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28 Feb

Nintendo lawsuit accuses Switch emulator creators of ‘piracy at a colossal scale’

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Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the creators of a popular Switch emulator called Yuzu, which gives users a way to play games developed for the platform on their PCs and Android devices. In the lawsuit shared by Game File's Stephen Totilo, the company argued that Yuzu violates the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Nintendo…

28 Feb

Amazon accused of using AI to ‘replicate the voices’ of actors in Road House remake

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Amazon is being sued by the writer of the original 1989 Patrick Swayze version of the film Road House over alleged copyright infringement in the movie's remake, The Los Angeles Times has reported. Screenwriter R. Lance Hill accuses Amazon and MGM Studios of using AI to clone actors' voices in the new production in order to finish it before the…

27 Feb

Google is reportedly paying publishers thousands of dollars to use its AI to write stories

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Google has been quietly striking deals with some publishers to use new generative AI tools to publish stories, according to a report in Adweek. The deals, reportedly worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, are apparently part of the Google News Initiative (GNI), a six-year-old program that funds media literacy projects, fact-checking tools, and other resources for newsrooms. But…

27 Feb

The Apple Car project is reportedly dead

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Ten years, billions of dollars, multiple leadership changes, and dozens of rumors later, the Apple Car project is dead. A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple has officially canceled the car, breaking the news to nearly 2,000 employees who had been working on it on Tuesday.As part of the change, Apple will move “many employees working on…

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

John RoutledgeLatest News

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

John RoutledgeLatest News

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

John RoutledgeLatest News

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,…