan, and Brazil, Riot announced. The news was a bit...

New York State Community-Owned Broadband Networks Get $60 Million In Funding
We’ve mentioned a few times that there are more than $42 billion in broadband subsides about to drop in the laps of state leaders thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill. Since the bill gives individ...

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: I Bet You Think This Block Is About You
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket...

Justice Alito Almost Messed Up The Internet; Then He Threw A Temper Tantrum
It turns out the internet was one Sam Alito petulant tantrum away from being a total disaster. In two key First Amendment cases, Alito was given the majority opinion to write. And, in both of them, hi...

U.S. Sues TikTok Over Child Privacy Violations
The Justice Department said TikTok illegally collected children’s data and knowingly allowed users under the age of 13 to create accounts....

Tech Companies to Keep Spending on A.I. Despite Worries of Slow Payoff
Big technology companies show no signs of slowing their spending on artificial intelligence, even though a payoff still looks a long way away....

Meta in Talks to Use Voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina and Others for A.I.
If deals are struck, Meta may incorporate the actors’ voices into a digital assistant product called MetaAI, people with knowledge of the effort said....

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