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Metas annual VR / AR shindig kicks off a few hours after this newsletter hits your inboxes. As usual, itll lay down the direction of travel for the next year of strapping stuff to your face. So, before the awkward stage banter begins, its worth reading up on whats to come. Weve prepared our usual roundup of all the rumors, scuttlebutt and leaks about what well see. That includes Orion, a pair of Buddy Holly glasses offering augmented reality in a more user friendly package. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already hinted about its potential, but he added well only see the prototype today. We can also expect a cheaper version of the Quest 3 and some more AI doodads to come to the Ray-Ban smart glasses. Once youve studied up, you can point your browser at our liveblog to get a blow-by-blow of the show the minute it happens. Everything kicks off at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, but the color commentary will start long before then. Dan Cooper All the (mostly games) news you might have missed Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered arrives October 31 on PS5 and PC Ghost of Ytei is a Tsushima sequel coming to PS5 in 2025 Astro Bot is getting a free update that adds speedrunning levels Lego Horizon Adventures hits PS5, PC and Switch on November 14 SAG-AFTRA strikes against League of Legends over voiceover company actions Visa slapped with a DOJ antitrust lawsuit FTX advisor and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison gets two years in prison She was a key witness in Sam Bankman-Frieds criminal trial. Caroline Ellison, CEO of Alameda Research and advisor to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to two years in prison. Ellison pled guilty at the end of 2022 for her role in the FTX fraud and was a key witness in Bankman-Frieds criminal trial. Ellison will spend a further three years on supervised release once she has left prison. In a statement, the disgraced crypto executive expressed remorse for her conduct. Continue Reading. Palworld suddenly arrives on PS5 Except in Japan, for obvious reasons. Pocketpair Depending on your loyalties, Palworld is either an exciting spin on the adventure genre or a shameless rip-off of Pokémon, but with guns. Developer Pocketpair is being sued in Japan by Nintendo, who is firmly in the latter camp, but that isnt yet slowing Palworlds progress. The title was just surprise-launched for the PS5 in 68 countries, with Japan an obvious exception. Continue Reading. Duolingo, best known as a language learning app, now makes a piano I want this thing so darn much. Duolingo Ive been a fan of cute pianos that teach you how to play for a long while and have reviewed a few for Engadget. Now, Duolingo is getting in on the action, teaming up with baby digital piano makers Loog to produce its own learning piano. Itll integrate with Duolingos app, which has music courses to teach folks how to grasp the basics of playing. And, did I mention that I really want to play with one of these? Continue Reading. TikTok Music is on its way out Raise your hand if you didnt know this was a thing. TikTok Music TikTok has announced TikTok Music, the companys streaming service to rival Spotify and Apple Music, is closing down. The platform announced itll cease operations on November 28 and delete all user data and login information soon after. It has advised subscribers to reach out to their payment platforms of choice to get refunds before that date. Dont worry though, Im a technology journalist and even I didnt know TikTok had its own standalone streaming service. Continue Reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-111528327.html?src=rss
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X has published its most detailed accounting of its content moderation practices since Elon Musks takeover of the company. The report, Xs first in more than a year, provides new insight into how X is enforcing its rules as it struggles to hang on to advertisers who have raised concerns about toxicity on the platform. The report, which details content takedowns and account suspensions from the first half of 2024, shows that suspensions have more than tripled since the last time the company shared data. X suspended just under 5.3 million accounts during the period, compared with 1.6 million suspensions during the first six months of 2022. In addition to the suspensions, X says it removed or labeled more than 10.6 million posts for violating its rules. Violations of the companys hateful conduct policy accounted for nearly half of that number, with X taking action on 4.9 million such posts. Posts containing abuse and harassment (2.6 million) and violent content (2.2 million) also accounted for a significant percentage of the takedowns and labels. While these numbers dont tell a complete story about the state of content on X the company doesnt distinguish between posts it removes and those that it labels, for example it shows that hateful, abusive and violent content are among the biggest issues facing the platform. Those are also the same issues numerous advertisers and civil rights groups have raised concerns about since Musks takeover of the company. In the report, X claims that rule-breaking content accounted for less than 1 percent of all posts shared on the platform. X The numbers also suggest there have been significant increases in this type of content since Twitter last shared numbers prior to Musks takeover. For example, in the last half of 2021, the last time Twitter shared such data, the company reported it suspended about 1.3 million accounts for terms of service violations and actioned about 4.3 million. X previously published an abbreviated report in a 383-word blog post last April, which shared some stats on content takedowns, but offered almost no details on government requests for information or post removals. The new report is a significant improvement on that front. It says that X received 18,737 government requests for information, with the majority of the requests coming from within the EU and a reported disclosure rate of 53 percent. X also received 72,703 requests from governments to remove content from its platform. The company says it took action in just over 70 percent of cases. Japan accounted for the vast majority of those requests (46,648), followed by Turkey (9,364).This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/x-just-released-its-first-full-transparency-report-since-elon-musk-took-over-110038194.html?src=rss
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Jan-Bart van Beek, Guerilla Games' art and animation director, has officially announced that a remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn is arriving on October 31. The game will feature over 10 hours of re-recorded audio, mocap, as well as improved character models, animation, lighting and textures that he said will bring it "to the same visual fidelity" as Horizon Forbidden West. That means it has been upgraded for the PlayStation 5 and compatible PCs, and it even supports the PS5 Pro, which will be available on November 7. In his announcement, van Beek explained that seven years is a long time when it comes to computer graphics and that a lot of technological improvements have become available since the game's original release. Nixxes, a Dutch video game developer, worked on the remaster, which will also feature improved audio and Atmos rendering that will make it more immersive. The remastered version will come with The Frozen Wilds expansion and all its additional lands, machines and skills, as well. Those who get the PC version can also expect support for ultra-wide resolutions and for performance-enhancing technologies, such as NVIDIA's DLSS 3 AI-based rendering accelerator. The original game's accessibility features, like its remappable controls and haptic cues, have been carried over to this version. In addition, there's a new optional accessibility feature that can notify players of interactable elements with sound and haptic feedback. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered will be available for purchase for $50, but those who already own the original game and the complete edition version can upgrade for $10, whether they're buying on the PS5 or on the PC via Steam or the Epic Games Store. The $10 upgrade will even be available to players who added the game to their libraries from one of Sony's Play at Home program giveaways during the pandemic lockdowns. Fans upgrading with a PS4 game disc will have to insert it into their console every time they play, though, so they cannot access the upgrade offer if they have the disc-free version of PS5. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-arrives-october-31-on-ps5-and-pc-052407167.html?src=rss
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