Xbox boss: Microsoft can survive its $7.5 billion Bethesda purchase without bringing future titles to PS5
Google Assistant arrives on Samsung's 2020 TVs
Two free games per console is returning to PlayStation Plus members again

In context: There are some definite advantages to having a PlayStation Plus (PS+) membership. The $60-per-year service is required for online gaming, but even if you are not an online player, the subscription provides free games and discounts that more than pay for a year of service.
With the launch of the PlayStation 5, PlayStation Plus members will get a new benefit and one that is not so new.
The newest perk for PS+ members is called the "PlayStation Plus Collection"
Blizzard ceases major content updates for StarCraft II after over a decade
Google will shut down Hangouts in the first half of 2021

In context: If there's one thing Google is known for, it's launching -- and then later shutting down -- dozens upon dozens of services, no matter how old they might've been. Indeed, this practice is so commonplace at Google HQ that someone has developed and maintained a site called the Google Graveyard, which keeps track of past and future service shutdowns, planned or already executed by Google.
For better or worse, Google's once-popular Hangouts communication platform is joining the
Analogue's all-in-one TurboGrafx console is a thing of beauty
Virtual profanity filter bans the word "Bone" at a paleontology conference
Pre-orders open for new iPad Air and iPhone 12
The new iPad Air broke cover during Apple’s Time Flies digital presentation in mid-September. It features a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display driven by Apple’s new A14 Bionic SoC, a six-core processor / four-core GPU that affords a 40 percent boost in CPU performance and a 30 percent improvement in graphics...