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27 Feb

Tumblr and WordPress posts will reportedly be used for OpenAI and Midjourney training

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Tumblr and WordPress are reportedly set to strike deals to sell user data to artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Midjourney. 404 Media reports that the platforms’ parent company, Automattic, is nearing completion of an agreement to provide data to help train the AI companies’ models.It isn’t clear which data will be included, but the report suggests Automattic may have overreached…

27 Feb

A Paranormal Activity game is coming in 2026 and it might actually be good

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One of the most successful horror movie franchises of the last 20 years is coming to a gaming system near you. Paramount Game Studios has teamed up with DreadXP and DarkStone Digital (aka solo developer Brian Clarke) to create Paranormal Activity: Found Footage. The horror game is slated to hit multiple platforms in 2026.Paranormal Activity: Found Footage will build on…

27 Feb

Pokemon Legends: Z-A for Switch returns the series to Lumiose City

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In celebration of Pokémon Day (the first games launched on February 27, 1996), The Pokémon Company revealed the franchise’s latest “Legends” entry on Tuesday. Pokémon Legends: Z-A returns the series to Lumiose City, last seen as one of the regions in Pokémon X and Y on the Nintendo 3DS. The game arrives on Switch in 2025.Developed by Game Freak, Pokémon…

27 Feb

A two-pack of Google’s Nest Wi-Fi Pro 6E mesh routers has dropped to $220

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The Google Nest Wi-Fi Pro, which we named the best pick for people new to mesh Wi-Fi systems, is on sale for $220 for the two-pack. That's a 27 percent discount, which is the best price it's been all year and just $20 more than the all time low it hit for Black Friday last November. The set of two…

27 Feb

TikTok is muting more songs amid its tussle with Universal Music

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TikTok is being forced to take down more music from its platform as a royalties spat with Universal Music Group (UMG) rumbles on. UMG recently yanked recordings it owns or distributes from TikTok including tracks from the likes of superstars Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and The Weeknd. The standoff is now impacting songs published by UMG, with millions more tracks…

27 Feb

Anker’s 5,000mAh MagSafe power bank is on sale for $35 right now

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If you're looking to stock up on charging gear, a few Anker accessories we recommend are back on sale, including the Anker 622 Magnetic Battery down to $35 in various colors. Outside of a brief fall to $25 last year, that matches the lowest price we've seen for the wireless battery pack. The discount takes half off Anker's list price,…

27 Feb

The best iPhones for 2024: Which model should you buy?

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It’s a question as old as time, or at least the early 2010s: Which iPhone should you buy? For most, the answer is simple: Buy the highest-end Apple phone you can afford. And if you’re happy with your current handset, don’t buy a new one at all. But if you’re sure it’s time to upgrade and need a hand, let…

27 Feb

PlayStation is laying off 900 staff across Naughty Dog, Insomniac and other studios

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It’s another bleak day for the gaming industry as there’s more news of mass layoffs. This time around, its PlayStation that’s gutting its studios. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) says it’s laying off around 900 staff from its PlayStation division, roughly 8 percent of that department’s headcount.Insomniac (Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank), Naughty Dog (The Last of Us) and Guerrilla (Horizon)…

27 Feb

NVIDIA GeForce Now gets pre-roll ads for free users

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Starting on March 5, GeForce Now users enjoying the service for free will find themselves faced with ads while they're waiting for their turn to play. NVIDIA has sent out an email to free users, telling them that they'll experience "up to two minutes of video sponsorship messages before each gaming session while in queue." It will provide support for…

27 Feb

The best smart scales for 2024

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Back in 2007, I bought a dirt-cheap, dumb scale and drew my own graphs in order to chart my weight’s downward progress after a rough year at university. I think that while 2007-me wouldn’t be pleased with my own fitness journey, he would love the fact that the process is entirely automated, affordable and pretty smart. Smart scales have become…