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Sony has announced a price increase for the PS5 in select international markets. They also announced the USA MSRP will stay the same for now. New recommended retail price coming to select markets in the EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regions, plus Canada. Jim Ryan --- President & CEO, Sony Interactive...

The Department of Justice has formally acknowledged the role that computer security researchers play in testing the safety of networks, devices, and online services. The DOJ has announced that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) has been revised to recognize the importance of good-faith...

Over the past few days the Federal Trade Commission has been holding panels with industry representatives and consumer advocates to discuss the issues with loot boxes and potential solutions to consumer concerns. During one panel, several game companies represented by the Entertainment Software...

The Nikkei Asian Review is reporting that Huawei Technologies has been removed from several global standards-setting bodies. These include JEDEC (semiconductor standards), SD Association (memory cards), and the Wi-Fi Alliance. Huawei is still able to create products based on the standards that...

Researchers in the USA and China have published a paper in Nature Medicine that finds artificial intelligence (A.I.) is as capable as an experienced physician's assistant when it comes to automatically diagnosing common childhood diseases. Data from 600,000 Chinese pediatric patient records...

A 10-count indictment was unsealed today that charged Huawei Device Co., Ltd and Huawei Device Co. USA with theft of trade secrets conspiracy, attempted theft of trade secrets, seven counts of wire fraud, and one count of obstruction of justice. The indictment details Huawei's efforts to steal...

According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group, video game sales toppled the $43.4 billion mark in 2018. Sales were up 18% from 2017 as previous sales records were broken for the video game industry. Across all platforms, (console, PC, portable, and mobile), both the...

According to Ryan Shrout of Shrout Research, both AMD and NVIDIA will be negatively affected by the new 10% tariff on $200 billion of imports from China. Mr Shrout notes that NVIDIA was already under pressure from consumers for the high price of the RTX series and "it is unlikely that it or its...

As the trade war between the USA and China heats up, many have feared that China will seek to displace the Western countries in technological innovations. Certainly China has made this a focus with their Made in China 2025 initiative. But one lesson that we all know is that throwing money at...

China and the USA have staked their bets on who is going to be more technologically advanced society in the future. China created their "Made in China 2025" initiative where they seek to upgrade Chinese industry and challenge American industry and their technological leadership. Deloittie...

Summit the next most powerful computer in the U.S. is getting ready to solve some of science's biggest questions. It's going to tackle testing and developing stronger, lighter manufacturing materials; the use of sounds waves to model the inside of the Earth; and other astrophysics projects...