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Emma Roth

Sony’s pearlescent new PS5 colors will jazz up your gaming station

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Sony is launching shiny new “Chroma” console covers for the PlayStation 5 Slim that come in pearl, indigo, and teal. And if having an iridescent console isn’t eye-catching enough, you can also get new DualSense controllers to match.

The Chroma console covers will cost $64.99 USD, while the DualSense controllers will cost $79.99. Sony is launching the Chroma pearl and indigo accessories on November 7th, followed by teal on January 23, 2025. The new colors look neat,...

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Miller out as Sparks head coach after two seasons

Curt Miller, who had a 25-55 record and did not make the playoffs in his two seasons with Los Angeles, is out as head coach of the Sparks, the team said.

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Emma Roth

Microsoft claims its AI safety tool not only finds errors but also fixes them

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Microsoft is launching a new feature called “correction” that builds on the company’s efforts to combat AI inaccuracies. Customers using Microsoft Azure to power their AI systems can now use the capability to automatically detect and rewrite incorrect content in AI outputs.

The correction feature is available in preview as part of the Azure AI Studio — a suite of safety tools designed to detect vulnerabilities, find “hallucinations,” and...

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Wes Davis

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 and 2 are getting a remaster

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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is one of those series of games that has always felt unjustly left behind to me, and at Sony’s State of Play today, it’s finally getting its due, at least a little. The two classic Crystal Dynamics games, which I enjoyed in their penultimate form on the Dreamcast, are getting a remaster for PlayStation consoles, courtesy of Aspyr Media. The remasters come out on December 10th.

The two Soul Reaver games were supernatural action...

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Emma Roth

Horizon Zero Dawn is getting a remaster for PlayStation 5 and PC

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Sony is releasing a remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn. The company announced the news during its State of Play event on Tuesday and says the game will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC starting October 31st with “stunning new visuals and enhanced features.”

Rumors about a potential Horizon Zero Dawn remaster first emerged in 2022, but several news outlets spotted an ESRB rating for the remaster on the PS5 and PC just last week.

Launched in 2017,...

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Ash Parrish

Ghost of Yotei is the next entry in Sucker Punch’s Ghosts series

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To close out Sony’s State of Play presentation, Sucker Punch debuted a first look at its next game in its award-winning Ghosts series. Dubbed Ghosts of Yotei, players will inhabit a new female protagonist who wields a shamisen in addition to a samurai’s traditional sword.

Sony didn’t share release date details, only pegging the game to a 2025 release window.

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Sean Hollister

PS5 Pro will enhance Stellar Blade, Jedi Survivor, Metal Gear and Resident Evil

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Sony has just revealed seven additional games that’ll get enhanced by its PS5 Pro, coming November 7th, on top of the games it previously revealed. New titles include Stellar Blade, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, F1 24, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, both Resident Evil Village and Resident Evil 4 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

That means the whole confirmed lineup so far has 20 Enhanced games, including:

Alan Wake 2 Assassin’s Creed...

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Lauren Leatherby and Aric Toler

What Lebanon Looks Like After Israel’s Historic Airstrikes

The destruction from one of the most intense air raids in modern warfare stretches across southern Lebanon and in pockets of the east.

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Jennifer Mattson

Caroline Ellison, star witness in FTX crypto fraud trial that put SBF away for 25 years, is sentenced to 2 years in prison

Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was praised for her cooperation in testifying against her former boss and ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried.

Caroline Ellison, a key witness in cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried’s multibillion-dollar fraud trial, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday in U.S. federal court.

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Chris Morris

Donald Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. Could that work?

Americans have more than $1 trillion in credit card debt. Could putting a ceiling on credit card interest rates help?

With the 2024 presidential race getting close to the home stretch, both candidates are throwing out ideas about how to handle the economy. Kamala Harris is expected to roll out new economic policy proposals Wednesday. And former president Donald Trump, last week, pledged he would instate a temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates if reelected.

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TikTok removes Russian state media accounts ahead of U.S. election

The U.S. Department of Justice has said that Moscow remains the primary threat to elections.

TikTok has removed accounts associated with Russian state media for engaging in “covert influence operations” ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

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22 Products For Anyone Trying To Spend More Time Outside With Their Pets This Fall

The air is crisp, the leaves are turning, you're hiking with your dog... Life is good.

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Julian Chokkattu

Google Is ‘Thinking Through’ How to Make the Pixel Watch Repairable

The current version of Google's smartwatch isn't repairable, but for the first time, the company is figuring out how to fix that.

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Lauren Feiner

How Google made the ad tech industry revolve around itself

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‘All roads lead back to Google,’ the government argued in the first two weeks of its ad tech antitrust trial.

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Garrison Lovely

Hollywood is coming out in force for California’s AI safety bill

Governor Gavin Newsom gave his thoughts on SB 1047 for the first time at Salesforce’s Dreamforce event last week. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

As Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision looms, SAG-AFTRA members leverage star power to push for SB 1047’s passage.

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Ash Parrish Umar Shakir Jay Peters

PlayStation State of Play September 2024: all the biggest news and announcements

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Expect a lot of remasters, some PC port news, Astro Bot DLC news, and more.

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Lauren Hirsch and Danielle Kaye

U.S. Accuses Visa of Monopoly in Debit Cards

The financial giant, which processes the majority of debit card spending in the United States, unfairly imposed fees on merchants and deterred rivals, the Justice Department said.

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Catie Edmondson

Speaker Johnson Again Turns to Democrats for Short-Term Spending Votes

The House speaker is trying to get a short-term spending agreement passed despite opposition from some conservative members of his own party.

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Sam Anderson

How the Chicago White Sox Became the Masters of Losing

The Chicago White Sox are poised to break the record for the most losses in modern baseball history. Watching them do it has been strangely glorious.

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