Month: July 2024
Nintendo has a plan to combat potential Switch 2 resellers – simply make enough of its next console
During Nintendo’s 84th annual shareholder meeting, company president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about what kind of measures would be in place to prevent resellers from affecting the availability of the Nintendo Switch 2. As detailed in the recently released shareholder Q&A document which we have machine translated, the second question…
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Best Satellite Messengers (2024): Iridium, Tracking Devices, Garmin
Stay safe and text your friends and family from every corner of the globe. Source
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Facebook and Instagram’s ‘pay or consent’ ad model violates the DMA, says the EU
The EU has formally charged Meta with violations of its Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking its second such charge in as many weeks. The European Commission writes in a preliminary ruling that the “pay or consent” advertising model that launched last year for Facebook and Instagram users runs afoul of…
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Is Apple Intelligence the new iCloud? AI platform tipped to get new subscription tier
When Apple revealed Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024 in June, it made it clear that the artificial intelligence (AI) system would be free to use, with no paid-for tiered options like you find in rivals such as ChatGPT. But while that’s the situation for now, a new report suggests it…
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I’m a Heavy Sleeper, So I Tried 5 Clocks That Shock and Roll (2024)
From runaway robots to “sonic bombs,” we reviewed offbeat alarm clocks designed to awaken even the heaviest sleepers. Source
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The Morning After: The US Treasury finalizes tax rules for crypto
Welcome to the first day of July. Summer is here in earnest, but let me keep you, briefly, indoors with tales of finalized rules for crypto in the US, and how Lego is making bricks from stardust. A new rule finalized by the US Treasury Department will ensure that people…
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