Sony has confirmed a November 12 US launch of the PS5. Now, here’s a list of the games available on launch day. On launch day, you can choose between the base PS5 model at $500 and the digital-only model at $400. The PS5 Launch Library Sony has revealed important details about the PS5 at an online event Wednesday. Among those details is the console’s potential launch library. Earlier, delays and incomplete information have muddied the waters. https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/1306349815475904512?s=20 Buy the PS5 at launch and play these games right away: Astro’s Playroom (pre-loaded on the PS5) Sackboy: A…
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Irene grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in New York as a full-time environmentalist and a part-time journalist. She was previously an editor at local online newspaper, where she wrote about topics including technology, finance and the media industry.
The government of Singapore does a great job enticing corporations to the small island city-state in South East Asia, part of that courtship includes the numerous grants that the Singapore government has for businesses to apply for. The government runs the business grants portal website, which states that the webpage is a collaboration between the ministries of- Finance, Trade & Industry as well as the Government Technology Agency. Applicants can do everything remotely, apply for grants, view and accept grant offers, as well as information regarding the grants and their requirements. There is another government agency – International Enterprise Singapore…
WeChat survived in the US after a California judge stopped the US government from blocking the app. The judge blocked the government on the day the app was supposed to be banned. WeChat Lives After the US President ordered the ban of WeChat, a group of users filed a suit in court to stop the ban. The group had filed the case last August. Now, Judge Laurel Beeler of the Northern District of California heard their plea. https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/1307843241476227073?s=20 The user group, called WeChat Users Alliance, also claimed that they had no links to WeChat or Tencent. The latter is WeChat’s…
Finally, Sony has broken its silence on the PS5. Yesterday, the company announced the US release of the PS5 on November 12 and the global release on November 19. Moreover, Sony said it would release two editions of the PS5. One edition will have a disc drive, which costs $500. The other model would be a digital-only edition, which costs $400. The Sony PS5 Gizmodo reports that the digital-only PS5 might be cheaper, but it’s still the same console as the main edition. Compared to Microsoft’s new console, both PS5s are equally powerful. https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/1306334426264199173?s=20 Industry people don’t expect the cheaper…
Google Drive will now delete trashed files after 30 days, starting from October 13. With this move, Google Drive will now work the same as Gmail and other Google products. Apple also automatically trashes deleted files after 30 days. Google Drive’s 30-Day Deletion Users don’t have to worry anymore about Google Drive storing their trashed files indefinitely. In the past, you’d have to empty your trash folder yourself. If you’ve deleted some files on your mobile Drive app, they will disappear on every platform. Only G Suite administrators can restore deleted items for up to 25 days. So, if you…
Lots of small businesses interact with customers on Facebook. To help them out, Facebook has launched a new app for them. This new app is called Facebook Business Suite. The app merges Instagram and Messenger into one inbox. Under this inbox, small business owners can interact with customers across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. The Facebook Business Suite In a blog post, COO Sheryl Sandberg said that owners could now manage their online stores using the Business Suite app. The company also plans to include WhatsApp to the Business Suite. Small business owners can post on both Instagram and Facebook at…
With its full attention solely on the Switch, Nintendo has quietly discontinued the 3DS. On Nintendo’s Japanese website, you can see the tag “out of production” under the New 3DS LL, New 2DS LL, and the 2DS listings. You’ll also see the notice that the 3DS series has ended production. The End of the Nintendo 3DS The Verge reports that the Nintendo US page has also erased all mentions of the 3DS. You would just see a link to the 3DS support page at the bottom of the webpage, under a similar link for the Wii U. https://twitter.com/verge/status/1306480742491394051?s=20 Nintendo has…
Quietly, Bose has turned its popular Quiet Comfort 35 II noise-canceling headphones into gaming headsets. So, if you like Bose, but you’re not a gamer, you might grab the Noise Canceling Headphones 700 instead. Bose Quiet Comfort 35 II Gaming Headphones The Verge reports that the new gaming headset costs $329.95, while the new Headphones 700 cost $400. In the new QC35 II gaming bundle, you get the same over-ear NC headphones, a detachable wired boom mic, and a USB desktop dial. Connect your mic to the PC through its 3.5mm port. Meanwhile, you can use the desktop dial to…
To drive up subscribers, Amazon Music now offers podcasts. With today’s update, Amazon has brought 70,000 podcasts to Amazon Music. Among these podcasts are popular shows like Pod Save America. The app will also have exclusives, like DJ Khaled’s The First One. Amazon Music Podcasts The Verge reports that subscribers can listen to these shows through the mobile app, Echo devices, and web browsers. If you’re an Echo listener, its default app is Amazon Music. Your Echo can play an episode from where you stopped, even if you used another device. https://twitter.com/verge/status/1306418607623229440?s=20 Also, the Wall Street Journal says that Amazon…
Epic Games is looking to fight back against Apple in court. In the first hearing, the judge had allowed Apple to terminate Epic’s iOS developer account. With the decision, Epic could not update Fortnite on iOS. Now, Epic has made a response. Epic vs. Apple, Round 2 Gizmodo reports that Epic wants the court to let them put Fortnite back on the App Store. This request comes after Epic had skipped the game’s iOS and macOS version when it launched the latest chapter of Fortnite last week. https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/1302407565612060672?s=20 The company said that Fortnite’s absence on iOS would cause them a…