TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft no longer making new Xbox One games
Microsoft's game studio chief Matt Booty told Axios, "We've moved on to Gen 9," referring to the current cycle of hardware. Booty said that no internal teams are now working on games for the older generation consoles rather than the support for ongoing games like Minecraft.
Google Album Archive going away next month
The company has now asked users to use Takeout to download a copy of their Album Archive data. "After July 19, 2023, the Google Album Archive won't be available. Until then, you can use Takeout to download a copy of your Album Archive data," according to Google's support page.
Promoting scams as funny bot will lead to suspension: Musk
Musk tweeted: "Promotion of scams under the guise of being a funny/helpful bot will result in suspension. Doesn't matter how much you pay us." Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's post.While one user asked, "Can you do this to all of the scam token shillers," another said, "I will celebrate when I see this take.
Reddit's average daily traffic fell during subredditors' protest: Report
According to Engadget, citing sources, the impact was small but noticeable. More than 57 million daily visits to the social discussion platform were recorded on June 11, the day before the blackout started, across desktop and mobile web clients. Daily visitors dropped below 55 million by the end of the first day of the protest.
Beware of BGMI: Return triggers fears of addiction, mental health issues
On May 30, South Korean video game developer Krafton said that the video game BGMI is now available for play for all users in India as it is available for download for both Android and iOS users. Till now, more than 10 crore users have downloaded the BGMI app on Android.
Millions hooked to mobile games; India to become $7bn market by 2025
Mobile gaming has evolved as much as the mobile device itself. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictions imposed during that time, the mobile gaming segment shone as it catered to the entertainment-seeking public eagerly, and the Indian mobile gaming market witnessed a boom during the period, which is still ongoing for the sector.
Meta allows its VR headset for 10 years old amid scrutiny
According to the company, starting later this year, parents will be able to set up parent-managed Meta accounts for Meta Quest 2 and 3 for their children ages 10-12. "We'll require preteens to get their parent's approval to set up an account, which will give parents control over the apps their preteens download from our app store," said the company.
Musk-inspired Reddit CEO refuses to budge amid widespread protests
In an interview with NBC News, Huffman said that "my takeaway from Twitter and Elon at Twitter is reaffirming that we can build a really good business in this space at our scale." "You can run a company with that many users in the ads business and break even with a lot fewer people. They had to do some pretty violent changes and violent surgery to get there," he added.
Facebook, Instagram suffer global outage again
Several users reported they were not able to send or receive messages on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger too. "We're aware some of you might be experiencing issues with IG (Instagram) at the moment. We're working to get things back to normal as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for the patience," Instagram said in a tweet.
Neuralink likely to begin first human trial later this year: Elon Musk
Addressing the VivaTech trade fair in Paris late on Friday, Musk said that "it's looking like the first case will be later this year". Last month, Neuralink received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin its first-in-human clinical study, which means that actual humans could have a Neuralink device implanted in their heads.
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