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Update:Apple has responded to the ruling with a statement provided to 9to5Mac, saying it “strongly disagrees” with the court’s opinion. You can find the full statement below. Apple has just taken yet another hit in its ongoing legal standoff with Epic Games. As reported by Reuters, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Apple’s emergency request to pause key parts of a lower court order that forces the company...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Cairn, a survival climbing game from The Game Bakers, is one we've had our eye on for a while, so it was nice to get a release date for it during Sony's State of Play stream on Wednesday. It's coming to PS5 and PC on November 5. But you don't have to wait that long to try out Cairn — a demo is now available on PS5. Looking like the more intense cousin of the enjoyably peaceful Jusant, you'll be able to climb anywhere...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:The developer of Hitman: World of Assassination, IO Interactive, is finally showing off its take on a James Bond with a new trailer that debuted during Sony's summer State of Play on June 4. IO Interactive originally announced it was working on "Project 007" back in November 2020, and only recently shared that the game was called 007 First Light and would be a "James Bond origin story." Given how much of a Hitman level...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:IO Interactive shows off the first trailer for its upcoming James Bond game, 007: First Light, starring Bond on one of his first cases.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Apple will have to continue allowing web links and external payment options in the App Store after its request to halt a judge’s order was rejected today by a higher court. In April, a federal judge demanded that Apple begin allowing web links, cease restricting how links are formatted, and enable developers to offer external […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Sony’s showcase had a pleasant surprise: the debut trailer for 007First Light. The James Bond game — which has some definite Uncharted vibes — doesn’t have a release date, but is slated to launch sometime in 2026. And while it was announced at a PlayStation event, the debut trailer confirms it’s coming to Xbox, PC, […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Remasters and remakes seem like they're a dime a dozen these days, but here's one I'm selfishly pretty stoked for. Square Enix announced during PlayStation's State of Play event that is revisiting the 1997 strategy RPG chapter from its famous franchise. Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles is due out on September 25, 2025 for both the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. This updated version of the turn-based...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:PlayStation has announced Project Defiant, an arcade-style fighting stick that looks like it’ll be perfect to use with the newly announced Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection. Sony teased the device during the State of Play on Wednesday before revealing more details in a blog post, which says the controller will let you wirelessly connect it to […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Officials in New York, New Jersey, Iowa, New Hampshire and Maine issued alerts due to smoke from fires in CanadaSmoke from wildfires in Canada is spreading across multiple states in the US including the eastern seaboard, prompting multiple states to issue air-quality alerts.The poor air quality stretching across the US came as a result of dozens of wildfires burning across Canada as the country’s annual wildfire season...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Grasshopper Manufacture founder Suda51 made an appearance at Sony's State of Play showcase to reveal Romeo is a Dead Man — a game that has no relation to the 2000 action masterpiece Romeo Must Die, as far as we can tell. Romeo is a Dead Man stars Romeo Stargazer, a dude who was pulled back from the brink of death, gained time-shattering powers, and became a universe-hopping special agent for the FBI. Using a sword and...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Members in two House committee hearings debated a framework for digital assets while raising concerns about the US president using his position to profit from the industry.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:The FBI dismantled Qakbot malware’s infrastructure, but it resurfaced quickly using spam bomb attacks
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Believe it or not, we are less than a week away from the announcement of iOS 26. Ahead of that launch, rumors about new iOS 26 features, supported devices, and more have started to surface. Here’s everything we know so far. more…
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Vladimir Putin has warned Russia will respond to Kyiv’s attacks on nuclear-capable aircraft at airfieldsAs Vladimir Putin pledges to retaliate against Ukraine for last weekend’s unprecedented drone attack, Kremlin advisers and figures around Donald Trump have told the US president that the risk of a nuclear confrontation is growing, in an attempt to pressure him to further reduce US support for Ukraine.Kirill Dmitriev,...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Google added a small but visible watermark to Veo 3 videos to make the videos more identifiable as AI-generated.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Baby Steps, a absurdist walking simulator, has been under construction for a long while now. But at today's PlayStation State of Play event, the game finally got a release date: September 8, 2025. The game stars the hapless, chubby, bodysuit-wearing Nate (sigh), who, judging from the release date trailer, appears to be perpetually in search of a toilet? At one point, he knocks a porta-potty off the edge of a cliff....
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Pragmata, a new sci-fi, third-person action game from Capcom, finally has a new release date. As part of Sony's summer State of Play on June 4, Capacom shared a new trailer showing off gameplay from Pragmata and revealing that the game is now targeting a 2026 release. Based on the trailer and a blog post on the Playstation Blog, you'll play as two characters in Pragmata: Hugh, a spacesuit-wearing lunk, and Diana, a...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/microsoft-flight-simulator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44185856 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:You're probably going to want a case for this phone, to no one's surprise.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Life is too short to b e drinking luke warm coffee!
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:It had only been a few months since our last look at Silent Hill f, so it was perhaps a little surprising to see the first Japan-set game in the series pop up during Sony's latest State of Play stream on Wednesday. The trailer provided another chance to see some gameplay and those gorgeously grotesque visuals, but the key information was saved for the end: a release date. You'll be able to experience the terrors of...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:The Wall Street Journal reports Meta is in talks with Disney and A24 to try and secure exclusive streaming content for a new headset it’s developing. WSJ says Meta’s new device is a glasses-like headset codenamed “Loma,” with an external puck you slip into your pocket. Meta is reportedly seeking new and existing licensed content […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Following the initial release at I/O 2025 two weeks ago, Google is rolling Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1.1 as a bug fixer for Pixel devices. more…
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Government suffers fifth defeat in House of Lords over plans to allow AI companies to use copyrighted material Defiant peers have delivered an ultimatum to the government – calling on it to offer artists copyright protection against artificial intelligence companies or risk losing a key piece of legislation.The government suffered a fifth defeat in the House of Lords over controversial plans to allow the AI companies...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Alliance during today's PlayStation State of Play.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Social media platform claims firm used bots to access content, without requesting consent, to train ClaudeThe social media platform Reddit has sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude.Reddit claims that Anthropic has used automated bots to access the social network’s content despite being asked not to do so, and...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Not to be upstaged by all the Nintendo Switch 2 shenanigans, PlayStation decided to steal some of that attention back in the form of a major, nostalgia-fueled announcement: Final Fantasy Tactics is getting a remake and it’s coming in September. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles will take players back to a time when Final […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda51 have officially revealed their new game, an action game called Romeo is a Dead Man.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:"We went from the atomic bomb in 1945 to laying the keel on the Nautilus in 1951."
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Extended closure said to be for maintenance and follows deaths of at least 27 people killed by Israeli troops near distribution site A US-backed group operating food distribution sites in Gaza has announced that its operations would be suspended for a second day on Thursday, due to “maintenance and repair work”, as the Israeli army warned that roads leading to distribution centres were considered “combat zones”.After...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:In some cases, the bank will look at crypto holdings when determining net worth, which may affect how much can be borrowed.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Popular mobile game Flappy Bird is once more taking flight in Web3 after closing down its Telegram game and launching on Android.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:The summer State of Play presentation from PlayStation kicked off with the announcement of Lumines Arise. It's a gorgeous puzzle game being made by the same team as Tetris Effect, Enhance, so for the many of us who fell in love that game, this is a banger development from Sony. The trailer shows the same dynamic blend between block drops, music and visuals that were the hallmarks of Tetris Effect. However, Lumines...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:You almost certainly have a TV sitting in standby mode right now just waiting to be turned on, but is your TV still drawing power while it's on standby?
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:It sounds like Apple is preparing a big AirPods update for WWDC next week. A report from 9to5Mac says the company is working on a new feature that will let you control your iPhone or iPad’s camera with your AirPods. The feature will reportedly allow you to snap a picture by tapping the stem of […]
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