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Sony has pulled the plug on Physint, Hideo Kojima's ambitious spy-thriller project for PlayStation, according to reports citing internal budget overruns and repeated missed deadlines. The game had been teased as a major star-studded production but apparently failed to progress fast enough to justify continued investment.
The UK government says Apple and Google failed to meet a three-month deadline to make it impossible to capture, view, or share child nudity images on their devices. In response, officials are introducing what they call world-first legislation that would impose fines and potential criminal liability on executives at companies that don't build these protections into phones and tablets sold in the UK.
A California bill aimed at regulating surveillance-based pricing — where retailers use personal data to set individualized prices — failed to advance to Governor Newsom's desk before the legislative deadline. The California Retailers Association responded by expressing hope that lawmakers can restart negotiations next year by focusing on points of existing consensus.