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Sony confirms that some digital PS4 and PS5 games require a one-time online license check "to confirm the game's license", likely to combat refund scams (Gabe Gurwin/GameSpot)
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstat

PlayStation Users Report New Online License Checks, But Sony Quells Concerns
The problem appears to be affecting both PS4 and PS5 games purchased after March 2026.

One day, these sons of bitches are going to get what’s coming to them. That day, I will be shedding zero tears. I just hope they don’t take the rest of us down with them. And if we keep being complicit and allowing them to act with impunity, I’m afraid that’s exactly what’s going to happen.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t…

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israel attack - follow live
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has vowed a "devastating" retaliation following the supreme leader's death.

Right, that'll be the 30pin panel connector then - you can see the two differential data pairs and the aux pair on the right side; and a couple of damn fine cables going to the panel itself. And ooh test points.

Ik blijf me erover verbazen dat een volksvertegenwoordiger in de TK zo overduidelijk met deze drogreden kan komen zonder dat iemand interrumpeert en zegt: hee dit is de verzonken kosten drogreden.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzonken_kosten

So I guess the Strait of Hormuz isn't going to open itself, and the US isn't just going to walk away, and a lot more damage will be done to energy infrastructure all around the Gulf, and the chatter of the past 48 hours was just that... talking down the markets. Buckle up, this could get interesting. https://ww…

Oil prices rise in choppy trade as Trump addresses the U.S. on Iran war
Oil rose in volatile trading as Trump in his address to the nation on Iran war said that he expected the conflict to last another two to three weeks.

malaria_genes: Malaria var DBLa HVR networks
Networks of recombinant antigen genes from the human malaria parasite P. falciparum. Each of the 9 networks shares the same set of vertices but has different edges, corresponding to the 9 highly variable regions (HVRs) in the DBLa domain of the var protein. Nodes are var genes, and two genes are connected if they share a substring whose length is statistically significant. Metadata includes two types of node labels, both based on sequence st…

"Grime II" just released – and if it's anywhere near as good as the first part, then we're in for an absolute TREAT of a #Metroidvania! I rarely buy games on release, but for this one I'll make an exception.
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Save 15% on GRIME II on Steam
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.

Google says paid subscriptions reached 350M in Q1, up 25M QoQ, driven by YouTube and Google One, while Gemini Enterprise paid MAUs grew 40% QoQ (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/google-gains-25m-subscriptions-i…

Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One | TechCrunch
Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.

Q&A with NYU professor Julian Togelius on his recent paper about LLMs' limitations in playing video games, why coding is a kind of well-designed game, and more (Matthew S. Smith/IEEE Spectrum)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/amp/ai-video-games-llms-togelius-2676614974…

Why Are Large Language Models so Terrible at Video Games?
AI models code simple games, but struggle to play them