Monthly Archives: June 2024

PlayStation Plus free games for July 2024: Borderlands, Among Us, and ice hockey

PlayStation Plus Essential-level subscribers will get Borderlands 3, NHL 24, and Among Us as part of their subscription beginning July 2, PlayStation announced on Wednesday. All three are big names but something of a known quantity to dedicated console gamers. … Continue reading

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Activists Disrupt Amazon Conference Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel

Members of the activist group No Tech for Apartheid interrupted a senior Amazon executive’s speech at a conference in Washington, DC, on Wednesday over the company’s Project Nimbus cloud contract.

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Apple pursues ‘longevity’ by improving support for third-party iPhone displays and batteries

Apple will soon better support third-party iPhone displays and batteries in a bid to improve its smartphones’ repairability. A common criticism levelled at Apple is that its hardware is not built to last. The fact that iPhone batteries and displays … Continue reading

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Google teases Pixel 9 Pro and confirms date of Google’s August Pixel event

Google has revealed the date of its upcoming Pixel launch event, as well as teasing the smartphone at the event’s center: the Pixel 9 Pro. In a surprise move, Google is bringing its Pixel launch event forward from October to … Continue reading

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Pokémon trading-card game illustration contest disqualifies finalists, alleging AI use in images

The Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) Illustration Contest has eliminated a number of finalists for allegedly using AI in their entries. Less than two weeks after the finalists were announced, the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest has announced that some entrants … Continue reading

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Original Resident Evil trilogy coming to PC DRM-free, thanks to GOG

GOG, the online digital distribution retailer for PC games, will work with Capcom to re-release the original Resident Evil trilogy on PC without digital rights management software. The first of the three original Resident Evil games is now available on … Continue reading

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Steam’s total Pile of Shame is $19 billion spent on games never played

A whopping $19 billion is estimated to have been spent on games that have been purchased, but never been played. This amusing figure, representing the combined “Pile of Shame” of games that fans bought, say they’ll get around to — … Continue reading

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SpaceX scores $843M NASA contract to deorbit ISS in 2030

NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will deorbit the International Space Station in 2030 — a contract valued at as much as $843 million, the agency announced Wednesday. The ISS is nearing the end of its operational … Continue reading

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US charges Russian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware

U.S. prosecutors say the WhisperGate cyberattack was designed to “sow concern” among Ukrainian civil society ahead of Russia’s invasion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Amazon plans to launch discount store in bid to fend off Temu and Shein

Amazon’s storefront would directly compete with Temu and Shein, two emerging e-commerce sites with ties to China that have grown in popularity in the U.S.

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