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Sony To Stop Releasing PlayStation Games On Discs
The announcement comes as the upcoming exclusively digital release of “Grand Theft Auto VI”, which is predicted to become the biggest-selling cultural product of all time, has caused some consternation among gamers. Sony said Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games for the PlayStation on disc in January 2028 following a shift in…
WhatsApp To Let Users Chat Without Sharing Phone Numbers
Instead, people will be able to pick unique usernames to share with others, in a move “designed to protect the privacy of your phone number,” WhatsApp said in a statement. This illustration photograph taken on April 11, 2023, shows the US instant messaging software Whatsapp’s logo on a smartphone screen in Moscow. Photo by KIRILL…
CJN: AI Can’t Replace Judges In Administration Of Justice
Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun stressed that no matter how sophisticated technology becomes, judicial reasoning cannot be delegated to machines. Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has declared that while artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping the administration of justice, they can never replace the constitutional…
Apple Raises Prices For MacBooks, iPads As Costs Soar Over AI
On its US website, price increases ranged from $30 to $300. The 14-inch MacBook Pro, which once sold for $1,700, now retails for $2,000, while the iPad Air increased from $600 to $750. The Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple store in Washington, DC. Apple said Thursday it was raising prices…
Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open, but don’t expect a physical copy
The blockbuster launch is expected to dwarf the box office takings of the year’s biggest movies with one industry analyst predicting it could make $1bn within an hour It is, quite simply, the most anticipated piece of entertainment since the Star Wars prequels and now, at last, you can reserve a copy. At midnight last…
Inside the 2026 Forbes Creator List: How iShowSpeed, MrBeast Upended Traditional Media Margins
Elite creators like Dhar Mann ($65M) and iShowSpeed ($30M) are capturing unprecedented media revenue with fractional overhead. The digital media landscape has officially reached a billion-dollar tipping point, but the true story lies in the structural mechanics of how that money is made. When Forbes dropped its 2026 Top Creators list, the headline figure crossed a historic…
ByteDance Rolls Out Paid Subscriptions For China’s Largest AI Chatbot
While paid subscriptions are commonplace among leading Western AI chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini, the Chinese market is dominated by free models due to stiff domestic competition, analysts say. A smartphone interface displaying a curated folder of global AI chatbots and LLM applications, from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude to rising…
AWS Announces New Global Accelerator Cohort Featuring Three Nigerian Organisations
Two organisations from Kenya and one each from Ghana, South Africa, Cameroon, and Tanzania also made the cohort, bringing the total to nine African participants. Amazon has selected three Nigerian organisations out of nine from Africa to join the fourth cohort of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) Social Entrepreneur Accelerator. This makes the continent the…
Valve’s Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won’t be able to buy one yet
Valve says it’s using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience “less frustrating and more fair.” The Steam Machine will start at more than $1,000. Credit: Valve The Steam Machine is almost here. Valve chose possibly the worst time to announce new PC gaming hardware in late 2025, just as the AI boom sent storage and RAM…
Wikipedia Won’t Let AI Edit Articles, Cofounder Says
The problem of AI “hallucinations” – in which fabricated output is confidently presented — has been reduced with newer AI models but remains “very, very bad”, Wales said on the sidelines of a climate action week event in London. The problem of AI “hallucinations” — in which fabricated output is confidently presented — has been…
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