Month: August 2025
Sony insists Xperia phones are ‘very important’ to it
CFO Lin Tao mentioned Sony’s beleaguered phone brand at the company’s recent financial results presentation, calling it “a very important business for us,” according to CNET Japan. Once upon a time, Xperia mattered to Sony because it still held a healthy chunk of Japan’s phone market. That’s no longer true,…
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The Batman Part II will reportedly feature one of The Dark Knight’s most famous allies – and their inclusion might kill off a big fan theory about its plot
A new report suggests The Batman Part II will feature Robin The rumor emerged less than 24 hours after the movie’s filming start date was revealed If true, it raises questions about the DCU’s own Batman film The Batman Part II is still over two year away from grapple gunning…
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Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 live: Blade release time, downtime, and our preview impressions leading up to launch
Refresh Get notified of updates 2025-08-08T09:09:42.925Z New Marvel Rivals update available (Image credit: NetEase) Make sure to quit Marvel Rivals and check for an update that just launched. On PS5, mine is only 5.210GB, but it’ll be different on other platforms. You’ll need to have this installed to play Season…
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Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline
We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming to iOS, but recently published guidelines related to…
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Unified data, smarter AI: how to unlock business value responsibly
‘Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should’. While this famous line from Jurassic Park is a poignant reminder of the dangers of unchecked ambition, it can also be applied to today’s rapidly evolving and fragmented AI landscape. The mainstream availability…
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OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus
The day before the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman surprised employees with a message in the company’s Slack. “As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we have been looking at comp for our technical teams given the movement in the market,” wrote Altman, according to a copy of…
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