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Sony's slimmer and revamped PS5 console will reportedly need an online connection to set up its removable disc drive. As images of the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 console bundle, slated for release on November 10, started popping up online, fans have spotted an interesting detail at the back of the box. First reported by the ‘Does it Play' Twitter account, the disclaimer reads: “Internet connection required to pair Disc Drive and PS5 console upon setup” — it's not clear whether it's simply for the initial…

The Council of the European Union (EU) has adopted a new law surrounding EV charging infrastructure it’s calling a “milestone” in reducing carbon emissions throughout the European transport sector. Beginning in 2025, fast charging stations will need to be present every 60 km along the “trans-European transport (TEN-T) network.” Today’s news is the latest chapter in the EU Council’s “Fit for 55” package agreed upon in June 2022, before EU Parliament and its Council reached a provision deal on…

Payday 3 may require an always-online internet connection, even for single-player, according to a developer. Speaking during a livestream, global brand director Almir Listo suggested both multiplayer and single-player need you to be online in order to play."You will be able to play by yourself, but I do believe you will have to have a connection in order to play because it's made in Unreal Engine, it's using cross-progression cross-play, I do believe we need you to be online," Payday 3 global brand…

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino refuted a Bloomberg report Wednesday stating that harmful content and hate speech have proliferated on the platform since Elon Musk bought the company. The report cites a number of expert sources, including a USC Marshall Neely Social Media Index survey that indicated more people were seeing content that’s “bad for the world” on Twitter than on social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok. The report also included a variety of statistics related to slurs and offensive…

Amid the launch of Meta Platforms' Twitter rival Threads, the Elon Musk-owned messaging app has done a shocking U-turn and silently removed the login option for accessing tweets that had upset so many subscribers that they had left Twitter for alternative messaging apps, like Mastodon, Spill and Bluesky, which saw record traffic as a consequence. It will now allow users to browse tweets without having an account. Just a few days back Twitter restricted browsing access for users without accounts, but it has revoked those…

Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure".Users who try to view content on the platform will be asked to sign up for an account or log into an exiting account to see their favorite tweets. "We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!" Musk said in a tweet. He added that hundreds of organizations or more were scraping Twitter data "extremely…

Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure".Users who try to view content on the platform will be asked to sign up for an account or log into an exiting account to see their favorite tweets. "We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!" Musk said in a tweet. He added that hundreds of organizations or more were scraping Twitter data "extremely…

If you’re not logged into your Twitter account and try to view a tweet, you’ll be presented with a sign-in screen. And if you don’t want to have an account on the bird app, too bad! Twitter hasn’t commented on this change, and given how sloppy the platform has been since Elon Musk’s takeover, it might just be a glitch. However, in a time when Twitter is struggling to grow its user base, it’s possible that this is a tactic to force silent lurkers into creating an account. Like many of Twitter’s…

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has confirmed that the physical version of Batman: Arkham Trilogy for Nintendo Switch will only actually include Arkham Asylum on the cartridge. The physical version will include download codes for Arkham City and Arkham Knight, meaning an internet connection will be required to install them onto Switch systems.This comes by way of the game's FAQ page (as relayed by IGN). According to the game's publisher, "Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Knight will require…

The largest rocket to ever take flight requires a substantial number of upgrades ahead of its second test flight, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed this past weekend.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewMusk made the comments on June 24 during a live Twitter discussion with Bloomberg journalist Ashlee Vance, saying “well over a thousand” changes are needed ahead of Starship’s second test flight, the date for which has not yet been set.True to the company’s ethos to move fast and break…