John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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Proposed California bill would let parents block algorithmic social feeds for children
29 Jan

Proposed California bill would let parents block algorithmic social feeds for children

John RoutledgeLatest News
California will float a pair of bills designed to protect children from social media addiction and preserve their private data. The Protecting Youth from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) and California Children’s Data Privacy Act (AB 1949) were introduced Monday by the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta, State Senator Nancy Skinner and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks. The proposed legislation follows…
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Amazon terminates $1.4 billion iRobot acquisition after EU veto threat
29 Jan

Amazon terminates $1.4 billion iRobot acquisition after EU veto threat

John RoutledgeLatest News
Amazon and iRobot, maker of the Roomba vacuum line, just announced that they would be dropping their proposed merger. The potential acquisition was announced back in August of 2022 and was immediately the target of antitrust watchdogs, particularly in the EU. The European Commission (the EU's executive branch) officially announced it was looking into the $1.4 billion dollar deal last…
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A new Deus Ex game was reportedly canceled amid Embracer’s crisis
29 Jan

A new Deus Ex game was reportedly canceled amid Embracer’s crisis

John RoutledgeLatest News
Embracer Group, the Swedish holding company undergoing restructuring, has reportedly canceled a Deus Ex game. Bloomberg says developers had been working on the unannounced title for two years. Neither Embracer nor developer Eidos addressed the reported cancellation specifically, but they confirmed they were laying off 97 employees at Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal.Eidos will reportedly focus instead on “an original…
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Arzette, a love letter to the CD-i Zelda games, will also revive an awful controller
29 Jan

Arzette, a love letter to the CD-i Zelda games, will also revive an awful controller

John RoutledgeLatest News
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is getting a controller worthy of its inspiration — for better or worse. The upcoming game, a spiritual successor to the infamous 1993 Zelda titles for the Philips CD-i, will launch with a limited edition controller that resembles one of the largely forgotten system’s original remotes.Developer Seedy Eye Software (a homophone for “CD-i software”) says…
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