The United States Supreme Court has upheld an impending ban on TikTok, finding that the act of Congress does not violate First Amendment protections on free speech. That leaves the ban set to go into effect starting on Sunday, January 19, though it may not be enforced. In a per curiam decision, the SCOTUS found…
(Bloomberg) — Rakuten Group Inc.’s chief dismissed skeptics who call the Japanese e-commerce pioneer’s mobile foray a mistake and said the telecom arm is central for future growth through artificial intelligence. Most Read from Bloomberg A decision to enter Japan’s cutthroat wireless market has saddled Rakuten with four years of losses, weighing on its cash-churning…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything new from the hotly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong. However, there’s a chance that it could show up during the Switch 2-focused Nintendo Direct on April 2. On January 15, the day before Nintendo officially announced the Switch 2, Hollow Knight creator William Pellen said on Twitter, “something…
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices recovered on Monday as supply concerns persisted after Washington imposed two rounds of sanctions in the past two weeks on Russia’s energy sector over the Ukraine war. Brent crude futures climbed 34 cents, or 0.4%, to $81.13 a barrel by 0042 GMT after closing down 0.62% in…
Earlier this week, Nintendo released Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, the remaster of the Wii and 3DS video game that was developed by Retro Studios. However, players have noted that the original team members at Retro are not given individual credits in the updated version. Instead, the credits state that it was “based on the…
Marvel Snap was made unavailable in the US shortly after the TikTok ban went into effect on January 19. This was presumably because the game’s publisher, Nuverse, was owned at the time of its release by TikTok parent company Bytedance. However, TikTok has now come back online, but Marvel Snap hasn’t yet. “Unfortunately, Marvel Snap…
TikTok said Sunday afternoon it was in the process of restoring service to its US users after going dark overnight when a new law banning the app took effect at midnight. In a post on X Sunday afternoon, TikTok said, “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We…
The recently released Atari 7800+ retro console is on sale for only $105.55 (was $130) at Amazon. This is the first big discount for the cartridge-based, official 7800+ since its November launch. In addition to Atari 7800 games, the new console plays 2600 cartridges. The discounted bundle comes with a wireless CX78+ Gamepad and a…
