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Sonos apologized for messing up its app and has offered a roadmap for fixing everything
Sonos apologized for messing up its app and offered a roadmap for fixing everything. Various features will be coming back online through October.
Tesla warns against wet towel charging trick two months too late
Tesla's Charging PR team (or the lack thereof) had to issue a warning to its customers not to do the "wet towel" trick.
WhatsApp hits 100 million monthly active US users
WhatsApp is growing in the US, with one-tenth of the daily users coming from Texas alone.
AI video startup Runway reportedly trained on ‘thousands’ of YouTube videos without permission
AI company Runway reportedly scraped “thousands” of YouTube videos and pirated versions of copyrighted movies without permission. Alleged spreadsheets of internal company data suggest Runway trained its Gen-3 model using YouTube content from Disney, Netflix, Pixar and popular media outlets.
Overwatch 2 may test a return to six-player teams
Two years after switching to five-player teams in Overwatch 2, Blizzard says it has heard the fans and is willing to test a return to a 6v6 format.
Stalker 2 has been delayed (again) until November 20
Stalker 2 has been delayed yet again until November 20. There’s a deep-dive video premiering in August to outline new features.
Google gives free Gemini users access to its faster, lighter 1.5 Flash AI model
Google is making its Gemini AI faster and more efficient across the board.
Chill painting game Été beautifully captures summertime in Montreal
Été is a relaxing, slice-of-life game in which you play as an artist who has moved to Montreal for the summer. Not only will you have to paint and sell art to get by, you'll bring the world around you to life by filling it with color.
That Disney+, Hulu and Max streaming bundle is now available
That Disney+, Hulu and Max ad-free streaming bundle is now live. It costs $30 per month, which is a pretty good deal.
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is back on sale for only $40
Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a solid option for accessing streaming services and playing games on. The device is now on sale for $40.
Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron arrives on Max in September
You can watch Hayao Miyazaki's
Apple's M3 iMac is down to a record-low price
Get the newest iMac for $1,149.
The long-awaited Fallout: London fan mod is finally here
Fallout: London, the long-awaited fan-made mod of Fallout 4, is now available on PC.
AMD delays Ryzen 9000 chip release for up to two weeks to address quality issues
AMD's Ryzen 9000 processors were set to be released on July 31st, but AMD announced that they'll be delayed up to two weeks "out of an abundance of caution."
Meta needs updated rules for sexually explicit deepfakes, Oversight Board says
Meta’s Oversight Board is urging the company to update its rules around sexually explicit deepfakes.
Max's SharePlay feature for iOS is now available to all ad-free subscribers
SharePlay is now available to all Max users paying for Ad-Free and Ultimate Ad-Free plans.
NBA TV rights go to ESPN, NBC and Amazon as TNT is rejected
The NBA and WNBA have inked deals for media rights over the next eleven years. You'll find games on ESPN, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video.
World of Warcraft workers unlock 'form a union' achievement
The World of Warcraft team have formed the largest wall-to-wall union in Microsoft.
Respawn is walking back its unpopular changes to the Apex Legends battle pass
Apex Legends players will be able to use in-game currency once more to buy a battle pass tier after Respawn's latest changes.
AI search engines that don’t pay up can’t index Reddit content
When Reddit said last month that it would block unauthorized data scraping from its site, everyone’s (rightful) first reaction was “AI.” However, now that the change has taken effect, search engines that don’t have deals with the website now appear to be locked out.