Sony and Tencent have reached a confidential settlement over the game Light of Motiram, which Sony called a “slavish clone” of Horizon. The game has now been removed from major PC storefronts, ending a legal battle that began in July.
Microsoft’s cross-platform program had a huge month. The November 2025 additions mean you can buy these games once and play on both Xbox and PC with shared progress.
The team behind Hitman is tackling James Bond with 007 First Light, an origin story starring a young, reckless Bond. It promises open-ended social stealth, but can it live up to the hype?
Texas has filed lawsuits against Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL, accusing them of using technology to secretly record what consumers watch. The state alleges the TVs took screenshots twice per second and sent the data to servers in Asia. This represents a major escalation in the fight over smar
AirTrunk is expanding its Japanese footprint with a second hyperscale data center in Osaka. The new OSK2 campus will add up to 100MW of capacity, significantly larger than its first Osaka site. This move is part of the company’s major push into the APAC region to support cloud and AI growth.
Volkswagen’s ambitious battery division, PowerCo, is hitting a major financial snag. After parent company VW slashed its five-year spending plan, the unit is now actively seeking external financing to stay on track.
Eric Wengrowski spent nearly a decade on a steganography PhD at Rutgers. Now, that tech is the core of Steg.AI, a startup thrust into the spotlight to combat AI image fraud. It’s a classic story of obscure research meeting a moment of crisis.
In a move to counter a legal challenge, X has updated its Terms of Service to explicitly state it still owns the Twitter trademark. This comes days after a startup petitioned the USPTO to cancel the mark, claiming abandonment.
Apple is already planning its 2026 fitness kickoff with a new Apple Watch challenge. The “Ring in the New Year” award requires users to close all three Activity rings for seven consecutive days. The challenge window runs from January 7 through January 31.
Apple has pushed out a new firmware update for the Powerbeats Pro 2 wireless earbuds. The update, version 8A359, replaces the previous 8A353 firmware from September.
