Month: November 2021
Blizzard co-lead Jen Oneal steps down three months after taking the role
Jen Oneal is stepping down as a co-lead of Blizzard just three months after taking the role in the wake of the sexual harassment lawsuit brought against Activision Blizzard by the state of California. Mike Ybarra, a former Xbox executive who had stepped into the co-lead role alongside Oneal, will…
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If you haven’t gotten a Switch N64 controller yet, you’ll have to wait until next year
The special Nintendo 64 controller for the Nintendo Switch briefly went on sale again on Tuesday, but if you missed buying one before they sold out, you won’t get a chance to pick one up until 2022, according to the controller’s listing on Nintendo’s website. We don’t know exactly when…
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Googler who helped lead 2018 walkout will reportedly join the FTC
Former Google employee Meredith Whittaker could soon be working at the Federal Trade Commission as an AI policy advisor, according to a report by The Information. Whittaker may be best known for helping to organize a 2018 walkout at Google, where 20,000 employees protested against how the company handled alleged…
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Facebook is ending face recognition, will delete all user data
Facebook has announced that it will shut down its social network’s Face Recognition system as part of a company-wide effort to limit the use of facial recognition technology in its products. First introduced back in 2010, the company’s Face Recognition feature allows users of its social network to automatically tag…
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The PS5 and Xbox Series X are now available at Walmart
Walmart’s latest PS5 and Xbox Series X restocking event is back for a second day, following up yesterday’s replenishment of all these consoles. Today at 4PM ET / 1PM PT, Walmart will be selling the disc-based PlayStation 5, the disc-less Digital Edition, and the Xbox Series X. It’s the kind…
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Bloodborne is finally coming to PC…kind of
Despite rumors of a Bloodborne port coming to PC, it’s unfortunately never been officially revealed. But, thanks to a dedicated and talented team of developers, we’ll now have a PS1 demake style of the game. Bloodborne PSX is a “demake” of the original PS4 title, reimagined in the graphical style…
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