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Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released for the Wii in 2010, is coming to the Switch
19 Jun

Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released for the Wii in 2010, is coming to the Switch

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It's been about a decade since Nintendo released a new game in the Donkey Kong Country series — and while there isn't a new one coming any time soon, there is a port of one you may have missed on its way. Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released for the Wii in 2010, is hitting the Switch on January 15, 2025. It was a fine game for its time, and I'm hopeful it'll hold up well some 15 years later. At the very least, the controls should be simpler, as Nintendo won't be forcing motion controls into the mix with…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals to shop ahead of Prime Day and everything to know about the sale in July
19 Jun

Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals to shop ahead of Prime Day and everything to know about the sale in July

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This year’s Amazon Prime Day is coming soon, so it’s a good time to start thinking about the things you’ll want to look for once the deal wave hits. Everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities will be on sale during the event, and if you’re a Prime member, you’ll have access to all of the deals. Engadget will be surfacing all of the best tech deals we can find – both on Amazon and elsewhere – but there are some important things to know ahead of time so you can get exactly what you want out of this…
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Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws
19 Jun

Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws

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Pornhub will cease operating in five more states this summer due to new legislation that requires age verification on adult entertainment websites. The move is in response to a wave of recently-passed laws that require porn websites and other platforms with explicit adults-only content to collect proof of their users' ages. In all of these states, that means people would need to upload a copy of their driver's license or other government ID, or register with a third-party age verification service, in order to use sites like Pornhub. from Pornhub said that its latest locations for shutdowns are , ,…
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Amazon’s Throne and Liberty MMO is coming to the west in September
19 Jun

Amazon’s Throne and Liberty MMO is coming to the west in September

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has when it will bring free-to-play MMO Throne and Liberty to the Americas, Europe and Japan. The company will release the NCSoft-developed title in those regions on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on September 17. There will be full cross-platform support. An open beta will take place in July and you can sign up for that .Throne and Liberty, which was originally supposed to be a direct sequel to the original , debuted in Korea last year after a lengthy development process. It has both player vs. player and player vs. environment combat, and you can join guilds…
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Congress passes sweeping pro-nuclear energy bill
19 Jun

Congress passes sweeping pro-nuclear energy bill

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The United States has taken a significant step towards becoming a nuclear reactor hub. On Tuesday, June 18, the Senate passed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act in an 88 to 2 vote. A version also garnered bipartisan support in the House of Representatives, passing 365 to 33 earlier this year, leaving the path clear for the bill to reach President Biden's desk.The past decade has seen over a dozen reactor closures and only two new ones open — a pair that launched last month in Georgia to the tune of over $30 billion…
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California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to restrict phone use in schools
19 Jun

California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to restrict phone use in schools

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Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has issued a statement in support of efforts aiming to restrict the use of smartphones in schools within the state. As The New York Times reports, the governor aired his stance merely hours before board members at the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to pass a proposal for a school phone ban. Newsom said he will work with lawmakers "to restrict the use of smartphones during the school day" this summer, because children and teens "should be focused on their studies — not their screens."The governor also mentioned and agreed with the US…
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The Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake arrives on November 14
19 Jun

The Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake arrives on November 14

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Square-Enix’s old-meets-new reworking of Dragon Quest III arrives on November 14 on Switch. In addition, the HD-2D remake will be joined next year by reissues of its two predecessors in the trilogy, Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II, using the same innovative engine. The announcements came in Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct, which also brought news of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4 and Donkey Kong Country Returns.The Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake trailer and screenshots showcase the game engine’s marvels, combining 16-bit-style sprites and textures with modern environmental effects. The engine stays true to vintage games’…
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Meta makes the Threads API available to all developers
19 Jun

Meta makes the Threads API available to all developers

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Meta is finally making the Threads API to developers. The company began testing the developers tools with a handful of companies back , but is now throwing the door open to more creators and app makers.For now, the Threads API functionality is somewhat limited. It enables third-party apps to publish posts to Threads and view and manage replies and interactions with their posts. So far, this has enabled Threads integrations with social media management software like Hootsuite and Sprout Social. The Threads API has also enabled tech news aggregator Techmeme to automatically post to the platform.These kinds of tools are…
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More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus
19 Jun

More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus

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No Tech for Apartheid (NOTA), a coalition of tech workers demanding big tech companies to drop their contracts with the Israeli government, is close to reaching its goal for a campaign asking students not to work with Google and Amazon. As Wired reports, more than 1,100 people who identified themselves as STEM students and young workers have taken the pledge to refuse jobs from the companies "for powering Israel's Apartheid system and genocide against Palestinians." Based on its website, NOTA's goal is to gather 1,200 signatures for the campaign."As young people and students in STEM and beyond, we refuse to…
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Paradox Interactive closes Life By You’s studio after canceling the life sim game
19 Jun

Paradox Interactive closes Life By You’s studio after canceling the life sim game

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Paradox Tectonic, the Berkeley, California studio behind the unreleased life simulator game , has been shuttered by its parent company Paradox Interactive. All 24 employees have lost their jobs, according to .The news of Paradox Tectonic’s closure comes just one day after Paradox Interactive announced its decision to . The game’s troubled development was punctuated by blown deadlines on three different early access release windows before the title was scrapped entirely.“This is difficult and drastic news for our colleagues at Tectonic, who’ve worked hard on Life By You’s Early Access release,” Paradox Interactive Chief Executive Officer Fredik Wester said in…
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