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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Microsoft’s gaming layoffs include 86 jobs at Skylanders studio Toys for Bob
08 Feb

Microsoft’s gaming layoffs include 86 jobs at Skylanders studio Toys for Bob

John RoutledgeLatest News
Microsoft’s post-acquisition layoffs at Activision Blizzard have already caught the FTC’s eye. Now we know more about which subsidiary studios will take the hit. First reported by the San Francisco Chronicle (via Eurogamer), California WARN notices list 86 upcoming scheduled layoffs at Skylanders maker Toys for Bob and 76 cuts at Call of Duty: Vanguard developer Sledgehammer Games.California requires companies…
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The Google Pixel Fold is $400 off right now
08 Feb

The Google Pixel Fold is $400 off right now

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Most people do not need to pay the premium for a foldable smartphone. But if you've got some cash to burn and have been looking to take the plunge, the Google Pixel Fold is one of our favorites, and a recent deal has dropped it down to $1,399. That's still far from "affordable," but it ties the largest discount we've…
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FromSoftware’s parent company has acquired Acquire, the studio behind Octopath Traveler
08 Feb

FromSoftware’s parent company has acquired Acquire, the studio behind Octopath Traveler

John RoutledgeLatest News
Octopath Traveler developer Acquire has been purchased by FromSoftware’s parent company, the Kadokawa Corporation, for an undisclosed sum. The Japanese conglomerate announced the acquisition in a quarterly earnings report published today, as revealed by Gamesindustry.biz.The purchase makes Acquire a sister company to FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft, among others. For the uninitiated, FromSoftware is the developer behind little known games like…
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Google, Apple, Meta and other huge tech companies join US consortium to advance responsible AI
08 Feb

Google, Apple, Meta and other huge tech companies join US consortium to advance responsible AI

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A whole bunch of big tech companies, 200 in all, have joined a US-based effort to advance responsible AI practices. The US AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) will count Meta, Google, Microsoft and Apple as members. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo just announced the group's numerous new members and said that they'll be tasked with carrying out actions indicated by President…
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Funimation will stream its last anime on April 2
08 Feb

Funimation will stream its last anime on April 2

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Sony's Funimation purchased Crunchyroll from WarnerMedia for $1.175 billion in 2020, and they kicked off their transformation into a unified anime subscription service under the latter's name a year after the deal was announced. By 2022, Crunchyroll has already added more than 50 shows that were either exclusive to Funimation and weren't available with dubs to its library. Now, it…
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Homeworld 3 delayed again until May
08 Feb

Homeworld 3 delayed again until May

John RoutledgeLatest News
Homeworld 3, the much-anticipated sequel to 20-year-old real-time strategy game Homeworld 2, has been delayed once again, Gearbox Publishing and Blackbird Interactive announced. It's now set to come out on May 13, 2024, a couple of months after the previously announced March 8 debut.The decision to delay was made following a playthrough by users from outside the company. "This resulted…
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