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Samsung’s latest premium Chromebook combines a big screen with a thin and light body
01 Oct

Samsung’s latest premium Chromebook combines a big screen with a thin and light body

John RoutledgeLatest News
It's been about a year since Google first announced its Chromebook Plus initiative, a higher spec of hardware that also comes with software features you won't find on more basic Chromebooks. Google's getting into a pretty consistent every-six-month cadence with these updates, so today we're hearing more about some new hardware as well as some AI-powered features coming to various…
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Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements updated with new AI features
01 Oct

Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements updated with new AI features

John RoutledgeLatest News
Adobe’s updated consumer-focused Elements apps are here. Photoshop Elements 2025 adds new Magic Eraser-style object removal, depth of field adjustments and more. Meanwhile, Premiere Elements 2025 for video creators introduces dynamic titles, color correction tools and a simplified timeline.The Elements apps, which Adobe debuted 23 years ago, take select features from the high-end professional suites and trickle them down to…
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The best depressing games to languish to in 2024
01 Oct

The best depressing games to languish to in 2024

John RoutledgeLatest News
What qualifies a video game as “depressing?” The most obvious answer is that game you simply cannot beat no matter how hard you try, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. Instead, we’re looking at games that just have a pall over them, whether it’s directly from story beats or a more subtle vibe given off by the visuals,…
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The PlayStation Network’s services were down for hours
01 Oct

The PlayStation Network’s services were down for hours

John RoutledgeLatest News
It's not just you — the PlayStation Network experienced serious issues, kicking people off their matches and crashing online games around the world. Based on Downdetector reports, the issue started shortly after 8PM Eastern time on September 30. Sony Interactive Entertainment has yet to release a statement about the problem, but it did update the PlayStation Network status page to…
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The PlayStation Network’s services are down
01 Oct

The PlayStation Network’s services are down

John RoutledgeLatest News
It's not just you — the PlayStation Network is currently experiencing issues, kicking people off their matches and crashing games around the world. Based on Downdetector reports, the issue started shortly after 8PM Eastern time tonight, September 30. Sony Interactive Entertainment has yet to release a statement about the problem, but it has updated the PlayStation Network status page to…
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Verizon says its network is ‘fully restored’ following an hours-long outage
01 Oct

Verizon says its network is ‘fully restored’ following an hours-long outage

John RoutledgeLatest News
Update, September 30, 7:28PM ET: At 7:18PM ET, the company tweeted that its engineers had resolved the issue. The original story, which was updated twice after publish with statements from Verizon, follows.Verizon mobile customers reported widespread outages across the US on Monday. Starting at around 9:30AM ET, hundreds of thousands of people flagged issues with their mobile service on Downdetector,…
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Songs from Adele and others are returning to YouTube as SESAC agrees to a new deal
30 Sep

Songs from Adele and others are returning to YouTube as SESAC agrees to a new deal

John RoutledgeLatest News
Update, September 30, 4:30PM ET: YouTube says it has reached a deal with SESAC, and that the affected songs will be returning to the platform soon. A spokesperson sent the following comment: "We're pleased that SESAC reconsidered our offer. We've reached a deal and content will come back up shortly. We appreciate everyone's patience during this time."The original story, headlined…
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GM’s Cruise fined $1.5 million for omitting details about its gruesome 2023 crash
30 Sep

GM’s Cruise fined $1.5 million for omitting details about its gruesome 2023 crash

John RoutledgeLatest News
On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) fined Cruise, GM’s self-driving vehicle division, $1.5 million. The penalty was imposed for omitting key details from an October 2023 accident in which one of the company’s autonomous vehicles struck and dragged a San Francisco pedestrian.Cruise is being fined for initially submitting several incomplete reports. The NHTSA’s reports require pre-crash, crash…
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