But the real point of the program is to try and claw back a little extra savings from all of those PlayStation Store purchases. The program rewards gold points that can be redeemed for PSN bucks. Every 1,250 points you earn is the equivalent of $5 you can put toward buying new games. It’s basically
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Jump into a Paldean Journey | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon VioletTera Pokémon will appear in the wild, for regular battles. Given away by their sparkly appearance, it seems Tera Pokémon are not just for the bigger battles, but will pootle about in the open wilds of Scarlet & Violet. The trailer shows us a wee
Hardware season is in full force, and now is Google’s time to shine. The company got in the habit of showing its hand months in advance, and we’ve already gotten a reasonably good look at the two headliners. First up is the latest addition to the Pixel smartwatch line. Look for the Pixel 7 and
Techstars, a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. This isn’t the first time that Techstars is running an accelerator in France, as the company originally launched Techstars Paris in 2017. With this sustainability-focused accelerator, Techstars is hitting the reboot button. Going forward,
This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. The $899 iPhone 14 Plus is either a big iPhone 14 or a scaled-back iPhone 14 Pro Max, depending on your perspective. With the arrival of the iPhone 14 Plus, Apple now has the
In South Korea, there are about 7.3 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — defined as firms with less than 250 employees. Their workforces combined make up 83.1% of all corporation employees in the country, totaling about 17.1 million people, according to OECD data. To help meet SMEs’ financial needs in the country, Seoul-based fintech
/ In many cases, you can get a lower price on a product you just bought if you can prove a competitor is selling it for less. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Nothing is more frustrating than buying a new pair of headphones, an OLED, or a backpack just to find out
/ Not only do we break down every Pixel phone — we’re also reminiscing every Nexus and phones that came before it The 2016 Google Pixel next to the 2017 Google Pixel 2. This is the midpoint in Google’s journey of delivering phones by Google.Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge Several years ago, if
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The new Hellraiser is all about dead-eyed creatures bringing back something that should have stayed dead. But that’s enough about streaming services rebooting aging franchises, let’s talk about the latest Generation Z take on a horror classic. Streaming on Hulu from Friday, Oct. 7, Hellraiser (2022 version) is a slick (and blood-slicked) tale of a
Advertisement Hour: 1Queue status: 40,000 players ahead of meEmotional vibe check: Perturbed The irony was not lost on me that, despite the Overwatch team professing that OW2 isn’t just a glorified update to OW1, I was literally sitting at my Xbox watching the loading screen of OW1 receive an update called “Overwatch 2.” As annoying
PlayStation Stars is Sony’s new loyalty program that went live in North America on Wednesday. Digital collectibles, PS Store credit and full games are some of the rewards available for those who put in the work. The new PlayStation Stars is free to join for those who have a PlayStation Network account. Signups can be
In addition to Heat’s developers returning, the new NfS is also sporting a fresh new coat of cel-shading and 3D anime characters, a contrast to the traditionally Western look of previous games. The official NfS Twitter account just ended its year-long post drought by teasing that an NfS 2022 video reveal is coming tomorrow morning,
Climate change and geopolitical instability are wreaking havoc on agriculture. To gauge how VCs are responding to these issues, we spoke with seven investors. For starters, rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving punishing droughts and storms, which are harming crops, exacerbating food insecurity and threatening countless livelihoods. At the same time, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Elon Musk has his fingers in a lot of pies. He’s CEO of automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX. He also founded tunnel construction firm the Boring Company and co-founded Neuralink, a brain implant startup. Now it looks like Musk will spearhead the effort to take Twitter private and potentially roll it into an “everything
/ Google was not the first to implement a level or virtual horizon in its smartphone camera app, but it’s done it the best. Others should copy it, including the big camera brands. The Pixel 6A is one of many Pixels with a virtual horizon since software updates brought it to models as old as
It’s getting colder and you want to stay warm, right? There are many ways to do it, but one of the best and coziest ways is to wrap yourself up in warm blankets and clothing. If that sounds like something you’re looking for, then Anthropologie has a sale for 30% off select furniture, bedding and
Spotify this morning announced it’s acquiring Dublin, Ireland-based content moderation tech company Kinzen, which had been working in partnership with the streamer since 2020. Deal terms were not disclosed. At Spotify, Kinzen’s technology will be put to use to help the company better moderate podcasts and other audio using a combination of machine learning and
/ Thicc, but not in a good way There have been rumors its bezel would be thick, and this leaked image of Google’s new Pixel Watch has given us our clearest look yet. It looks like it takes up almost 10mm of the case’s rumored 41mm diameter. For the most part, Wear OS 3 does
French startup Gourmey just raised a Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. In total, the company banked $48 million (€48 million). The company has been working on cultivated meat, and more specifically lab-grown foie gras. It is part of a new wave of companies that want to turn cell-cultured meat products into
When British underwater-photographer Zena Holloway came across the tangled roots of a willow tree in a local river a few years back, a fashionable idea took hold. What if she could grow roots into organic, compostable clothing? Fast-forward to the 2022 London Design Festival, where Holloway displayed her intricately sculpted garments made from grass
IriusRisk, a threat modeling platform, today announced that it raised $29 million in a Series B funding round led by Paladin Capital Group with participation from BrightPixel Capital, SwanLab Venture Factory, 360 Capital and Inveready. In a conversation with TechCrunch, CEO Stephen de Vries said that the proceeds will be put toward growing IriusRisk’s U.S.
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Overwatch 2 just launched today, and people have been reporting obscenely long wait times, with some sitting behind tens of thousands of players. There have been other launch issues, such as missing cosmetics, missing match histories, and buggy cameras. Weird errors are normal for a massive live service game launch. But someone trying to inflict
Pokemon Go developer Niantic is raising in-game prices in certain territories beginning Oct. 5, the studio announced Tuesday. The increase comes in response to the Apple App Store price hike taking effect in most of Europe and other territories. “We know that changes to pricing and currency are impactful to our community across all Niantic games
What’s happening Wizards of the Coast, makers of Dungeons & Dragons has released its latest starter kit called Dragons of Stormwreck Isle with everything you need to run a low-level adventure for beginners. Why it matters D&D is still the most played Tabletop Roleplaying Game in the world, and this new starter kit aims to
The TechCrunch newsroom fears only one thing: the coming of April 1. Because, I’m just going to say it, the tech industry isn’t very funny. But Google Japan’s ongoing series of ridiculous keyboards, where they completely commit to the joke, suggests we may have found the first known exception. The latest is the “Gboard Bar
First-timers get coddled (unless they give Blizzard money) In that same September 27 blog, Blizzard shared that it was testing a new way to soften the initial Overwatch 2 experience and discourage cheating: any account made on or after October 4 will be subject to the First Time User Experience (FTUE). G/O Media may get
Seems Google couldn’t wait until Thursday to announce all of its upcoming hardware. In a pair of blog posts this morning, the company announced two additions to its Nest line of smart home products: a new Nest Doorbell and the Nest WiFi Pro. The latter amps up the company’s dead-simple mesh Wi-Fi offering. The top-line
Demo shows promise as EU revives talk of space-based solar power Tim De Chant 13 hours In our wireless world, wires are still the best way to move electricity from A to B. Wires are almost always cheaper and easier, at least from a technical perspective, but there are instances where wires may not be