Sony Sees Profit Rise on Music, Films; Says People Playing Less Games as COVID-19 Restrictions Decrease
Sony, which makes PlayStation consoles, Bravia TVs and Columbia Pictures films, said sales from its music streaming service rose during the quarter. Sony’s profit edged up 3 percent in the last quarter, weathering production...
Backbone One PlayStation Edition Controller for iPhone Launched, Sony Adds 1440p Support to PS5
Backbone One PlayStation Edition Controller for Android will be available from November this year. Backbone One PlayStation Edition controller for iPhone has been launched in select countries. iPhone users can now play PS5 and...
UK Law Commission Proposes Changes to Accommodate Crypto Into Property Laws
To qualify under the new category, a digital asset must be composed of electronic data. The Law Commission of England and Wales, a statutory independent body tasked with reviewing and updating the law, has...
Tomb Raider Film Rights Go Up for Auction Following MGM Exit: Report
Alicia Vikander will be recast in the upcoming Tomb Raider movies, a report suggests. Tomb Raider is in search of a new production studio. MGM has lost film rights to the Alicia Vikander-led movie...
Apex Legends Season 14 Launch Trailer Reveals New Hero Vantage
Respawn Entertainment will reveal an in-depth gameplay trailer on August 1. Apex Legends Season 14 is right around the corner, and as part of that, EA and Respawn have released a new trailer. Dubbed...
Privacy Tracker Retracts Paytm Mall Leak Claim, Believes Leak Was ‘Fabricated’
HIBP’s Troy Hunt revealed that he believed the data was fabricated, after a conversation with the head of Paytm’s information security team. Privacy tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) has retracted its claim that Paytm...
Analogue Deep Learning Offers Faster AI Computation With Lower Energy Consumption, MIT Researchers Say
Programmable resistors vastly increase the speed at which a neural network is trained, while drastically reducing the required cost and energy. The amount of time, effort, and money needed to train ever-more-complex neural network...
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) Said to Be Blocked in India Using Section 69A of IT Act, Industry Reacts
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) was removed from the Google Play store and App Store, nearly two years after PUBG Mobile was banned in the country. The government of India blocked access to Krafton’s battle-royale...
IMF Exec Believes More Stablecoins Are Vulnerable to Runs and Sell-Offs
Tobias Adrian is the director of monetary and capital markets for the IMF. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive believes that there could be further drops in both equity and crypto markets in the...
Amazon Subscription Services Grow 10 Percent YoY, Reduces Headcount to 1.52 Million as Revenue Tops Estimates
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that Amazon is seeing its revenue accelerate as it invests in its Prime membership and offers more benefits to members. Amazon on Thursday reported its second-consecutive quarterly loss but...
