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Reviewing retro gaming handhelds may land YouTuber in jail

Reviewing retro gaming handhelds may land YouTuber in jail

A YouTuber may end up facing jail time due to reviewing handheld devices which on occasion come pre-loaded with old games. The YouTuber in question is Francesco Salicini – aka Once Were Nerd – from Italy, who said customs enforcement officers from the Guardia di Finanza turned up with a search warrant back in April of this year, with the …

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Help, The PlayStation 5 Store Is Flooded With AI Slop

Help, The PlayStation 5 Store Is Flooded With AI Slop

I was recently digging through the PlayStation Store’s upcoming games section when I spotted a clearly AI-generated image of a shark in shoes. “Strange,” I thought to myself. And then I saw another. And then three more. And then even more. That’s when I realized AI slop has fully infested the PSN Store. Nintendo Switch 2 Price Is Set at …

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Donkey Kong Bananza shows Nintendo has become fully Zelda-brained

Donkey Kong Bananza shows Nintendo has become fully Zelda-brained

Here it is: The first 3D Nintendo platform game conceived and produced after The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild did the unthinkable and outsold that generation’s marquee Mario game, Super Mario Odyssey. The first since Breath of the Wild ensured it was Zelda, not Mario, that defined the Switch. The first since Breath of the Wild upended everyone’s …

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OpenAI GhatGPT Agent announcement LIVE — all the big news as it happens

OpenAI GhatGPT Agent announcement LIVE — all the big news as it happens

Refresh 2025-07-17T17:11:50.494Z What the ChatGPT Agent Can Do (Image credit: Shutterstock) Here are some key details of OpenAI’s new agent feature: Autonomous Task Execution: The agent can complete multi-step tasks such as planning trips, analyzing data, creating presentations, and interacting with websites. Virtual Browser: It uses a virtual computer with a browser that mimics a human user — clicking, typing, …

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iPhone 17 Pro renders reveal new orange and blue colors, more

iPhone 17 Pro renders reveal new orange and blue colors, more

Recent weeks have brought a flurry of rumors related to color options for the iPhone 17, including Air and Pro models. Among the most surprising leaks: the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max may come in a new orange color, along with blue and more. Here’s the latest report, plus renders of what could be coming. Leaker says four iPhone …

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Adobe’s new AI tool turns silly noises into realistic audio effects

Adobe’s new AI tool turns silly noises into realistic audio effects

Adobe is launching new generative AI filmmaking tools that provide fun ways to create sound effects and control generated video outputs. Alongside the familiar text prompts that typically allow you to describe what Adobe’s Firefly AI models should make or edit, users can now use onomatopoeia-like voice recordings to generate custom sounds, and use reference footage to guide the movements …

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New Google Pixel Phones Are Coming on August 20

New Google Pixel Phones Are Coming on August 20

Buckle up! Google is throwing a party next month. Samsung announced its new Galaxy Z Fold 7 (check out my review here), the Z Flip 7, and the Galaxy Watch 8 and 8 Classic last week, and Google is going next before Apple will likely do its annual iPhone and Apple Watch event in September. Google has just announced an …

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Original Programmer Says Remake ‘Botched’ Jump

Original Programmer Says Remake ‘Botched’ Jump

As is being discussed over on Resetera, a LinkedIn post from Naughty Dog co-founder and lead programmer on the original Crash Bandicoot from 1996, Andrew (Andy) Gavin, dives into a critical difference between the original box-bashing bandicoot experience and Vicarious Visions’ 2017 remakes, which many of us who grew up playing these games see as entertaining and authentic: The jumping …

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Black home schoolers push back against racist, unregulated curricula: ‘They called slavery immigration’ | Race in education

Black home schoolers push back against racist, unregulated curricula: ‘They called slavery immigration’ | Race in education

In 2018, Dr Timberly Baker decided to home school her children after a local school in Arkansas failed to challenge her eldest child. Her daughter, Baker said, is gifted. But despite routinely testing off the charts during standardized exams, the school had no plan on how Baker’s daughter could take more advanced classes. Still new to home schooling, Baker decided …

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