Nintendo Acquires a Game Developer You've Probably Never Heard of

From PC Mag: It turns out Nintendo isn't sitting idly by while Microsoft and Sony spend billions acquiring well-known game studios.

As VGC reports, Nintendo of Japan released a document yesterday confirming it has acquired game developer SRD Co. Ltd, making it a wholly owned subsidiary when the...

Oppo’s Find X5 Pro flagship is finally official

From The Verge: After extensive leaks and teases, Oppo has officially announced the Find X5 Pro, its flagship phone for 2022. It’s a fairly iterative follow-up to last year’s Find X3 Pro, but that was a great phone, and after spending more than a week with a not-yet-final version of its successor I...

Reddit's New Tab Wants to Make Discovering Content Easier

From CNET: Reddit has created a new tab that aims to make easier to find new content, the social media company said Thursday. The Discover Tab is the first such update that Reddit has released in more than two years.

Currently, Reddit users find new communities called subreddits to join by...

Siri gets a new voice in iOS 15.4 beta

From The Verge: The latest beta of iOS 15.4 adds a fifth American voice for its Siri voice assistant. Apple’s user-facing interface simply calls it “Voice 5,” but iOS developer Steve Moser reports that its filename refers to the new voice as “Quinn.” The voice has arrived a little under a year after...

Amazon Sues Two Companies for Allegedly Posting Fake Product Reviews

From CNET: In its latest attempt to limit the proliferation of misleading product reviews, Amazon has filed lawsuits against two companies, the retail giant announced Tuesday. The so-called "fake review brokers" allegedly tried to mislead consumers by posting false reviews on online stores like...

Sony finally reveals the PlayStation VR2’s design

From The Verge: Sony has finally revealed the design of its next-generation PlayStation VR2 headset, after it announced it in February 2021, showed off the controllers last March, and confirmed it would be called PlayStation VR2 in January.

The new design features a similar white-and-black color...

Instagram Quietly Increases Minimum Daily Time Limit to 30 Minutes

From PC Mag: Instagram quietly removed the ability for mobile users to set a daily time limit reminder for less than 30 minutes.

Previously, folks could choose to be prodded after just 10 or 15 minutes browsing Instagram. Now, unless you set a separate timer, you could get lost in the app for at...

OpenSea Says at Least $1.7M in NFTs Stolen in Phishing Attack

From CNET: A phishing attack on Saturday impacted 17 users of OpenSea, one of the largest NFT marketplaces, the company confirmed on Monday. Over 250 NFTs were reportedly stolen in the attack, worth at least $1.7 million.

A NFT, or nonfungible token, is a method of certifying ownership of a...

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