The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Zelle and three banks that own it — Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase — claiming they failed “to protect consumers from widespread fraud.” Zelle is a payment network designed to compete with payment platforms like Venmo and Cash App, but the CFPB says the […]
If you’ve been playing Pokémon TCG Pocket since launch, you’ve probably already collected most of the cards from the game’s first expansion. But as The Verge reports, last week the Pokémon Company announced that Mythical Island, a new expansion set featuring the pokémon Mew, was set to debut Pokémon TCG Pocket today, December 17th. A trailer for the expansion […]
Epic Games’ annual holiday sale is now live, and like previous years, the company is also going to be offering a bunch of free games you can claim during the sale. Over the course of this sale, the store will have 16 free games, according to a blog post. As The Verge reports, Epic is being […]
OpenAI launched Sora, its text-to-video AI model, on Monday as part of its 12-day “ship-mas” product release series. It’s available today on Sora.com for ChatGPT subscribers in the US and “most other countries,” and a new model, Sora Turbo. This updated model adds features like generating video from text, animating images, and remixing videos. The Verge, who had previously […]
In what has been a difficult month for overheating audio products, Anker is the latest manufacturer to be asking known purchasers to return items. As PCMag reports, the Chinese tech manufacturer is recalling its Soundcore and PowerConf Bluetooth Speakers after receiving 33 complaints of the lithium-ion batteries within them overheating and, in some cases, causing smoke or even small […]
Amazon has announced a series of new AI foundation models under a new “Nova” branding that will be available as part of the Amazon Bedrock model library in AWS. As The Verge reports, there are three “understanding” models available now, Amazon says in a blog post: Amazon Nova Micro, a text model that’s “optimized for speed […]
There are certain sounds that just feel good to the over 30 set. There’s the sound of dial-up internet or the new message jingle on AIM or MSN Messenger. Most of these nostalgic noises have been replaced with new ones or lost to time, but PlayStation has revived one in celebration of its 30th anniversary. […]
Under financial pressures, Intel’s desktop gaming graphics business may be on the chopping block — but it seems that a pair of Battlemages will escape unscathed. Videocardz has leaked that Intel will announce the Arc B580 and B570 graphics cards tomorrow, December 3rd, and launch them on December 12th alongside media reviews. But as The Verge reports, you shouldn’t expect […]
Sony is currently making a new handheld gaming console that allows users to play PlayStation 5 games anywhere. According to Bloomberg, the console is being developed to compete against Nintendo and Microsoft in the portable gaming market, and is likely “years away from launch” — if Sony decides to release it at all. As The Verge reports, […]
Steam is building support for season passes into its platform and setting up rules to help protect buyers from buying ones with unclear promises. As The Verge reports, Steam has just published new guidelines urging developers to “think about whether there’s a customer benefit” for purchasing season passes, as reported by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik on BlueSky. […]