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A drinking game you could have played during today’s big Sony State of Play would be to take a shot every time a game was shown to be launching later in the year, but nowhere near Grand Theft Auto 6‘s November 19 launch date. You shouldn’t play that game, though, as you’d be completely shitfaced and passed out by the end of the event, as every publisher is seemingly unwilling to compete with GTA 6 later this year. During June 2’s big State of Play, every single game that had a release date attached to it or revealed during the…
Last month we told you that Verizon had received regulatory approval from the FCC to buy $1 billion of spectrum from UScellular. The deal has now closed after Verizon said that obtaining the airwaves would improve rural and indoor coverage in some areas of the United States.Verizon has closed on the purchase of up to 75MHz of spectrum from Array Digital Infrastructure Some of UScellular’s assets were acquired by T-Mobile in a $4.4 billion deal that closed last year. Those assets included 4 million UScellular customers, all of UScellular’s retail store locations, and 30% of UScellular’s spectrum holdings in the 600MHz,…
A bipartisan group of UK politicians is sounding the alarm over the country’s partnership with the data analytics company Palantir.In a report published Tuesday, the 11 members of Parliament’s Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee warned that the country’s ballooning reliance on Palantir’s technology “represents an unacceptable point of weakness” that could hand the company overwhelming bargaining power in future negotiations.“We know that with vendor lock-in, over time, we’ll get more expensive and worse services,” Dame Chi Onwurah, chair of the committee and member of Parliament, tells WIRED. “It’s a trap that has to be avoided.”In a worst-case scenario, a deeply…
It’s Summer Game Fest week, and that means we get a bunch of showcases as the industry fills the E3-sized void in its June. Sony kicked things off with a State of Play stream showing upcoming PS5 games from both its first-party studios and other teams. If you didn’t get a chance to watch the show live, you can do so below, or if you just want the highlights, read on. Wolverine Kicking things off is Wolverine, the next Marvel game from Insomniac. In the new demo, Logan sneaks around a facility housing some mutants who are being held hostage…
Have you ever seen anyone using a gaming smartphone as their main device? Yeah, me neither.What I’ve seen are kids playing Fortnite and Roblox on whatever tablet they can get their hands on. I’ve also seen adults reveling in anything from Wild Rift and Pokémon GO to Candy Crush and Wordle on whatever phone they already own.Even the most dedicated gamers I’ve met rarely consider buying a gaming smartphone, including the ones into handheld consoles like the Nintendo Switch. Still, they consider gaming when choosing their phones, opting for the more powerful ones that don’t have the tradeoffs of the…
At 1 am during Ramadan, Palestinian journalist Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh sits shoulder to shoulder in a packed Yemeni coffee shop in New York, the kind of place that comes alive after evening prayer. Everyone is loud, heavily caffeinated, and happy to be out. His phone buzzes. Breaking news: Israel strikes Tehran.He looks up at his friends, then builds a post and hits Publish. “Did you just post?” they ask. He makes his apologies and goes home to watch the news.This is more or less how Al-Khatahtbeh, 27, has spent the last seven years. He runs @Muslim, with more than 12 million…
Silent Hill: Townfall made an appearance in today’s Sony State of Play, revealing new gameplay footage and a PS5 launch date of September 24, 2026. Townfall was first revealed way, way back in 2022 in a teaser, and fully revealed again earlier this year during another State of Play. A spinoff of the main series, Townfall is set in the 90s and follows a man named Simon Ordell who wakes up in the Scottish town of St. Amelia, where he has to work to uncover why he’s connected to this village he doesn’t know. Developing…
The Trump administration is navigating internal strife as officials try to figure out whether they can resurrect the executive order about AI regulation that President Donald Trump abruptly nixed last month, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.The conversations in the weeks since have been widely viewed as chaotic, by both key Silicon Valley players and administration officials. Some AI executives have privately told WIRED they are uncertain what a revised executive order might require, or whether one will end up being signed at all.On May 21, Trump canceled a planned signing ceremony for the order just hours before…
In the market for new high-end wireless headphones? Amazon is offering a massive $152 discount on the Sony WH-1000XM5, turning them into a quite tempting choice for anyone looking to upgrade their listening experience for less.Thanks to this markdown, you can snatch a set for under $249, which is a bargain price, considering these are Sony’s former flagship headphones and still rank among the best cans money can buy. Sony WH-1000XM5: Save $152! $152 off (38%) Between their top-tier ANC, premium audio, and ultra-comfortable design, the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are an absolute dream for music lovers, even if they aren’t…
Who’s ready to see some games?! Today’s Summer Game Fest–adjacent PlayStation State of Play is the longest Sony showcase in a bit and gives the console maker a chance to set the stage for the final years of the PS5. We’ve already been promised a deep dive into September’s Wolverine game from Insomniac, but all eyes are on updates to what the rest of Sony’s first-party studios have been working on. Will we maybe even get a tease for something? Who’s read for a new Ape Escape? You can watch below: Rumors are already swirling about a reveal for the…