Meta’s Labor Day celebrations were cut short yesterday after the company was handed a $402 million fine by the European Union. The social network is believed to have mishandled children’s private data on Instagram, offering Business accounts to users as young as 13. This risked exposing their email addresses and phone numbers to the wider…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
One of the things that Sony is known for is having waterproofing on its phones. Sony Mobile was one of the first to offer such protection and that’s long since continued, with waterproofing on a range of devices. But one question comes up time and time again, because of one of the quirks that Sony…
It seemed difficult for the original Kia e-Niro to stop winning awards. While it wasn’t the best-looking car, it fused together two things: range and value for money. That made it one of the most appealing electric cars on the road, offering that range at an attractive price with few compromises. We first saw the…
Developer Asobo has revealed the cast for A Plague Tale: Requiem. Charlotte McBurney and Logan Hannan will be reprising their roles as Amicia and Hugo in the upcoming sequel. In addition to the returning actors, Kit Connor and Lucy Briggs-Owen have joined the cast as characters Lucas and Beatrice. Read more /format/jpg/quality/80/Beatrice-A-Plague-Tale-Req.jpg” title=”Heartstopper and Bloodborne…
Hideo Kojima struggled to get live-action clips in Metal Gear Solid, not for technical reasons but because of a lack of contacts. In a series of tweets on his Japanese account, he shared some background information on the game celebrating the 35th anniversary of the series (thanks SiliconEra). Kojima wanted to push the realism of…
Toby Fox has confirmed that the next chapter of RPG Deltarune won’t be out this year. The creator shared the news on his Twitter account, saying: “We won’t be able to put out any new chapters of Deltarune this year.” However, he does confirm that something is on the way to celebrate the anniversary of…
Mike Fahey’s bio on Kotaku read, “Lover of video games, keyboards, toys, snacks and other unsavory things.” All of this is true, as any of his legion of commited readers could tell you. But in one of the all time great Fahey pieces, he offered an even better description: “I am a 6’6″ man with…
Mario Kart Tour has made Nintendo an estimated $293m globally to become the company’s second highest grossing mobile game. That’s according to data from reliable app store analytics company Sensor Tower, from across both the App Store and Google Play store. The estimates follow the recent news that Nintendo will remove gacha elements from Mario…
A group of Steam Deck fans have figured out how to support gyro controls in Wii U emulation, effectively turning Valve’s portable PC into Nintendo’s infamous Wii U GamePad. Steam Deck HQ is a fan-run site dedicated to helping others configure their decks and set up programs to get the most out of the portable…
Storyboards for Alicia Vikander’s scrapped Tomb Raider sequel have shown up online. These images show a planned storyline similar to one seen in Angelina Jolie’s debut turn as Lara Croft, with Croft Manor being attacked by masked assailants. Shared by artist Jake Lunt Davies, the images show Lara’s home on an atmospherically dark and stormy…