Month: March 2025
FTC tells staff to stop calling the agency ‘independent’ in complaints
Staff at the Federal Trade Commission have been instructed to no longer refer to the agency as “independent” in complaints, according to an email obtained by The Verge. “Moving forward, when describing the Commission as the Plaintiff in a Complaint, please track the below edit,” Bureau of Consumer Protection Director…
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Nintendo’s new app gave us another look at the Switch 2, and there’s something different with the Joy-Con
The just released Nintendo Today app screenshots are giving us another look at the new Joy-Cons The image shows Joy-Cons with an extra button in front of the Switch 2 It remains to be seen what the “C” Button is for. While Nintendo didn’t shed many details on the forthcoming…
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Ubisoft’s $4 billion carveout sells Tencent a 25 percent stake in some of its biggest games
Ubisoft is spinning off Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six into a subsidiary backed by Tencent, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Chinese gaming giant will invest €1.16 billion (~$1.3 billion) for a 25 percent stake in the carveout, which will have a total value of…
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HP’s ridiculously fast Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 laptop with 128GB RAM goes on sale everywhere in the US, but it won’t be cheap
HP ZBook Ultra G1a comes with a massive 126GB RAM and 2TB SSD Preorders are available now, priced between $3,797 and $4,049 at US retailers ZBook Ultra G1a is built for AI, data analysis, and video production HP has revealed the ZBook Ultra G1a, a mobile workstation that features a…
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Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a ’90s-style beat-’em-up in the mold of Shredder’s Revenge
There's a lot in the world to be angry about today. So, why not do like we did in the '90s and channel that aggression into beating the living hell out of bad guys in a delightfully loud and over-the-top arcade game? Marvel Cosmic Invasion takes characters like Spider-Man, Captain…
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Facebook’s new Friends-only feed ditches all the algorithmic junk
Facebook is trying to go back to its roots with a new “Friends” tab that filters out the algorithmic recommendations that have taken over its main feed. The new tab is rolling out in the US and Canada, and will show your friends’ stories, reels, posts, and birthdays. In a…
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