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Makers of Switch emulator Yuzu quickly settle with Nintendo for $2.4 million
04 Mar

Makers of Switch emulator Yuzu quickly settle with Nintendo for $2.4 million

John RoutledgeLatest News
Tropic Haze, the popular Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator developer, appears to have agreed to settle Nintendo’s lawsuit against it. Less than a week after Nintendo filed the legal action, accusing the emulator’s creators of “piracy at a colossal scale,” a joint final judgment and permanent injunction filed Tuesday says Tropic Haze has agreed to pay the Mario maker $2.4 million,…
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Instagram finally lets you edit DMs
04 Mar

Instagram finally lets you edit DMs

John RoutledgeLatest News
Instagram launched direct messaging tools way back in 2013, but there hasn’t been a way to edit them after the fact. That changes today. Meta just rolled out a software update for the Instagram app that finally allows for DM edits, with one major caveat. You only have 15 minutes to make any changes.Here’s how it works. Once you send…
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Google updates the first-gen Pixel Watch with health monitoring features
04 Mar

Google updates the first-gen Pixel Watch with health monitoring features

John RoutledgeLatest News
Google is releasing new features for the first-gen Pixel Watch, and they include the health-monitoring capabilities that launched with its successor. The older wearables will now be able to detect whether you're working out and can automatically start tracking your activity and then stop when you're done. In particular, it works for running, walking, elliptical training, spinning, outdoor biking and…
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Pixel phones just got next-gen call screening
04 Mar

Pixel phones just got next-gen call screening

John RoutledgeLatest News
Google just announced that some Pixel phones are getting next-gen call screening. This improves on the pre-existing Call Screen feature by implementing a new Hello button. Once tapped, the system will deploy Google Assistant to speak on your behalf.The digital assistant will ask the caller why they’re trying to reach you, and you’ll be able to hear the response in…
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Steam defined the modern video game industry
04 Mar

Steam defined the modern video game industry

John RoutledgeLatest News
Gather ’round, children, and let me tell you a story about the old bugaboo we used to call DRM.Digital Rights Management was the beast under every gamer’s bed in the mid-2000s, an invisible bit of software baked into game discs that dictated and tracked player behavior under the guise of preventing piracy. DRM software, like SecuROM, limited the times a…
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