The UK has passed a bill that’s the country’s version of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Legislators fast-tracked the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill before parliament dissolves on May 30 ahead of a general electi…
Continue reading "The UK passes its version of the EU’s Digital Markets Act"It's taken Nintendo two decades, but the company is finally ready to open a second store in the US. The new location in San Francisco’s Union Square is set to open its doors in 2025. Details about Nintendo San Francisco are thin for now, but the co…
Continue reading "Nintendo is finally opening a second US store"Epic Games has an uncanny habit of making sure Fortnite is in tune with the cultural zeitgeist and that's very much the case once again. After a strong season focused on Greek gods and monsters, the latest major revamp of the battle royale is …
Continue reading "Fortnite’s new post-apocalyptic season taps into Fallout, Mad Max and X-Men"A political consultant who admitted to using a deepfake of President Joe Biden’s voice in a robocall scheme this year is facing several charges as well as a hefty fine from the Federal Communications Commission. Steve Kramer (pictured above) said his a…
Continue reading "Robocaller behind AI Biden deepfake faces charges and hefty FCC fine"The Justice Department and 30 state and district attorneys general are attempting to break up Ticketmaster owner Live Nation. They claim in an antitrust suit filed in the Southern District of New York that the company has created an unlawful monopoly o…
Continue reading "Ticketmaster owner sued by DOJ and 30 attorneys general over alleged monopoly"South Korea is the latest country to support its local semiconductor industry in a significant fashion. It’s trying to stay competitive with the likes of the US, China and Taiwan with the help of a 26 trillion won ($19 billion) support package. The cou…
Continue reading "South Korea aims to bolster local chip production with $19 billion of support"Back when we were all stuck at home in 2020 and had to stay on video calls all day, some companies tried to liven things up with augmented reality filters and background replacements. Maybe they caused someone, somewhere to smile once or twice. Althoug…
Continue reading "Snap brings its AR lenses to Chrome through an extension"Many people will be traveling this Memorial Day weekend as the summer unofficially gets underway. It’s important to keep smartphone, tablet and laptop batteries topped up, but you can’t always rely on finding an outlet as you’re on the move. So it’s al…
Continue reading "Anker power banks are up to half off ahead of Memorial Day weekend"Super Mario Maker and its sequel are terrific games that let fans create and share their own Mario levels with ease. But it was a bit of a disappointment that Nintendo only factored in the 2D Mario games. None of the plumber's 3D incarnations …
Continue reading "A Super Mario 64 mod may be as close as we ever get to Mario Maker 3D"Pixar is losing around 175 of its workers amid a Disney cost-cutting drive. It was reported as far back as January that layoffs were planned for the digital animation pioneer and the studio's headcount is being reduced by around 14 percent.
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