Former PlayStation exec says PC ports were about marketing, not money – and Sony's new leadership disagrees
Shawn Layden recently shared a few interesting insights about the now-concluded initiative focused on bringing original PlayStation games to PC. Layden suggested that bringing PlayStation games to another platform was essentially a marketing strategy rather than an attempt to generate significant additional revenue.
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 specs surface, Z Flip discontinuation rumors, Galaxy rollables may arrive in 2028
Recent leaks suggest that the Z Fold 8 Ultra will be the flagship device in Samsung's foldable portfolio this year, while the regular Z Fold 8 will receive a complete design overhaul featuring a wider and shorter footprint to compete directly with Apple's rumored iPhone Fold. The company is currently...
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Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite for fast, low-cost AI image generation
Pricing is a key part of the model's positioning. Google says Nano Banana 2 Lite costs $0.034 per 1,000 images, a price intended to make large-scale image generation more routine and accessible. In practical terms, that combination of speed and low cost makes the model better suited for high-volume workloads than precision-focused applications.
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Sony will stop making physical PlayStation games starting in 2028
From then on, new games will be sold on the PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.
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SpaceX offers half-price Starlink to Memphis residents while facing a lawsuit over data center's pollution
"Starlink is applying a service discount for our neighbors in the Memphis area," the company wrote in its announcement. It added that earlier this year, SpaceX acquired xAI (now SpaceXAI), which operates the Colossus data centers in Memphis and Southaven, Mississippi.
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Steam Machine benchmarks show single RAM stick setup can cost up to 20% performance
Each retail unit ships with a single 16GB DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM, a configuration Valve links to tight DDR5 supply. That single stick forces the Steam Machine into single-channel mode out of the box, instead of tapping the extra bandwidth dual-channel offers.
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Cinder City becomes the first PC game to recommend 64GB of RAM, and at the worst time
Games are getting bigger, more hardware-intensive, and less well-optimized. The end result is usually more high-end GPUs being required for "standard" gameplay, but Cinder City asks for just an RTX 4060 (8GB). What's unusual, however, is the staggering 64GB of RAM it recommends.
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AMD Zen 6 leak reveals third core type, corroborating rumored Sony handheld SoC codenamed Canis
A recent update on the Linux kernel patch mailing list, spotted by Phoronix, includes scant details about a previously unannounced "Low Power core type" for AMD processors. The description closely resembles Intel's low-power efficiency cores, suggesting that AMD's upcoming Zen 6 CPU lineup might introduce an equivalent.
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Apple's fight with Epic over App Store fees reaches the Supreme Court
The justices have agreed to hear Apple's appeal against a lower-court ruling that found the company in contempt of a 2021 injunction from US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
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Anthropic's Fable 5 shutdown ends with tougher safeguards and federal approval
The workaround exposed gaps in the model's guardrails. Fable, a public-facing version of Anthropic's more capable Mythos system, is designed with restrictions to prevent harmful uses, including assistance with cyberattacks. Those guardrails are critical for releasing the model publicly.
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