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EA and DICE have shed some light on their plans for cross-play in Battlefield 2042. While the feature is still in development, there likely won’t be a way for all players to join the same lobbies. During an upcoming invite-only technical playtest, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC players will be able to hop…
Image Credit: Devindra Hardawar/Engadget As far as VR technology goes, the Focus 3 has just about everything you’d want in a modern headset. But there are simple, less technical upgrades that I appreciated too, like its support for large 150mm-wide glasses. It usually takes a bit of effort for me to squeeze a headset over…
Discussing the independent counsel’s office in Morrison v. Olson, perhaps his most famous dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia cautioned that “this wolf comes as a wolf.” On Tuesday, Catherine Lhamon’s confirmation hearing to return as head of the Office for Civil Rights brought Scalia’s memorable line to mind. During Lhamon’s first stint running OCR from 2013…
Amazon isn’t the only one asking for Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to step away from cases. The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook has petitioned the FTC to recuse Khan from discussions on whether or not the regulator should pursue another antitrust case against the social network. She can’t be impartial, Facebook argued,…
You won’t have to worry about your kids going on a game shopping spree, at least if you’re part of a Windows or Xbox household. Microsoft has updated the Xbox Family Settings app with controls to manage your kids’ spending. You can set spending limits, and require that children ask permission to buy content when…
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Despite the gruesomely hot and humid weather, this is tourist season in Washington and today the nation’s capital welcomes some 55 Texans to town. All of them are Democrats who ostensibly serve in the state legislature. But they left Austin to deny Republicans a quorum. The issue at…
Don’t get your hopes up for Amazon’s take on Tiger King‘s Joe Exotic. Variety has learned from would-be show star Nicolas Cage that Amazon has scrapped the series. While the scripts were “excellent,” according to Cage, Amazon reportedly felt the project had become “past tense” after taking too long to formulate. The company had lost…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House in 2022 raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election. That total was bolstered by $20.1 million raised in June, the highest ever monthly off-year total, according to numbers shared…
The race to develop satellite internet includes some pretty big players like SpaceX, Amazon, Softbank and Facebook. However, Facebook has now essentially thrown in the towel in that business, selling its internet satellite team to Amazon, The Information has reported. For Amazon, it’s a significant step in its effort to develop its Project Kuiper satellite…
