You might be feeling like it’s time to upgrade your ereader or even buy your first one, particularly if you’re hoping to do some reading this Labor Day weekend. Alternatively, it may be that you’re looking for a way to read digital comics without all of the distractions of an iOS or Android tablet. In … Read more
Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users to be able to sideload their apps. The company said that it made the decision after recent analysis found “over 50 times more malware from internet-sideloaded sources than on apps available through Google Play.” By … Read more
Fans of music-driven puzzlers loved 2018’s block-dropping puzzle game Tetris Effect. The same publisher behind it, Enhance, revived another Tetris-inspired game called Lumines and created indie darling Lumines Remastered. Now Lumines is getting the full Enhance treatment a la Tetris Effect, in the form of Lumines Arise, a new title set to be released on … Read more
YouTube TV could soon lose access to Fox channels, it announced on its official blog, mere days before the 2025 NFL season begins. It warned users that it’s actively negotiating with Fox now that the renewal date for their partnership is approaching, but Fox is allegedly asking for an amount “far higher than what partners … Read more
Another day, another instance of AI companies purportedly engaging in copyright infringement. Two Japanese media groups, Nikkei and the Asahi Shimbun, are suing Perplexity for illicitly having “copied and stored article content” from the pair’s servers, the Financial Times reports. Nikkei owns the Financial Times. The two media groups claim Perplexity supplied inaccurate information and … Read more
Hasselblad has launched the followup to its first 100MP medium-format camera with a new model that improves on it in almost every way. The X2D II 100C promises better image quality, a brighter display, 10-stop stabilization and updated hybrid autofocus. As with any Hasselblad product, it’s expensive — but less so than the previous model. … Read more
Silent Hill f starts off with a grounded (but still heavy) setup, establishing a miserable family dynamic for protagonist Hinako. With an alcoholic, abusive father, a submissive mother and an absent sister, who’s shown in flashbacks with that classic horror trope, face unseen. Something horrible is about to unfold in the sleepy, remote village of Ebisugaoka, … Read more
After all the new Pixel 10 phones — expect to hear our review verdicts soon — we had time to take a closer look at the AI-centric software features Google often excels at. These include advances in Voice Translate, which can create a synthetic version of your voice speaking German. Or French. Or Japanese. Engadget … Read more
The US Attorneys General of 44 jurisdictions have signed a letter [PDF] addressed to the Chief Executive Officers of multiple AI companies, urging them to protect children “from exploitation by predatory artificial intelligence products.” In the letter, the AGs singled out Meta and said its policies “provide an instructive opportunity to candidly convey [their] concerns.” … Read more
Venus and Andrea are engaged! Learn all about the actor who captured the tennis star’s heart and more about their relationship here. Venus and Andrea are engaged! Learn all about the actor who captured the tennis star’s heart and more about their relationship here.