Month: October 2021
Now all of Battlefield 2042’s next-gen digital editions include cross-gen access
EA is making Battlefield 2042 a little bit more accessible across generations. The company announced Tuesday that the digital Standard Edition of Battlefield 2042 on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S now includes the Cross-Gen Bundle, which gives you access to both the PS4 and the PS5 or Xbox…
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House Of The Dragon Is Fixing Game Of Thrones’ Iron Throne Mistake
The House of the Dragon trailer reveals that it is fixing Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne mistake. The trailer shows a number of brief clips from the greatly-anticipated prequel series by HBO, one of which is a shot of the iconic metal seat — but looking quite different to the version audiences saw in the…
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Scroll is shutting down in ‘approximately’ 30 days to become part of Twitter Blue
Scroll’s ad-free subscription web service is shutting down as an independent entity in “approximately” 30 days, the company announced in an email to subscribers. The service — which was purchased by Twitter earlier this year — will instead be rolled into the burgeoning Twitter Blue premium subscription as “Ad-Free Articles.”…
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Here’s Facebook’s cowardly attempt to smear the whistleblower
Facebook has chosen to respond to whistleblower Frances Haugen in the most cowardly way possible: by hiding Mark Zuckerberg, the man ultimately responsible for Facebook’s decisions, and beginning the process of trying to smear and discredit Haugen. This is some Big Tobacco bullshit — precisely what sleazeball PR guru John…
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Supreme Court dismisses Oracle claims to JEDI challenge
The US Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge put forth by Oracle over the way in which the Pentagon awarded the government’s now-canceled Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract. The Supreme Court’s justices declined to hear the database software company’s appeal of a lower court ruling that found Oracle was…
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Google’s latest Nest Doorbell and camera are not obvious upgrades
Ever since Google folded the Nest brand back into its main hardware lineup in 2019, the company has been slowly updating its product portfolio with a more cohesive design language and support for the newer Home app. This year, Google is finally turning its attention to its video doorbell and…
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