Saturday, September 30, 2023

Atari 2600+ sees its future in retro gaming

The Atari home video game system took the late1970s and early 1980s by storm, complete with faux wood paneling and a classic joystick with a big red button. Rival systems eventually surpassed the video-game pioneer but its iconic status, and fans, remained.

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Friday, September 29, 2023

Netflix shutters its DVD rental business, marking the end of the red envelope era

Netflix will send out its last red envelope on Friday, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members.

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

Epic Games to lay off 16% of its workforce

Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, said on Thursday that it will lay off 16% of its staff, around 830 employees, as it attempts to reverse what CEO Tim Sweeney called "unrealistic" spending.

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5 takeaways from America's landmark lawsuit against Amazon

An antitrust lawsuit from 17 states and the Federal Trade Commission this week against Amazon represents the US government's biggest regulatory challenge yet against the e-commerce juggernaut.

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Indonesia bans e-commerce transactions on social media in major blow to TikTok

Indonesia has banned e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, the trade minister said on Wednesday, in a blow to short video app TikTok, which is doubling down on Southeast Asia's biggest economy to boost its e-commerce business.

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Biden teases forthcoming executive order on AI

The White House plans to introduce a highly anticipated executive order in the coming weeks dealing with artificial intelligence, President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

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PlayStation head Jim Ryan is stepping down

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan is stepping down from the company, Sony announced Wednesday.

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Zuckerberg unveils Quest 3 as Meta tries to stay ahead in the mixed reality headset game

Meta is moving forward in its efforts to dominate the AR world with the new and improved Meta Quest 3. CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the headset at Meta Connect Wednesday.

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

X has ditched a political misinformation reporting feature, researchers say

X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, has scrapped a feature that lets users self-report political misinformation on the platform, a research group says, marking the latest safety-focused guardrail that X has rolled back since billionaire Elon Musk took the helm.

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Dubai to start robotaxi trials next month in major autonomous push

Dubai is rolling out its first round of robotaxis next month, as a part of a plan to alleviate congestion and accidents.

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